End Neck Pain By Improving Posture
How Proper Posture Improves Your Spine Relieving Nerve Pressure by Dr. Matthew BellingerHow does posture have anything to do with neck pain?--Neck pain comes from pressure on the nerves. How does this ...
Suck in Your Gut!
Chiropractors and other health professionals often offer a mantra that includes ?draw your navel to your spine,? which reportedly engages deep abdominal muscles and protects your lower back. Now, expe ...
Helmets important for skiers and snowboarders
An article on MSNBC.com reports that stunts on the snowy slopes has had head and spine injuries on the rise, and these types of injuries have the potential to be very traumatic. Two keys to avoiding t ...
Pilates Teacher
I would like ideas on training a male who is recovering from back surgery (L2/L3 microdisectomy): best exercises to do, and modifications. Also, any resources for further information. Thanks!!!
Avoid too much lumbar flexion and rotation. Focus more on neutral spine and extension. Watch th...
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Berry Good! Preventing Cancer with Berries
According to researchers from Rutgers University, New Jersey, blueberries could prevent the development of colon cancer. A natural compound, pterostilbene, which can be found in blueberries and other ...
Don't Forget Your Lignans
Lignans are compounds that could inhibit tumor development or growth. At least in t estrogen dependant cancers. They can be found in deifferent seeds and nuts such as sunflower seeds or cashews. Ty ...
Usually I don't see sunflower seeds and cashews listed together for having something in common be...
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Study: Melanoma survival rate improving
The overall survival of people with melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, has improved over the past 25 years or so, German researchers report.
They note in their report in the medical jo ...
Walk=Fit
Getting some exercise isn't as laborious as you might think. If you can muster a brisk, thirty-minute walk most days of the week you'll reduce stress, tone your legs and bum, slash your risk of gettin ...
Make Space For Yoga
One thing we learn in yoga is to make space. We make space in the spine by lengthening it. We make space in our joints by gradually stretching the muscles. And we make space in our core by expandin ...
Marvelous Marathon Mom
I thought this was a pretty incredible story. British world record-holding marathon runner Paula Radcliffe won the women's division of the New York City Marathon just nine months after giving birth.Ac ...
