Stress has overtaken back pain as the biggest cause of long term illness, according to a report conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, so it is Key we discover what we can do to eliminate it from our busy lives. The word stress refers to the body’s physical and emotional response to […]
You know how achy you can feel getting up from your office chair after a couple of hours. But the impact of long sedentary hours goes far beyond a cranky back. Various studies have linked sitting to a host of chronic conditions, including blood clots, depression, and diabetes. A 2018 study from the American Cancer Society found that prolonged […]
Regardless of class, amenities, leg room or movie selection, flights especially the long-haul variety have the potential to be brutal on our bodies. Being forced to sit for any length of time is tough, but being cramped in a pressurized box hurling through the atmosphere for hours on end. It can feel almost intolerable. Lack of patience […]
FLASH: Your back and my back is made up of 140 overlapping muscles, most of which we under utilize sitting at our desks all day. It is easy to take for granted how much we use our back muscles every day. Whether it is lifting bags of groceries up a flight up stairs or squatting down to pick up […]
FLASH: Pain is a common problem, so much so, deaths from opioid addiction are at an all-time high, killing an estimated 47,600 Americans in Y 2017. As of June 2017, opioids became the leading cause of death among Americans under the age of 50. Notably, massage is just one of many alternative pain treatments that can […]
By Jack Cashill What shocked even the old timers in my hometown was that Mayor Hugh Addonizio, the man who gave me my Eagle Scout Award, would accept kickbacks in cash right across his desk. They were troubled less by his criminality — that was expected in Newark — than by his lack of subtlety. Addonizio […]
$RACE Ferrari (NYSE: RACE) announced that it intends to begin a EUR 150-M/share buyback program, as the 1st tranche of a multi-year EUR 1.5-B/share buyback program expected to be completed by Y 2022. The 1st tranche will start at the beginning of January 2019 and will end no later than 27 June 2019. The program […]
Feel Like ‘Chilling Out’ and Escaping the Stress of Urban Life? The world’s notable cities conjure images of gridlocked traffic, poor air quality and skylines dominated by skyscrapers. The sprawling metropolises are always on the move, and that means that escaping the stress of urban living can prove to be challenging. If you are an […]
Stocks are Cheap and the Biggest Buyers are Jumping Back In $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX Companies are the biggest purchasers of their own shares, and they were absent from the market for the last several weeks, just as stock prices were tumbling on worries about global trade and rising interest rates. Businesses were holding […]
Lower Back Pain Leads to Weight Gain Lower back pain is a common health complaint, and if it sidelines you for too long, it can lead to weight gain, a loss in your fitness level and keep you from doing things you really like to do. But not moving is not the answer Specific exercises […]
S&P 500 Companies Stock Buybacks to Hit $1-T this Year $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX Investors should focus on the $1-T number that will have a Key influence on the market, total buyback authorizations. Last week investors focused on Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) value. But another trillion-dollar threshold is coming soon, and is more relevant to […]
President Trump, “The Summit is back on” President Donald Trump said Friday that his Summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is back on for next month in Singapore, telling reporters that “the relationships are building — and that’s very positive.” “We’ll be meeting on June 12 in Singapore,” President Trump said outside the […]
F1: Monaco Grand Prix Will Keep Its ‘Grid Girls’ $LMCA Monaco has defied John Malone’s no more grid girls edict for F 1. In a statement issued on Thursday to F1i.com, Michel Boeri, President of the Automobile Club de Monaco, said our “grid girls” will be present on the starting line during the Monaco Grand Prix next month. The announcement came […]
Merkel is Now Paying Migrants to ‘Go Back Home’ Germany is supporting rejected asylum-seekers who voluntarily move back to their home countries with a one-time payment of 3,000 Euros ($3,570). The German Interior Ministry says those who qualify can apply by a 28 February deadline and they would get the money once they return home. […]
New Treatment Guidelines Stress Non-Drug Interventions for Back Pain In a recent NW-T’s article, doctors are increasingly starting to prescribe activity in combination with a wait-and-watch approach for back pain patients. On 14 February, the American College of Physicians also issued updated treatment guidelines for acute, subacute and chronic low back pain, now sidestepping medication […]
