How much of your day is spent sitting? At your desk, in the car? If the answer is “Most of my time” then you may have locked hips, which not only effect your dancing ability but actually is an underlying cause of undue stress and fear. There is a long muscle on the side of the vertebral colum...
How MSM works: MSM supplements can provide the body with extra sulfur, needed for the formation of methionine, absorbing nutrients for energy, helping the body process chemicals, metabolizing foods, and helping form connective tissue. So, MSM can work as a performance enhancer,...
If you’re reading this article about “The 4 Causes of Sciatica…” it’s a good bet that you have a radiating pain running down the back of your leg that just won’t go away. If what I’m about to tell you sounds familiar, don’t worry, help is on the way. In order to get rid of your...
Use these stretches to fine-tune your muscles. This is a general routine that emphasises stretching and relaxing the muscles most frequently used during normal day-to-day activities. In the simple tasks of everyday living, we often use our body in strained or awkward ways, creating stress...
36 pictures to see which muscles you’re stretching is a downloadable PDF that highlights the name of each muscle being stretched and illustrates the anatomical position of that muscle. In the simple tasks of everyday living, we often use our body in strained or ...
Up to 70% of pregnant women will experience some form of back pain during the pregnancy. There are lots of reasons for this and some are less obvious than others. One of the obvious reasons for pregnancy back pain is the increased frontal weight being carried for 9 months. Your back muscles and spin...
You have long muscles that run along the spine called the erector spinae muscles. These are often the guilty muscles when you have back pain and muscle spasms. A spasm is an involuntary contraction of the muscle for a sustained period of time. Usually a spasm occurs when the muscle has been suddenly...
It happens to us all: You stand up after sitting for a while and you hear a loud “pop.” Why do knees do that? Is it bad? Here are the short answers: 1) crepitus and 2) probably not, but possibly yes. Read on to find out why this happens, and when it’s worth worrying about. What Is ...