Stretches for the Serially Inflexible
Stretching may be the most important thing you are not doing It’s easy to see why- with all the constraints of obligations on your waking hours, it can be hard to carve out a few minutes to lay down on the ground and breathe. But that could be the tonic you need to find a…
The Key to Keeping Youth: Flexibility
Flexibility of body and mind As we grow older, our minds and bodies become set in patterns that limit us and actually begin to cause detriment. We don’t have the abundant reserves of energy we had as children and we grow more sedentary; we must work to earn money which leads a lot of us…
Save Yourself from the Damage of Commuting
< An example of how not to sit during your commute . Commuting can be physiologically and psychologically damaging if you let it. The stress of traffic and the crunch for time can take it out of you before you even reach the office while the posture that many of us inevitably slip into in (for the…
Computer Vision Syndrome
Computer vision syndrome: welcome to life in the 21st century It almost sounds dystopian, but we promise you it is a real problem and its on the rise. Ask anyone who spends the majority of their day deskbound and they will probably tell you that they have experienced a computer screen headache at least once.…
Forward Head Posture: A Modern Syndrome
The Ever-Forward Head Computers, tablets, cell phones: how much of your daily life is conducted through these mediums? While there is a pretense that these devices have a net positive impact on our health, they exact a toll on the spine. Traditionally known as reader’s neck, forward head posture (FHP) comes about when we perform…
Prepping Food to Save Stress, Wallet and Waistline
When the going gets busy, the busy individual gets smart with their food habits! When it comes to navigating a busy day, food often falls down the list of priorities; this is a shame because food is your fuel for those busy days. Food prep is time-consuming and therefore easy to cut out of your…
Snacks that Keep your Batteries Charged
Staying energized with snacks? While we sleep, our body rests and fasts and this is why blood sugar levels often reach a low by 7 AM. Many of us wake up at this time and get going to be at work by 9. Say you are part of the minority who enjoys a balanced breakfast…
Baby Stepping your Way to Fitness
“Fitness” is not going to happen overnight. And what does fitness mean anyway? A ripped set of muscles or a killer beach body? No, we think true fitness is a body with less pain and less weight to hold you back from doing things you truly love; a body that will prevent an old age…
The Technique of a Successful Sitter
Sitting is not the unconscious activity we give it credit for It is much more insidious, contributing to obesity and risk for cardiovascular disease while simultaneously destabilizing the back, leading to pain and degeneration in your spine. And then you end up at the chiropractor’s office wondering where it all went wrong. Well, if you…
Deskercise: Sneaky Ways to Stay in Shape
Rethinking the way we exercise Between working, commuting and relaxing, many of us are spending up to 70% of our waking hours seated! This is rough news for our bodies, particularly our backs and even people who make a pilgrimage to the gym after work still need to be wary of sitting for long periods…