Are you constantly using your hands? Typing, drawing, painting, writing that sort of thing. Do they begin to hurt, get sore or cramp up? If so....make sure to take breaks to stretch out you hands and fingers. With your palm side away from you.....stretch your fingers by gently bringing one finger at a time back toward your body. Not to far though. Another thing you can do is slow rotations (circles with each finger) then your wrist.

Just remember: R.I.C.E = Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation.
Ice 10 minutes on the area and 2 hours off. Repeat

Ice is good for strains and sprains.

Hi there everyone....Here is a question for you:  Do you have a job that keeps you on your feet for most of the day and they hurt? If you answered yes to this question...here is a trick to help relieve foot pain...

1) Have a tennis ball and put in on the floor and put your foot on the ball and roll it around the bottom of your foot with slight pressure....this lets the tendons and muscles in the foot relax.

2) Take a frozen water bottle, and lay on floor....with socks on your feet, put one foot at a time on the bottle and roll back and forth with slight pressure for about 10 minutes for each foot. The cold will help relieve the pain and the frozen water bottle will do the same as the tennis ball....loosen the tendons and muscles of the foot.

This is a continuation of Releasing Resentment

We need to change our attitude about the past.
To relase the past, we must be willing to forgive
The person that is the HARDEST TO FORGIVE is the one we NEED TO FORGIVE THE MOST.

We sometimes forget that those we need to forgive were also in pain.

Forgiveness is being able to hold ourselves and others in our heart regardless of what has happened.
Forgiveness reduces stress and positively affects the physical health of an individual.

Since many people hold on to the past, they put up barriers, thinking " I will be safe inside my little walls". The truth is you are just hurting your self, you are sabotaging your life. When something good happens you won't be able to see it, or if someone comes into you life that loves you, you will be to afraid of  "getting hurt" to see it, so that person just might walk out of your life.....

Put the past behind you, but don't forget, because if you forget we might become vulnerable to the situation again. But move forward with the knowledge you have, you can be wary, but take a chance.

Discharge any Angry Energy you may have: (A physical release is helpful without hurting or frightening yourself or anyone else)
Look underneath the Anger. (What are you really feeling? What do you want or need? What is your goal?
Decide what to do. (Find healthy ways to get your needs met.)

Forgiveness is a state of being, an attitude, and does not imply a specific action to be taken on the part of the one forgiving or the one being forgiven.

Anytime we find ourselves reacting instead of acting (or responding), we are bringing out past preceptions into the present.

**Releasing Resentment and Forgiveness is not a easy task, I know from personal experience, I still am working on it myself...but I am getting there....so can you!

I started my blog site with Releasing Resentment and Forgiveness, because that is the center of all things. Start dealing with these issues and the ripple effect with other issues will start and you can begin the healing process from the inside out.

Releasing Resentment --Holding on to resentment is not beneficial. It causes stress on our mind, body and spirit. Here are a few things to do to help release the resentment that you are holding on to:
Rid yourself of emotional baggage that is weighing you down & holding you back.
Let go of pain
Work through unfinished business
FORGIVE OTHERS AND YOURSELF!

Letting Go Of The Past -- You cannot enjoy today unless you let go of the past.
Hanging on is only hurting us!
We must live in th present moment and live life to the fullest.
We cannot change the past.
NOW is the only time we can experience!


Ways We Hold Onto Past Hurts
Holding a Grudge
Using "painkillers & emptiness fillers" --work, gambling, shopping, tranquillers, food or liquor.
Low Self-Esteem -- acting out our belief that we were hurt because we were somehow "not good enough". This causes us to create behaviors that hurt ourselves
Playing it safe -- not expecting good things to happen for "protection."
Build walls around us -- sarcasm, get along without getting close, retreat, visible barriers and don't let others know you.
We damage relationships
We repeat the past