Tag: holistic

But I Don’t Want Muscles! - Part 1: What Muscle is, and how to Build (or Avoid) it

One of the common comments I hear from my female clients is, -Please don’t give me any weights work – I don’t want any muscle, I just want to tone.- The reasons differ from client to client, but it ... (more)

Deep Muscle Soreness And Body-Shock Fatigue

In my experience there are two distinct types of muscular fatigue associated with intense progressive resistance training (only intense training is sufficient to trigger muscle hypertrophy) and these... (more)

Health Benefits Of Foot Massage

Massage of any kind is relaxing and promotes a feeling of calmness. To many health practitioners, in fact, foot massage has been known to be good for health and well-being. Foot massage is common thr... (more)

Natural Pain Management: Exercise and Chronic Pain

When you find yourself living with pain every minute of every hour of every day, just getting up in the morning can seem like too much to ask. (more)

Optimum Fitness for Middle Age – Part 1

On any give day, one of us will walk by a mirror, observe a photograph, or see our reflection in the glass. Where did the time go, and why didn’t we see it before? When you have true friends, they ac... (more)

The Ethics Of A Life-Long Herpes Infection

From day one my own personal life-long herpes infection has presented me with several ethical challenges. It has challenged me on the question of who to tell and when. It has challenged me on the ... (more)

The Gym - And Why There Are Better Ways Of Keeping Fit

The rise of the gym and health club has been unstoppable in recent years. There’s now a multi-million pound industry focused around state of the art gyms and health clubs across the globe. (more)

Weight Management As A Holistic Syndrome

Weight loss isn't simply a matter of a caloric equation. It's more complex than that and needs to be understood holistically. This article explains how. (more)

Wellness

Wellness is the buzz word for health these days - so what exactly does it entail? (more)

What You Should Know About Formaldehyde

Formaldehyde (aka methanal, methylene oxide, oxymethylene, methylaldehyde, oxomethane) is a colorless, flammable gas at room temperature. It has a sharp, distinct odor which may cause a burning ... (more)