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5 tips for choosing the best YouTube fitness videos to change your exercise behaviour

The restrictions placed in response to COVID-19 have encouraged many to turn to digital alternatives for exercising. One popular avenue for digital fitness is YouTube. Early in the pandemic, YouTube fitness creators saw dramatic increases in their popularity.


Late-life exercise shows rejuvenating effects on cellular level

A new study suggests that exercise, even if not adopted until later in life, can slow the effects of aging.


Breathing: The master clock of the sleeping brain

Neuroscientists have shown that breathing coordinates neuronal activity throughout the brain during sleep and quiet.
 
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Lower limb referral

Lower limb referral: Pain we can understand

When a discomfort begins to radiate, then we can begin to narrow down root causes. It’s simpler because neurological referral patterns have a distinct pathway with blanketed type symptoms; Burning, shooting or zapping/electric type pain with numbness and tingling, and often weakness experienced in the lower limb. In this article we will cover a small handful of referral type patterns into the lower limb, building from the more “local” type discomfort in the lower back. » Learn More
 
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Chair Massage

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Events and courses 
 

MTAM Spring Conference

April 29-May 1
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Massage Therapy for Clients with a History of Trauma or PTSD

Starts Feb 26, weekly sessions
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