Originally Written By: Charmain Gooden | A prescription for healthy living. Live longer and feel better by following these six basic steps. 1. Eat right to reduce cholesterol Almost 40 per cent of Canadians have high blood cholesterol levels. "If [our bodies] make too much cholesterol or...
Originally Written By: Alex Allan, RKin, CES | Original Title: 'Exercise as medicine' can help treat chronic diseases--if done properly. Imagine your doctor wrote a prescription for your elevated blood pressure and then sent you to an exercise facility to fill it. What if a few...
Originally Written By: Alex Allan | Original Title: How to create a workout plan based on the type of job you do Professional athletes train specifically in the gym to perform better on the job and reduce the chance of injury as they mature. Why don’t we? Most of...
Originally Written By: Alex Allan | Original Title: Don’t let shoes ruin your bio-mechanics: How to protect yourself from the damage of high heels As high fashion collides with solid science, it appears that what props us up may also tear us down. A recent New York Times...
Originally Written By: Alex Allan | Not all rehabilitation programs are created equal. Once you have selected a clinic, been assigned the right care provider and started therapy, getting results may seem like a sure thing. It’s not. Regardless of what type of practitioner you choose and how many...
Originally Written By: Alex Allan, RKin, CES | Original Title: Eight steps to better health after 40 It’s time to change society’s perception of what life after 40 can look and feel like. Most research on aging paints a bleak picture of functional decline, decreased muscle mass...
Originally Written By: Alex Allan | Core training is an exercise trend that is here to stay. People everywhere are planking, piking and crunching with the best of intentions, limited only by imagination. There is only one problem: Many workout enthusiasts seen precariously planking on exercise balls...