Posts Tagged ‘yoga’

Knees Hurt? You Aren’t Alone

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Knees Hurt? You Aren't AloneThey bear the brunt of a lot of weight every single day. And as such they are highly susceptible to wear and tear…and pain. A new piece of health news shows the toll that knee pain takes on society — particularly in women over the age of 50.

The new study shows that 63% of these women suffer persistent, incident, or intermittent knee pain over a 12-year period. The biggest contributors to this are bearing excess weight (having a higher body mass index), having suffered a previous knee injury, or experiencing the joint pain caused … Read More

Can Yoga Reduce the Waistline?

Monday, April 7th, 2008

You’d have to be living under an especially heavy rock not to have seen the massive rise of yoga in North America.
For the past decade or longer, it has swept fast across the continent. It took a while to get over here because it’s a practice thousands of years old that hails from India, or Ayurvedic medicine.

You have probably heard of its stress-relieving abilities. Yoga can be extremely relaxing. You have probably heard of its ability to stretch out a tight body to make it more limber. It has been tied to many … Read More