The Healthy Body Blog
Restorative ways to a healthy body and mind.
Skinny Jeans and Your Health
In the News Last month in the news it was reported that a woman was hospitalized for an unusual reason. She was unable to walk after spending a lot of time in the squatting position cleaning out cupboards while wearing skinny jeans. The tight fitting pants caused a condition called …
Categories: Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD), Posture
Post by Mary Falk PT on July 26, 2015
Skinny Jeans and Your Health
In the News Last month in the news it was reported that a woman was hospitalized for an unusual reason. She was unable to walk after spending a lot of time in the squatting position cleaning out cupboards while wearing skinny jeans. The tight fitting pants caused a condition called …
Categories: Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD), Posture
Post by Mary Falk PT on July 26, 2015
The Common Principles of Internet Marketing and Exercising
The buzz on social media is all about having an online presence and developing relationships with your audience to generate more sales and services.Building your business and exercising have a few basic principles in common. Whether it is the musculature of your body or your internet marketing muscles that need …
Categories: Exercise, Healthy Living
Post by Mary Falk PT on July 25, 2015
The Common Principles of Internet Marketing and Exercising
The buzz on social media is all about having an online presence and developing relationships with your audience to generate more sales and services.Building your business and exercising have a few basic principles in common. Whether it is the musculature of your body or your internet marketing muscles that need …
Categories: Exercise, Healthy Living
Post by Mary Falk PT on July 25, 2015
Much more than a Walk in the Park
Need a ‘Pick me Up?’ Could it be that something as simple as a walk in nature would be the mental ‘pick me up’ that you need to combat unhealthy thinking patterns such as brooding? Brooding, or rumination, is that broken record replaying of negative thoughts and is a precursor …
Categories: Healthy Living, Holistic Medicine
Post by Mary Falk PT on July 25, 2015
Much more than a Walk in the Park
Need a ‘Pick me Up?’ Could it be that something as simple as a walk in nature would be the mental ‘pick me up’ that you need to combat unhealthy thinking patterns such as brooding? Brooding, or rumination, is that broken record replaying of negative thoughts and is a precursor …
Categories: Healthy Living, Holistic Medicine
Post by Mary Falk PT on July 25, 2015
What is Yamuna Body Rolling®?
Have you heard of Yamuna Body Rolling? Yamuna Body Rolling is a self-conditioning technique that is becoming more popular worldwide. The technique is helpful in the relief of many pain related issues and can also affect the body’s internal organs, circulatory and nervous systems. This technique involves routines where a …
Categories: Back Pain, Posture, Yamuna Body Rolling, Yamuna balls
Post by Mary Falk PT on July 24, 2015
What is Yamuna Body Rolling®?
Have you heard of Yamuna Body Rolling? Yamuna Body Rolling is a self-conditioning technique that is becoming more popular worldwide. The technique is helpful in the relief of many pain related issues and can also affect the body’s internal organs, circulatory and nervous systems. This technique involves routines where a …
Categories: Back Pain, Posture, Yamuna Body Rolling, Yamuna balls
Post by Mary Falk PT on July 24, 2015
Tune up your Body with Bowenwork®
Article originally posted on the official Bowenwork website in 2009 before I knew much about blogging. Is it time for a tune-up? When your car engine is misfiring, you take it in for a tune up. If your vision is a getting blurry, you go in for new glasses. A …
Categories: Alternative healthcare, Back Pain, Bowenwork, Natural Pain Relief
Post by Mary Falk PT on March 13, 2015
Tune up your Body with Bowenwork®
Article originally posted on the official Bowenwork website in 2009 before I knew much about blogging. Is it time for a tune-up? When your car engine is misfiring, you take it in for a tune up. If your vision is a getting blurry, you go in for new glasses. A …
Categories: Alternative healthcare, Back Pain, Bowenwork, Natural Pain Relief
Post by Mary Falk PT on March 13, 2015
Yamuna Total Body Workout DVD: A Review
How to Get Started with Yamuna® Body Rolling Yamuna Total Body Workout DVD How do I start learning Yamuna Body Rolling? My first suggestion would be to find a certified instructor and take a group or private class. However, if that is not possible, the Yamuna Total Body Workout DVD is …
Categories: Back Pain, Healthy Living, Yamuna Body Rolling, Yamuna balls
Post by Mary Falk PT on December 15, 2014
Yamuna Total Body Workout DVD: A Review
How to Get Started with Yamuna® Body Rolling Yamuna Total Body Workout DVD How do I start learning Yamuna Body Rolling? My first suggestion would be to find a certified instructor and take a group or private class. However, if that is not possible, the Yamuna Total Body Workout DVD is …
Categories: Back Pain, Healthy Living, Yamuna Body Rolling, Yamuna balls
Post by Mary Falk PT on December 15, 2014
My Aching Shoulder! What now?
Athletic swimmer in action in a swimming pool I love to swim. It’s peaceful. The movement is rhythmic and the buoyancy of the water is up-lifting. But recently while swimming the freestyle stroke, I noticed a twinge in my shoulder. Red Flag! Listening for your body’s warning signals or red …
Categories: Body Sustainability, Breathing Exercise, Shoulder Pain, Yamuna Body Rolling
Post by Mary Falk PT on May 25, 2014
My Aching Shoulder! What now?
Athletic swimmer in action in a swimming pool I love to swim. It’s peaceful. The movement is rhythmic and the buoyancy of the water is up-lifting. But recently while swimming the freestyle stroke, I noticed a twinge in my shoulder. Red Flag! Listening for your body’s warning signals or red …
Categories: Body Sustainability, Breathing Exercise, Shoulder Pain, Yamuna Body Rolling
Post by Mary Falk PT on May 25, 2014
Pregnancy and Bowenwork: Natural Approach for Pain Relief During the Childbearing Year
There is no other time in a woman’s life when such rapid changes happen in her body. Gravity, hormonal changes, and a shifting center of gravity can be hard on the spine causing significant pain during the childbearing year. The beauty of Bowen therapy is its simplicity and the basic …
Categories: Bowenwork, Natural Pain Relief, Pregnancy
Post by Mary Falk PT on January 26, 2014
Pregnancy and Bowenwork: Natural Approach for Pain Relief During the Childbearing Year
There is no other time in a woman’s life when such rapid changes happen in her body. Gravity, hormonal changes, and a shifting center of gravity can be hard on the spine causing significant pain during the childbearing year. The beauty of Bowen therapy is its simplicity and the basic …
Categories: Bowenwork, Natural Pain Relief, Pregnancy
Post by Mary Falk PT on January 26, 2014
8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back
While vacationing in Hawaii, I spent many hours watching different people of all ages walking along the beach. I noticed a variety of ways each body supported itself in an upright standing position. Do posture habits, or the way we carry ourselves throughout the day, contribute to whether we have …
Categories: Back Pain, Posture
Post by Mary Falk PT on December 12, 2013
8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back
While vacationing in Hawaii, I spent many hours watching different people of all ages walking along the beach. I noticed a variety of ways each body supported itself in an upright standing position. Do posture habits, or the way we carry ourselves throughout the day, contribute to whether we have …
Categories: Back Pain, Posture
Post by Mary Falk PT on December 12, 2013
An Attitude of Gratitude: It’s good for Your Health
A Time of Gratitude The days of fall are expressing their full glory as we look around outdoors. The colorful leaves adorn the trees in such beauty and splendor. It is a spectacular transformation that we are blessed with each fall. The month of November and the Thanksgiving holiday is …
Categories: Gratitude, Healthy Living
Post by Mary Falk PT on October 21, 2013
An Attitude of Gratitude: It’s good for Your Health
A Time of Gratitude The days of fall are expressing their full glory as we look around outdoors. The colorful leaves adorn the trees in such beauty and splendor. It is a spectacular transformation that we are blessed with each fall. The month of November and the Thanksgiving holiday is …
Categories: Gratitude, Healthy Living
Post by Mary Falk PT on October 21, 2013
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- Alternative healthcare (4)
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- Back Pain (4)
- Body Rolling (1)
- Body Sustainability (5)
- Bowenwork (4)
- Breathing Exercise (2)
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- Diastasis Recti (1)
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- Hip pain relief (2)
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- Posture (5)
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- Shoulder Pain (2)
- Squatty potty (1)
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