COPD is a common term used for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is a progressive lung disease, the most common being chronic bronchitis & emphysema. Bronchitis causes narrowing of the bronchial tubes and causes inflammation whereas emphysema destroys the air sacs of the lungs slowly which creates an obstruction for outward airflow What are the causes of COPD? One of…
Winter is the time of the year where along with the common cold and cough a lot of other diseases tend to be highly infectious during this time of the year. It is important to keep ourselves aware of such common diseases so that whenever we feel ill we can take the necessary actions required. Common Cold: It is a…
While it’s important to get health checks done on a regular basis irrespective of what season it might be but when it comes to winter we need to take certain types of health checks to prevent or diagnose early signs of any disease. Here are 3 preventive health checks one must undergo during winter. Blood Pressure Check-Up: Due to the…
Prediabetes is the stage where your sugar levels are high but not high enough to be declared as diabetic but if you don’t make proper lifestyle changes while at this stage you might soon end up diagnosed with diabetes. Here are certain actions that you can take in this stage in order to prevent prediabetes turn into diabetes Start losing…
1. What are Trigger Points? Trigger points (TrPs) or muscle “knots” are sore spots in soft tissue that cause deep aching. Too many of them are often called myofascial pain syndrome (MPS), a chronic pain disorder. Trigger points are discrete, focal, hyperirritable spots located in a taut band of skeletal muscle. They produce pain locally and in a referred pattern…
Mindfulness is the practice of intentionally focusing your attention on the present moment without judging yourselves. Practicing mindfulness has its own benefits on improving our health both mentally and physically. Here are some of the benefits of practicing mindfulness on a regular basis Helps in decreasing anxiety & increase control over our emotions: Scientific researches have shown that people who…
