by Dan Williams | Sep 27, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition
Most of the food we eat should perishable. Tinned tuna can be a convenient exception. Fresh tuna is best – more of the healthy OMEGA-3 Fatty Acids – but for pure convenience you can’t beat fish in a can. That being said – it isn’t just fish in that can. It’s usually...
by Dan Williams | Sep 25, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health
The literature shows a spike in the incidence of heart attacks and stroke during rose pruning season. I have said before that correlation does not imply causality (just because two things happen at the same time does not mean that one causes the other), but in this...
by Dan Williams | Sep 21, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition
Every meal you consume should have a balance of protein, carbohydrates and fats. Let’s play a quick game. What did you have for breakfast yesterday? What constituted the protein, what constituted the carbohydrates, what constituted the fat? How about any snack you...
by Dan Williams | Sep 14, 2010 | Biomechanics, Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Maintaining a neutral spine during complex movements is the single most important technique based skill there is. First – some definitions: Neutral spine is the position where the spine and pelvis are least likely to suffer damage, deformity and degeneration. Neutral...
by Dan Williams | Sep 13, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Psychology
Chronic pain is that nagging long term pain that doesn’t go away – even after the damaged tissues should have long since healed. This form of pain is characterized by its long term effect on the body, lasting at least three months. Pain, and in particular chronic...