Jul 9, 2018 | Prevention, Workouts
Exercise prevents and relieves musculoskeletal conditions. Chronic musculoskeletal conditions including osteoarthritis, joint disorders and back pain are very common and some of the biggest cost drivers of the US healthcare system. Exercise is one of the most...
Jul 6, 2018 | Goals, Mental Health
Laziness is the biggest obstacle in meditation. The benefits of meditation are enough to make anyone want to try it. However, the thought of squeezing even one more thing into your calendar may the reason you’re putting it off. Did you know that over scheduling...
Jun 29, 2018 | Insurance, Prevention
Medical risk is the hot potato in healthcare that gets passed around. I used the analogy of the hot potato game when I published Let’s Change the Game back in March 2016 to explain healthcare and the underlying problem — medical risk. I was reminded of it...
Jun 26, 2018 | Prevention, Work
Make the most of your Corporate wellness program. There seems to be a perception that corporate wellness doesn’t work. We’ve been dialoguing with colleagues about it on LinkedIn. Feel free to join the conversation or send us an email. Summary of the common...
Jun 24, 2018 | Prevention, Workouts
Massage may have similar benefits as exercise. The list of potential health benefits of massage beyond the perceived benefits of human touch is long but the science is not clear. People enjoy massage because it often produces feelings of caring, comfort...
Jun 20, 2018 | Food, Prevention
Consider your reasons and the alternative sources calcium. Dairy always seems to make the list of things to limit or eliminate in fad diets. It’s hard to know what to do because the science isn’t clear. What is clear is that many Americans are not getting...
Jun 15, 2018 | Goals, Workouts
The path to extraordinary performance starts in childhood. Some of the most extraordinary athletes were exposed to their sport as infants. Tiger Woods was given a toy golf club before he turned one and with instruction from his father started hitting golf balls as a...
Jun 13, 2018 | Prevention, Work
Tennis elbow is an injury caused by repetitive use. Tennis elbow [aka: lateral epicondylitis] is a repetitive use injury. Any job or sport that requires a single movement over and over puts you at higher risk for an overuse injury. If your job requires repetitive...
Jun 9, 2018 | Mental Health
How you cope with your stress determines how much it affects your health. Stress can be caused by any major life event or other change such as a move, a change in your martial status, death of someone you love, a new job or a job that just isn’t a good fit. Many...
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Jun 5, 2018 | Prevention, Savings
The new terms reflect how healthcare is changing to keep you healthy. The changes underway in healthcare are surfacing a lot of new terms for consumers and for some, it’s adding confusion and more complexity to an already complex topic. An article was shard...
