A couple weeks ago, my right thumb started hurting. The first time it happened, there was a shooting pain on the top of my thumb from where it connects to my hand to the base of my fingernail. It felt sort of like an small electric shock. I didn’t think too much about it. When ...
Endorphins are your body’s natural painkillers, and they also contribute to a sense of well-being. During times of emotional stress, endorphins are released in the limbic system of the brain and produce a euphoria that lessens anxiety and melancholy. Endorphins are believed to produce four key effects on the body: they relieve pain, they reduce ...
Thomas Jefferson, Donald Rumsfeld, Ernest Hemmingway, Winston Churchill, and many others have spent their working hours on their feet. Today, more people make a stationary living than ever before. The computer age has given rise to a truly sedentary lifestyle, as the work traditionally done by craftsmen and laborers has been automated or eliminated. With ...
1. Carpal Tunnel syndrome is a condition that affects only a fraction of the entire population. Carpal Tunnel only affects the writs and any other pain you have in other parts of your body is not due to carpal tunnel. Repetitive Strain Injury is the most likely culprit for this pain. Repetivie Strain Injury may ...
