Could You Maintain Your Fitness Even When You’re at Work?

For millions of people, going to work means a dull, stationery corporate environment, where people spend a lot of the day sitting down and looking at a computer screen. For this reason, it can be really hard to maintain wellness and wellbeing at work, especially when breaks often consist of nothing more than nipping outside for a quick cigarette or strolling across the office to a vending machine or coffee machine.

 

All kinds of health problems can arise from these types of working conditions, including carpel tunnel syndrome caused by too much typing, vision loss caused by staring at a screen all day long, and the repercussions can be even more serious than that, including obesity and heart disease caused by the sedentary lifestyle that office work often entails.

 

It is possible to incorporate a little fitness into your day at work, however, if you just make some small changes.

 

For example, you could start by getting up a little earlier, driving to the office five or ten minutes earlier and then parking a bit further away. You’ll burn off a few calories this way and also give your limbs a good stretch and tone, whilst enjoying the benefits of the fresh air.

 

When you get to the office, don’t be tempted to take the elevator, and opt instead for the stairs. Walking up stairs is an unrivalled way to burn off calories and tone up the muscles in your legs. Instead of walking across the room during your break, you could also challenge yourself to go out and walk up and down a couple of flights of stairs – this could be done by using a bathroom on a different floor, for example.

 

Map out your day so that you do little bits of exercise at regular intervals, too – such as doing ten push ups at 10am, or a few crunches before your lunch, or some simple stretches halfway through the afternoon, to keep the blood flowing.

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Warning: Having Oral Sex Could Give You Mouth Cancer

In a controversial television interview, actor Michael Douglas recently explained that his throat cancer had actually been caused by a sexual health problem.  He claimed that having oral sex with his wife had caused him to contract the human papillomavirus (HPV) which caused his head and neck cancer.

 

So, is oral sex always a threat to your wellness and wellbeing? Experts claim that this is simply not the case and that the reports that are around at the moment are causing people an unnecessary level of worry.

 

Some have proposed that a change in sexual behaviour should be advised due to the risks of contracting HPV, but experts say that these types of conclusions are premature. Whilst oral sex may be one risk factor for certain types of head and neck cancers, at this point the link is mainly speculative. In addition to this, there are many, many other elements that play a role in whether or not someone develops cancer, including how strong their immune system is, the experts say.

 

In general, if two people are in a monogamous relationship, there is really no need for them to restrict their sexual activities as long as they are both in good health.

 

Contrary to reports, cases of head and neck cancer are not on the increase. In fact, when studied as a group, cases of these types of cancer have actually declined in the United States of America during the last 25 years. On the other hand, there has been an increase in the number of head and neck cancer amongst younger people, and these cases are primarily caused by HPV.

 

HPV is generally sexually transmitted, and the virus causes nearly every case of cervical cancer. It can also cause anal cancer and genital warts.

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What Are Yips and What Can You Do if You Are a Sufferer?

Have you ever heard of yips before? It may sound like a funny word, but the consequences of this health condition can actually be serious for your wellness and wellbeing.

 

Yips is a name given to involuntary wrist spasms. They most often occur when golfers are trying to putt, but they can occur during other sports, such a darts, cricket and baseball. It used to be thought that yips were a side effect of performance anxiety – i.e. that nerves caused the spasms, but it now appears that yips may be a physical condition, and that they are caused by a focal dystonia. This is a neurological dysfunction and it affects specific muscles.

 

For some people who suffer from yips, relief can be found by changing the way that they perform the task slightly. For example, a golfer who is normally right handed may try putting with a left handed stance instead.

 

When people suffer from yips, they may find that the yips sensation occurs in the beginning or in the middle of their normal stroke. The sensation may also come and go, so some days you will be absolutely fine and others you will be plagued by the problem. Another issue is that yips tends to show up in high pressure situations, so just when you are trying to make that match-winning stroke or score, you suddenly find that the spasms are occurring again, and threatening to throw your game right off.

 

As yips can be caused by psychological factors, neurological factors or a combination of both, it can be hard to pinpoint exactly what the root cause of your condition is. Yips can also be associated with people getting older, and are more likely to occur in senior players than in the very young.

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