It can be difficult to resign yourself to being stuck in one place when you are a person who likes to get out and about. If you like to see new sights and meet new people, but you have an injury that prevents you from being as active as you would like, the tips here will help you modify your methods so you can still see the world at your own pace.
- Infant torticollis is a condition wherein the muscles of the neck have tightened, which causes the head to tilt to one side. In the long term, torticollis can affect a child's ability to track moving objects and perform movements that enable eating, self-cleaning and play. Fortunately, there are many exercises and simple tasks that can be done at home to enable rehabilitation. Children who do not respond to these exercises may need to have surgery at a later time.
- No matter how excited you are during your pregnancy, the first few weeks and months after childbirth will likely be emotionally exhausting. You'll be getting little sleep, and you'll have to learn to juggle new responsibilities with your current ones. With hormonal and emotional changes, an estimated 9–16% of women experience postpartum depression (PPD). How can you tell the difference between exhaustion and depression? Consider the following range of emotions to determine if your feelings are within the normal range of recovery or have increased to the point of depression.
- Caregivers, especially family members, face intense guilt, stress and frustration. Here are 6 tips that may help you to maintain your emotional balance in what seems like a world that's turned upside-down. A recent study found one in three caregivers feel they are living in a high stress environment. At least half of them have less time to spend, with other family and friends. When you are caring for a loved one that is sick (especially adult children caring for a parent) you may be facing a unique set of emotional obstacles.
- Chiropractors are doctors who use adjustments of the spinal cord to correct misalignments of the spine, also called subluxations. Many people wonder if a visit to the chiropractor is worth the time and money. Following is a list of reasons why the answer to this question is "Yes!" Relief for headaches. Over 45 million people in America suffer from headaches on a regular basis. There are many reasons for the causes of headaches.