By: Todd Sinett, chiropractor and co-author of the book (The truth about back pain)
Sit-ups and crunches may actually cause more back pain than they prevent, according to Sinett.
We hear all the time how a strong core protects your back, which is true. But crunches don’t work the abs muscles that stabilize your back. In fact, [...]
by:Todd Sinett, chiropractor and co-author of the book (The truth about back pain)
By improving circulation and lowering stress, just about any kind of exercise promotes back pain recovery. But yoga may be best.
University of Washington researchers say yoga eases lower-back pain faster than conventional exercises. In a different study, 101 patients were randomly assigned to [...]
by:Todd Sinett, chiropractor and co-author of the book (The truth about back pain)
Get moving to alleviate aches and pains and fix back pain faster.
New research shows that 40% of people become less active after back pain strikes—a strategy that’s likely to delay healing or even make their condition worse.
Fix it: In fact, most [...]
By:Todd Sinett, chiropractor and co-author of the book (The truth about back pain)
You Have a Long Commute
Just like at your desk, hunching over a steering wheel can tighten chest muscles and cause your shoulders to round.
Slumping posture can zap energy and make you look heavier, not to mention cause back and neck problems. Back [...]
By:Todd Sinett, chiropractor and co-author of the book (The truth about back pain)
Back pain isn’t just about heavy lifting or sleeping the wrong way. Here, 14 surprising everyday habits that causes aches and pains—and how to feel better.
Back pain sends more patients to doctors than any condition other than the common cold.
It’s the [...]
If someone told you right now what the absolute best exercises to lose weight was, would you do it? You might when you read this. Ready or not, here I come!
The best exercise to lose weight is: “the exercise you’ll do,”
“The two things that stop people from losing weight with exercise are either boredom or [...]
I’ve heard that eating more frequently will increase my metabolism and help me lose weight? Is this true and how does this happen? I thought you had to eat less to lose weight.
You’ve probably heard this advice from many different places: personal trainers at your gym, online weight-loss websites, and popular diet books. Even [...]
Do everything you can to live stress free. we only live once and it is not in our best interest to stress much about material things. sometimes we carry our stress and others people stress, like family, husband, wife or just our friends for the things they are going through. we all have everyday battle [...]
Perform exercises in high repetitions for the time that is recommended. even when your body is giving up, do everything you can to keep on moving. you are looking fo the last few hard reps and few second when you cant anymore… push, push and push a little more at the end…
stay active around the house, do fun and active things with your kids, as supposed to let them play with the computer or video games on the couch just because you are lazy. put your life in order and be a good example for your kids doing active games like wii fit. [...]