Solutions to Your Post-Holiday Health & Fitness Problems
The end of the festive season leaves most of us with that all-too-familiar feeling of tighter jeans, and a tell-tale number on the bathroom scale. Amidst the celebrations and stresses [...]
Focus on health after winter
With the change of season comes the impulse to clean and replace the old with the new. Spring is also a great time to start healthy new habits and break [...]
New treatments for old sports injuries
Aches and pains from an old sports injury can abound – especially as you top 40 and become "middle-aged" – but there is much to be optimistic about thanks to [...]
Five steps to create your own healthy body plan
It was John F. Kennedy who pointed out that physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body but also the basis of dynamic [...]
Steps to prevent cardiovascular disease
If home is where the heart is, shouldn't every home be heart healthy? Starting with your home, here are four things that you and your family can do to help [...]
Sports and body type
Although bodies come in overlapping shapes and sizes specific types do seem to do better in specific sports. For example: female gymnasts tend to be small and flexible; weight lifters [...]
Winter woes
Are you dreading the winter, what it does to your body and mind, and how you have to battle to get through it? Well, the war is on … but [...]
What you need to know about concussion
A concussion is the most common and least severe type of traumatic brain injury due to impact to the head, usually with a temporary loss of brain function. Once someone [...]
Getting back into shape after the holiday season
Now that the festive season is over, your waistline may seem a bit larger than it was before the holidays started. You may have only gained a few extra kilograms [...]
Dance therapy
Dance therapy (also called movement therapy) is the therapeutic use of movement to improve the mental and physical wellbeing of a person. It focuses on the connection between the mind [...]
Banned substances and school sport
The use of nutritional or performance enhancing substances is fast becoming a trend in school sport. What should you, as a parent, know about these supplements? National and international sporting [...]
Reclaim your brain
Forget where you left your keys this morning? Don't worry, it's probably not a sign of Alzheimer's – everyone's a little forgetful at times. While there's still a lot to [...]