Category: Blog
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Can Crossing Your Legs Leads To Back Pain?
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…
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Is Your Breakfast and Your Joints Making The Same Noise?
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: The above are…
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Having Pain In The Inside of Your Elbow
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…
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Pain or Numbness Whenever You Move Your Wrist
It could be Carpal tunnel syndrome. It happens when pressure on the median nerve makes your hand tingly, numb, weak, or painful. Causes Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when a combination of health factors and activities puts pressure on the median nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel in your wrist. These factors include: Symptoms…
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Maintaining The ‘Power Position’ When Sitting, Standing & Lifting
Last week we talked about back pain versus back problem and we know now that one of the keys to having a healthy back is maintaining your spine in normal balance. In the lower back, this is the neutral (slightly arched) position. Athletes and coaches call this position the “power position” Try and stand up…
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A Healthy Back For Life
Millions of people in all continents of the world suffer from spinal disorders. These include low back pain, neck pain, scoliosis and disc disease, to name but a few. Spinal pain and disability can have a profound effect on a person’s overall health, sometimes preventing them from working or even doing simple daily activities. Research has…
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The Proven Benefits Of Exercise.
We know that exercising regularly promotes cardiovascular fitness and reduces the risk of certain diseases. Exercise also promotes mental well-being. Many people exercise to look slim and trim. Others exercise to develop strength and flexibility or to help them become better athletes.While the list of reasons to exercise is a long one and you should…
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Painful and Twisted Neck
Have you ever woken up with severe neck pain and found it almost impossible to turn your head? If so, you may have experienced wry neck, also known as torticollis. This condition can develop suddenly and make even the smallest neck movement extremely painful. For many people, the pain becomes so intense that simple activities…
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SMART PHONE ‘TEXT NECK’
Ever walked into a room and realized everyone’s head is down; all because they are reading emails, or are on social media sites, playing games etc on their smart phones. This has become a common trend in today’s world especially with teenagers and the youth. Unfortunately road accidents, lack of social skills and even ‘ipad…