Physiotherapy For Better Posture
Who hasn’t been admonished to not to slump, to “sit up straight and put your shoulders back”? Who doesn’t attempt picture-perfect posture in front of the dressing room mirrors, tightening stomach muscles, lifting the chest and raising the chin before checking out the view. There is no question that...
Exercise
"When your heart pumps blood through the blood vessels, the blood pushes against the walls of your blood vessels. This creates blood pressure. Your body needs blood pressure to move the blood throughout your body, so every part of your body can get the oxygen it needs (heart.org).” High blood...
Chronic-Disease
About one in four Americans ages 50 and older don’t regularly exercise, leaving them at a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer, a study published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests. The research, featured in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, found...
200 Zika Cases Thailand
Thailand has recorded about 200 cases of Zika since January, the health ministry said on Tuesday, making it a country with one of the highest numbers of confirmed cases in the region. It was the first time Thailand's health ministry has confirmed the number of Zika cases this year. The announcement...
Apples and pears
The first cool breeze, a couple of fallen leaves, the smell of a pumpkin spice latté—it’s here. Fall is officially in the air. As the summer months come to a close, and we swap out our bottles of rosé for warm spiked cider, we also start to think of...
Banana
Hundreds of banana farmers from Central America and South America will again have their day in court, after a U.S. appeals court on Friday revived six lawsuits accusing several big fruit and chemical companies of sickening them with a toxic pesticide. By an 11-0 vote, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court...
Allergies worse
Nearly 30 million American children and adults suffer from asthma, which is when the respiratory "pipes" (bronchi) that carry air in and out of the lungs are inflamed and spasm. And every year, the disease sends more than 500,000 people to the hospital, killing 4,000 with severe, choking asthma...
driving
Nobody wants to think about the possibility of being involved in a car accident. However, the sad truth is that they do happen - every day, in fact. Nobody really knows whether or not they will be involved in an accident. What’s more, there is only a certain amount...
Obesity
Obesity is a massive health threat across the globe and remains hard to counter, despite many thousands of diets and medications. A study published in July in the New England Journal of Medicine gives a few severely obese patients a new medical ally—and the world a narrow ray of...
Work load
For most of us, work is where we spend the vast majority of our time. Therefore, it is clear that it is important to take care of ourselves while at work. Often, people fall into bad ways of being when they are at work. Yet, if that is where...