Your body is made up of about 70-80% water content at birth, and can be measured at around 50% in senior populations. Depending on your body size and exertion level, it is often averaged for the majority of adults as 60%. Suffice it to say that staying hydrated is indeed important to keep your body
Category: Homecare
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August 31, 2017
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Contrast bathing (sometimes referred to as hot/cold immersion therapy) is a type of hydrotherapy that I find most people have not specifically heard of, but probably intuitively know about. A contrast bath is more or less exactly what it sounds like: submerging your body (or more commonly, a limb) into two contrasting high- and low-temperatures
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August 25, 2017
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The Levator Scaupla[e] muscle is a reasonably deep shoulder mover, extending from the neck to the shoulder blade. Tightness here can replicate issues with the Trapezius muscle, but they are rooted down deeper. This is a muscle that I find issues with in about 90% of my clients. Because of this, I would argue that
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June 16, 2017
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Foam rolling; some people are already shuddering at the thought (or perhaps memory of the act). Hopefully by the end of this post you will have reason to continue using it, start using it again, or try it for the first time. We will also get into some of the potential risks that are associated