by Romyna Menendez | 24 Feb, 2023 | Healthcare, Spine, Stress
How many hours a day do you sit?Try this pose to help!In the second slide the top picture is the starting position. The bottom picture is the actual stretch that should be held for 10 seconds. You are driving force downwards through the elbows. After the 10 second...
by Romyna Menendez | 15 Feb, 2023 | Spine
The psoas and quadratus lumborum both help to stabilize the lumbar spine and move the hips. They are very often in a dysfunctional relationship, with one overworking and the other underworking. NKT often finds the QL overworking and the psoas underworking as well as...
by Romyna Menendez | 28 Jan, 2023 | Healthcare, Self-Improvement
We talk a lot about habits and self-improvement. Sometimes it involves a huge, lifestyle-changing effort. But sometimes it involves making tiny changes, or doing very simple things that can have an outsized and positive effect on your day. Lets try … Pick up a...
by Romyna Menendez | 28 Jan, 2023 | Healthcare, Temporomandibular Joint, Treatment
What is the TMJ? The temporomandibular joint or TMJ, is the joint that joins your jaw bone to the rest of your skull. You can feel it just in front of your ear hole. It can be painful for many reasons including poor posture, bad habits, growth disorder or injury and...
by Romyna Menendez | 19 Jan, 2023 | Healthcare, Mindfulness meditation, Stress
A team of researchers at Stanford University reports evidence that people who engage in cyclic sighing breathing exercises see a greater reduction in stress than those engaging in mindfulness meditation. In their paper published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine,...
