There are many things that can make your heart race, but when talking about chronic high blood pressure, there are also some truths that this issue has in common with everyone. In the book – The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes, he shares how evidence is suggesting that sugar can be the underlying cause…
Metabolism is defined as the process by which your body converts what you eat and drink into energy. During this complex biochemical process, calories in food and beverages are combined with oxygen to release the energy your body needs to function. Most of us are aware that as we age, it is harder to maintain a healthy size and…
In order to digest properly, the stomach organ needs to be healthy. For the stomach organ to be healthy for proper digestion, it needs to receive the optimal amount of blood and oxygen flow to support its function. Unfortunately, the majority of people haven’t paid attention to posture and correct breathing causing a collapse of…
Neck pain is a common complaint that can be an annoyance or extremely debilitating. It can be caused from an injury or from negative posture. Whatever the reason the pain develops, one of the most important and effective things you can do is to strengthen the tongue muscle. The tongue muscle has some obvious functions,…
Stress is a state of being that affects the entire body. In a nutshell, pain, fear and stress cause us to re-actively hold the breath. If stress is momentary, there is benefit to this as it affects the adrenal glands, which produce hormones necessary to help you respond in a moment of danger. However, if…
I love the end of year. It gives you the opportunity to look back and see if relationships were honored, if progress and growth matched expectations, and to see if steps forward were taken on your own evolution. I have to say that I am most excited about the Block Therapy Community. For years I…
NAFLD – Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease is one of the fastest growing concerns among North Americans. It has increased dramatically over the past 30 years. Some reasons for this are that we often eat for convenience rather than health, our portions size has dramatically increased and we have become more sedentary. But there is…
In healthy tissue, there is a balance of collagen and elastin to give both structure and flexibility. Scar tissue on the other hand is made of only collagen. When there is an injury or surgery, the scar tissue forms to knit together the gap. The challenge is that this area, big or small as it…
Tension in the jaw is something I have known very well. There was a time when I was under so much stress, filled with anxiety, that I had to think and almost force to open my mouth. What I know today is that there were a number of factors that took me/my body/fascia to that…
Frozen shoulder, and shoulder pain in general, affect many and can take the joy out of life. The most important thing to understand when dealing with this issue is where to treat the body so you can get to the root of the problem. When you have pain in an area, you intuitively want to…
