Swimming a great relaxation source

A swim should leave you relaxed and comfortable; if it does not, you have stayed in the water too long. Take a shorter swim next time.  Long swim, have someone row along beside you or go with and long good swimmer. And be sure both of you know life-saving technique. 

The most expert swimmer can get a cramp-and if he does, he would drag you down unless you know how to avoid desperate clutches and how to tow him to shore. No matter how well you swim, stay close to shore if you are swimming to an isolated spot. Any races you may have won in high school or college will not protect you against cramps.

Don't try to swim a long distance the first few times out. Your swimming muscles may have lost strength through inaction; give them time to get strong again before you tackle rapid currents, heavy seas, or long distances. Before diving in a new place, test the water for depth and hidden logs or rocks. Lakes and rivers change in depth depending upon rainfall; md in salt water, high and low tides have to be considered. 

Find out for yourself whether your dive should be a shallow one-rather than risk a broken neck. If you have trouble with sinuses or ears, give up diving and under-water swimming. Excessive water in the nose may wash away secretions that help protect against infection.

In addition, infections may wash into the sinuses through the nose or may even reach the middle ear through the Eustachian passage from the throat. 

How to make vacations painfree and stress free?

An ointment for itching bites and sunburn Rules for Vacationists Remember that your vacation is not for the purpose of overexertion, for Relaxation filling lip for year-round sedentary living, for acquiring a copper skin. Recreation for change of scene and change of pace that can trip wiping away ennui and mental fatigue. It is to restore your zest.

 And one should return from it with zest restored instead of with vacation I V, illness and even vacation illness. Don’t plunge immediately into a heavy program of physical activity. You can virtually count on immediate collapse, if you go from a sea-level or high altitude; promptly indulge in a few highballs and a set of tennis. You are likely to have trouble, in fact, at any altitude if you overdo.

Take it easy for the first day or two. Play ball or swim for daily 10 hour or so; work up to increased activity gradually. In this way, you can avoid exhaustion and muscular cramps. Don't overeat. Chances are you will be tempted to do so when you II down to a hotel or restaurant dining table lavishly laden with food. 

Certainly you are paying for it and you may be even more hungry than usual because of all the activity. But you are likely to pay in other ways or overeating. The extra food may put more strain on your heart, which will be pumping fairly hard as you dash around the tennis court later. Never stuff yourself to the point where your stomach feels distended.

Avoid, during vacations, those rich foods that give you indigestion at home. If you are plagued by the unpleasant problem of diarrhea-which may develop because of an overly rich diet, eating strange foods, or drinking contaminated water-change to the softest, blandest foods possible: boiled or poached eggs, custard, rice with milk and sugar. After each movement, drink something hot-soup, tea or milk-to compensate for fluid loss. Sunburn An attractive skin tan is not anything that can be acquired in a day or two.

If you try to tan quickly, you are likely to get a burn that reddens and blisters your skin and may even put you in a hospital. You can prevent painful and ugly sunburn if you are careful about just a few things: Watch out for the noonday sun. When the sun is high overhead, its rays are short, direct, more burning. 

Late afternoon is the safer time to start your sunbathing. Remember that when the sky is overcast, the sun can still burn cruelly, so be careful on hazy as well as bright days. Know your own type of skin and how it burns. Skins differ. A child's burns more quickly than an adult's. Among adults, people with fair skins are quicker to burn than brunettes.