




If you think the pursuit of good health is expensive, try illness.

“Lower back pain is like death and taxes; everybody gets it at some point,” says out Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, chief of the division of pain medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. About 9 in 10 of those patients recover fairly quickly, he says, but for the remainder, the pain becomes chronic and life-altering. (Try this 60-second fix for back pain.) “The severity of the original injury and how prone you are to anxiety plays a role in whether your pain will persist,” he says. Physical therapy focused on core strengthening is one of the most effective treatments.
Use a foam roller to roll away your back pain:
https://www.prevention.com/health/a20486144/top-painful-medical-conditions/



100th Dublin City Liffey Swim race winner Sinead Delaney with her mother Joan #LiffeySwim #Liffey100

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“If we dig deeper, we find that yoga philosophy offers profound insights for how business could be built better, for a world in which the goal of profit maximization looks very small against the challenges of climate change, inequality, and loss of trust.”
The worlds of yoga and work ought to be—perhaps urgently, desperately need to be—in touch with one another.
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Physical therapist + Director of @ActiveCare_PT, Karena Wu, gave us the inside scoop on one of the most common sports-related injury and how to prevent it. 
Start at home today!
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