Category: Health tips
Proper posture is crucial for good body mechanics. It helps in preventing injuries and pain due to faulty biomechanics. Good posture reduces the unwanted stress on the joints, ligaments, and muscles. It reduces the occurrence of muscle tightness, joint pain, and fatigue. It helps in keeping wear and tear changes like osteoarthritis at bay. The … Continue reading 9 Exercises To Improve Your Posture
Fatigue is a feeling of extreme exhaustion. It is of prolonged duration and results in decreased energy levels. It is beyond normal tiredness. Fatigue has two components, physical and mental. Due to fatigue, a person feels constantly tired, weak, and exhausted. Symptoms of fatigue include malaise, generalized body pain, headache, sore muscles, sleepiness, impaired memory … Continue reading 8 Causes Of Fatigue
What is fascia? Fascia is a connective tissue that surrounds muscles, bones, blood vessels, nerves, and organs in the body. Myofascial tissue is the fascia covering the muscles. It is in the form of thin sheets or bands and is strong. The role of myofascial tissue is to support muscles and promote frictionless gliding during … Continue reading What Is MyoFascial Release(MFR)?
Flexibility is of prime importance. A flexible body can perform activities efficiently and keeps injuries at bay. Stretching is the way to improve and maintain flexibility. There are numerous ways of stretching. Proprioceptive neuromuscular stretching (PNF) is a very effective way to stretch muscles and gain flexibility. It involves stretching and contracting targeted muscles in … Continue reading Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) Stretching
Everyone is aware of the benefits of a healthy body and works out hard to achieve this goal. Most people usually focus on the workout involving arms, legs, and the back but miss the abs. Abdominal muscles or abs are a prime group of muscles. It includes rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis, and oblique muscles. The … Continue reading 4 Benefits Of Abs Workout
With the reopening of Schools, the backpacks are back. Students are going back to school again with heavier school bags. If backpacks are heavy and not worn correctly, they can strain the shoulders and the back. It can also affect the gait of the children. Carrying heavy loads for long durations in poor postures can … Continue reading Ideal Backpack Recommendations
Sleep is an integral part of our life. It is crucial for the functioning and restoration of the body. It is a partially-conscious state, regulated by a sleep center in the brain, the Suprachiasmatic nucleus(SCN) in Hypothalamus. It affects the circadian rhythm to regulate sleep. The more you are awake, the stronger is the sleep … Continue reading Understanding Sleep
Rheumatoid Arthritis(RA) is an autoimmune disorder. In RA, the immune system starts attacking bodies own healthy lining of the joints. It is more prevalent in females and has a hereditary component. It is a chronic disease.Most commonly, RA affects the wrist, finger joints, and feet. The joints become painful and stiff. Stiffness is there in … Continue reading 10 Facts About Rheumatoid Arthritis
Headaches are of numerous types depending upon the causative factor and presentation. It is prevalent in various forms. A headache commonly occurs due to the involvement of neural, vascular, and muscular structures of the head and neck. It can also result from some chemical activity in the brain. Headache can originate from the following causes- … Continue reading 10 Causes of Headache
According to WHO, Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020. Regarding the causes of one-thirds of deaths from cancer, lack of physical activity is documented as one of the factors. Exercise has a crucial role in cancer. Some key points to know are- Researches have shown … Continue reading Cancer and Exercise
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