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Tension-Headaches

Tension Headaches

Posted on by Robert Press
Tension headaches are the most common type of headache, experienced by almost 80% of adults at some point in their lives. This type of headache typically presents as pain, soreness, or throbbing, that starts in the neck and radiates up along the sides of the head and behind the eyes and it can fe...
Get-Out-And-Exercise

Get Out And Exercise!

Posted on by Robert Press
I attended a seminar yesterday on chronic inflammation and the development of injury and disease. The presenter, the very entertaining and informative Dr. David Seaman, was talking about how getting on a plane from Florida to New Jersey really messed up his schedule. He was discussing how he didn...
Sleep-Quality

The Relationship Between Vitamin D and Sleep Quality

Posted on by Robert Press
Sleep Quality , Difficulty sleeping, both in falling asleep and in staying asleep may be related to a vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D, also known as the sunshine vitamin, is made by the body in response to exposure to UV light. During the winter, vitamin D levels fall as the length of the day sho...
magnesium

Magnesium – An Essential Element

Posted on by Robert Press
One of the biggest problems that I commonly see in practice is either frank or subclinical magnesium deficiency. Deficiency can cause high blood pressure, muscle tension/pain/spasm, anxiety/depression, as well as a number of other maladies. Diagnosing deficiencies is often somewhat tricky, as the...
posture series

Posture Series – Self Assessment

Posted on by Robert Press
If you haven’t already checked out our first two articles on Posture Series – Self Assessment . These postural exercises and stretches are designed to help improve your upper body posture. But how do you know whether you need to be performing them? An easy way to figure this out is to stand i...
Doorframe Pec Stretch

Posture Series – Doorframe Pec Stretch

Posted on by Robert Press
Doorframe Pec Stretch one of the leading causes of forward-flexed posture is over contracted pectoralis muscles. Modern humans spend most of the time with their arms out in from of them, and when muscles are held in a shortened position, or overused, they tighten up. This can lead to the pec musc...
Upper Crossed

Posture Series – Brugger’s Postural Break

Posted on by Robert Press
In the seated position, begin by placing your feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the edge of the chair. Next, open the shoulders up, and place the hands in the palm up position. Next pull your shoulder blades together and down (making sure that you’re not shrugging your shoulders). Finally,...

Speeding Up Recovery Time

Posted on by Robert Press
Speeding Up Recovery time for most people, recovering from a broken bone is an exercise in patience. For an active person, being told that you have to significantly reduce or cease activity in order to let the bone heal is equivalent to torture. However, there are a few things you can do to help ...

Stress And How To Get Relief

Posted on by Robert Press
Stress and how to get relief that is short term can be beneficial in that it serves to focus our attention on important matters. However, when stress becomes ongoing and chronic, it can cause immense problems for the sufferer and may end up in depression. It can adversely affect our performance a...

Survival Guide For Holiday Stress

Posted on by Robert Press
Survival guide for holiday stress whichever holiday that’s presently looming, you know they’re not always the relaxing times you’d like them to be. This is especially the case at Christmas. Shopping and visiting and hosting and eating and drinking … it all becomes a mad blur that can leav...