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Whether you are working out at home right now or know you will be back to work after some time off in an active job where summer is nearing and chaffing is common, these products are what you will want to have on hand.

The following products will help in blister and pain relief and are made with healing ingredients to help relieve these discomforts. Starting with MedZone, they aim to make EveryBody feel better!

MedZone has products that work to prevent, treat and manage aches, pains, discomforts, wounds and skin-chafing issues. This BlisterZone stick is one such product that appears similar to a deodorant stick only this helps prevent friction that may cause blisters wherever you apply it.

The BlisterZone stick can be used on your feet where shoes, heels and boots may cause blistering. Swimsuits and work gear such as Military and Law Enforcement gear also can cause friction then blisters, so BlisterZone is here to help. MedZone also has pain rubs, sanitizers and muscle TENS massager packs to name a few. Visit MedZone to order your pain and chaffing products so pain doesn’t slow you down anymore.

Then there is a second brand, Nufabrx. Nufabrx is about infusing topicals such as capsaicin into fabrics such as foot or wrist compression sleeves. This is just one of many ways infused topicals can be of benefit. Nufabrx even has an infused pillowcase for acne. Where MedZone helps prevent and sooth minor pain and blisters, Nufabrx is the treatment of existing aches and pains.

One of the brands featured through Nufabrx is the Hemp Symmetry sleeves they make available at Everything Hemp store. This NEW Hemp Squeeze™ Compression Sleeve provides support, improved circulation, and zoned compression with the benefits of 150mg active CBD that remain effective after multiple (up to 25) washes.

Nufabrx also has Medicated Sleeves from the Ames & walker store. These sleeves for foot, hands, knees, arm and wrist are embedded with pain-relieving capsaicin, these gloves will help relieve joint pain and provide support for all-day relief. 

With Nufabrx you don’t apply creams, take pills or apply patches. You simply wear your healing ingredients. Their products respond to body movement and temperature, are comfortable and breathable and can be washed and used multiple times. I can get knee pain relief without really realizing it once I put the sleeve on! Visit Nufabrx for all that is available to wear your pain away!

Most people complain about not getting a good night’s sleep from time to time. Everyone has nights when they toss and turn in bed for hours and then wake up unrefreshed. If you find yourself in a pattern of sleeplessness, however, there may be something more at play. Factors such as stress at work, worrying about paying the bills or dealing with a family illness are just a few of the things that can interfere with sound sleep. Even if you can’t eliminate all of the factors that hinder sleep, there are some smart nighttime sleep habits that may help you get the rest you need.

Make Your Bedroom a Restful Place

Your bedroom should be a restful, quiet place. Limit the use of TV or computer screens close to bedtime. Look into buying shades that darken your room if outside lights are a factor. A fan or earplugs can also help eliminate noises and other disturbances. You should try to avoid spending much time in bed during the day so that you always associate bed with sleep.

Watch What You Drink and Eat Before Bedtime

You should never eat a heavy meal right before you go to bed since it can cause indigestion. Caffeine is another thing to avoid for several hours before you try to sleep. Alcohol can initially make you sleepy, but it can wake you up during the night and prevent you from getting back to sleep.

Keep a Routine Sleep Schedule

If possible, try to go to bed around the same time each night and don’t stay in bed for more than eight hours. When you are consistent in your bedtime routine, it will help your body keep a stable sleep cycle.

Reduce Naps During the Day

If you find you need a nap during the day, try to limit it to 30 minutes or less and never nap after 2 o’clock in the afternoon.

Try to Resolve Worries

Of course, you can’t eliminate your worries, but if you take time to write down the issues that you can resolve the next day it will help your mind relax so that you can get to sleep.

Make Exercise a Part of Your Day

Daily exercise can help you get a better night’s sleep, but don’t do anything too active right before you go to bed.

Keep a Sleep Diary

Another great idea is to begin tracking your sleep with a sleep diary. There are many diary templates available on the Internet but keeping it simple is usually the best option. A sleep doctor will recommend that you follow a few steps and write down your thoughts each morning and evening.

• Step 1 – On the first night, think about your day and jot down some of the following information:
  • Energy – Record how much energy you had throughout the day and include if there was a specific time when energy surged or dropped.
  • Stimulants – Write down what time you drank caffeine, alcohol or smoked tobacco and include the amounts.
  • Naps – Record the time and length of any naps.
  • Medications – Jot down any medications that you took during the day.
  • Stressful situations – Record any unusual stressful things that happened.
• Step 2 – When you get up in the morning, reflect on your night’s sleep:
  • Record how long it took to get to sleep.
  • Write down how many times you woke up and how long it took to get back to sleep.
  • Log how you felt as you got up that morning.

It may help visually to create a spreadsheet with columns for each item. If you wake up during the night, it is important to wait until the morning to fill out the diary. You don’t want to feel more stressed about getting back to sleep. Observing your sleep pattern for about a month can help you see potential problems that may be corrected.

If you still don’t see any progress after making healthy changes to your sleep hygiene, you may need to consult with your physician about the possibility of another underlying illness or sleep disorder. It would be a wise idea to rule out such things as sleep apnea, which can pose serious health risks. Other things that can affect sleep are an iron deficiency or deviated septum. 

Following some healthy sleep habits should help you get the rest you need so that you can tackle whatever the next day brings.

This post was sponsored as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.

It was last winter when my Mom was diagnosed with Diabetes. One moment she was eating what she wanted, teaching her second graders and being Grandma. Then she gets sick, lands in the hospital and comes out with high BP, colon cancer (cured now, yay) and a diabetes diagnosis. Now she needed to learn to manage insulin, eat differently and pay attention to symptoms.

Having diabetes is more than checking blood sugars and eating on schedules. Having diabetes puts you at risk for weight gain, needing to learn nutrition changes and the new risk of heart failure. It was heart failure that surprised me. I honestly never knew of the connection of Type 2 Diabetes and Heart Failure. This is why we have a new movement!

As time goes on, we learn new things in the health field. We even learn that everything we thought we knew was wrong at times. We know health can be directly related to diet, diet related to health, diagnosis bring more risks and medications have new side effects.

So, for many who have lived their entire lives with Diabetes (T2D), perhaps they had not been educated about their higher risk of heart failure (HF). In fact, up to 50% of patients with Type 2 diabetes may develop heart failure. What is scary is we have yet to find a cure! We need to educate ourselves and take action early to help reduce their risk of developing heart failure!

Here are some facts that I don’t want you to just read, but make mental notes to not forget! Talk to loved ones with diabetes and encourage them to have this conversation with their Physician or Endocrinologist next check up. Make sure they (and you) sign up to be the first to hear about the nationwide tour and receive updates for their diabetes and heart health at DiabetesHeartBreak.com.

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This Diabetes Can Break Your Heart started by AstraZeneca is a national movement that aims to cut the trend of heart failure development in individuals with Type 2 diabetes. Remember, diabetes can break your heart – don’t let it!

• After HF diagnosis, the survival rate is 50% at five years; 10% at 10 years.
• Up to 50% of people with T2D may develop Heart Failure
• You’ve probably been focused on lowering your A1C, not your risk for HF. The reality is, you need to do both.
• Diabetes can promote thickening of the walls of the heart and other structural changes, ultimately interfering with pumping
• The damage to your heart may have already started, even before you were diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes
• The single most immediate action that patients with T2D can take is talking to their doctor about their risk of HF and identifying a plan to help reduce this risk.

To assist in finding heart failure risks early in these patients is an integrated VR experience that uses cutting-edge technology that bring to life the symptoms of heart failure. The Diabetes Can Break Your Heart movement wants 2020 to be the year we educate and activate communities around the inherent link between T2D and HF using an innovative and immersive experience. Let’s start the discussion! Sign up today and stay informed!

References

1. American Diabetes Association. 10. Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019. Diabetes Care. 2019;42(suppl 1):S103-S112.
2. National Institutes of Health. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Heart Failure. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/heart-failure. Last accessed September 16, 2019.