3 Signs You’re Ageing Brilliantly (And They’re Simpler Than You Think)
Just saying, “I want to be fit strong and able” sounds excellent. But you could say it’s a bit of a loose goal. Today I want to help you put a stick in the mud. To work out where you are at and provide a little incentive or momentum. A prompt to help you start taking action, with the goal of optimising your golden years to be active, engaged and independent.
Scar Tissue, Spider Webs & Sweet Spots (a.k.a. why you should do your rehab exercises)
Work is required to achieve a well functioning tissue at the end of the healing process. The process can be underdone, overdone, or hit the magical sweet spot which can lead to optimal recovery. Here are some insights to the process John wanted me to share, spider webs and all!
How Active Are You? ~ (c) 10,000 Steps
Walking is a great option as it’s free and you can do it when it suits you, but does it cut the mustard on reducing our all cause mortality? Can we use walking to raise the METs required to keep us healthy and strong for as long as possible?
How Active Are You? ~ (b) How Much Exercise is Enough?
How much exercise is enough to optimise the quality and quantity of our days? How much exercise do I need to do on a weekly basis to keep me healthy?
How Active Are You? ~ (a) Sedentary Behaviour
How active are you? How active should you be?I can hear you thinking, “How long is a piece of string?” or tallying your exercise regime and angling for a gold star for effort.Active and healthy…how do we quantify that? How much exercise (frequency), doing what (type) for how long (duration) to be healthy? What is the optimal equation?
A wiggle in your walk...?
So you wiggle when you walk. Why is that? Is it a good thing, or a harbinger of pain?
Getting up off the Floor Safely
It's a rude shock when you discover you can't get up off the ground.
Osteoarthritis ~ New Insights from the Latest Science
Recent developments in science are telling us we need to re-think osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis
“Osteoarthritis is the single most common cause of disability in older adults”World Health Organisation (WHO)
OMG Bones! (Osteoporosis, Menopause/Men and Great Bones!)
A broken bone is often the first sign that someone has osteoporosis. This is because we just don’t check the quality of our bones routinely until we know there’s a problem. 50% of women and 25% of men over the age of 50 will experience an osteoporotic fracture in their lifetime. We need to take care of our bones.
Falling (Gravity and Other Myths)
Veteran acrobat Jascha Boyce stares fear in the face every time she trains and performs. If a routine goes wrong, Boyce knows she has to immediately get up and do it again.
How chiropractic care can help with stiffness
If we put aside some nasty kinds of arthritis and some sinister neurological dysfunctions, most of us would consider STIFFNESS to be a relatively innocuous symptom... just our body grumping at us a bit to get moving - fair enough given our increasingly sedentary lifestyle.