Index:
Websites
Books
Professional Organizations
Websites
Health Assessment
HealthStatus.com offers a free overall health
assessment and individual calculators such as Body Fat and Daily Energy
Expenditures in addition to well written articles and newsletters.
Medical Conditions
Need
to research a medical condition or want the latest information on
physical activity? The Centers
for Disease Control website offers a wealth of information on all
health topics, not just the latest flu strain.
Posture
Posture isn’t about placing your body in the proper position. It’s
about responding to your environment in a way that best supports your
structure. Learn
more about the new rules of posture. '
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction brings together
mindfulness meditation and yoga. Although MBSR is a training with
potential benefits for all types of participants, historically, students
have suffered from a wide range of chronic disorders and diseases.
Learn more about it
Trigger Points
Trigger Points are a major culprit in many muscle aches.
The Pressure Positive site sells tools to self treat trigger points
and their website has an archive of good articles.
Hellerwork Client Handbook
This guide follows the
Hellerwork Structural Integration 11-session series and includes useful
information about to improve your alignment and energy.
Walking/Jogging
Walking and jogging keep your cardiovascular system healthy at a low
cost, if you go about it properly. Whether you’re planning for a one
mile jog/walk or training for a marathon,
this site offers
information on everything from pacing to stretching to eating.
Help for Repetitive Strain Injuries
Most
jobs involve some type of repetitive motion, so repetitive strain
injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome,
tendonitis and deQuervains are on the rise.
This
site details the symptoms for 9 repetitive strain injuries, gives many
helpful hints and sells customized self-care guides.
Yoga
Do
you want to research yoga poses or read about how yoga practices such as
breathing and meditation can calm your mind and energize your body?
The YogaJournal
site offers a library on all things yoga.
Online yoga education with some of the nation’s
best teachers is available at
YogaUOnline, where you where you can download videos and enroll in
upcoming webinars.
Books
and Video
Professional
Organizations
Professional
Organizations
Web Design
Do
you like my website? You can see other sites developed by Paul Walsh at
his site:
http://www.pswalsh.com
