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 6, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health
Exercise, almost by definition is hard. To cause the body to adapt via an increase in strength, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, or any other facet; a stimulus must be applied. Not only must this stimulus be applied, but to facilitate this improvement it must be...
by Dan Williams | Oct 5, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
We exercise right, we eat healthily and then we go to work and sit in an injurious position for eight hours. Something’s not quite right. Here’s the solution. Perhaps the most common position we find ourselves in is sitting at a computer, or working at a desk. The...
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 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 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 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...
