Cardiac arrests happen most often at home. Researchers knew that. What they didn’t know, until now, is this: If your home is a highrise, the higher your floor, the lower your chance of survival. A new study published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal examined five years of health data from the City of […]
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Best Foods To Keep You From Getting Sick
Feeling under the weather and want to speed up your recovery? Or want to avoid getting sick altogether? Good news: with the right foods and eating habits, you can help your immune system fight off illness and, if you do get sick, re-bound quicker. Remember the old adage “feed a cold, starve a fever”? […]
Do These 10 Yoga Poses Every Day and You’ll Feel Great
1 of 10 Start with Pelvic Tilts Pelvic Tilt Position. Photo Credit: John Freeman/Dorling Kindersley/Getty Some days, it’s just not possible to put in a full hour and a half of yoga. But most days will allow for this 10- to 15-minute sequence that stretches the back, hamstrings, and hips, problem areas for many […]
7 Great Hamstring Stretches
1 of 8 Hamstring Stretches Stretch your hamstrings by reaching for your feet or toes. Photo Credit: czuber Hamstrings and Pelvic Positioning The hamstring muscle group located at the back of your thigh and pelvis (at the very bottom) is partly responsible for a well-aligned pelvic position. But what does this have to do […]
Hamstring Muscles, Pelvic Position and Your Back Pain
Hamstring Muscles Hamstrings are the big muscles located at the back of your thigh. Actually, the hamstrings are a group of 4 muscles. Each hamstring crosses 2 joints – the hip and the knee. This means when they contract they can either take your lower extremity back behind you (called hip extension) or bend […]