To Ice Or Not To Ice An Injury?
You’ve just twisted your ankle stepping off a curb, pulled a muscle during your morning run, or bumped your knee on the coffee table. Your …
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Can Vitamin D Lower Your Risk of COVID-19?
“Being deficient in vitamin D may increase your susceptibility to overall infection and disease by harming immune function. This is especially worrisome given that many …
12 Flu Natural Remedies, Including Best Foods
With cold & flu season upon us… here are 12 remedies you need to put into practice now more than ever! Top 14 Natural Flu …
This is How Massage Helps Build a Healthy Immune System
In the midst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, no one should be giving or receiving massage therapy. However, it is worth noting that receiving regular …
Sitting Disease
What are the risks of too much sitting? https://www.jadestaracupuncture.com/blog/sitting-disease
Just 20 minutes of contact with nature will lower stress hormone levels
Stressed? Might be time to take that hike or walk. https://www.massagetherapycanada.com/news/just-20-minutes-of-contact-with-nature-will-lower-stress-hormone-levels-4694?fbclid=IwAR0tbquLejLxHvXos2h0oBwK0HM4KK9yvdGBF1VNAFVt2k8LgTDcVd-kaT4
Morning exercise can improve decision-making across the day in older adults
Very simple changes to your daily routine is the key to brain health. https://www.massagetherapycanada.com/news/morning-exercise-can-improve-decision-making-across-the-day-in-older-adults-4711?fbclid=IwAR3mg2pNX3vKHE_k3PIA04bclGFrYR9jQaKFDJgwNKHLO6alrkGaGaFPyw8
An Energizing Duo: The 2 Ancient Rituals That Fight Fatigue
Fighting Fatigue with Traditional Chinese Medicine https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-26693/an-energizing-duo-the-2-ancient-rituals-that-fight-fatigue.html?fbclid=IwAR0gM_a8NQTRs8Nd8fNV7FmI5H9oZZwFZ6PpFFyUzBKe8axe0EKicAo-PCk
A Sleepless Brain Leads to Emotional Negativity
“Ultimately, the results can help us understand how chronic sleep problems, sleepiness and tiredness contribute to psychiatric conditions, such as by increasing the risk of …
Here’s the Strange Connection Between Your Emotions & Organs
“It is important to know that organs have strong relationships with one another, so if one is affected, the others are too.” https://thechalkboardmag.com/know-strange-connection-organs-emotions/
Exercise Isn’t Harmful For People With Knee Osteoarthritis
Inactivity and rest makes pain and osteoarthritis worse, not better in the longer term. Our joints need movement and exercise to stimulate repair and keep …
7 Ways Acupuncture Changes Your Brain, According To Science
“Unlike western medicine, Chinese medicine and acupuncture takes into account a patient’s whole being, and we address the entire body — including the physical, emotional …
Yoga regimen reduces severity of rheumatoid arthritis symptoms
“This study is one of the first to look at how yoga practice affects the systemic biomarkers of inflammation, cellular aging, and oxidative stress, especially …
Do we really need to take 10,000 steps a day?
Regular walking produces many health benefits, including reducing our risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and depression. https://habs.uq.edu.au/article/2019/02/health-check-do-we-really-need-take-10000-steps-day?fbclid=IwAR3aGPQt4zTM-gIZVkX9e-4xMpO1uRzHn95MP24M6wMC9vJNUIbYV5A-E1w
How the bacteria in your gut affect your mind and body?
We’ve all heard the saying “trust your gut” & now there is science behind how bacteria in your guts affects your mind & body. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/bacteria-gut-affect-mind-body/story?id=60908589&fbclid=IwAR0wl6dMxyW8gzSQ42aADxGh55xtgdScJnA3-937n3f8QXwdU2II2xzJO4k
Understanding the stress response
“Many people are unable to find a way to put the brakes on stress. After a while, this has an effect on the body that …
Exercise gives older men a better brain boost
Men… it’s time to get moving. https://www.massagetherapycanada.com/news/exercise-gives-older-men-a-better-brain-boost-4553?fbclid=IwAR1sBOcNb9JlUA70skolaIn198TjDWOdjMcngVCZAw0Gc0TPhVqgrhTVrZc
Concussion treatment: Adolescent athletes ‘prescribed’ aerobic exercise recovered faster
This study is the first randomized clinical trial on treatment of acute concussion. https://www.massagetherapycanada.com/news/concussion-treatment-adolescent-athletes-prescribed-aerobic-exercise-recovered-faster-4536?fbclid=IwAR0D-fSbYefFMuSYlhKFPg_hrA8j5aGqejPEQj_LtayyHklG_Z4OdclP8hI
Sleep Deprivation Accelerates Alzheimer’s Brain Damage
“We don’t know yet whether getting adequate sleep as people age will protect against Alzheimer’s disease. But it can’t hurt, and this and other data …
How Acupuncture Helped My Anxiety
Change is possible and anxiety is not something you need to live with forever. https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/How-Acupuncture-Helped-My-Anxiety-45577108
