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Life can be busy and stressful. Sound familiar? If so, you may be more likely to develop headaches that become more frequent and severe.

VO2 max is a crucial metric that provides valuable insights into your overall health, fitness, and longevity. This measure represents the maximum amount of oxygen your body can utilize during intense or prolonged exercise, and it is considered one of the best indicators of your cardiovascular fitness and endurance.

Finding natural relief for your headaches doesn't mean you must join a food co-op and start eating granola with every meal. Many leading healthcare organizations now recommend natural or organic healthcare solutions because of the reduced dangerous side effects, high patient satisfaction, and fantastic treatment results.

A variety of factors can cause primary headaches. The good news is that many lifestyle factors are habits and patterns you can control. Discover the top 3 causes of headaches in our new blog.

Almost everyone will experience a headache at some point in their life, and over 50% of people will deal with the effects of a headache in a given year. Fortunately, headaches are rarely life-threatening.

Sciatica is pain caused by the irritation or compression of nerves in your lower back. When a nerve is compressed or irritated by a spinal disc, bone spur, or ligament overgrowth, it can become inflamed and painful. This can occur due to age, the stress of gravity on your skeletal system, or injuries to your back. Stenosis (spinal column narrowing), disc herniations, or degenerative disk disease are other common causes of sciatica.

Nearly everyone will have back pain at some point in life, but with sciatica, you'll know something is different immediately. Pain that begins in your back travels down to your buttocks, and shoots down your leg is a classic sign of sciatica.

Sciatica is leg pain, numbness, or tingling that originates in your low back. And wow, can it hurt!

It's easy to understand how lifting a heavy object at work could injure your back, pinch a nerve, and cause sciatica. But, surprisingly, research has shown that too much sitting may be the worst thing you could do for your back. When you spend hours per day sitting down, the muscles that support your low back can start to deteriorate or atrophy. Without strong, stabilizing muscles to support your discs and nerves, it's no surprise that you are more likely to injure your back, even when lifting lightweight items around the house.

Postural stress occurs not only because of your anatomy but also because of the decisions you make each day. Believe it or not, many spend 2 hours or more daily on their smartphones or tablets. That adds up to hundreds if not thousands, of hours each year! The position we hold our heads in while using these devices is referred to as "tech neck." And over the past few years, the pain associated with these positions has been growing by leaps and bounds.