Category Archives: Health General

Joint Discomfort Has No Age

(ARA) – It can happen at any time and at any age. Strenuous activity, whether from jogging, a set of tennis or even gardening, can cause joint stiffness and discomfort, limiting range of motion and decreasing mobility among younger people as well as those who are more mature. But it doesn’t have to be that […]

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Is Your Colon Toxic?

The colon is the part of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum. The most common sign of a toxic colon is constipation. Dead food leads to constipation, toxic build up, weight gain, and low energy. Constipation results when waste materials move too slowly through the large bowel, resulting in infrequent and/or […]

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A Lesson From Rooney

Copyright 2006 Robert Ryles It has become ‘The Rooney Metatarsal’. The good old metatarsal has been around for, well as long as we have. Funny how it takes a celebrity to make such an innocuous bone important or even famous. I have to admit, as a Chartered Physiotherapist or Physical Therapist, whichever you prefer, I […]

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Is Your Back Hurting You? Or Are You Hurting Your Back?

Have you ever been asked at a treatment or examination if you know the location of you hips joints? Sounds a bit odd doesn’t it! But in many cases of lower back pain it can be a tremendous help and once you can learn to move from the most appropriate places. The amount of stress […]

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A Home Water Filter – Do We Need To Filter Our Drinking Water?

Do we really need a home water filter? Can’t we just assume the water that flows from our kitchen and bathroom tap is sufficiently treated for contaminants by our municipal water facility? In order to answer these questions, we need to obtain a little more background information. Next to air, water is the most important […]

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Jhdma2a Gene: Hope Sparks for Curing Infertility

A new discovery which plays a significant role in the development of sperm may be able to give light on the problem of male infertility. Scientists from Howard Hughes Medical Institute believe they have discovered that a defect in the Jhdma2a gene could cause some cases of infertility in men. The Howard Hughes team noted […]

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