5 Exercises to Loosen Up Your Tight Shoulders
#1 – Chair Arch Begin in an upright sitting position on a chair, maintaining good alignment with your head, shoulders, and hips. Place your hands to the side at head level. Bring your shoulders back and arch through the mid-back area. Return to the starting position and repeat the movement. Chair Arch Start off with…
How to Loosen Up a Tight and Sore Lower Back
#1 – Back Arches Begin in an upright standing position. Place your hands on your lower back or upper pelvis area. Bring your hips forward then bring your head back and arch through your lower back. Return back to the starting position and repeat the movement. Back Arches Start off with 1 set of 5…
6 Essential Stretches For Long Car Rides
Admittedly, driving can be stressful and a daunting task especially during a long car ride. Driving also puts a lot of stress on the physical body. We become very tight while sitting stagnant and with intense focus for a long period of time. Sitting for a long period of time especially in a car or…
5 Gentle Movements for Mobility in Seniors
When it comes to seniors and the aging demographic, the research states that mobility is the key indicator of a healthy strong life. Lack of mobility will inevitably increase, joint stiffness, tightness, and difficulty moving around. It is also important to work on the joints in order to improve movement, work on balance, so you…
5 Soothing Stretches for the Psoas
Psoas is a very important muscle. It is the common denominator when it comes to hip movement, stability, and core. Hip flexion is the primary movement for bringing the knee towards the upper body, it also helps provide stability for the spine and pelvic area. The hip flexor works with the core abdominal muscles to…
6 Easy Ways to Relieve Neck Pain
#1 – Ear To Shoulder Stretch Begin in an upright sitting position maintaining good alignment with your head, shoulders, and hips. Feeling a light stretch on the side of your neck, drop your head to one side, bringing your ear to your shoulder. Hold the position for 20 seconds. Return back to the starting position…
5 Stretches To Do After Walking
#1 – Quad Stretch Stand upright with one hand against any stable surface for balance, maintaining good alignment with your head, shoulders, and hips. Bring one heel up against your seat, holding your foot with your hand. Hold this position for 20 seconds. Return to the starting position and repeat the movement on the opposite…
5 Tricks for Happier Hips
Importance of the Hip Joint: Hip joint helps us move from a sitting position to standing, stabilize, rotate and perform other movements like walking or squatting. Sometimes these movements become painful and this is because the hips tighten up. The hips can tighten up in the actual joint, it can tighten up because of the…
Essential Oils: 101
Shyloe Fayad is Okanagan based and the CEO of Radical Wondering Collective. She is an Essential Oil user since in the late 90’s and now an educator, in this article she discusses Essential Oils, what are they made up, their proper uses, and why they are essential in our household and daily lives. Essential Oils: 101 –…
5 Tips to Relieve Disc Herniation Back Pain
Disc Herniation or know by many as “slipped disc” is a hernia in the disc that occurs when the soft inner part of the disc protrudes or moves outside of its regular shape. When we look at it, the disc tends to be oval in shape. But what can happen with time is that a…