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What Would Happen If You Didn’t Sleep?
Dr. Claudia Aguirre explains: What dreams may come (or not) Story time: in 1965, 17-year-old Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours (11 days); by the end he had severe cognitive and perceptual impairments, including poor concentration, memory problems, paranoia, and hallucinations, though he later recovered without lasting damage. This is generally not a good… -
4 Exercises To Finally Fix Your Lower Back Pain
Alisa Zuravskaja, mobility coach, shows us how to ease things up: Gently does it (but actually do it) Fun fact: persistent lower back pain is often caused by compensation patterns rather than ongoing injury, with the lower back becoming overworked when other regions fail to contribute effectively. For this reason, it’s good to give the… -
Can You Change Your Sleep Schedule?
There is science to it: To take arms against a sea of sleepiness and, by opposing, end it? While people can be broadly categorized into “early birds” or “night owls”, most fall somewhere along a spectrum determined by their circadian system. This circadian rhythm is regulated by nerve cell clusters in the hypothalamus, which detect… -
The Real Reason Your Metabolism Slows After 50 (And How To Fix It)
It’s not just about menopause: The other factors Researchers (cited in the video) found that menopause itself didn’t significantly reduce metabolic rate in the women studied; instead, differences in metabolism are mainly explained by differences in fat-free mass, which is largely muscle mass. Note: the basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the energy your body uses… -
This Mobility Test Is Linked To How Long You’ll Live
Can you do it? Sit-to-rise The sit-to-rise (STR) or sitting-rising test (SRT) is a quick mobility assessment where you sit down on the floor and stand back up again using as little support as possible, measuring how well your strength, mobility, balance, coordination, and control work together. What the science says: studies involving thousands of… -
Easy Fixes for Common Nail Problems
Dr. Andrea Suarez shows us how: Getting off on the right foot We won’t tip-toe around these tips: Final note, on when to seek medical care: redness, swelling, drainage, severe pain, or signs of infection around a nail are best tended-to by a podiatrist. For more on all of this plus visual illustrations, enjoy; Click… -
How Stress Causes Physical Pain: The Brain–Body Connection Explained Simply
Dr. Amy Konvalin talks us through why it happens and what to do about it (besides just “manage stress”!): It’s about signalling Stress has a lot of effects when it comes to pain-signalling: it changes nervous system activity, increases cortisol, activates the fight-or-flight response, raises muscle tension, and can also excite inflammatory pathways, all of… -
No Gym? 7 Isometric Holds Every Woman Needs
Sometimes, simple is best! So let’s keep it simple: The exercises are: For more on all of this plus visual illustrations, enjoy: Click Here If The Embedded Video Doesn’t Load Automatically! Want to learn more? You might also like: When Bad Joints Stop You From Exercising (5 Things To Change) ← isometric exercises (and other… -
How To Fix & Prevent Bunions Without Surgery!
Will Harlow, the over-50s specialist physio, shows us how: Healthy feet from the inside First, what a bunion is: a bunion is a deformity of the first metatarsophalangeal joint where your big toe drifts inwards towards your other toes, creating a bony lump on the side of your foot that can become painful, stiff, arthritic,… -
5 Tiny Habits That Change How You Age
Dr. Ruth Machin advises: The small things that more than add up Five small things to make a habit of: For more on all of this, enjoy: Click Here If The Embedded Video Doesn’t Load Automatically! Want to learn more? You might also like: 15 Easy Japanese Habits That Will Transform Your Health Take care! -
Back Tight From Sitting? Do This For Immediate Relief
Dr. Alyssa Kuhn, physical therapist and arthritis expert, shows us how to ease things up: Can we just shrug it off? Sitting is famously not great for the back, but there are things we can do to make it feel better. You don’t have to do all of these, but here’s a menu of things… -
Signs Of Lupus Not To Miss (Butterfly Rash Is Just One Thing Of Many)
Different kinds of lupus can look quite different: Things to recognize Lupus is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease where your immune system attacks your own body. In the case of systemic lupus, it usually affects your skin, joints, kidneys, lungs, heart, brain, and other organs, while cutaneous lupus refers specifically to lupus affecting your skin….
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