Author: C&P Health Expert

Nothing improves my mood more than a long bike ride in the country, so I say this next part with reservations (and sadness). Cycling has its dark side – possibly the most significant being that it can wreak havoc on your posture. There are myriad physical and mental health benefits: But if you understand the…

Are you suffering from lower back pain, buttock pain or numbness in the leg and foot? Your excess weight could be playing a major role in this. Most of us know that obesity contributes to the development of; coronary heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and colon cancer. However, did you know that obesity is…

Not a week passes by without getting someone who has an ankle sprain, a knee injury, shoulder pain etc.  Reason: “I slipped in the bathroom” The smallest room in the house can be a dangerous place. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, every year about 235,000 people over age 15 visit emergency rooms…

For slightly more than a year I experienced a kind of tension in my neck. It kept giving me the urge to stretch and crack my neck though it was not necessarily painful. This would always leave me feeling relieved. Unfortunately the relief was not permanent and the tension kept coming back.  I would crack my neck…

Good posture is training your body how to stand, sit, and lie in positions where the least strain is placed on the supporting muscles and ligaments during movement or when bearing weight. Your sleeping pose can have a major impact on your sleep as well as your overall health Poor sleeping posture can lead to…

In Kenya, the normal time people go to the office usually starts from 7am and they leave at around 5pm. Most of the time in the office is spent on sitting and working on either a laptop or a desktop. Over a period of time, we forget the importance of proper ergonomics. This because we either have to…

Crossing your legs seems like a perfectly harmless act. Everyone does it (usually on a daily basis), and most people do not even think twice about it. Although there are no immediately recognizable negative effects of crossing your legs, other than a brief tingling sensation in your foot, it can lead to some unseen consequences…

You might be a little concerned to hear snap, crackle and pop in the morning, especially when those noises are not coming from your bowl of cornflakes. Instead, those noises might be coming from one, two or three of your joints.  Some of the common myths about cracking of the joints include: Cracking one’s joints…

Are you experiencing the following symptoms ? You could be suffering from Golfer’s elbow. Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis) causes pain and swelling in the tendons that connect the forearm to the elbow. The pain centers on the bony bump on the inside of the elbow and may spread into the forearm. Golfer’s elbow is usually…