Simple Tips Can Help Weekend Warriors, Boomers Maintain Active Lifestyle

Los Angeles, Calif. – For weekend warriors and active boomers, staying healthy and fit as their bodies age can come at a cost. Not only is there wear and tear on joints and muscles, but bumps, falls and overexertion while working out or competing can also occur.

“Weekend warriors and boomers are particularly more susceptible to injury because oftentimes they are not keeping themselves physically prepared for exertion,” says Anne Meyer, M.D., whose private practice in Los Angeles focuses on sports rehabilitation medicine with integrative approaches to muscular-skeletal pain management.

Dr. Meyer says simple stretching as well as getting exercise at least three times a week are some essential measures that can prevent the likelihood of injury. She adds that good nutrition is also key in reducing pain.

“Eating healthy, such as incorporating fresh fruit and vegetables into your diet and relying less on pre-packaged food, allows the body to repair itself better by helping build new healthy tissues,” she says. “Tissues are continually being renewed. Sometimes what you remove from your diet is more important that what you add.”

Her other tips to reducing pain include avoiding artificial sweeteners, drinking water more frequently to increase hydration, eating every 4 hours to optimize the metabolism and avoiding acidic foods, such as citrus, if arthritis is present since it may exacerbate symptoms.

In the event an injury does occur, Dr. Meyer recommends resting and minimizing physical activity, applying ice to the injured area, elevating the injured arm or leg, and treating pain by applying a topical like Boiron’s odorless Arnicare Gel. Arnicare Gel, which contains homeopathic Arnica montana, will not only safely treat muscle aches and stiffness, but also relieves swelling and bruising.

“In conjunction with eating a good diet, participating in regular exercise and taking the proper care after an injury, Arnicare Gel can be used to naturally relieve pain in the muscles that have been strained,” says Dr. Meyer. “I recommend it to my patients to help them maintain their active lifestyles and to reduce pain, swelling and bruising when injuries do occur.”

For more information about the gel and other Arnicare pain relievers, please visit  http://www.arnicare.com.

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About Boiron: Boiron, world leader in homeopathy, is a $500 million public company with 3,800 employees in more than 80 countries. Boiron is best known for its top-selling flu medicine, Oscillococcinum®, and its Arnicare® line of pain relievers. For more than 75 years, Boiron has been committed to funding scientific research and educating the public and healthcare professionals on homeopathic medicines. As a pharmaceutical company, Boiron maintains the highest standards in manufacturing, complying with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States and drug Good Manufacturing Practices.

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