Bootcamp
More often that not, people tend to either choose cardio or strength without ever considering combining the two. Making sure you have a balance between both means that your fitness regime is more diverse and beneficial to your health as a whole. Mixing strength training and cardio is essential when it comes to getting results, ensuring that you are losing fat whilst replacing it with muscle.
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Chakra Healing
Chakra Healing Its name may sound like a new trendy super food, but Chakras are actually pivotal energy portals in our bodies that allow energy to flow throughout our body. Each Chakra is specifically placed to hold certain energies from various aspects of your life. Each part of the body produces specific cells that perform specific functions and emit specific energies. This is how we understand and decipher the different energy channels located carefully from the base of our spine to our cranium. Healing Through Chakra Cleansing Energy
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Is Ball room dancing considered a sport and how popular is it amongst the younger age groups in South Africa?
Ballroom dancing is often considered both an art form and a sport due to its combination of technical skill, physical fitness, and artistic expression. Competitive ballroom dancing, also known as dancesport.
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Chiropractic Safety
It is my job as a Chiropractor to make sure that my patient is healthy and I swore an oath to make sure my patients are safe all the time.
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Maternity Hospitals in South Africa, what are the benefits of going to private birthing clinics as opposed to maternity hospitals?
While private maternity clinics also provide high-quality maternity care, the focus and philosophy of care may differ
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The benefits and basics of Classical Pilates
Classical Pilates is strictly defined as a form of exercise that incorporates techniques from the originator of Pilates himself, Joseph Pilates. In classical Pilates, only those movements designed by Joseph Pilates are included in the workout session. Non-classical Pilates often incorporates movements and exercises from other physical therapy disciplines, such as yoga.
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Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy Physiotherapy is a popular and well sought after form of physical therapy or rehabilitation that deals with restoring movement to people who have been affected by an injury, sickness or a disability. A physiotherapist assist patients through exercise and movement as well as generally educating patients on how their body works and how to take care of it or prevent further injury. Physiotherapy is a science-based practice that not only focuses on physical rehabilitation, but also places a large amount of focus on teaching their
Read moreHot Stone Massage
Hot Stone Massages If you are looking for a massage technique that is deeply relaxing and invigorating, a Hot Stone Massage is definitely an option to consider. Hot Stone massage is a technique that involves your massage therapist using heated, smooth stones to massage or lay across your back. The heat of the stones is extremely relaxing and aids the muscles in becoming loose and easy to manipulate and massage, ensuring a deep and effective massage. Hot Stone Massage is initially rooted in Native American tradition, where the stones were hea
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Ballet, enjoyment or career choice?
Ultimately, pursuing a career in ballet requires dedication, passion, and realistic expectations about the challenges and rewards of the profession
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Healthy habits to help those with depression
Medication and therapy sessions with a psychologist or counsellor are important factors in a person’s recovery from depression, but developing healthy daily habits should be given just as much consideration in one’s mental health plan. Healthy habits, such as practising a balanced diet, exercising regularly, nurturing relationships and hobbies and practising stress management techniques, can all drastically improve a person’s mental health.
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The perfect ‘me-time’: How to detox through breathing exercises
The time-honoured tradition of using breathing exercises to meditate originates from ancient times and continues to be relied on by many people today. In the intense pace of 21st-century life, genuine calm and relaxation are often difficult to access. Read on to find out how you can harness the power of breath to free yourself from physical and mental distress.
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An introduction to the intricacies of Chinese Massage
Traditional Chinese medicine has over 2 500 years of history that has included the development of acupuncture, massage, herbal remedies and more. In greater China, Chinese medicine continues to be the standard system of medicine and has also spread its influence to Western regions of the world where it is embraced as a form of alternative medicine.
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Dietitians and Nutritionists how they can work hand in hand
Dietitian's and nutritionists are both professionals who specialise in food and nutrition, but they have distinct roles and responsibilities
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Microblading
History has seen eyebrows galore. Styles have ranged from sparse and barely there to being penciled on to shape the face. Today we can clearly see a focus on bold, prominent, shaped eyebrows that some are born with and others can only hope to attain. Microblading aims to do just that.
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An introduction to biochemical therapy
Biochemical therapy is a natural therapy that aims to rebalance a patient’s cellular metabolism by ensuring the body has the perfect balance of essential mineral salts for optimum functioning. The 12 vital mineral salts biochemical therapy focuses on include Calcium Fluoride, Calcium Phosphate, Phosphate of Iron, Potassium Chloride, Potassium Phosphate, Potassium Sulphate, Magnesium Phosphate, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Sulphate, Silica Oxide and Calcium Sulphate.
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The top four risk factors for depression
Risk factors for depression can be described as qualities or environmental conditions that increase the likelihood of someone experiencing depression. Knowing which factors can increase the chances of a person having depression allows early detection and allows health practitioners to understand why people develop certain mental illnesses.
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Stott Pilates
Stott Pilates There seems to be a growing theme of creating variations on old exercises, and this is one of them. Stott Pilates is essentially an adapted version of Joseph Pilates exercise routine. The founders of Stott Pilates spent a total of twenty years gathering information from fitness professionals, sports sciences and physiotherapists. The adapted practice takes on a more researched approach, and incorporates a variety of different techniques and exercises that are modern, comprehensive and athletic. The practice places a large focus
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