by Dan Williams | Sep 10, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
In the majority of cases, we can emply a basic model in the treatment and prevention of musculo-skeletal injury. By understanding this compensatory effect we can use it to our advantage in treating and preventing injury. The best way to understand this model is to...
by Dan Williams | Sep 8, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Health
The importance of function, or more specifically, the ability to function must truly be the most important of all the benefits of exercise. A vast percentage of the major indicators of physical ageing can be countered by an effective exercise program. Balance,...
by Dan Williams | Sep 7, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Uncategorised
BMI is one of the main criteria by which the Australian Medical System determines your health. How short you are, and how heavy you are – or more accurately, how heavy you are relative to your height. BMI. Body Mass Index. BMI = Mass (kg) / height (m) squared. Now...
by Dan Williams | Sep 6, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Evolution is a wonderful thing. But then along comes Cultural Evolution. We learn to change our environment rather than evolve to suit it. Occasionally it works. Thick clothes keep us warm so we can survive cold climates. Hats keep the skin cancer at bay so we...
by Dan Williams | Sep 5, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Nutrition, Uncategorised
Fats are good. They get a bad wrap, but we need them. But what happens to fat when it’s cooked? Heating olive oil actually causes a negative chemical change in the fatty acids, releasing ‘toxic oxygenated aldehydes’. These TOA’s cause oxidative...