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Archive for May, 2011

Is your keyboard still on top of your desk? Do you work with your laptop on a table? Do you reach up to type while your shoulders creep up and your neck and back tense? The muscle tension in your shoulders usually increases when the keyboard is at the incorrect height. Therefore, reduce your tension by placing your keyboard at the correct height.

How to attain the correct height:

Begin by checking your position at the keyboard. Let your upper arms hang straight down, bend your elbows at about 90 to 110 degrees, and keep your forearms and wrists level as you extend your fingers to the keyboard. If you cannot sit this way because the keyboard is too high, then change your keyboard height. Read the rest of this entry »

The first step is to acknowledge that we have the power to make choices. Addictions take this precious privilege from us but it is time you reclaim your right to make the decisions in your life. Whether it’s kicking the habit of tobacco, alcohol, chocolate, fried foods or just wanting to live in a healthier body you must train your mind to make choices. In Julia Harvey’s article “Why traditional diets don’t work” she presents a new definition of DIET: Discover the hidden emotional obstacles that prevent good choices. Invent new healthier choices. Extinguish the old habits. Transform into someone with a new approach to healthy living who takes charge of their life. The steps of this acronym can help with any addiction. Read the rest of this entry »

If allopathic medicine (the scientific, evidence-based medical body prevalent in Western nations and in Europe) recognized the theories, cultural, philosophical and ideals of many of the medical systems, therapies and procedures found in alternative medicine, we would indeed, have a truly complete and nearly-infallable health-care system.

Briefly, What Is Alternative Medicine and Allopathic Medicine?

The term alternative medicine refers to any medical modality or system that has not been proven by science or if it has, proven positive for ineffectiveness, unreliable and/or harmful. Those modalities which are generally in use in allopathic medicine but not inducted into the system are known as complimentary medicine. Due to the nature of most of these, we will include them with alternative medicine in our little study here. Read the rest of this entry »