Published by Richard Spink January 14th, 2008
in News.
via The Economic Times
The Economic Times writes about the common back-pain and how to treat it.
This isn’t on the back of your mind always but is capable of putting your back against the wall. Puzzled? Read how: In a recent study conducted across eight cities, the combined data surveillance reveals that around 67% of white collar Indians suffer from hideous pain vibrations that cause the achy backs.
The report further finds a good 15% increase in young professionals suffering from the pains which, doctors feel, can be ascribed to the growing number of young men joining the IT and BPO sectors. A majority of the complaints, however, was seen in the age group of 25-40 years.
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Published by Richard Spink January 1st, 2008
in News.
via learn-massage-online.com
When was your last massage? I recently just had a massage and I gotta say, everytime I do get a massage I remember how good they feel. AND how much better I feel afterwards.
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Published by Richard Spink December 27th, 2007
in News.
via BBC Bristol
An electronic devise normally used to ease labour pains is being trialled on people with osteoarthritis.
Patients are to use a TENS machine, combined with exercise, as part of a trial being conducted across the West of England.
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Published by Richard Spink December 17th, 2007
in News.
via Sports Injury Clinic
Sports Injury Clinic writes:
Herbert, R.D. and de Noronha, M. (2007)
Researchers have suggested that stretching before or after exercise in young, healthy athletes has little or no effect on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) - that painful ache many people feel the day after taking part in vigarous exercise.
The researchers assessed whether stretching could reduce stiffness, and concluded from numerous research projects that the estimated effects of stretching were extremely small, and that the studies were all remarkably consistent, suggesting that stretching before or after exercise does not prevent muscle soreness in young healthy adults.
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Published by Richard Spink December 10th, 2007
in News.
via ErgoBlog.com
ErgoBlog writes:
I got a hold of this week’s issue of Business 2.0 and they have a brief section where they reviewed three ergonomic keyboards. On the block were the CKS Comfort, the Kinesis Advantage Pro (the keyboard I’ve had for the last two years), and the Adesso Tru-Form Media
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