The consequences of chronic hyperventilation or over breathing can be many; tired muscles, headaches, anxiety, poor sleep, fatigue, allergies, cold hands, breathlessness, stuffed nose, IBS…. The list goes on. One definition of hyperventilation is breathing more than your body requires, so if you are sitting, but breathing as if you were running, that
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A survey revealed that stressed adults prefer to binge drink than spend time with their partners or children. The study was reported in Daily Mail Reporter recently. Out of the 825 adults who were surveyed, it was found out that 73% of the respondents blame stress as the main reason why they drink at home (mostly at the end of each day) and the remaining 23%
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The most common cause of acute leg pain (sciatica) with low back pain involves a herniation of a lumbar disc. Disc problems are by far, the most common cause of back ailments. Lumbar disc lesions are responsible for well over 90% of all symptoms attributable to the lower back. Low back pain is the cause of more disability than any other single afflicti
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In January 2011, the UK Pain Proposal Report drawn up by the charities Action on Pain and Arthritis Care, together with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, found that the UK was at the bottom of a list of 15 European countries in terms of the negative impact that pain has on people’s home and working lives. Nearly half (45%) of the estimated 7.8 m
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Being diagnosed with cancer can be frightening and confusing. In the past, the cancer patient typically felt little control over some of things that were happening within their own bodies and during the course of their medical treatment. People who suffered the physical side effects of chemotherapy or radiation resigned themselves to misery throughout the pr
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Babies whose mums were very stressed while they were pregnant are likely to be prone to stress as well. This condition is caused by the genetic changes in the baby’s brain brought by the mother’s stress. This notion was established in a study published recently in the journal of Translational Psychiatry. According to the study, a mother&rs
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Holiday season seems to be the most enjoying time of the year. It’s the time to relax, escape reality, and have some fun. However, while most people refuse to give up their holidays, 4 in 10 Brits who have flown find airports very stressful, CPP claimed. In addition, out of the 2,000 holidaymakers interviewed, almost 4 million are avoiding flying
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Weight loss has become a national obsession for so many years now especially in the western countries. In the United States, 72 million people are now categorised as obese. According to the latest article published in BBC health News Website ‘Snacking clue to obesity epidemic’, excessive snacking and intake of high calorie foods contributes to th
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All of us start life as good breathers and healthy babies can breathe easily and quietly through their noses. The normal breathing pattern can change without us being aware of it, and people who snore usually breathe more than normal, and often through their mouths rather than their noses. This change in breathing pattern is known as “plasticity”
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“The major reason why many women do not seek help is because they don’t even know they are depressed.” A young mother from Shropshire was denied from joining an NHS support group because they said she would “bring down” other mums who were suffering the same condition that she had- post natal depression (PND). It crushed her wo
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