Healthy Inspirations - Articles
Massage and Yoga are a perfect pair.
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Sunstone
Yoga serves to calm the body, relax the mind and heal through elongating our musculature, removing pressure off our joints and organs. With Massage the benefits are endless, imagine being ironed out and put back in place like a wrinkled piece of clothing. Massage is an ironing out of your knots and tension manually. Trained Massage Therapists can ...
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How can we improve our posture.
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Sunstone
Sitting at desks for hours in front of computers and hunched over steering wheels while we commute to work. How can we improve our posture and fix both our pc posture at work and fix our posture while we drive to work. Sitting upright helps to avoid muscle imbalances. Your body needs an alignment just like the tires on your car. Good posture als ...
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Stretch away the stress, tension.
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Sunstone
Muscles and Cheese... When thinking of muscles, think of cheese! When cheese is cold, its not very flexible. If we were to stretch it cold, or twist, or bend it, the cheese would crumble and break. Our muscles, though resilient, are not very tolerant of the cold. To use our muscles efficiently, we must keep them warm and long. Warm cheese can ben ...
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Bowled Over
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Emily
Hello, hello! I’m up pretty late for a sick kid so I’ll try to keep this quick. The movies didn’t really work out – we went to the mall and missed not one, but two! showings. We ended up being at the mall for two fruitless hours, we walked around a bit and had a long chat on a bench.I was actually glad we missed the secon ...
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World's Most Disturbing Birth Statue
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Jill--Unnecesarean
" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank" class="fb_share_link">Share on FacebookI had the distinct pleasure today of seeing an infamous obstetric knick-knack in person today. This treasure has quite the story behind it and makes the rounds from pregnant woman to pregnant woman, from baby shower to baby sh ...
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Early Signs of Dementia are Hard to Detect (Alzheimer's)
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Bob DeMarco
Looking back, there is little doubt in my mind I should have realized my mother was suffering from dementia sooner. Unfortunately, I didn't have the proper education, information, or frame of reference.Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading Room Editor Most people tend to ignore the early signs of Alzheimer's disease and dementia believing they are simpl ...
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Worried about Alzheimer's? Five Ways to Protect Yourself
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Bob DeMarco
It's really critical that we find ways to prevent, or at least delay the onset of, cognitive decline. --Neil Buckholtz, U.S. National Institute on Aging's Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI).....Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading Room EditorPhysical Activity -- Exercise Consider exercises that pump oxygen and blood to the brain. These i ...
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Alzheimer’s Awareness: Why Bother?
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Bob DeMarco
After all, doesn’t it makes more sense to skip the awareness effort and just focus all resources on a cure?Dennis Fortier As we enter into National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, you may wonder why we should bother promoting awareness. Those who have been touched by Alzheimer’s are already aware and those who have not been touched ...
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Worried About Alzheimer's Disease ?
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Bob DeMarco
Regardless of age, you should be worried about Alzheimer's disease.....Worried About Alzheimer's? You Should Be Regardless of age, you should be worried about Alzheimer's disease. A Harris Interactive poll showed that 100 million Americans are touched by Alzheimer's. The same poll showed that more than 33 million Americans are worried about getting ...
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