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 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...
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...
