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By Gail McGonigalRecently published1 topic

A new Approach to Health through Active Living

“Active Living” is about how we choose to ‘live’ our lives every day. It includes all the movements that we create to accomplish tasks that we do for ourselves & others in our family, our work, our sports & recreation, plus are all other aspects of our daily lives. It embraces everything that we “perform” to make “living” the content of our daily life. We live in a constantly changing world, where movement and adaptation are all part of the daily living process. We are constantly challenged by the way we move around and how receptive we are to our environment.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

1,452 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Back Pain - Why Not Think Ergonomic Solutions?

Back pain is one of the main reasons why people take time off work and why? It is because we spend too much time in sedentary, sloppy positions, doing very little movement and letting our muscles become lax and under-used. We have become a society that drives around in cars - to the shops, to the gym, to work. We use elevators to go upstairs, hire dog-walkers to exercise our dogs, and then take blood pressure tablets, because our hearts are not energetic enough to pump suffi

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,438 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Getting Up and Out of a Chair Is a Therapeutic Exercise

It may seem like a good idea, to have a chair where the seat automatically lifts you out; without having the struggle of doing it for yourself. However, I need to be cautious of buying gadgets to help yourself in daily living, because if you are finding this activity difficult to manage; then you will also be having the same conce s when getting on & off the toilet, getting in & out of the shower / bathtub and getting in & out of bed. If this is the case then you need to se

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,432 views

By Gail McGonigalRecently published1 topic

What Causes Back Pain in Daily Living?

Back pain is the most common cause of visits to your family doctor, because of its interference in our movements in daily activities. The reason for its high incidence is because you are creating too much dynamic movement in your spine, during these activities; with insufficient balanced, stationary movement that your spine truly needs.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

1,424 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 23, 20111 topic

The Third of Seven Sins in Obesity - Dehydration

After going through the first two reasons why the western population is gaining so much weight.; we come to the third reason which is dehydration. I am inclined not to attribute all the blame to you personally, because we live in a society where we are bombarded with advertising. It is therefore not surprising that you follow the directions of the corporate leaders, who with their financial power; are able to lead you down their attractive commercial path of value-added off

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,422 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Why Is Drinking Soda So Bad for Our Bodies?

Most people think that drinking soda is harmless flavored water with a few bubbles that all the family will drink and quenches their thirst; making it an easy palatable method for drinking water. Think Again! Soda happens to be the worst consumable drink on the market for your bodies in terms of nutritious health. You may think the soda pop quenches your thirst, but in fact it runs directly to your bladder and is disposed of immediately. Why? The drink is pumped with carbon

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,408 views

By Gail McGonigalRecently published1 topic

AN NEW APPROACH TO ACTIVE LIVING

Active Living is about how we choose to ‘live’ our lives every day. It includes all the movements that we create, for accomplishing tasks for ourselves & others in our family, our work, recreation, plus everything that we “perform” for making “living” the content of our daily life. We live in a constantly changing world, where movement and adaptation are all part of the daily living process. We use our intuitive senses and experience to make meaning in our daily lives. Many parts of life are routine and repetitive, but no situation is ever alike.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

1,401 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Deep Breathing in Prolonged Sitting For Back Pain Relief

To most people breathing is just a small movement in the lungs, for the purpose of gaining oxygen into the lungs that we need in order to live. Yet when using ergonomic sitting in an ergonomic chair, it makes sense to use long deep breaths at times. This will change the position of your sitting posture, allowing an increase capacity of oxygen to fill your lungs. Learning diaphragmatic breathing will enable your lungs to gain more oxygen plus provide movement in your pelvic r

Primary topic: Pain Management

Pain Management

1,398 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

10 Ways to Stay Active in Prolonged Sitting

Ergonomic sitting is not a stationary sitting posture. It is designed to be a position of activity, where our body is active in productive performance. Our body needs continuous movement for balancing our spine on the pelvis, plus moving our upper and lower limbs in functionally active movements. Attention is being drawn to the fact that we are doing to much sitting and not enough time spent on staying active. It translates into consuming more than we are burning off in ener

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,396 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 23, 20111 topic

The Fourth of Seven Sins in Obesity - Changing Family Dynamics

We have now reached the fourth reason that is driving obesity in the western culture, which is not entirely due to the individual. I consider that the western culture corporations have designed this pattern, firstly by encouraging everyone to use a car for transportation, instead of their own feet. Then there has been a discouragement of eating family meals at home towards a faster, more convenient method of family eating that is more fun, high in fat and sugar. And finally

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,394 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Is Ergonomic Balance?

Ergonomic is term we use to create a productive, safe and efficient environment for the workplace, which for my readers is not exclusively the employment environment; it is also the home environment. Ergonomic balance is the sitting or standing position we use for safe, purposeful and productive activity in an ergonomic environment. Ergonomic balance is developed through our early childhood development through play and will not change throughout your entire life, unless we

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,384 views

By Gail McGonigalRecently published1 topic

A New Approach to Active Living

“Active Living” is about how we choose to ‘live’ our lives every day. It includes all the movements that we create to accomplish tasks that we do for ourselves & others in our family, our work, our sports & recreation, plus are all other aspects of our daily lives. It embraces everything that we “perform” to make “living” the content of our daily life. We live in a constantly changing world, where movement and adaptation are all part of the daily living process. We are constantly challenged by the way we move around and how receptive we are to our environment.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

1,382 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 23, 20111 topic

The Fifth of Seven Sins in Obesity - Poor Time Management

It is hoped that by now, you are able see the development of how obesity advanced in the western culture, with the advent of the motor vehicle. As I have declared, it is not entirely your fault; because the pattern has been driven by big corporations; for attracting families into seeing their relaxed, convenient and inexpensive style of dining, when driving a motor car, which then offers incentives for children to want to come back again. The use a car starts the wheels of c

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,382 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 23, 20111 topic

Obesity - Small Health Changes Can Make a Big Difference

Life is tough for anyone who is trying to make healthy changes in life and it is no easier for people like you, who also desire to have the perfect figure. How can it be achieved, when we are bombarded with so much tempting food advertising, by females having those ultra-slim bodies! It is probably even worse, when you have kids at home, making continued demands for all the fast food everywhere; like pizzas, hamburgers and fries, plus gallons of pop and ice cream sodas. One

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,366 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Hiring a House-Cleaner Means You're Paying Someone to Do Your Daily Ergonomic Activity

Why pay someone else to do your housework? When in fact it is a method for you to practice Yoga; or for completing purposeful exercises in a manner that is useful to your body and provides you with a clean home! Your excuse may like mine use to be - I don't have the time for the cleaning! Or just thinking of getting down on you hands and knees to scrub the bathtub is not all that appealing! There are many things in life that we all hate doing, but they have to be done. You

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,365 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Why is Prolonged Sitting BAD For Your Health?

If you watched CTV last night in Canada, you will see that the government is warning workers that prolonged sitting is now no longer good for your overall health. It is an area that I have been discussing in relation to your skeletal health, but now the government is warning workers in places such as call centers and workers on computers, that many medical conditions are negatively related to the inactivity caused by prolonged sitting. The reason for this claim is quite simp

Primary topic: Pain Management

Pain Management

1,357 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 23, 20111 topic

Thinking Ergonomic Will Change Your Focus From Food to Healthy Living

The word ergonomic is used to understand the positive relationship that is involved between equipment, the human and the environment in task related activities of daily life. The relationship has to be positive for you to remain comfortable and successful in performance activities, such as in sitting. This is often difficult to accomplish when you are carrying more physical weight, than can fit into any normal- sized office chair. Obesity is not a pleasant word to use, becau

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,338 views

By Gail McGonigalRecently published1 topic

THE ART OF LIVING IN COMFORT

When we think of art, we think of pictures, or images of life. We can use this as a metaphor for creating a style of how we want to live as we age. For me style is not about a type of furniture, it’s design, or a colour in the material. It is simply a way of life that has practical purpose, through comfort and safety. This type of art describes the fundamental source of how we perceive comfort and how it is woven into our daily activity, through the products we choose to use that meet our needs for comfort and safety.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

1,334 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Five Ways to Make Ergonomic Sitting More Comfortable

Ergonomic sitting is a position to sit for performing work-based activities through the day. It is not a position of inactive rest. Our body needs to be aware of active movement, for creating comfort in our sitting posture and to stimulate balance in the spine that activates balance for remaining in an upright position. Here are five ways that can help make ergonomic sitting more comfortable: 1. We can start by learning to sit on our pelvic bones and wrapping our feet aroun

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,313 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

The First of Seven Sins in Obesity

This article is not directed to any woeful sins that you are currently enjoying that are causing your obesity. The sins are what is society is creating, that makes it difficult for you to lose weight. I feel that you need to understand what these sins are, in the hope that you can learn to make changes in your lifestyle that will better your overall health status. I describe obesity as a condition, because it is a state that has developed, not out of your choice; but as a n

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,302 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Erase Chronic Pain Permanently With Comfortable, Safe and Active Daily Living Movements

How does anyone find comfort when they are always hurting? Does everyone have their own solutions for getting rid of pain? I use to take my mind off my pain by sinking into my favorite armchair and just sitting and reading a book, watching a film on TV; or eating something wildly decadent, like a bowl of vanilla ice-cream with loads of nuts and chocolate chips folded into it! In other words, I am seeking internal comfort in the way that I want to feel. Seeking comfort is ho

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,301 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Waking Up in the Morning With Back Pain - What Will Make it Go Away?

The main causes of back pain are lack of movement in your spine. As a writer about back pain, because I have suffered back pain myself with postural scoliosis in my spine; I will admit that it happens to us all, if we don't practice what we preach! None of us are perfect and I am no exception! Last night I went out to watch a movie that was being held in a local outdoor park in Vancouver. I sat on the grass with my legs crossed legged watching the movie on a big screen. Than

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,294 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 23, 20111 topic

The Sixth of Seven Sins in Obesity - Sedentary Leisure Activities

Following on from time management skills, do we actually have time for leisure activities? It is questionable whether anyone plans to have leisure time, or whether you are like me; you just grab it now and again, when someone offers you a hike up the "Grouse Grind" or something else active and you feel it is OK to take some time off! So what do you do when you do have some leisure time off? Do you want to do something active that challenges your physical stamina? Or do you j

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,281 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

The Second Sins of Obesity

This article is the second in a series, where I am trying to explain the reasons for the transformation of our size and shape into obesity. In the western culture, we have a market explosion of advertising in every direction that confuses life with 'need' and 'wants'. There are too many choices for deciding what is right and wrong in life. In the first sin of obesity, my feelings our over-dependency on the vehicle, meaning the car, creates the worst damage. Using my own expe

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,278 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Why Do Heavier People Get More Back Pain?

Back pain is very common in our western society, because we don't do sufficient exercise to enable our skeletal joints to move adequately, without becoming stiff and sore on movement. We drive around in cars too much and do mostly sedentary activities at work that does not provide our body with sufficient physical movement, for generating a comfortable lifestyle in our daily life. Back pain is more common in heavier individuals, because they are carrying more weight than is

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,278 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

The Dangers in Daily Living: Washing the Kitchen Floor

Housework is one of the main ways that many people injure their backs, by simply not using the correct muscles or joints in the movements required for accomplishing the task. The main option for cleaning the floor is to use a kitchen mop. If your kitchen is large, then you are more likely to use some variation of a mop. But if you are like me, with a very small kitchen, I just get down on my hands and knees and use a cloth; or if I am lazy, I will push the cloth around with

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,274 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Obesity is About Changing Your Lifestyle and Not About Trying to Lose Weight

If you are constantly obsessed with food, by depriving yourself of what you enjoy; then the changes are that you will actually never win the battle of trying to lose weight. Every time I said to myself "Right I am going on a Diet! I would suddenly have this strong desire to have something deliciously fattening and I would crave over this, until gave in to my cravings and failed miserably to go on a diet. It is no good depriving yourself of what you enjoy, as this will only m

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,261 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Heal Your Back Pain Without Costing a Dime

Back pain is one of the main causes for visits to your family doctor and why? People believe that because their spine is made up of separate vertebral joints, the spinal joints are designed to flex or bend. Our back or spine is probably the most delicate part of our anatomy and we need to protect it; because inside this column of bone hides the spinal column, which transports all the nerves of our entire nervous system throughout the body. One of the first goals that you mu

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,259 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

A Chair Is Not Just for Sitting!

So what's that supposed to mean, if a chair is not just for sitting? It means that a chair has more than just one role. Sitting obviously is the first role, but the second role is movement. It is important while you are sitting that your body continues to move actively, or your body will being to suffer from the effects of not moving. Sitting is not designed to be a static position, where you just sit position and remain like a statue until you are ready to move again. You

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,253 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

The Second Sins of Obesity

This article is the second in a series, where I am trying to explain the reasons for the transformation of our size and shape into obesity. In the western culture, we have a market explosion of advertising in every direction that confuses life with 'need' and 'wants'. There are too many choices for deciding what is right and wrong in life. In the first sin of obesity, my feelings our over-dependency on the vehicle, meaning the car, creates the worst damage. Using my own expe

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,244 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 23, 20111 topic

What Does it Mean to Be Healthy?

The answer to this question was made initially by W.H.O. (World Health Organization) "not being ill", until the implications of this statement meant that if you have chronic illness; you can never be healthy! WHO have now changed that notion, to incorporate more of a quality of life conceptual framework. Have you ever heard the expressio "you are what you eat"? This notion is far about health equation today, because it incorporates a large degree of unhealthy practices that a

Primary topic: Pain Management

Pain Management

1,235 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Sitting on a Ball Means Your Back Never Remains Still

Have you ever tried sitting on a balance ball? It is not recommended if you are concentrating on another task; because you will likely to fall off. A ball has no secure position for your pelvic bones, because of the natural curve in the ball. You will likely put pressure on one side or the other; or remain very still in the middle, with the odd wobble to keep you steady. Your balance receptors are situated down your spinal column, so that if you move to one side the receptor

Primary topic: Pain Management

Pain Management

1,231 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 11, 20111 topic

A Correct Way to Sit that Provides Therapeutic Comfort to Your Spine

Your back or spinal column is the most important part of your skeletal body. Without your spinal column, functional mobility would be impaired and your comfort level in ergonomic sitting would greatly jeopardize your internal organs. The main purpose of the spinal column is to maintain the erect posture of the human skeleton, for enabling functional mobility, such as standing, sitting and walking and to protect the internal organs from damage. We have unique body for adapti

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,221 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

A More Serious Way To Damage Your Back Than Prolonged Sitting

Prolonged sitting is only a problem when you remain still in one position without moving your spine along with the rest of your body. Moving your spine has a knock-on effect to all your skeletal joints and thus keeps your whole body in movement. A far more serious way of causing injury to your spine is by getting up from an ergonomic chair, without without any locking brakes attached to the the casters that stops them from moving. If you do not have them, you are more than l

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,217 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Why Can't I Find Comfort in Sitting?

Sitting is the most common action performed by our body. We do more sitting than we do walking. Yet why do we complain so much about the way we sit? The answer lies in the fact that we have never understood how to sit correctly for comfort. In my youth I was always told to 'sit up,' or my spine will turn crooked. Yet nobody actually explained to me how I was supposed to sit, in order to sustain an upright position. The good news is that there IS a correct method of sitting

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,210 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

The Dangers to Your Spine in Daily Living - Brushing Your Teeth

What! A simple task as brushing your teeth? How can this be so dangerous? I have done it this way for years and it's never been a problem! The fact that you have repeated the same motion for years may be the reason why your back is now giving you problems. It may be that you are so accustomed to repeating a bad habit, that your body is now showing symptoms of degeneration from the build up of stress. Leaning over the sink and curving your spine means that you are putting to

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,207 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

The Dangers in Daily Living: Picking Up a Feather

Whether you are picking up a feather or a sack of potatoes; the principles of bending over and reaching to the floor are the same. Always remember that your spine is not designed to bend into a 90 degree angle. There is no flexibility in the spine. It is your legs that need the movement and not your spine. When you see something that needs to be picked up from the floor; your immediate reaction should be to bend your knees. If you bend your knees just a little - meaning more

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,206 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Getting Up and Out of a Chair Is a Therapeutic Exercise

It may seem like a good idea, to have a chair where the seat automatically lifts you out; without having the struggle of doing it for yourself. However, I need to be cautious of buying gadgets to help yourself in daily living, because if you are finding this activity difficult to manage; then you will also be having the same conce s when getting on & off the toilet, getting in & out of the shower / bathtub and getting in & out of bed. If this is the case then you need to se

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,192 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

10 Ways to Stay Active in Prolonged Sitting

Ergonomic sitting is not a stationary sitting posture. It is designed to be a position of activity, where our body is active in productive performance. Our body needs continuous movement for balancing our spine on the pelvis, plus moving our upper and lower limbs in functionally active movements. Attention is being drawn to the fact that we are doing to much sitting and not enough time spent on staying active. It translates into consuming more than we are burning off in ener

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,187 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 11, 20111 topic

A Correct Way to Sit that Provides Therapeutic Comfort to Your Spine

Your back or spinal column is the most important part of your skeletal body. Without your spinal column, functional mobility would be impaired and your comfort level in ergonomic sitting would greatly jeopardize your internal organs. The main purpose of the spinal column is to maintain the erect posture of the human skeleton, for enabling functional mobility, such as standing, sitting and walking and to protect the internal organs from damage. We have unique body for adapti

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,187 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Embrace Yoga Principles When Using Ergonomic Sitting

Yoga principles encourage relaxation in the muscles of your body, along with deep breathing that calms the mind for optimum concentration towards the task at hand when sitting. Sitting on your pelvic bones in an ergonomic chair, with your stocking feet wrapped around the chair base, is like sitting on the floor with your legs crossed. Your body weight will naturally relax onto your pelvic bones and runs up through the length of your spine to your head. Close your eyes for a

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,185 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 12, 20111 topic

Why Is Drinking Soda So Bad for Our Bodies?

Most people think that drinking soda is harmless flavored water with a few bubbles that all the family will drink and quenches their thirst; making it an easy palatable method for drinking water. Think Again! Soda happens to be the worst consumable drink on the market for your bodies in terms of nutritious health. You may think the soda pop quenches your thirst, but in fact it runs directly to your bladder and is disposed of immediately. Why? The drink is pumped with carbon

Primary topic: Fat Loss

1,181 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Is Ergonomic Balance?

Ergonomic is term we use to create a productive, safe and efficient environment for the workplace, which for my readers is not exclusively the employment environment; it is also the home environment. Ergonomic balance is the sitting or standing position we use for safe, purposeful and productive activity in an ergonomic environment. Ergonomic balance is developed through our early childhood development through play and will not change throughout your entire life, unless we

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,135 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

When Is A Chair Not a Chair?

Now that is an interesting question you may think and I think your answer may be uncertain. There is actually no catch to this question, the answer is simply that a chair would not be a chair if it does not have a back and a seat. I was also going to add four legs, but then I would not be able to include the ergonomic chairs, as they have five legs that make the chair safer to roll, as an ergonomic chair. We know that a chair is designed for sitting, as that goes without s

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,095 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Causes the Pain in Your Back?

Overall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities. This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around each day. Believe me I truly understand this feeling. But stop and think about the way you move about right now. Compare it to when you were younger and fitter. Do you think there is a dif

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,094 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Causes the Pain in Your Back?

Overall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities. This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around each day. Believe me I truly understand this feeling. But stop and think about the way you move about right now. Compare it to when you were younger and fitter. Do you think there is a dif

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,075 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Causes the Pain in Your Back?

Overall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities. This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around each day. Believe me I truly understand this feeling. But stop and think about the way you move about right now. Compare it to when you were younger and fitter. Do you think there is a dif

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,056 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 13, 20111 topic

When to Drink Water, When Losing Weight

According to a study that was published on August 23rd 2010 in Canada, it was found in two groups of baby boomers who ate exactly the same foods in a one month period; that those who drank 2 glasses of water before eating a meal, lost significantly more weight than the group who did not drink water before eating a meal. This is important in weight loss for the baby boom population, because they are less physically active than the younger generation and therefore find it diff

Primary topic: Dieting and Weight Loss

Dieting and Weight Loss

1,055 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Causes the Pain in Your Back?

Overall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities. This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around each day. Believe me I truly understand this feeling. But stop and think about the way you move about right now. Compare it to when you were younger and fitter. Do you think there is a dif

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,042 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Three Therapeutic Movements for Providing Comfort in Ergonomic Chairs

Back Therapy provides massage to the spine within each individual vertebra and will be a positive way to start your day, while you are sitting performing your productive activity such as typing on the computer. To do this effectively, you first need to sit on your pelvic bones, as this will position your spine in an erect and relaxed position. Move your spine around until you can feel both pelvic bones beneath the seat of the chair. Now that you are sitting on your pelvic b

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,014 views

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