by Dan Williams | Dec 8, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Flexibility, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Older Persons
Hydrotherapy offers rehabilitation and recovery to a group of people who may otherwise not experience these benefits. Water based exercises allow the user to experience increases in joint mobility and range of motion without the impact associated with land based...
by Dan Williams | Nov 22, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
The vast majority of contemporary occupations are sedentary. Aside from quitting our jobs, there’s not a lot we can do about the lack of physical activity in the environment where we spend the majority of our waking hours. We have previously discussed ways to...
by Dan Williams | Oct 21, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Flexibility, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
The first step in the process of postural correction is identifying the factors that need correcting. From this point we can determine what needs doing to correct these issues. It is important to note that assessing your own posture is difficult. A health professional...
by Dan Williams | Oct 14, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Nutrition
Osteoporosis refers to a loss of bone mineral density – resulting in bones losing strength and becoming more brittle. While significant on its own, the nature of this condition is amplified by the prevalence of falls and the resulting bone fractures in osteoporosis...
by Dan Williams | Oct 13, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Nutrition
People with diabetes are constantly challenged by oscillating blood glucose levels. The magic of exercise, and the reason for its vital importance in the treatment of diabetes, is that muscular contractions have the exact same effect on the body as insulin. Exercise...
by Dan Williams | Oct 7, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Psychology
Vast research has explored this psychological component of exercise, and the pure volume of these non-physical benefits speaks for itself. Perhaps the overriding psychological benefits are an improvement of quality of life and general wellbeing, which are, in turn,...
by Dan Williams | Oct 2, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Nutrition
Let’s look to the research. This excerpt is taken direct from: American Association for Cancer Research (2009, April 22). Charred Meat May Increase Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer. ScienceDaily. Retrieved September 26, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com...
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 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...
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...
