Stretching is an important part of your physical activity. Stretching helps to prepare muscles for a workout and recover them after it. Stretching exercises strengthen the ligaments, improve the functioning of the joints and help to prevent injuries. But if you are not careful or doing them wrong, such exercises can lead to muscle and…
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Are you trying to walk 10 thousand steps every day or skip your daily walks? Whatever the case, both the length of your walk and your gait while walking are important. Do you know that your walk is as unique as your fingerprints or retina pattern? When the international team of bioengineers have analyzed foot…
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According to the most recent data from 22 to 30% of all inhabitants of the Earth suffer from different sorts of problems with joints (link). But here is some good news: even if you have a genetic predisposition to this kind of ailment - healthy nutrition, moderate and mindful physical activity, and most importantly -…
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"Stand straight and don’t slouch!" Yeah, your mother probably told you this. And she was right: good posture is not all about beauty. According to a research “Body Posture Affects Confidence In Your Own Thoughts”, we look and feel more confident and less anxious when we keep our back straight. We can even get our…
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Our remote ancestors had a lot of problems - hunger, lethal illnesses, parasites, sabre-toothed tigers… Almost none of us will get familiar with those “old-fashioned” troubles. However modern life brings its own “surprises”, which gradually and unnoticeably at first ruin our health. One of those “silent pests" is a sedentary lifestyle and postures accompanying it.…
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Even if you were never overweight, you can easily gain up to 10 additional kilograms during the period from 45 up to 53 years. Unfortunately, this is normal as shown in the research "Reproductive and Appetite Hormones and Bulimic Symptoms during Midlife: Bulimic Symptoms during Midlife". But if you were prone to getting extra fat,…
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