Healthy Hips and Healthy Knees
Healthy Hips and Healthy Knees Created in Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain The numbers of individuals undergoing total hip replacement and total knee replacement are increasing significantly.1 Annual rates in the United States for total hip replacement have increased more than 50%. In Denmark, rates have been increasing by 30%. Annual rates in the […]
Trigger Points and Pain
Trigger Points and Pain Created in Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain Trigger points are persistent, localized muscle spasms that can cause a great deal of pain. Trigger points alone may be responsible for many cases of neck pain, upper back pain, and lower back pain. This relationship is fairly common knowledge among physicians […]
Detox
Detox Created in Wellness Essentials, Nutrition Every person should cleanse the system of toxins and let the digestive tract rest at least once each year. Cleansing is one of the most direct and effective ways to improve your overall health quickly. Free radicals and toxins can build up in your body over time and may […]
Effective Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain
Effective Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain Created in Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain Here’s an all-too-common situation. You develop low back pain that lasts for more than a few days and you’re uncomfortable enough to go see your primary care physician. He or she tells you it’s not clear what’s going […]
Ups and Downs
Ups and Downs Created in Newsletter Library, Illness Prevention Is it possible that ups and downs with respect to our health and well-being are yet another reflection of the ebb and flow of all things? Aren’t ups and downs part of the natural process of life? If ups and downs are natural, should you really […]
Desk Chair
Desk Chair Created in Wellness Essentials, At Work The basics of a healthy ergonomic workstation include a bio-mechanically correct chair to sit in. It is best if it’s adjustable to support your unique height and curves. Humanscale offers a variety of seating options designed to keep you healthy and well while you are working. These […]
Do I Have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Do I Have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Created in Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain Many people believe they have carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The majority have been told by their medical doctor that they have CTS. Others have mistakenly concluded that because they have some numbness and tingling in their wrist or hand, they […]
Managing Your Symptoms
Managing Your Symptoms Created in Newsletter Library, Illness Prevention Most of us are procrastinators. We let things go until the last minute. Papers, magazines, and books pile up on the desk until the process of finding what we’re looking for resembles an archeological dig. Our garages look like our desks. Stuff fills the garage just […]
Core Trainer
Core Trainer Created in Wellness Essentials, Exercise The Core Trainer is an innovative, effective piece of exercise equipment from Panasonic that allows you to sit down and perform low impact exercises that help lead to high impact results. This is made possible by innovative counter-balance exercise technology, which constantly moves you off your center of […]
Dealing with Arthritis
Dealing with Arthritis Created in Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain We’ve all seen the TV ads ─ nice-looking woman in her fifties, sitting on a nice sofa in a nice living room, rubbing her hands, in obvious pain. Of course, she’s not Lady Macbeth, trying to rub off the imagined blood of her […]