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- exercise and conditioning
- did you know...
- stretch of the month
- tip of the month
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The new year is in full swing and with most holidays over, everyone is getting back in to the routine. With the weather being consistently unpredictable, most of us are not as eager to get outdoors, and need to make more of an effort to ensure we are staying fit and healthy. This month we focus on being healthy and living a healthy lifestyle.
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exercise and conditioning
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focus on exercise
Last month we began to discuss the importance of exercise in being one of the 3 keys to life, in addition to chiropractic and nutrition. North America has been obsessed with sick care for far too long, it has forgotten that we are trying to achieve healthcare, not symptom removal care.
Maki Riddington of Dynamicconditioning.ca helps explain how exercises can affect the body...
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did you know...
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The spine has 24 individual vertebrae that each have discs for cushioning and spinal nerves which exit through the spine. The spinal nerves come from the spinal cord and we know that "the nervous system controls and coordinates all organs and structures of the human body"...
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stretch of the month
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pec stretch
Who is it for? Everybody!
What does it stretch out? Pectoralis Major, Minor, Anterior Deltoid
Why do you need to do it? Whenever a person is sitting at his or her desk, typing, the shoulders are rolled anteriorly causing tightness in the pectoral muscles...
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tip of the month
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the importance of proper posture
Proper posture cannot be stressed enough in the work place environment. You sleep (or you should) for 8 hours, which leaves another 16 hours in a day. If you work for 8 hours, thats 50% of your day spent sitting at work. When you factor in driving, eating, watching television while sitting, you exceed that 50%.
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