Anterior Pelvic Tilt - Exercises
Anterior pelvic tilt means it is tilted forward and is caused by shortened hip flexors and a lengthening of the hip extensors. Our sedentary lives can a major cause of type hip flexors. An anterior tilt forces our lower spine to curve leading to back pain and the leg bones to rotate in causing hip and knee pain. Here are some things you can do to help.
Meanings for Memory – Patterns
Over the past weeks we have looked at how we can add meaning to help us remember things. This included how we familiarity and rhymes can help. This week we look at finding meaning through patterns. When things have a pattern, you are much more likely to remember them.
The Science of Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolution - You can do it!
Social Cognitive Theory would suggest that our success in our New Year’s Resolutions is largely reliant on our confident we are in doing that particular resolution. If we want to exercise more, we could get a friend to exercise with us giving us social modelling, seeing others successfully going to the gym and getting fitter/stronger (vicarious experience) and getting encouragement from those around us.
Connecting our Outdoors and Indoors – Getting the benefits of the outdoors at home and work
Views of nature can be so good for your health and wellbeing. By blurring the boundaries between indoors and outdoors, incorporating micro-glimpses of nature by maximising existing views and including nature in the workplace and using pictures of nature, we can make the best use of these positive health effects.
Lateral Deltoids - Put Your Hands Up. Put Your Hands Up
The delts are situated around the top of your upper and arm and shoulder. They help us lift and rotate your arm as well as working to stabilise our shoulders. The lateral deltoids are primarily responsible for this. Because of this they are also the muscle primarily responsible for any everyday activity where we push something upward like lifting shopping to a high shelf.