A Stretch Break for You Office People!
Good ergonomics help a worker lessen muscles fatigue, increases productivity and reduces the number and severity of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Try these stretches below every 2 hours or so, to reduce chances of having the ever so common neck and back pain.
Common Types of Poor Posture
Forward head posture, also called “text neck” is when your head is positioned with your ears in front of the vertical midline of your body. If your body is in alignment, your ears and shoulders will be lined up with your vertical midline. Increased Kyphosis also called “hunchback” refers to an exaggerated curvature of your […]
How Does Regular Exercise Influence Our Daily Routines?
Everyday activities include climbing stairs, grocery shopping, or playing with your grandchildren. Being unable to do everyday activities is called a functional limitation. Physically active middle-aged or older adults have a lower risk of functional limitations than people who areinactive. For older adults, doing a variety of physical activity improves physical function and decreases the […]
How Our Joints Benefit from Exercise
Synovial fluid lubricates the joint The joint is surrounded by soft tissue called the synovial membrane, which produces a fluid that acts like oil in an engine, allowing your bones to move past one another more smoothly. Physical activity encourages circulation of the fluid, says Susan Sterling, an instructor at the Cooper Institute, a preventive […]
Getting Knee Pain? It might be OA
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease or “wear and tear of cartilage” in our joints that occurs mostly in hip and knee. Symptoms of OA: Pain or aching in a joint during activity, after long activity or at the end of the day. Joint stiffness usually occurs first thing in the morning or after […]
Dry Needling vs Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a technique in Traditional Chinese Medicine used to balance the flow of life force energy by inserting thin needles into acupuncture points. On the other hand, dry needling is an invasive treatment performed by certified practitioners, in which a fine needle is inserted into a muscle to address pain and movement issues related […]
Having Back Pain? You might have Scoliosis.
Finding yourself having unexplainable back aches which comes and go? Looking different in different angles of photos? You might have scoliosis. Scoliosis refers to abnormal lateral curvature of spine. It is most often diagnosed in childhood or early adolescence. Scoliosis can be more complex and its three-dimensional problem which involves all planes of body (coronal […]
Pain in The Neck Bothering you?
Cervical Spondylosis is a general term for age-related wear and tear in the cervical spine (neck). Causes of cervical spondylosis: Degenerative spinal discs Disc Herniation Osteoarthritis Bone spurs Symptoms of cervical spondylosis: Neck pain and stiffness Limited neck range of movements Weakness and heaviness in one or both arm or legs Tingling or […]
