To help me love myself and love others with respect. To recognise those things that don’t serve me and to let them go. Working through challenges on my mat encourages in me the integrity to work through challenges in my life.
One of my favorite things to do when I am out somewhere like a coffee shop, restaurant or my personal favorite, the airport, is people watch. People are so interesting to me for a lot of reasons but especially because we come in such a variety of shapes, sizes colors and features. It always strikes me how we can be so similar in some very basic ways yet so different in a lot of others. Besides our physical features, we all tend to have our own sense of style, taste, and personal preferences when it comes to things like food, clothing, music, movies, books, etc. These differences are what makes us well, us. They also make us unique and, in my opinion, our uniqueness is what makes us interesting. Wouldn’t it be boring if we all liked the same things, all looked alike, and in turn had nothing new or…
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fitness, health, weight loss
Simply put, your BMI is a ratio of your weight compared to
your height. It really is that simple. In fact, it is that simplicity that
means that BMI isn’t always a 100% reliable way to judge if your body shape is
putting you at risk of weight-related health problems.
Now, that’s not to say that you should ignore the BMI value
you get – a healthy adult should be looking at having a BMI value of between
18.5 and 25 and if you do have a value of above 35 in particular then you are
definitely at risk of weight-related health problems, regardless of any other
factor.
That said, for the 25-35 BMI range there are a few risk
categories which may cause over or under-estimation, which include:
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lower back pain, pelvic floor
By: Katie Parrotte, PT, DPT, OCS, CFMT
The Occurrence of Low Back Pain
Low back pain is the most common cause of disability and lost work time among working-age adults in industrialized countries (1). In fact, the worldwide prevalence of chronic low back pain has been estimated to be 11.9% of the population on a given day, and 23.2% of the population in a one-month period (2). That is a significant number of people! Determining effective treatments for low back pain can be challenging for various reasons: 1. there are no clearly defined risk factors that predict the development or outcome of low back pain; 2. most patients do not present with any significant findings physiologically or anatomically; 3. and pain can generate and spread at numerous locations within the nervous system, and can constantly change (1).
Treatment of Low Back Pain
There are many challenges associated with low back…
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