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October 8, 2020

PHYSIOTHERAPY IN Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a genetic disease that can lead to the weakening of bones in the body, due to which a patient may be at a higher risk of accidentally breaking bones. Factors such as age and sex can also influence the severity of Osteoporosis a person experiences. There are many things one can do to […]

Walking in Osteoarthritis edited

Osteoarthritis is a form of arthritis that occurs due to wear and tear of the flexible tissue at the bones’ end. It is a progressive disease and can cause pain in the knees, neck, back, and hips. However, by practicing simple physiotherapeutic exercises, an individual can regain control of their body and reduce pain. One […]

4 Ways To Boost Your Metabolism to Prevent Weight Gain During The Holidays

Excessive weight gain and obesity are on the rise due to the increased commercialization of processed food. This is especially true during festivals and holiday seasons where the house is stocked with sweets and many other unhealthy foods. Due to this, people have a slower metabolism, energy, and motivation. We’ve compiled a list of tips […]

6 Quick Healthy Exercises To Get You Moving And Start Your Day

A little bit of exercise and activity in the morning can go a long way in improving motivation and energy in the body. It can pull you out of a sleepy and tired state of mind, empowering you to take on the day. We compiled a list of 6 activities one may perform to get […]

10 Ways To Reduce Risk And Control Diabetes

In today’s day and age of abundance, it is easy to develop disorders due to eating. Excess cholesterol, sugar, and carbs in our diet can be extremely harmful to our body’s healthy functioning. One widespread problem caused due to this is diabetes, which can have lasting impacts on the body. We’ve compiled a list of […]

Blood Pressure Medication Recall Expands Even More edited

Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. recalls its blood pressure medications after trace amounts of impurity were found. These impurities are known to be potentially cancer-causing and were discovered during testing. Torrent Pharmaceuticals voluntarily recalled two of its blood pressure medications: Losartan Potassium Tablets USP and Losartan Potassium/hydrochlorothiazide tablets. Testing these medications revealed trace amounts of NMBA (N-methylnitrosobutyric […]

The One Yoga Pose You Should Do Every Morning

Yoga is a broad form of exercise with various schools of practice. From ancient yoga to high-intensity yoga, there is a form of yoga that is right for everyone. Finding a type of yoga that works for someone can be exceptionally beneficial to their lives, allowing for better physical and mental health. However, due to […]

Benefits Of Adding Mindful Practices To Your Daily Routine

In today’s busy world, it has become challenging to make time for ourselves. Due to this, we feel additional stress and anxiety, experience sleeping and eating disorders, and are generally less satisfied with life. Incorporating mindful practices in our day can help us take a break from our busy routine, giving us the necessary energy […]

Ergonomic Chairs

In today’s world, we spend a lot of time sitting around. May it be working, studying, gaming, driving, or reading; a lot of our day is spent sitting. Does your back hurt often? Do you wake up with aching shoulders? This may have a lot to do with the way you sit during the day. […]

Side effects of blood pressure medication

Any form of medication can cause side effects, and high blood pressure (HBP) medications are no different. However, many people do not have side effects from taking hypertension drugs, and the side effects are often gentle. Still, it’s essential to stay informed and work closely with your doctor to manage any side effects. To help […]

Effects Of Poor Posture

For many of us working in offices, the majority of our day is spent sitting at a desk in front of a computer. When one spends a third of their day sitting at a desk, it is essential to maintain good posture. Maintaining good posture will allow one to work for an extended amount of […]

Managing Your Stress During This Time of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a whole new set of challenges that very few of us are equipped to handle adequately. From the massive loss of life and rising unemployment, the long-term impacts of COVID-19 are undeniable. To get through this time, we need to work together and be there for each other, […]

Five Tips for Ashtanga Yoga Beginners

Ashtanga is derived from the Sanskrit words “Ashta” and “anga,” which mean “eight” and “limbs,” respectively. For someone new to yoga, ashtanga yoga can prove to be very challenging. It takes 90 minutes to perform the full practice, which is a lot longer than most yoga practices. Along with this, Ashtanga yoga demands that you […]

Fitness and Nutrition Counseling For Health

Many of us have hectic schedules, between work, family, and other commitments, self-care often goes amiss. It is essential to take good care of your body, ensuring it gets the nutrition and sleep needed to function well. Avoiding these makes you prone to burn out and other forms of physical and mental exhaustion. One should […]

Expectation is a predominant cause of Stress

As people, we all have our dreams and desires. There are expectations everywhere—some of our own, and some that we have to meet. May it be our personal life or our professional life, there’s always a bunch of expectations to both meet and to live up to. Managing our expectations is essential. We need to […]

Mindfulness

Mindfulness means to be aware of where we are, who we are, and what we’re doing. It means to be present and conscious of the task at hand. Mindfulness is like a muscle; we all possess it, but we need to train it to use it well. One can get started on improving their mindfulness […]

Maintaining Relationships

Relationships are often complicated. May they be romantic, professional, or bound by blood; relationships take effort and empathy from both parties. Maintaining good relationships with those around us is a crucial element of leading a happy life, as the people around us make the good moments great. Relationships usually involve two or more people, each […]

Bad posture and repeated stress injuries

Bad posture can be the reason for a lot of acute pain in the body. Many of us nowadays work office jobs where we’re expected to sit at a desk for 8+ hours daily. With time, if our posture is incorrect, this can cause a lot of pain and discomfort. A bad posture can lead […]

Happiness inside you…!

Happiness is a complex topic that many of us consider a pre-requisite to a “good” life but often find very fleeting. The oxford dictionary describes being “happy” as the state of “feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.” This definition tells us a lot about what it means to be happy in a few simple words. […]

Zumba vs Aerobics

Zumba and aerobics are high-intensity workout systems that can add value to many aspects of our life. People interested in picking out a workout routine might find these options attractive, but it’s useful to address the differences between them before you make your choice. Zumba is an aerobic fitness program containing movements derived from various […]

Ergonomics At Home

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many of us to work from home, and it would be interesting to inspect the ergonomics at home and learn more about how we can be more productive. Ergonomics is the study of people’s efficiency in a given working environment. Not all of us working from home have the same […]

Benefits Of Yoga

You may have often heard about the many benefits of yoga. It is an all-round activity that helps you train your body and mind. Developed initially in India centuries ago, it has now expanded to all corners of the world. Yoga employs elements of stretching, flexibility, balance, breathing, aerobics, strength through its combination of various […]

Meditation as Stress Buster

Meditation is a great way to relax, calm, and regain focus. In today’s world, it’s easy to feel stressed out and anxious. Meditation can help alleviate these feelings, allowing one to be in better tune with themselves. One of the most critical uses of meditation is helping a person connect their soul with their body […]

Sharing and Caring in Stress Management

Showing compassion and empathy is one of the key values we learn as children. We’re taught to be mindful of our actions and the impacts they can have. The world is a very confusing, messy, and unpredictable place, and somewhere along the way, many of us have forgotten the most basic lessons. Each of us […]

Laughter Yoga

Laughter yoga, also known as Hasyayoga, is a modern form of yoga that is based on the positive effects of laughter. In laughter yoga, people practice voluntary laughter as it is believed that it provides similar benefits as spontaneous laughter. Laughter yoga combines what one usually associates with traditional yoga with the element of conscious […]

Future Impact of COVID-19

The potential impact of COVID 19 is huge in almost any aspect of our lives we may consider. From the way we communicate, interact, travel, work, eat, it will have lasting consequences in all these domains. One important factor to consider is the changes this has brought to the workplace. When the best thing to […]

Desires and Stress

Being able to distinguish our desires from our needs is a crucial life skill. In a world overrun by advertisement, its often very easy to get these confused. We cannot afford to have clouded judgment, as it could mean the difference between having enough vs. not having at all. We need to be able to […]

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) is an anxiety reduction technique that involves the alternating relaxing and tensing of all the different major muscle groups in the body. PMR can help reduce the body’s physical response to anxiety and help one feel more in control. PMR works on the relaxation of both the body and mind. To […]

Importance of time management

As they say, time is money. Time is our most valuable asset, and managing it well is critical to leading a successful and happy life. Think about how much time in a day do you invest in your goals? Effective time management will allow you to develop your career, personal relationships, physical and mental fitness. […]

Desires and Needs

Sharing and Caring

Importance Of Meditation

Meditation is a great way to relax, calm and regain focus. In today’s world, it’s easy to feel stressed out and anxious. Meditation can help alleviate these feelings, allowing one to be in better tune with themselves. There are a whole host of benefits to meditation, chief among which is stress reduction. Stress is usually […]

Disastrous habits of smoking and alcohol

Smoking and drinking are the most common forms of substance abuse among all adult age-groups. Often seen as a “cool” social activity, many individuals partake in these substances on reaching adolescence. Many people do not realize how easily addictive these substances are and what harm this can cause them in the long run. What starts […]

Impact Of Lay-Offs In Society

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a lot of impact on the working sector worldwide. While many companies have been able to adapt accordingly by creating work from home solutions and ensuring strict sanitary conditions in the workspace, not everyone has been accounted for during the lockdown. Many people who work in fields […]

Benefits Of First Aid

The real world is unpredictable, and we need to plan to ensure our loved ones’ safety. First aid is the quick help and treatment given to a sick or injured individual until proper medical treatment available. First aid training can often mean the difference between life and death of an individual, which is why it […]

Yoga Vs Gym

Choosing between yoga and gym is often a personal choice, based on your body types and requirements. Yoga and working out at the gym are often seen as very different forms of exercise. Where yoga seems to concentrate more on mental fitness, working out concentrates on physical fitness. While there is some truth to this […]

Self-Confidence

Self-confidence is an attitude about your skills and abilities. It allows you to accept your ideas and trust yourself. A self-confident person is well aware of their strengths and weaknesses, sets realistic goals for themselves, and handles criticism constructively. Building self-confidence is a crucial skill for both your personal and professional life. A self-confident person […]

Home Hygiene

Hygiene is essential to any space you’re a part of – especially the one you live in! Maintaining good hygiene at our homes allows us to protect ourselves and our loved ones from infectious diseases. This means keeping all places within the home clean – from the kitchen to the washroom and from the living […]

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence is the ability to notice one’s own and other people’s emotions, differentiate between different feelings, and use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior. Emotional intelligence is a core skill that can have all-round benefits to one’s professional and personal life. According to Daniel Goleman, there are five critical elements of emotional intelligence: […]

Being a Leader

Irrespective of who you are, we all will, at some point, play the role of a leader. Being an effective leader is a core life skill that allows individuals to flourish in their personal lives and their professional lives. We’ll discuss the “transformational leadership” model proposed by James MacGregor Burns and further developed by Bernard […]

Power Yoga

Power yoga generally refers to a vigorous, fitness-based, and cardio-based form of yoga. Power yoga is also referred to as “gym yoga” due to its intense nature. Power yoga began as a way to popularize traditional yoga in the US by increasing emphasis on strength training. Power yoga incorporated the flexibility of regular yoga with […]

Being a Medical Professional During a Pandemic

Health care workers are an essential part of the population, now more than ever. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a whole onslaught of challenges that have tested every human build institution. One of the biggest challenges faced is obviously by hospitals and other medical professions, as they’re the frontline warriors during this pandemic. Certain […]

Natural diet vs Supplements

Supplements were designed as a great way to give our bodies the essential nutrients that our diets may sometimes fail to account for. But in today’s on-the-go society, many pharmaceutical companies are pushing for the greater use of supplements as an everyday alternative to eating healthy. As there is a lot of money to be […]

Office Hygiene

Poor hygiene at the office can be a cause of many physical and mental health problems. As many of us spend 8+ hours of our day at the office, we must do our best to maintain a sanitary environment for us to work. Much like a public space, the office is a joint meeting space […]

Work from Office vs Work from Home

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has forced many of us to work remotely from home to limit contact with other individuals. There’s a lot of pros and cons to consider in the new work from home setting. We’ll further discuss these points to help you and your business consider many of the challenges these settings pose. […]

Stress Busters

Any activity or exercise that helps one deal with mental stress is known as a stress buster. In today’s busy, confusing, and often terrifying world, we can all use a couple of techniques to help us get through the day. We’ve compiled a list of stress busters to help you keep calm and relax. Practice […]

Role Of Aerobic Exercise

Regular aerobic exercise has overall benefits for all functions of the body. Activities such as walking, running, swimming, cycling improve heart health, lung capacity, and blood flow. To give you a little more motivation to start exercising, we’ve compiled a list of aerobic activity benefits: Lose weight: Aerobic exercise is an excellent way to lose […]

Causes Of Stress

Modern life has created many reasons for stress we’ve not genetically evolved to deal with yet, as the world around is changing a lot faster than we can adapt. Feelings of anxiety can arise due to a whole myriad of reasons, and can often have long-lasting effects on our health and behavior. We will discuss […]

An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

Though the quote “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” isn’t entirely true, eating apples does have many long-term health benefits. The apple is a highly nutritious fruit. A medium-sized apple only contains somewhere around 85-95 calories. Being a low-calorie food, eating apples is a great way to keep full while also staying energized. […]

Focused Thinking vs Diffused Thinking

Focused thinking is a particular form of thinking where we utilize the prefrontal cortex of our brain to process, analyze, and understand specific information while ignoring all other stimuli. It critical part of our learning process and goes in tandem with diffused thinking. How often have you been involved with a random task such as […]

Ego vs self respect

Terms such as ego, self-respect, self-esteem are all very closely related to each other and are important determinants of a person’s behavior and personality. Psychologists define the ego as an ‘over-attachment‘ to the self. Ego makes people sensitive to criticism and often comes in the way of personal and professional growth. Usually, the ego is […]

Advantages of Positive Thinking

Do you consider yourself more of an optimist or a pessimist? Studies suggest that the answer to this question may reflect your attitude towards yourself, those around you, and on your outlook on life. These may have further reaching consequences on your ability to deal with stressful situations and play a roll in your physical […]

Productivity during Work From Home

The COVID-19 situation has brought around a myriad of new challenges many of us have never encountered before. For many of us, working from has been one of them. Working from home requires finding a delicate work-life balance. Work too hard and too often, and you risk burning out. Don’t work enough, and you risk […]

Anger Management

We all get angry sometimes; it’s a natural and healthy emotion, as long as one learns to deal with their anger positively. If you continuously find yourself in fits of rage, react harshly to certain situations/people, and then regret your actions, it’s crucial to accept that you may have anger issues. Understanding this is the […]

Addiction

Addiction is defined as a chronic dysfunction of the brain system that involves reward, motivation, and memory. Drug addiction is a complex condition that manifests itself by the compulsive use of substances despite harmful consequences. People suffering from severe substance use disorders are unable to distance themselves from whatever substance they’re addicted to. People may […]

Maintaining Mental Fitness

Mental fitness is defined as a state of well-being and having a positive sense of how we feel, think, and act. Mental fitness directly impacts our ability to concentrate, form relationships, feel satisfaction, and achieve goals. Maintaining our mental fitness has become crucial in today’s fast-paced world. When all the world’s tragic events are available […]

Issues During Old Age

As more of the world transitions towards better income and health infrastructure, the average lifespan of an individual has increased. Thus, the elderly will be a more significant portion of our population demographic. We need to combat a lot of the challenges this might pose by changing laws and policies effectively. There are many health […]

Importance of Physical Fitness

Generally speaking, physical fitness is vital for everyone. Physical activity promotes good health, and one should strive to stay active through all stages of life, regardless of one’s age, body type, or BMI. It is important to understand the benefits of physical exercise; we will discuss some of these below: Improves quality of life: A […]

Yoga

Junk food is described as food and drinks low in nutrients (vitamins, minerals, etc.) and high in saturated fats, added sugar, or salts. So it should come as no surprise that for the health-conscious, avoiding junk food and maintaining a balanced diet is the easy answer. We look into what makes a balanced diet “balanced,” […]

Junk Food Vs Balanced Food

Depresssion

Depression is categorized as a mood disorder, usually characterized by feelings of sadness, loss, anger that can interfere with a person’s day-to-day activities. It is one of the most common causes of mental illnesses among adults and often goes undiagnosed. People experience depression in different ways. It can lead to lowered productivity, negative impacts on […]

October 7, 2020

What to choose- Physiotherapy Or Medicine

Medication, also known as Drug therapy, is an integral part of the medical field and relies on pharmacology science for continual advancement and pharmacy for appropriate management. Medication uses various drugs to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Physiotherapy is defined as the treatment to restore, maintain, and improve a patient’s mobility, function, and well-being […]

Importance of Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy, also known as Physical Therapy (PT), uses physical exercise prescriptions, mobilization, electrical and physical agents to treat acute or chronic pains. These ailments can be due to various issues- injury, trauma, or many other neurological origins. Physiotherapy helps improve a patient’s physical functions through physical examination, diagnosis, physical prevention, and rehabilitation. Physiotherapy is a […]

Effects Of Nature On Our Health

In today’s fast-paced world, we’ve lost touch with where we come from. Few of us actively make an effort to get out of the house to enjoy our surroundings – and for those of us living in urban regions, finding a little peace among nature is almost impossible. We must learn to make time to […]