The common cold is a viral infection that we have all experienced at one time or another. The symptoms can vary but basically they affect the upper respiratory tract and can cause mild to severe discomfort and symptoms. One of the important things to consider when you have a cold is what to do to deal…
The key to keeping your body fluid and flexible is to understand the fascia and how it glues to bone over time. From incorrect posture and breathing, and injury and/or surgery, scar tissue and compressed fascia adheres to bone with a force up to 2000 pounds per square inch. Stretching alone can’t release this tension…
50% of women have dense breast tissue. If you Google this, you will learn some of the reasons that cause this, as well you will learn that having them can make it harder for Mammograms to detect breast cancer, and and your chances of developing breast cancer may increase. This can be alarming to any…
Concussions, if not treated properly, can leave a person with many challenges. The blow to the head creates damage and debris and inflammation within resulting in pressure in the skull. This needs to be addressed so healing can take place. Pain, fear and stress cause you to reactively hold the breath. This is the first…
Back pain is such a common concern, and can range between being an annoyance to completely overtaking one’s life. I have had my share of back pain and know that it can zap you of joy, the ability to live a normal active life and can spiral you into depression. My pain partly came as…
Sometimes breaking down a word into the meaning of its parts makes it easier to understand why the problem is there, and what we can do to correct it. “Itis” always means inflammation of, when at the end of words like arthritis, bursitis, tonsillitis and tendonitis. It simply means inflammation of that structure. Inflammation, when…
I love people watching. I learn so much observing postures and expressions. One thing that I have become so aware of in myself is what expression I carry on my face. I try to keep a slight smile and ease to my face… the operative word being TRY. What we do all the time is…
What happens when we are injured? Ultimately, there is a force that enters the body resulting in a disruption of tissue. That disruption can be minor if the force weak, or extreme if the force is strong. A weak force may cause a 1st degree sprain in an ankle for example, a strong force may…
What actually causes aging? We know it can be seen in the lines in our face, the spots on our skin, the thinning of our hair and the sagging, hanging tissue that was once taut and firm. It is also the degeneration of our body’s tissue resulting in pain and disease. The ultimate driver of…
