The benefits of good posture

Has anyone ever told you, “Stand up straight!” or scolded you for slouching at a family dinner? Comments like that might be annoying—but they’re not wrong. Your posture is the foundation for every movement your body makes and can determine how well your body adapts to the stresses on it. Murat Dalkilinç gives the pros of good posture.

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Exercise to boost spine muscles and relieve pain

Pounding the pavements, spin class or the working out at the gym feels rather compulsory when squeezed into spare moments between commuting, working and family life instead of the joyful experience we wish it was.

Exercise becomes a less palatable prospect when lower back pain flares up. The fear of grimacing through pain or straining sore muscles leads to avoidance behaviours. But persever…

Combat back pain with meditation

Imagine having the power to reduce your own pain levels! A study written about in Scientific American shows Buddhist Monks well practiced in meditation are actually able to control the intensity of pain they feel. This ability to control your own mind’s responses is in your hands (and you don’t need to travel to the wilderness or don robes to do it). There is a growing body of evidence that poi…

The bionic spine: scientific research brings mobility to paralysed limbs

Melbourne scientists have found a way to return mobility to paralysed limbs. The futuristic technology is known by the term, bionic spine. 

The bionic spine is a small electrode device used to interpret electrical signals from the brain compelling an exoskeleton encasing the limbs, to walk. What sets this technology apart from predecessors isn’t the amazing capability to move artificial limb…

Natural remedies for treating back and joint pain

Modern remedies for treating back and joint pain have come a long way since the ancient practice of ingesting brewed concoctions of barks, roots, leaves and berries for their healing properties. These days, it is more common to take pills with condensed doses of the active ingredients found within the natural world or synthetic versions of these powerful molecules.

Spinal cord injury: hope through research

A Short History of the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury

Accounts of spinal cord injuries and their treatment date back to ancient times, even though there was little chance of recovery from such a devastating injury. The earliest is found in an Egyptian manuscript written in approximately 1700 B.C. that describes two spinal cord injuries involving fracture or dislocation of the neck vertebrae…

Human back pain linked to ape like bone structure

Back pain may be the result of learning to run before we could walk, in evolutionary terms, according to a new study which has linked a common cause of back pain to our ape ancestry. The study suggests that rapid evolution from walking on all fours to upright on two legs, leaving people with vertebrae similar to chimpanzees susceptible to back pain.

Aussies lacking basic knowledge to keep themselves healthy

The Healthy Communities Research Centre at UQ Ipswich is calling for a national focus on “health literacy” following the release of findings which reveal that most Australians don’t have the basic knowledge to keep themselves healthy.

The recently-released findings are based on the 2006 Adult Literacy and Life Skills survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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