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Struggling with self-discipline doesn’t mean you have to raise the white flag and declare your efforts to improve your habits a complete failure. Instead, work to increase the chances that you’ll stick to your healthier habits - even when you don’t feel like it. These tricks can help you stick to your good habits over the long haul: 1. Plan ahead to reduce the excuses. When it comes to bad habits, we often look for excuses to give ourselves. Proper planning, however, makes it less likely that you’ll be able to find excuses to give up. Put your gym shoes next to the bed [...]

Strength training might help prevent tension headaches, or at least reduce their pain. Researchers found that neck and shoulder muscles were up to 26 per cent weaker in people with regular tension headaches, compared with those without. They also saw strength imbalances between sets of muscles that hold the head straight. People with tension-type headaches may feel like they have a tight band wrapped around their head but with less pain than is felt from cluster headaches or migraines, which tend to strike one side of the head. Cluster headaches are often accompanied by sinus congestion or runny nose, while migraines cause [...]

Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is widely recommended for the relief of back pain and the pain of knee and hip arthritis. But a systematic review of randomized trials has found that it works no better than a placebo. The review, published online in BMJ, found high quality evidence that Tylenol is ineffective in treating low back pain or disability. It also found evidence that the drug quadruples the risk of an abnormal liver function test, but the clinical significance of that finding is unclear. Clinical guidelines from medical groups typically recommend acetaminophen for pain relief, but “the American guidelines were published in 2007, when [...]

The powers of a steady fitness routine are impressive: regular exercise can help you build stronger muscles, stave off chronic illnesses, and make your clothes fit a whole lot better. But there’s another benefit of physical activity that deserves a shout-out: the way even moderate amounts seem to shave years off your age, no matter how many birthdays you’ve actually celebrated. Of course, you can’t change your chronological age, but exercise can improve your health to the point where you look and feel younger than you are, says Frank Frisch, PhD, director of kinesiology at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. Here [...]

Dr Josh is hosting a book signing and open house on April 25th from 2-5pm. Refreshments will be served. Come get a signed copy, bring a friend or family member, or anyone you would like to be checked. Complimentary spinal checkup appointments will be available for booking for those who show up in person. To RSVP please fill out the form below: [contact-form-7 id="1676" title="Open House"]    

It’s no surprise that being physically fit helps protect against heart disease, but a person’s level of fitness might also have a profound effect on cancer outcomes long before a diagnosis. According to a new study in JAMA Oncology, men who were very fit in middle age were 32% less likely to die from cancer after being diagnosed after age 65 than men who weren’t fit in midlife. “It’s pretty remarkable that a fitness estimate 10-15 years before your actual cancer diagnosis can predict how long you’re going to live after you develop cancer,” says Dr. Susan Lakoski, one of the study’s authors and [...]

Here's a great TED Talk video on why sitting is bad for you.

Have you heard the phrase "Sitting is the new smoking" ? More and more research is showing the dangers of prolonged sitting. Well a grade 1 class is taking the lead by adding standing desks to their classroom. A first-grade teacher in Saskatchewan is giving his students a lesson in the health benefits of standing up. In September, Justin Sauer raised the height of all the desks in his classroom at Delisle Elementary School, in Delisle, Sask. He was motivated by research that shows sitting too much can lead to health problems in adults and children. Teacher Justin Sauer, left, raised [...]

Even a 5-minute run can help prevent heart disease Good news for runners: A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggests running, even for a few minutes a day, can reduce your risk of dying from heart disease - whether you plod along or go at race speed. Researchers studied more than 55,000 adults between the ages of 18 and 100 over a 15-year period, looking at their overall health, whether they ran and how long they lived. The speed and frequency of a person's running routine did not make a huge difference either. The data showed [...]