Why do your knuckles pop? – Eleanor Nelsen

Some people love the feeling of cracking their knuckles, while others cringe at the sound. But what causes that trademark pop? And is it dangerous? Eleanor Nelsen gives the facts behind joint popping.

Source: Why do your knuckles pop? – Eleanor Nelsen

Why Lifting Weights Is More Important For Your Health Than You Think,

Regular participation in muscle strengthening activity such as weight or resistance training has many health benefits. However, this mode of exercise has been largely overlooked in Australian health promotion. Our recent research shows a large majority of Australians do not engage in muscle strengthening activity.

Source: Do You Even Lift? Why Lifting Weights Is More Important For Your Health Than You Think | IFLScience

This Is What Music Does To Your Brain

There are a few things that really get the reward system of our brains pumping. The obvious ones, like food and sex, clearly help us out in the tough world of survival. But perhaps surprisingly, music is also up there with these powerful dopamine-dosing stimuli. Not only can music get our feet tapping and our spirits lifted, it has also been proven to change our perceptions, sharpen our attention, and even enhance our intelligence.

Source: This Is What Music Does To Your Brain

World Renowned Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease – Australian National Review

Another gentle reminder about our diet and processed foods…

We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong.. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries,today is my day to right the wrong with medical and scientific fact.

Source: World Renowned Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease – Australian National Review

‘Text neck’ is becoming an ‘epidemic’ and could wreck your spine – The Washington Post

Its worth while sending this out again, really hurts me to see so much of this and the long term pain it gives people. Be aware !

Thanks to the earth’s gravitational pull, the average adult can put up to 60 pounds of pressure on the cervical spine when bent at a 60-degree angle.

Source: ‘Text neck’ is becoming an ‘epidemic’ and could wreck your spine – The Washington Post

OSTEO-BUDDIES

Cranial Osteopathy

 

Video of movement in the Cranial Bones and Dura that a Cranial Osteopath is feeling in a perfect 3 D animation in which you can see perfectly movements of flexion-extension and how these are accompanied by the tension from the scythe of the brain and the tent of the cerebellum!