Dr. Bob's Health Update

WEEKLY HEALTH UPDATE
Courtesy of: Bob Moulas, D.C., 714-974-2505

Mental Attitude: De-Stress at Your Desk. Yoga helps improve circulation and reduces oxidative stress. If you’re overworked and overstressed, a few minutes of yoga can help. Try these four poses: 1. Side stretch. Raise both arms and stretch first to one side and then the other, holding the stretch for a few seconds on each side. This increases circulation and gets your spine moving the way it was meant to and is much better than spending the entire day hunched over a keyboard. 2. Rotation. Now slowly twist to each side. Be careful not to twist your neck excessively, especially if you’re tense. Keep your chin lined up over your chest. 3. Back arch. Sit at the edge of your chair and put your hands slowly behind you. Slowly arch backward, raising your chin as you do so. Squeeze your shoulder blades together. 4. Forward fold. Cross one leg so your ankle rests on the opposite knee, and then lean forward gently. This is a great way to stretch out hip and back muscles, which can tighten after hours of sitting. ~ Yoga Alliance, Yoga teacher Denise Dunn

Diet: Iron for a Cough? Women with chronic, idiopathic coughs were evaluated and all were found to be iron-deficient. All showed signs of throat inflammation such as redness, swelling and vocal cord sensitivity. After two months of iron supplementation, all the women showed either vast improvement or complete recovery. ~ Reuters, Oct 2007

Exercise: Diabetes Rate Up 90% in Last Decade. The incidence has been fueled by growing obesity rates and increasingly sedentary lifestyles. American Diabetes Association: 24 million US kids and adults, 8% of the population, have diabetes! ~ Reuters, Oct 2008

Chiropractic: Throwing Your Back Out …. If you lift a couch 100 times and your back goes “out” once, then it didn’t happen from that 100th time. So what did happen? The tissue in your back slowly fatigued from all of your activities and then one day, the tissue gave way. It’s the old “straw that broke the camel’s back.” So take care of your back from time to time; even if you are not in pain. ~ Marcus Strutz, D.C.

Wellness/Prevention: Smoking. In 2005, an estimated 45.1 million or 21% of adults were smokers. Smoking has declined 40% from 1965-1990, but has changed little since. ~ CDC, June 2005

Quote: “The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.