Category: Managing Stress
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One of the newest forms of preventable injury comes via your cell phone. Now that these devices are ubiquitous and addictive, we are seeing some very serious medical consequences not only for drivers, but for pedestrians.
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Studies show that the more stressed you are the less likely you are to fight back against a visiting flu virus, and, once infected, the course of the disease is likely to be longer and more severe.
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Dry eyes are more than a modest problem. They can be the cause of great stress.
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A financial crisis may also happen to those between the two extremes–people who are working hard and making a good wage, but lack perspective, discipline, and organization in managing their money.
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Water: it makes up three quarters of our planet, and it makes up three quarters of your body. We swim in it until the day we’re born; all our life our body craves it.
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For most of us, public speaking is a deep fear, probably dating back to our first “show and tell” command performance in kindergarten.
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Doctors have often recommended Yoga for their patients, to help with back pains, injuries to the limbs, or for routine post-operative care. However, that does not mean Yoga is automatically safe for all.
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In medical offices all over the country patients are patiently squinting down corridors to spot the color bars, letters, and symbols on a faded cardboard chart. A common assumption is that annual physical exams with the doctor preclude worries about vision.
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The human body was built for “hunting and gathering”, not “hunt-and-peck” typing. Our DNA and our evolution is built on movement. However, we now have invented a work form that is virtually movement-free: the modern office.
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Stress abhors a vacuum, and we need to program a little stress-break into our schedule, without feeling guilty about it.