Brain Food: Keeping the Noggin Well-Nourished
Today, a subject that is certain to get the juices flowing: cerebral circulation. What price can you place on your brain? It is the central processing unit for your entire world, and it is hungry! For an organ that makes up only about 2% of body mass, the brain uses more energy than any other…
Deep Breathing to Beat Stress
In the heat of a stressful moment, deep breathing is a powerful tool. There is so much wisdom in the saying, “take a deep breath.” But to go a step further we should try taking a full minute of deep breathing. In moments of panic, when stress is boiling over, our breathing tends to become…
How to Manage Back Pain in the Moment
Sitting all the time is the fastest ticket to back pain currently available. As humans we were not meant to sit for nearly as much time as we do- but more and more of us are being asked to sit for 40+ hours a week, plus our commute and recreation time. Sitting is insidious by…
Using your Hips to Fight Lower Back Pain
The problems facing your hips are myriad. Let’s focus on how it relates to low back pain. As the largest joints in the human body, the hips are meant to support the weight of the human body during both static and dynamic (moving) posture. The entire region, known as the pelvis, contains the two hip…
The Hype about Micro-exercising
Micro-exercise is the idea that you can capture great health benefits from small doses of workout How do we define the value of 60 seconds? 10 minutes? Certainly these small blocks of time can be measured in terms of productivity, but what about in terms of the benefit to brain and body? All across America workers…
Using Body Weight: The Cheapest Way to Train
Body-weight training is trending this new year and for good reason. It has a lot of factors that line up with a modern mindset: it’s free, easy to learn and quick to implement. It’s versatile, able to target different parts of the body which need improving and can (most likely) be performed from wherever you…
Losing Weight is a Mind Game
Forget about looking great and focus on real reasons for losing weight. Chasing an ideal body image or losing weight simply for the approaching beach season are “reasons” for losing weight, sure, but they are not much more. They let you down because they are superficial by nature: there is no such thing as an ideal…
New Years Resolutions with a Side of Reality
One in three Americans will be halfway through the first week of their new year’s resolutions, many of which have to do with “becoming healthier.” And how many people will still be on track 1 month from now? 6 months? The spirit of the holiday season imbues many of us with grandiose ambitions for the…
Seasonal Depression: How to Overcome It Naturally
Seasonal depression is thought to affect 10-20% of Americans Seasonal depression, seasonal affective disorder, winter fatigue, tiredness; it is a stark reality that during the winter months we are more prone to drops in mood and a dearth of energy. While many people will suffer from fatigue in the winter, for others it takes on…
Importance of the Lumbar
Low back pain is one of the foremost afflictions of modern life. And it begins with the lumbar: by diameter, the five largest vertebrae in the human body are those of the lumbar and they are responsible for bearing the weight of the upper body. In fact, we would be fortunate if all they had…