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HANDLING BREAST PROBLEMS
Over the last several years, I’ve collected some very interesting solutions for handling many adverse conditions with the breast, including but not limited to Cancer, unidentified lumps, bumps, and lesions.
Many MDs caution their patients to the point of "fear" to get regular Mammograms and checkups for these lumps and bumps, but never do these MDs educate their patients on how to prevent these in the first place nor how to get rid of them naturally. I’m going to rectify that now.
The breasts, especially towards the armpits, contain a very large quantity of lymph glands which the body uses as a garbage disposal unit to get rid of wastes and toxins within the body. Most breast cancer in women starts near the underarms where these lymph nodes are abundant. The following are the 3 major physical causes for breast problems in their order of the most difficulties created.
#1 Bras.
#2 Heavy antiperspirant deodorants.
#3 Lack of exercise.
Does this mean we have to revert back to the 60s when "not wearing a bra" was the "in" thing? Does this mean we have to walk around and stink, offending our friends and coworkers alike?
Absolutely not! There are solutions!
One can get bras made of either silk or cotton that contain, but do not bind. One can buy or even make their own herbal preparations which will beat any store-bought deodorant hands down. And lastly, one can get a little more exercise even if it means buying a Rebounder and jumping up and down for 5 minutes a day. There are simple solutions that work, and they will keep the lumps and bumps away.
But what about someone who already has a breast problem or even has Cancer? The following solutions can work wonders, and best of all, they are FREE! (Don’t let your Medical Doctor see this unless you want to see him go berserk) These 3 solutions are also in their relative order of importance.
#1. Hot and Cold Hydrotherapy. Using a shower wand or just standing in the shower and having the stream of water focused on the underarm and breast can dramatically lessen or even get rid of lumps and Cancers. One starts with "hot" (as hot as you can stand it) and lets the water stream hit the area for a minimum of two minutes. You then turn the "hot" all the way off and do two minutes with only the "cold" on (the colder the better). Alternate back and forth doing hot then cold and end on hot for a total of 22 minutes. That’s 6 "hots" and 5 "colds". For serious cases of Cancer do this whole sequence 3 times a day. By itself, this procedure has wiped out major Breast Tumors and if I only had one therapy to use, this is it.
#2. The second and a very important action you can take to get rid of breast problems is "exercise". No other exercise beats "running". Running will thoroughly exercise every cell in your body. "But", you say "It’s winter time and too cold to go running", or "I haven’t exercised in years and I’m too busy (lazy) and just don’t have the time". Well - I’ve heard all the excuses and even though running is the best, and it doesn’t cost a thing, there are alternatives. You could buy an inexpensive Rebounder and jump up and down for 5 to 10 minutes a day. Rebounding for 5 minutes is equal to running a mile, it’s that good.
Unlike veins which have valves that keep the blood flowing in one direction and a heart to keep it moving, the only way the lymph system can move fluid is through exercise. The #3 solution is a form of exercise which is isolated to that one area. Running and Rebounding exercises the entire lymph system throughout the body and will also tone it. A very secondary #2 solution to the exercise would be inversion therapy where one hangs upside down on a slant board or other such apparatus. For a person who was extremely overweight or who was injured and couldn’t run or jump, inversion therapy would be a temporary solution while implementing solutions #1 and #3.
#3. A friend of mine, gave me this next little gem that she picked up from a Naturopath by the name of Dr. Dana Myat - author of "A Physician’s Diary".
"There is a Chinese form of Breast Massage - and this is another treatment I give to all my women, both with benign lumps and with Breast Cancer. You put your hand over the breast and move the entire mass of breast tissue so you are really lifting the breast in a circle and the circle is toward the arm pits - so whatever direction it will be, it’s different on each breast. You put your hands over both breasts and do the massage, the rotations - you can work on both breasts at the same time… You are moving the entire breast. This is moving the breast in the direction that the lymph channels flow around the breast. This is an ANCIENT Chinese technique for removing lumps and bumps from the breast… It helps. In fact, any woman who has fibrocystic disease that has painful breasts, it works really well. You can just do the treatment right there in the doctor’s office and it will very often take the discomfort out of the fibrocystic disease. I teach patients to-do it at home because if they have a malignancy or a serious case of cystic breast disease that they are inspired to get rid of, the Chinese say that you do three hundred circles a day. I can tell you if you try to do three hundred rotations the very first time, it is like going into the gym and working out for an hour when you haven’t been weight lifting because your arm muscles will be sore and the chest wall muscles may feel a little sore. That’s OK - you won’t hurt anything but I will often tell my women to start with 150 rotations and work their way up until they can do 300 and they may even want to break it up into two sessions - 150 in the morning and 150 in the evening…"
For the best results, I’d recommend to a client that they utilize all three solutions, especially if they had a serious Breast Tumor. As is the case with anyone who is now taking full responsibility for their own health, the more you can do, the better. And this would include a full herbal and nutritional program as well.
Yours in health and love,
Doc
Copyright (c) 2001 by Ian 'Doc' Shillington. All rights reserved.
Ian "Doc" Shillington N.D.
505-772-5889
Dr.IanShillington@GilaNet.com
In Reply to: Breast Problems posted by Ian Doc Shillington on March 08, 2003 at 13:49:20:
Could you tell me if breastfeeding your children for at least 1 year each helps reduce these lumps and bumps? I have read research that it can reduce the risk of breast cancer by 50% if a woman spends two years of her life nursing( not necessarily 2 years in a row) Also, if a women is rather busty but wants to avoid an underwire, are sports bras safe to avoid these lumps and bumps? Thanks so much!
In Reply to: Breast Problems posted by Ian Doc Shillington on March 08, 2003 at 13:49:20:
Thank you Doc.
Some of your points to elaborate on. My godmother/aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years. There is no one else in our family who suffers with breast cancer as far as I know, thats without going too far back in the family tree. does this put me in a high risk category for breasta cancer?
I dont see why women have a problem with going braless, when they can. I try to as much as possible. As soon as I get home, I will remove my bra, its such a relief anyway, to take that "apparatus" off. If I am going out, I will wear my bra. But I think the less restrictions placed on your breasts, the better.
I find the cotton or silk bras ok, but not totally esthetically appealing. Ok, us women can be vain at times! :)
The tighter bras give better support and control. I often will wear push up bras, but they are quite restricting as you mention. I would prefer to wear these, so if I was to keep wearing these kinds of bras, and do my rebounding, and watch my diet, would that still be ok in keeping my breast cancer risk low?
The only antiperspirant I use is Tea Tree oil deodorant. I cant wear perfumes anyway (veryfew), as I get allergic reactions. The deodorant I use is aluminum free.
The breast exercise you mention is great. I dont get to feel all the fibrous tissue in my breasts, which I really dont like, and has stopped me from performing self breast checks in the past. Is this exercise only for women who already have benign lumps and breast cancer, or for those who just want to use it for prevention of. Can this exercise also be used when a woman gets PMT, and the accompanying breast sensitivity/painful breasts.
Also with the rebounding, is that as effective/healthy for the body as running. I prefer to rebound, than to run. I get puffed out too quick when I run, as my fitness level isnt that great. But on the rebounder, I can go easily for 20mins with exhertion.
The hot and cold shower therapy. does it have to be for 20mins? That seems like an awfully long time in the shower. Especially when one has to get ready for work in the morning. How about 10 mins?
Thanks for the very practical, helpful ideas, doc!
In Reply to: Breast Problems posted by Ian Doc Shillington on March 08, 2003 at 13:49:20:
Doc:
Can the hot and cold water therapy be used for women who have lymphedema?
In Reply to: Breast Problems posted by Ian Doc Shillington on March 08, 2003 at 13:49:20:
Thanks, Doc Ian.
Much wisdom here.
Namaste`
Walt
In Reply to: Breast Problems posted by Ian Doc Shillington on March 08, 2003 at 13:49:20:
Wearing a bra causes breast problems? Well crap. I am totally screwed then, hahaha... The only time I DON'T wear a bra is when I'm in the shower or having sex. I even wear one to bed. And it's hard for me to find ones that aren't binding. I'm a weird size, something like 34D. But a lot of times, bras don't fit so well, for whatever reason. Either the cups are too small and give me double boob, or are too big and too loose. How is it that binding bras cause breast problems? I don't think I really understand. I always thought that was a huge myth... I'm really paranoid about my breasts starting to sag, so I like bras that I are nice and tight with lots of push up action. I would hate to have to give that up.
In Reply to: No Way! posted by Velvet on March 10, 2003 at 12:24:09:
Hi, Velvet.
Natural fiber bras (cotton, linen or silk) are perfectly healthy and desirable. The synthetic ones have been shown to greatly increase the incidence of cancer and fibrocysic disease of the breast. (Reference: a study from India about 25 years ago.)
Apparently they interfere with the aura of the breast by being applied so closely to the body.
Let us know what you learn.
Walt
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