“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.”
Jim Rohn
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“In health there are neither rewards nor punishments, There are only consequences”. Robert G Ingersoll
Exercises As Effective As Manipulation For Neck Pain
A recent study has found that spinal manipulation therapy is more effective than medication in both the short and long-term. The most interesting part of the study was that home exercises and advice were as effective as manipulation. It just goes to show that the benefits of self-help should not be underestimated. It would have…
“Things without remedy should be without regard; what is done, is done.” William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“The dream of my life Is to lie down by a slow river And stare at the light in the trees – To learn something by being nothing A little while but the rich Lens of attention.” Mary Oliver
The Miracle Cure
Scarlett McNally, a Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon, and her colleagues have spent 2 years analysing more than 200 separate pieces of research. The effect that regular exercise could have on our health is amazing. Exercise could: prevent type 2 diabetes reduce the risk of getting breast cancer by 25% decrease the risk of bowel cancer by 45% reduce the…
Physical Activity and Health
A group of researchers led by Per Ladenvall (University of Gothenburg in Sweden) have looked into the relationship between physical capacity and health. They studied 800 middle-aged men over a period of 45 years. Physical fitness was measured by VO2 max. The results showed that low physical fitness is a greater risk of death than high…