Tips and Tricks to sit longer without pain and Discomfort. Exercises for back to help you sit longer without pain. Here is a video showing five simple and effective exercises to help you sit longer at your desk, car, plane, movies, concerts or anywhere. Our body was designed to keep moving. But in this age…
Advice on choosing the correct width and size When you go shopping for shoes, just realize that not all shoes are created according to the size mentioned on the shoe. Just because it says size 7 doesn’t mean that it will fit you if you’re a size 7. It is always good to ask to…
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have claimed that a good night’s sleep enhances complex cognitive skills necessary for decision-making. They backed up the notion by checking it on a group of 54 young people who were made to play a Gambling Task, which is a card game. It assesses the frontal lobe…
The human foot is made up of 26 different bones (25% of all the bones in the body), 22 distinct joints and more than 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments. The foot can be broken down into six separate sections: the heel, the instep, the sole, the ball of the foot, the toes and the toenails.…
About Wrinkled Feet Wrinkled feet may not be something one thinks about very often, especially when you’re young, but as many people can attest to; the day will come when the wrinkles on your feet start bothering you. Fortunately, there are step one can take to counter this inevitable effect of aging. When somebody mentions…
Infrared heat to soothe sore muscles. Heat is known to be a wonderful way to ease the pain of sore muscles. Heat that is applied directly to your body can help relax muscles and even helps with menstrual cramps. Not only do Infrared saunas help ease a bodies pain, they can also help you lose…
Is it conceivable that massage can provide more effective relief from low back pain than medication? A new study published in theAnnals of Internal Medicinesuggests this therapy might indeed alleviate back pain better in the short term than traditional interventions of medicine, bed rest or exercise:Healthdayreports. The investigation conducted by the Group Health Research Institute…
Latin rhythms pulse fromPittsburgh’s Club One aerobics studio, where Maria McCalister leads a Zumba class packed with the glistening bodies of nearly 50 people seeking to swivel, pivot, and shake their way to fitness. McCalister coaches her students to feel the music, be it salsa, meringue, or flamenco. “I don’t talk much,” she says. “I let…
RSI (or occupational overuse syndrome, work-related upper limb injury or isometric contraction myopathy) is caused by repeated overuse and injury to the muscles of the hands, wrists, arms or shoulders. For example, constant movement of the fingers by a typist or musician causes stress on the tissues at a microscopic level. This triggers molecular changes…
Dehydration – An Imbalance of Water & Minerals 100% Preventable – If you know what to do! Dehydration results from the loss of water and important electrolytes from the body, including potassium, sodium, chloride and many other minerals often overlooked. The very functioning of essential organs like the brain, kidney, heart and nervous system…