All posts tagged stretching
Exercise Happy
This time of year, I usually don’t feel motivated to workout until I have a pair of restless legs and a belly full of holiday cookies. When I do feel like exercising, nothing puts me in a more frustrated mood than when my body has a different agenda. Five minutes of exercising and I’ve got a nice side ache and what feels like a ton of bricks on my back. My workout is ruined,...
Getting to the Bottom of Lower Back Pain
Nothing wrecks your week faster than a back injury. Lower back pain really hurts, and affects 80%-90% of adult Americans at some point during their lifetime. Most pain of this nature begins by pulling or twisting the muscles in your back, usually by doing out-of-the-ordinary physical activity. The resulting...
Guide to Better Stretching
In the past few years, many opinions have been circulated through the health and wellness community about the relative merits of stretching before, during, or after a workout. As kids, most of us learned to touch our toes and stretch our hamstrings before a physical activity, but recent studies show...
Elise L. Howe: Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut the tortilla into 16 triangles, ... put all...
Evie Barber: Hi Susan,
Glad to hear you want to give it a try! You probably won'...
Susan L.: I've never had an aromatherapy massage. Not entirely convinced it's as...
Jake Fitzsimmons: My brother was diagnosed with RA a couple years ago. He's been taking ...