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Every breath impacts our health. Deeper, fuller breaths improve how we move and think. It gets life nourishing oxygen to all areas of the body. Short, shallow breaths occurs when we are stressed, anxious and in pain, diminishing the air we get into our lungs, causing the body to react as if in a “fight… Continue reading Breathing Exercises to Lessen Pain
Days filled with sitting, standing, and waking always exacerbate pain. Making nights a constant battle of treatments geared to restoring a sense of stability before it starts all over again the next morning. That’s why it's so important to implement simple ergonomic changes that can dramatically lessen the toll on our bodies. Here are some… Continue reading Ergonomics for the Workplace
Ergonomics is about making where we work, live, and play better suited to our individual needs in order to increase efficiency and productivity while acknowledging the importance of comfort. It doesn’t just focus on physical needs but cognitive ones as well. It’s often thought of as just a workplace intervention but work is defined as,… Continue reading Ergonomics
Over the last two weeks, we've shared about opioid receptors in the body, what they do and how they are activated. Now let’s discuss ways we can promote their release on our own. ExerciseThis is probably the most well known mechanism for causing our own endogenous opioid receptors to activate and bathe the body in… Continue reading 15 Ways to Boost Your Own Endorphins
Previously I discussed opioid receptors in the body, what they do and how they are activated. For decades, scientists have been trying to unlock the bodies natural, self produced analgesics without prescribing pharmaceuticals that have devastating side effects or requiring high intensity, prolonged exercise, impossible for chronic pain suffers to achieve. A promising new study… Continue reading How Endorphins Help Pain, Boost Mood