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Exercise, Posture & Rehab

Exercise, fitness, posture & rehabilitation.

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Exercise helps people to keep their weight at an optimal level and can help to lower the risk of some diseases. Exercising to maintain a healthy weight decreases a person’s risk of developing certain diseases, including type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.

What are the benefits of regular exercise? It tends to increase appetite, reduce constipation, and promote quality sleep. The benefits of exercise diminish within months after a person stops exercising. Heart strength, muscle strength, and the level of HDL cholesterol decrease, whereas blood pressure and body fat increase.

 

The importance of good posture cannot be stressed enough in modern times. It extends far beyond our outward appearance and aesthetics. Posture refers to our body’s alignment and positioning with respect to gravity. Gravity exerts a force on our joints, ligaments and muscles whether we are standing, sitting or lying down. Good posture distributes this force through our body with minimal muscular effort and so that no one structure is overstressed. Sitting or standing with proper postural alignment allows us to work more efficiently with less fatigue and strain on our body’s ligaments and muscles.

A dowagers hump is just one of the many conditions that can occur if we don’t have optimal alignment of our body. This can lead to an unsightly and painful condition.  Many women are familiar with this hump and have concerns they will end up buckled over looking at the...
Back On Track With Exercise
It might be due to the onset of winter or maybe you’ve been exercising for a while but we all have moments when our mojo feels like its up and left the building! So, no matter how long it’s been MIA, here’s my top tips for getting your mojo back...
Personal Training
A personal trainer is a person who helps people exercise. The 5 classic components of fitness are muscular strength, muscular endurance, body composition, cardiovascular endurance, and flexibility. Although there are other subsets like power and speed. The general population is defined as an age range of 18 to about 50 (45...
Posture
As soon as I speak of posture people want to sit up straight. Unfortunately this does not last more than a moment. Poor posture is hitting our society like a plague. This is leading to many conditions such as neck and back pain, headaches, poor breathing patterns, RSI, rotator cuff...
Create A Flat Stomach
I am asked on a daily basis "How do I flatten my tummy" or "How do I get a strong core" and I thought I'd share my answer with everybody today. Not only are you going to get the inside scoop, you can finally put to bed all the...