{"id":11,"date":"2016-08-23T13:55:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T13:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=11"},"modified":"2016-08-24T13:56:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T13:56:34","slug":"6-health-trends-olympians-are-all-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=11","title":{"rendered":"6 Health Trends Olympians are All About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--><span>Remember those weird purple-red circles on Michael Phelps sculpted back or the multi-colored tape slung across Kerry Walsh Jennings&#8217; right shoulder? It&#8217;s all for a purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Olympians are looking for more natural or holistic techniques rather than medicine.Check out these health trends:<\/p>\n<p>Kinesio Tape: The tape is placed in the pattern of muscle fibers and helps facilitate movement.<\/p>\n<p>Cupping: ancient Chinese therapy that is touted for promoting healing and easing muscle pain.The therapy involves placing glass or plastic cups on the body that seal against the skin and create a vacuum that pulls skin away from the body to improve blood flow and draw out toxins.<\/p>\n<p>Sleep rate monitor &#8211; a device that monitors how well an athlete slept and for how long. Fatigue or lack of sleep can cause balance and coordination issues as well as lead to muscle injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Inflammation Trackers &#8211; this is a kit to measure the level of inflammation in the body through the athlete&#8217;s saliva. Cortisol levels are then measured.<\/p>\n<p>Ice Baths &#8211; with temperatures about 50-degrees Fahrenheit, athletes will sit for about eight to 10 minutes to help move out that lactic acid and other waste products that are generated during the course of a race. The temperature also can enhance blood flow, which aids muscle recovery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.delawareonline.com\/story\/news\/health\/2016\/08\/23\/6-health-trends-olympians-all\/89111028\/\">Delaware Online<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember those weird purple-red circles on Michael Phelps sculpted back or the multi-colored tape slung across Kerry Walsh Jennings&#8217; right&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-medicine","category-articles","category-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions\/12"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}