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Brain training has no effect on decision-making
Increased preference for immediate over delayed and for risky over certain rewards has been associated with unhealthy behavioural choices. Motivated by evidence that enhanced cognitive control can shift choice behaviour away from immediate and risky rewards, we...
Quadratus lumborum and back pain
Quadratus lumborum (QL) trigger points can play a prominent role in chronic low back pain. The quadratus lumborum muscle The quadratus lumborum muscle has a small and somewhat hidden muscle group that plays such a prominent role in normal body mechanics that...
Brain scans shows stress can sabotage your diet
As anyone who has ever downed a litre of ice cream after a bad day at the office knows, the stresses of everyday life can sabotage self-control when it comes to diet. But why? When people are under stress, even at modest levels, tasty food wins out over healthier...
The benefits of inflavonoid intensive care
Inflavonoid Intensive Care is a unique formula to relieve acute inflammation, developed after long studies and research by a team of health care experts which includes scientists, researchers, and naturopaths. Inflammation is characterised by pain, heat and swelling....
Five exercises to help avoid back pain from sitting
At this point, everyone knows sitting all day isn’t good for your health. But all kinds of jobs still require people to sit for prolonged periods of time. You don’t have to put up with stiffness and back pain from sitting. Over time that pain can affect your...
Statins stimulate atherosclerosis and heart failure
"In contrast to the current belief that cholesterol reduction with statins decreases atherosclerosis, we present a perspective that statins may be causative in coronary artery calcification and can function as mitochondrial toxins that impair muscle function in the...
Teenage pain often dismissed as growing pains
A common belief is that pain in children will just go away or be forgotten when life takes over. In the absence of an identifiable injury such as a sprain or fracture, childhood and adolescent pain is often disregarded - by doctors and parents alike. The most common...
Rib pain referral patterns
Costovertebral (rib) joints are starting to be recognised as a source of pain. Mid-back pain is often misdiagnosed as either spinal (vertebral) pain or muscular pain. The figure below depicts pain referral patterns of various costovertebral joints - where the rib head...
When Pain Persists
Persistent pain: It's the same as if you ride a bike a lot, you get better at riding a bike. Play the piano a lot, you get better at it. Send danger messages a lot, you get better at it. That's an adaptation, and the same thing occurs in the brain. Catalyst...
Why all migraine patients should be treated with magnesium
Magnesium, the second most abundant intracellular cation, is essential in many intracellular processes and appears to play an important role in migraine pathogenesis. Routine blood tests do not reflect true body magnesium stores since <2% is in the measurable,...
The biopsychosocial combination
For some people, solving their health problems is like opening a combination lock. Why do some people get relief and stay well easily, while others suffer despite seeing everyone, and trying everything? Sometimes the answer comes down to not treating the whole person,...
Squat Essentials
How you squat (or not) can yield valuable clinical information A properly executed squat uses a combination of several joints and muscles, including ankles, knees, hips, spine, abdominal muscles and tons of core strength! While a normal squat will follow normal...