The holidays can be a time of joy, giving, and spending time with family. Unfortunately, they can also come with migraine triggers that lead to debilitating pain. Learning how to avoid migraine triggers during the holidays doesn’t mean you have to skip the festivities. Today, we’re looking at a few simple tips and techniques to avoid the holiday migraine and enjoy each minute to the fullest. Read on, and have a happy holiday!
Neck pain is a common health ailment affecting millions of people each year. Often characterized by muscle stiffness, reduced mobility, headaches, and other related symptoms, relief from neck pain is a priority for those living with the condition. The good news is there are plenty of ways to achieve neck pain relief with simple home treatment methods!
November is National Gratitude Month! It’s the perfect time to take a step back from the regular hustle and bustle of life and find ways to include showing gratitude each day. Not only can this help boost your mental health, but it is also a wonderful way to remind others how much they mean to you.
Ice hockey is a popular winter sport in the United States, with thousands of amateur and professional athletes playing every year. With nonstop action and the tendency for full body contact, players are constantly at risk of experiencing hockey injuries regardless of the precautions they take.
Emotional wellness can affect your ability to carry out everyday activities, your relationships, and your overall mental health. It goes beyond just your emotional state to affect your physical well-being, as well.
Have you ever experienced sudden, involuntary, intense muscle pains in your calf, foot or thigh? If so, you’ve had a leg cramp. These pains can occur at any time, whether you’re exercising, walking, sitting down, or even sleeping! With so many potential leg cramp causes, these pains are very common. Just because they’re common, however, doesn’t mean there aren’t good prevention and treatment options.
Football is one of the most popular sports in America, played by over five million people ages over the age of six each year. As a full-contact sport, it comes as no surprise that sports injuries from the game can be common. While there are constant advancements in protective gear and safety protocols, football can be punishing to the body as a whole and requires players to exert huge amounts of physical effort to play their best.
As fall and winter begin their annual appearance, you may start to feel the changing of the season in your joints. How come some people seem to be affected by seasonal joint pain where others are not? That’s a mystery scientists are still trying to solve. There are some potential reasons, however, as to why the changing of seasons may bring with it certain joint aches and pains.
No matter whether you’re a full-time caregiver or helping out by looking after an aging friend or family member, caring for older adults is an important part of helping them maintain a high quality of life and keep healthy. Part of learning how to take care of older adults is ensuring it's done with respect, love, and patience. The adjustment may be stressful at times, but compassion and a plan of action will go a long way!
With winter around the corner, our lives start to adapt to cooler weather and the limitations that come along with that. Colder temperatures mean heavier clothes, less time spent outdoors, and a plethora of other lifestyle changes that occur each year during this seasonal change. One of the unfortunate side effects of winter setting in is the increase in cold weather back pain.
If recent years have taught us anything, it’s that our mental health is precious and vitally important to every aspect of our lives! Going beyond just being happy or sad, your mental health has a direct impact on your overall well-being physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and more. As we celebrate World Mental Health Day on October 10th, we want to take the time to find ways to improve mental health and experience all the ways it can enhance our quality of life.
When it comes to taking care of your body, nothing is more central than your spine. Many of the body’s vital functions are facilitated by the spine, making it incredibly important to protect and care for. One of the best ways to care for your spine on a regular basis is with home spinal decompression. Spinal decompression home equipment can come in a variety of forms, but today we’re focusing on chair options.