Your heart is a muscle that is located on the left side of your chest and is about the size of your fist. It sends blood thoughout your body, providing it with the proper nutrients and oxygen that it needs. The heart is also made up of four different blood filled areas which are called [...]
Three-time Olympian and coach Pat Connolly gave me these tips for building flexibility to help you prevent falls, pulled muscles and back problems. Head-to-toe strength and flexibility help you achieve and maintain good balance.
A muscle should be strong through its whole range of motion. Learning to relax that muscle helps [...]
Want to know why most of you have already forsaken your New Years resolutions? It is because you failed to embrace one of the most critical and elemental concepts when it comes to improving your wellness. I must warn you, this is not very exciting. It?s not very sexy. In fact, [...]
In part one we examined a breathing exercise and an autogenic relaxation technique.
Part two includes a progressive muscle relaxation exercise and An NLP exercise.
Just select which one’s work for you. It’s not necessary to do them all (although you can if you have the time!)
Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique
This one is great for the “doers” among [...]
Anyone who has diabetes or high blood pressure should be aware that these conditions can lead to chronic kidney disease, and even to kidney failure. In fact, diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, and high blood pressure is the second leading cause. Diabetes and high blood pressure account for 70 percent of all [...]
What do you know about your kidneys? Most of us know that they are responsible for producing urine which is how we get rid of waste products, but that?s about it right?
My next-door neighbour passed away last month ? from some kind of kidney failure. He?d been on dialysis for a couple of [...]
In attempting to provide adequate and effective interventions for indivduals with Autism and other developmenetal disorders a functional analysis is imperative to getting started.
Firstly, before doing any type of behavior management therapy a functional analysis needs to be done. This requires finding the ABCs of an indivdual. The A in this acronym stands for the [...]
When I began practising Tai Chi in 1991 the thing that struck me about it was its power or at least the promise of its power. What I went on to witness and discover was that there was nothing mystical or particularly esoteric about the power of tai chi it was more just a [...]
