Fitness, Health and Wellness

Train Your Face

The mention of posture often brings to mind the position of one's shoulders, hips, and spine. While proper posture of these areas is critical to maintaining an upright position, it is not the only part of the body subject to these conditions. The face is a conglomerate of bones and muscles that aid us in… Continue reading Train Your Face

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The Sphenoid Bone: A Small Bone With Big Implications

There exists a single small bone in your skull that has the ability to change the way you experience life. The sphenoid bone is a vital piece of our anatomy that lies at the junction of the face, skull, and spine. With a hand in posture, stress, sleep, breathing, chewing, and swallowing, the sphenoid's influence… Continue reading The Sphenoid Bone: A Small Bone With Big Implications

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Change Your Perception of Pain

For many in world of healthcare today, "pain management" is often the title placed upon their job. This job consists of releasing the patient from any experience of pain, whatever the cost may be. While at first thought this approach does not sound nefarious, further examination exposes the farcical reality of this approach. Perhaps to… Continue reading Change Your Perception of Pain

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Consciousness: A 21st Century Anomaly

For ages, mankind has explained his perception of the world around him through a number of methods in thought.  Shamanism, mysticism, religion, science; all different means to the same end.  That end being the power that accompanies knowledge used to manipulate our experience of reality to best benefit ourselves as well as those around us. … Continue reading Consciousness: A 21st Century Anomaly

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Lateral Flexion: A Movement From Our Evolutionary Past

Humans belong to the phylum Chordata, meaning "with a chord". This taxonomical division is shared by the likes of all vertebrates, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and other mammals. Despite superficial differences all species belonging to this phylum possess a backbone and a spinal chord. It is from this backbone (and spinal chord) that the… Continue reading Lateral Flexion: A Movement From Our Evolutionary Past