WHAT DO CHIROPRACTORS TREAT?
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Published:02/23/2017 11:07pm
Chiropractic is a developed and recognised profession, however here in Singapore a lot of people still arent sure what we do! Lots of people understand that chiropractors adjust the joints of the body and it leads to less back pain, shoulder pain, headaches and many other benefits. But how does it actually work? But what is causing my discomfort?Throughout your whole body there are nerves. This is the electrical system of our body, transmitting information up and down. For example take the hand. The nerves relay the information down from the brain telling our hand to move it when we...
HOW TO KEEP YOUR CHILDREN SAFE WHILE DRIVING
Published:02/23/2017 11:05pm
Every year hundreds of children lose their lives in traffic accidents, with thousands more being injured. While it is true that safety belts save countless lives, there are still other practices that should be enforced to keep your children safe! What happens during a car crash? When you are in a car accident the force of the vehicles colliding produces inertia, which passes the impact of the crash into the car and into us. This hurls our bodies about, producing huge forces especially on our spines and necks. When we are hit from behind it knocks our heads forward and...
WHAT IS SCIATICA?
Published:02/18/2017 01:28am
Many Singaporeans have been told by doctors they have sciatica, but what does this scary word mean? And is it actually a bad thing?Sciatica is a general term for pain affecting the back, hip, and the leg. This is usually caused by compression of a spinal nerve root in the lower back. Depending where the person feels the pain it will point to what the cause is. If the pain is in the buttock it will be from interference in one part of the spine, but if the pain is in the toes it will be due to interference in another...
IS MOVEMENT IMPORTANT?
Published:02/17/2017 12:23am
When asked, most people would agree that exercise is an important part of becoming and staying healthy. This is part of the reason why the government has made being active more accessible, producing sports centres, public courts, exercise centres in parks and funding a number of organised sport clubs. This has led to many people being active, engaging in running and a variety of sports and lots of residents setting up their own classes. Businesses have also seen the worth in their employees exercising, with many companies offering gym memberships. I have even seen aerobics classes in banks long after theyve...
ARM PAIN AND SHOULDER PAIN – WHERE IS IT COMING FROM?
Published:02/17/2017 12:10am
Many people have experienced pain in their shoulders and arms, especially those who sit more for their work. I see lots of clients that tell me they go for regular massages or acupuncture but the pain always comes back. Is it a problem in the shoulder and arm or is it from somewhere else? What is the shoulder? Our shoulder is made up of our upper arm, our shoulder blade and our upper chest. This has lots of muscles, bones, ligaments and nerves in the area. When we have proper posture and a healthy strength of muscles then the parts...
HEADACHES AND MIGRAINES – IS THERE A DIFFERENCE AND WHY DO I GET THEM?
Published:02/16/2017 11:58pm
Headaches are any pain or aches that people feel in their head (duh!). These can be mild to severe and can last seconds to weeks. The most common causes are improper blood flow and nerve irritation. Headaches are very common and are heavily linked to stress and emotional distress. Everyone knows somebody who has had a headache when they have lots of work to do, study too hard or were having problems affecting their lives. This is especially prevalent in developed cities where the demands and levels of competition are high. Are there different types of Headaches? Migraines:Migraines are...
WHY DO I GET KNEE PAIN?
Published:02/16/2017 11:47pm
Pain in the knees is a complex issue and to truly understand why it is happening we must examine our lifestyle as well as physically examining our knees, hips, ankles and low backs. Why not just look at the knee? Your leg bone connected to your knee bone, Your knee bone connected to your thigh bone Just like the song suggests, all parts of our body are connected. If one part moves or changes it will affect the parts closest to it, which will in turn...
WHAT IS A SLIPPED DISC?
Published:02/16/2017 11:36pm
Lots of people have been told by doctors that they have a slipped disc, but how many of us know what it actually means? They are most common in people aged 25-50 and around a third of adults experience low back pain, but less than 1 in 20 people have a slipped disc. What are discs? And how do they get injured? The discs are the shock absorbers of the spine; they allow us flexibility and protect the spinal bones (vertebrae) to make sure they arent touching so that the nerves have lots of space to pass information to the body....
IS LOW BACK PAIN NORMAL?
Published:02/16/2017 03:33am
Many people experience low back pain, with studies suggesting that more than 80% of people will experience low back pain at some point. This article will explain the reason it happens and whether this is normal or not. What is it? Low back pain is discomfort affecting the small of your back and almost exclusively originates from the spine. The spinal nerves at the bottom of the back (n area called the lumbar spine), sends information to the skin, muscles, ligaments and everything else in the low back, groin, legs, ankles and feet. Even though its a relatively small part of...
Increase Your Income: Use Switch and Scale to Leverage What You Already Have
Published:02/11/2017 10:36pm
You dont have to start from scratch to create revenue in your business. You already have a great deal available to you, more than you may think .To find those opportunities, use leverage. Leverage is the ability to optimize what you have already in place.Dont overlook or underutilize this ability its a great source of revenue!Here are 2 ways you can increase your income with leverage:1. The Switch Do you offer a service? You can often readily identify a product that you can offer too. Switching products to services or vice...
3 Things You Must Do In Business Or Else
Published:02/04/2017 01:57pm
In this article, I will be teaching from one of my best-selling books, *17* Highly-Guarded Strategies to Close Every Sale Guaranteed Plus How to Combat the Fear of Closing. #1 Thing You Must Do in Business Build Qualified Leads Buying leads is a waste of time. Instead, activate a qualified lead, with someone who actually needs your services. Give away reports and one sheeters to anyone who shows interest in your business. Giving a lot of stuff out doesnt do or produce anything. When you want more clients, you have to generate leads....
Are You Wasting Your Time? 5 Turnarounds to Change Time Drains Into Time Well Spent
Published:01/27/2017 02:13am
One of the resources that you have available to you that cant be recaptured, cant be built up again, is time. Once spent, it is lost to you.After that sobering beginning, lets focus on what we can do with our time and our energy.Lets look at how you may be wasting your time and how you can turn that around . Its often not that hard to make a shift that preserves your time for whats important . Time drain #1: Meetings Even with the value that social media brings, there is nothing that replaces...
Trends on Tap for Health & Fitness
Published:01/23/2017 11:37pm
In providing advice and counsel for health and fitness I find my clients run the gamut from individuals focused on a personal plan, to health industry companies teaming up with employers to create plans supporting the company healthcare benefit goals. Both groups are interested in the trends related to health and fitness for 2017. My list this year includes items from food to fashion; ---here is a snapshot view of whats hot in getting physical this year. Wearable Technology Fitbits and health-data tracking watches began the trend in wearables. Among the latest items in the market shown at the recent...
Choose Gratitude for Well-Being
Published:01/11/2017 01:41pm
As you celebrate the holidays and plan for a healthier more active you in the new year, give yourself a timeout. Take time to step away from the frenetic hustle and bustle and think seriously about gratitude during the year that is ending. One of my many caveats with my clients is to remind them that the well-being life has many facets and gratitude is one of the important elements.Dr. Robert A. Emmons, psychology professor at UC Berkley and leading scientific expert on gratitude shares that gratitude heals, energizes and transforms lives. In researching gratitude, Emmons found that those who...
Internet Privacy & Security - The Way You Want It!!!
Published:01/05/2017 11:30am
Navia gearing up for INDIEGOGO Crowdfunding Campaign to redefine On/Off Road Mainstream Internet Activities Digital Equipment Communication Ltd (DEC) www.digitalequipment.co - an Irish Internet Tech Company: engaged within lines of ICT RD; using advanced computer technologies for knowledge management and innovative Virtual Private Networks for the creation encrypted devices. ZenMate (www.zenmate.com), a German VPN service provider, launched in 2014, backed with 3.2million, known for their software that encrypts web browsing by routing internet traffic through their network of servers to hide IP Address.DEC and ZenMate teaming up to drive industry transformation in Virtual Private Networks (VPN) cyber-security with a new envisioned...
