Health & Fitness

Have you tried [Deep Breathing] ?

By concentrating on our breathing, deep breathing allows the rest of our body to relax itself. Deep breathing is a great way to relax the body and get everything into synchrony. Relaxation breathing is an important part of yoga and martial arts for this reason and can improve athletic performance and facilitate weight loss.

Begin to inhale slowly through your nose if possible.
Fill the lower part of your chest first, then the middle and top part of your chest and lungs. Be sure to do this slowly, over 8–10 seconds.
Hold your breath for a second or two.
Then quietly and easily relax and let the air out through your mouth.
Wait a few seconds and repeat this cycle.
If you find yourself getting dizzy, then you are overdoing it. Slow down.
You can also imagine yourself in a peaceful situation such as on a warm, gentle ocean. Imagine that you rise on the gentle swells of the water as you inhale and sink down into the waves as you exhale.

Is your injury making you fat?

You run 6 days a week, do some strength training on the 7th day and eat whatever the hell you want because you burn so many calories during the week.

You just sprained your ankle and now you start running on it before its healed, throwing off your stride and suddenly you hear your knee pop as you fall to the ground.

Now what?

You stop running…. you don’t work out at all because you are in pain and your doctor told you not to put any weight on your leg for atleast 3 weeks. So you stay at home and now you have all this extra time because you aren’t out running. What do you do? You pick up a new hobby… eating! You eat because your knee hurts, you eat to make yourself feel better, you eat to fill the void from not running, you eat because you feel like crap and then you eat some more. This is probably not the best idea.

The key is to prevent the injury before it takes you away from the activities you love and if you do get injured, get treated right away so that you can resume activity earlier.

A good Chiropractor can treat the sprains and strains that go along with an athletic lifestyle and also incorporate an exercise program into your treatment plan to reduce or prevent future injuries. Regular maintenance activities such as weekly Aqua Massages and daily stretching can keep you limber and help your body recover from injuries faster.

Runners are prone to tight psoas and piriformis muscles which can throw off the alignment of the pelvis. With regular myofascial release of these muscles and mobilizations/adjustments to the Sacroiliac joint, a runners performance and endurance can be increase and injuries reduced.

So your injuries don’t have to make you fat. Take care of yourself and your body will take care of you.

You can treat your body to an Aqua Massage and Injury rehabilitation at the[clinic] in Toronto. If you do not live in the Toronto area, find a chiropractic clinic that offers sports injury rehabilitation and massage therapy. And don’t forget to stretch!

http://www.theclinic-toronto.com/