Do you have chronic pain?

Most people are dehydrated and don’t even know it, but they are likely feeling it.

“If you are dehydrated you’re going to be more prone to pain.” Dr. Perry Nickelston

Check out this chart:

Your blood, brain, heart, muscles and kidney are mostly water and if you are dehydrated than these systems will suffer.

Since everything is connected and no part of your body works in unison, than every cell will be effected.

Dana Cohen, M.D.author of Quench, a book on the science and importance of water, believes that proper hydration is “the single most important thing we can do to treat and prevent chronic illness.”

Dr. F. Batmanghelidj​, author of The Body’s Many Cries for Water ​also stresses this point.​

Dr. Cohen says, “When we are dehydrated, fluid always goes to the brain first and gets transported from other areas of the body like joints. Our fascia, the connective tissue webbing that supports every cell and organ in the body, can become tangled and knotted, making movement painful, difficult, and stiff.”​

Chronic back pain, migraines, regular headaches, fibromyalgia and arthritis can all be made worse through dehydration, which means they can be made better by hydrating.

Some tips to drink more water:

• Add some Himalayan salt to your water [Sole Water recipe]
• Use a straw (it just seems to help!)
• Set a timer and sip every 15-30 minutes. Don’t be ashamed to use this method;)
• Put all of the water you are going to drink out on the counter so you can see your progress
• Use an app. There are so many to choose from, just pick one and go with it.
• Buy a water bottle that you really like and enjoy looking at.
• Drink 20% of your intake upon waking.

Now, while this email is largely about hydration, I don’t want you to forget that exercise can help with chronic pain, too.

• Movement promotes blood flow and when blood flow is reduced or stagnant you’ll get pain.
• Regular exercise has an anti-inflammatory response.
• Exercise helps you sleep better and sleep is when your body goes through regeneration and recovery.

Maybe you think that because you have some pain that you can’t exercise or that you are too old to start exercising.

Nothing can be further from the truth!