Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: What You Can Do About It.
While we most often associate this pain, tingling, or numbness in the wrist and hand as an obvious sign of compression of the median nerve in the wrist, i.e. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, itโs important to also rule out other possible causes, including nerve…
How to Communicate with Your Massage Therapist
Communication seems like an easy thing to master, but for most of us, proves to be a very difficult concept to implement at times. Everyone has different backgrounds, experiences, and lifestyles that affect the way we speak and how we interpret the words of others. This is why itโs so important to make sure youโre communicating properly with your massage therapist.
The Importance of Movement
Everyone has heard the phrase that an object in motion stays in motion. As much as most of us would like to believe that this isnโt true, unfortunately it is. But why is it so hard for us to accept? All too often we stay indoors in a sitting position if life will allow us. Weโll go out of our way to put off daily chores, and errands in a second just to avoid the extra effort that it calls for. How did we get this way? We live in a time that everything is readily available.
How Sitting can Damage Your Health
The key to a healthy lifestyle is making healthy food choices and staying active, right? While that seems like an easy goal to achieve, we all know that life gets in the way. If you work at a job that doesnโt allow you to get enough movement or your schedule doesnโt make time for working out, living an active lifestyle can be difficult. You may have heard that sitting is the new smoking, but just how does sitting affect your health?
4 signs you’re eating too much sugar
Letโs face it; sugar is tastyโฆand itโs everywhere! Even hidden in foods where you may not expect to find it. While it may be hard to avoid completely, if youโre mindful about the amount of sugar youโre eating, your body will thank you. So hereโs 4 signs that you may be eating too much sugar.
How to stay hydrated in the summer heat
Whether you love the summer sun or you hibernate through until cooler temperatures are here, we all know the importance of staying hydrated in the summer heat to keep our bodies healthy and functioning. This is especially important if you have a job or hobby that puts you up close and personal with the heat on a day to day basis.
4 Reasons you should take a break
I know youโre busy. You rush through your days and probably right now have numerous browsers open or are only halfway reading this because you have so much on your mind. Thatโs life in the world we live in. But did you know that taking a break is far more beneficial than just a few minutes of downtime?
How Stress Affects Your Body
We all wear many hats in our busy lives. Whether you work or stay home, have children or donโt, own a business or work for someone else, if youโre human, you have stress. Period. Itโs an unavoidable part of life. And while you may feel the emotional weight of all that stress, the anxiety, depression, and negative thoughts most often associated with it, stress can also take a huge toll on your body.
How to Prevent Back Pain While Gardening
This is the time of the year that all gardeners love. Whether itโs flowers or herbs, vegetables or fruit, gardeners are in their element right now. But that also means, itโs the time of year for a lot of work….
Effective Ways to Ease Your Stress
While itโs only natural to experience some sort of stress in life, the problem with this particular emotion is that it can negatively affect your health, if itโs allowed to accumulate over time.