Water samples from Flint and Detroit Michigan. I remember about 15 years ago when I started drinking only filtered or spring water. I caught a ton of flak for it. I heard over and over, are you too good for tap water, are you scared of tap water, and my favorite of all…..you are paranoid. […]
Watering Down the Truth. Read More »
If you’ve ever had tooth pain you know how quickly it can elevate you stress levels. From dealing with the pain, to not being able to eat normally to the financial stressors of paying for dental work, dental needs are a major factor in managing your physiological load. Knowing that the teeth contain nerves, lymph,
A real pain in the….tooth! Dentistry and Physiological Load. Read More »
From Paul Chek Are you stressed? Of course you are, you’re alive! The problem is not stress, the problem is your physiological load. Your physiological load is determined by the type and frequency of your stressors relative to your ability to recover from said stressors. Now that we can all admit that we are stressed,
Are you loaded? Physiological Load and Health. Read More »
There are many opinions as when is the best time to Ice after acute injury. Most of the research today states that the 1st 12 hours after an acute injury. After the initial 12 hours the ice actually prevents the inflammation from doing its part to heal the injury. This is due to the fact
Ice and Inflammation. Read More »
Last weeks blog discussed different ideas as to what inflammation is, if you read it you will recall the definitions are broad and the effects both beneficial and detrimental depending on causation. Today we are going to focus on myofascial stretching as a way to help with inflammation. Myofascial stretching is a methodology of stretching
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The word inflammation comes from the Latin inflammare (to set on fire), and is commonly associated with heat, redness, and swelling. However, according to the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM)…..”Defining inflammation according to clinical signs and symptoms has major limitations, as in most cases the cellular processes and signals that underlie the cardinal signs occur at
Inflammation Nation, what’s really going on? Read More »
The word inflammation comes from the Latin inflammare (to set on fire), and is commonly associated with heat, redness, and swelling. However, according to the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM)…..\”Defining inflammation according to clinical signs and symptoms has major limitations, as in most cases the cellular processes and signals that underlie the cardinal signs occur at
Inflammation Nation, what\’s really going on? Read More »
The word inflammation comes from the Latin inflammare (to set on fire), and is commonly associated with heat, redness, and swelling. However, according to the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM)…..\”Defining inflammation according to clinical signs and symptoms has major limitations, as in most cases the cellular processes and signals that underlie the cardinal signs occur at
Inflammation Nation, what\’s really going on? Read More »
Hi campers and welcome back to the blog, all this month we have been talking about fascia. Today we are going to talk about a specific layer of fascia, Camper’s fascia. Don’t worry we will keep it superficial for this blog post. Campers fascia is one of the abdominal fascia layers, it has attachments from
Abdominal Fascia, a deeply layered subject. Read More »
As we continue on with our series on fascia (if you haven\’t already, check out our previous blogs on \”What is Fascia\” and \”Fascial Stretching\”. Today we are going to talk about the role of telomeres and how the fascia creates and effects them. Telomeres cap the DNA chromosomes in your cells and protect these
Fascia, Telomeres, and DNA. Read More »
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