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28 07, 2011

Lose Weight Eating Candy

2011-07-28T16:17:08+00:00

That's right; you can eat candy and still lose all the weight you like.  In fact, your entire diet can be candy and junk food and you will still be successful dropping pounds.  How can this be true?  It is true because your body does not care where  calories come from when losing weight.  Your [...]

Lose Weight Eating Candy2011-07-28T16:17:08+00:00
18 07, 2011

Good Fat Versus Bad Fat

2011-07-18T12:02:48+00:00

A lot of people think that fat is an unhealthy substance that should be avoided in the diet.  Nothing, however, could be farther from the truth.  In fact, if you completely avoid fat in your diet, you will die.  For example, did you know that every cell in your body has a fatty membrane that [...]

Good Fat Versus Bad Fat2011-07-18T12:02:48+00:00
6 07, 2011

Back Myths Uncovered

2011-07-06T15:28:58+00:00

If I chronically crack my back, will this lead to arthritis? There are no current studies demonstrating that chronic cracking of a joint will lead to arthritis.  There are, however, studies that show that chronic cracking of a joint will lead to inflammation in the joint and weakness in the muscles surrounding that joint. Does [...]

Back Myths Uncovered2011-07-06T15:28:58+00:00
21 06, 2011

Why Your Back Feels Worse After It’s Cracked

2011-06-21T07:27:14+00:00

As mentioned in previous blogs, the reason the joints in your back crack is because you have increased the amount of space between the bones causing gas bubbles to be released from the joint so that they pop.  When the bones are pulled apart, you are stretching all the tissues that connect the two bones.  These tissues would [...]

Why Your Back Feels Worse After It’s Cracked2011-06-21T07:27:14+00:00
9 06, 2011

Why do I Feel Better After My Back Cracks?

2011-06-09T11:56:50+00:00

In my last blog I explained what actually happens when your back cracks.  Now you may be saying to yourself, if all that happens when I crack my back is that gas bubbles are popping in the joint, then why do I feel better? The answer is not related to the release of gas bubbles [...]

Why do I Feel Better After My Back Cracks?2011-06-09T11:56:50+00:00
2 06, 2011

Back Mysteries Explained

2011-06-02T07:05:51+00:00

90% of the public will experience back pain at some point in their lives.  Of those 90%, many believe that this pain is due to the back being out of alignment.  People often think that the back can be cracked, put back into proper alignment and that the pain will then go away.  This is not [...]

Back Mysteries Explained2011-06-02T07:05:51+00:00
19 05, 2011

Mysteries of the Spinal Disk

2011-05-19T12:58:19+00:00

50% of the population have one, or more, bulging disks in their spine.  None of them have any pain.  Why is it then that people panic when they are told that they have a bulging disk?  The simple answer is a lack of understanding regarding the spine and especially the disk.  Here are the simple [...]

Mysteries of the Spinal Disk2011-05-19T12:58:19+00:00
10 05, 2011

Office Work is Hard on Your Body

2011-05-10T15:01:44+00:00

Everyone would readily agree that physical jobs such as mover, construction worker, and auto mechanic would be considered physically demanding jobs.  Most, however, would not rank office work as being physically difficult.  The truth is that office work can be highly physically demanding due to static body positions being held for long periods of time.  [...]

Office Work is Hard on Your Body2011-05-10T15:01:44+00:00
15 03, 2011

You Don’t Want To Increase Muscle Tone

2011-03-15T11:22:22+00:00

Many people state when starting an exercise program that they don't want to build muscle.  Instead, they suggest that they simply want to increase muscle tone.  But the fact is that no one wants to voluntarily increase muscle tone.  Muscle tone can only be increased with undesirable injuries such as strokes, closed head injuries, birth [...]

You Don’t Want To Increase Muscle Tone2011-03-15T11:22:22+00:00
24 02, 2011

Motivation

2011-02-24T14:33:25+00:00

Your health is your most important asset.  Without your health, what good is money?  Without your health, how much can you enjoy life?  You're working hard today thinking that you'll have a great quality of life when you retire; but what if your health fails before retirement?  Let's face it, without your health your quality [...]

Motivation2011-02-24T14:33:25+00:00