Why is it important to have upper body strength? Upper body strength is so important, particularly for women. It is common to have shoulder or neck pain due to inadequate upper body strength. As we get older, we lose muscle mass and we need to maintain it with good nutrition ...

Stand up paddling is a really effective way of strengthening your feet.  Any time you are standing on your feet, your bare feet, in particular, you are strengthening the connective tissues in the feet. One of the beautiful things about stand up paddling is, as soon as you get on ...

Shyloe Fayad is Okanagan based and the CEO & Founder of Happiness Habits and Radical Wondering Collective. In this article she discusses anxiety, what it is, and how do you know if you have it. And this is the 1st article in a 3 part series. What is Anxiety? Anxiety ...

#1 – Too Much Toes When you put too much weight on your toes, it activates the muscles around the knee, especially the quads. That pulls the knee cap and pushes that knee cap up against the knee joints. So if you are wearing heels or if you are the ...

Lindsay Mustard is an Ottawa based Holistic Nutritionist and Personal Trainer. In this article, she discusses the importance of water, hydration, how to tell if you are de-hydrated, how much water you should be drinking, and ways to increase hydration in your diet. Importance of Water First and foremost, water ...

Proprioception. Let’s throw some big words occasionally because not everybody wants to know the big long fancy term of something when you can say it more simply. Proprioception is a big long fancy term for awareness. The little nerves in our tissues, joints, tendons, and muscles tell us about where ...

Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common causes of heel pain. It involves inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of your foot and connects your heel bone to your toes (plantar fascia). We have received many comments and questions regarding PF, foot pain, ...

https://www.facebook.com/healingthroughmovement1/videos/2028268507385473/ These simple body movements are great to do before and after a walk and will get your joints and muscles feeling strong and mobile! #1 – Quad Stretch Begin in an upright standing position, maintaining good alignment with your head, shoulders, hips and legs. Bring one heel up against ...

https://www.facebook.com/healingthroughmovement1/videos/2043744675837856/ A foam roller is a great tool to help decrease muscle tension. If you sit, exercise a lot, or have an injury, your muscles will tighten up especially in the injured area. Tight muscles will lead to decrease in flexibility, mobility, adhesions of muscle fibers and increase your pain. ...

http://thepainhacker.com/Morning-Movements/ We’re going to do 5 different exercise or movements that we can also relate to functional movements. These activities are going to help us maintain our independence like getting out of the chair, pushing ourselves up in the washroom, cooking in the kitchen. As we do these, we are ...