Lateral Flexion, using a chair and wall

The Lower Back Stretch using a Chair exercise mainly stretched the muscles on either side of the spine.This exercise emphasizes the muscles: that run from top of the hip bones & the side muscles of the waist the final part of the movement, which involves a MILD rotation of the shoulders relative to the hips, moves this latter stretch from the side of the waist to the muscles closer to the spine itself. This...

Dealing with setbacks

Tips To Stay On Track Remember, life is neither perfect nor predictable. Various events and circumstances WILL come along to delay or interrupt the achievement of your goals. We do fall ill, have accidents, become pregnant, our cars break down and others do let us down. And, when we forget or get stressed, we’ll revert to bad or emotional eating. It’s part of the human condition. We’re not perfect...

Ensuring Success

It’s often said that people don’t plan to fail, they simply fail to plan; either properly, or at all. Planning for the sake of your health involves having a goal, or even a set of goals, which help you achieve your desired results, whatever they may be. A goal serves the same purpose/function as: a map to get from one location to another a set of design plans to build a boat, a shed or a...

‘No Pain, No Gain’ is a load of B.S.

If, like me, you’ve had to live with chronic conditions and a variety of intermittent injuries, you might be interested in some of the strategies I’ve investigated and tried over 30-plus years. You name it: I’ve probably read it or tried it: countless books & journals, different exercise regimes, total bed rest, chiropractic, manipulative physiotherapy, massage, mediation, reiki, traction, medication and...