Yoga and Tai Chi for back pain?

Have you ever tried yoga or tai chi? I read recently that these type of exercises help achieve physical and mental balance that can be helpful in correcting and preventing low back pain.

According to WebMD:

The series of yoga poses called asanas work by safely stretching your muscles. This releases the lactic acid that builds up with muscle use and causes stiffness, tension, pain, and fatigue. In addition, yoga increases the range of motion in joints. It may also increase lubrication in the joints. The outcome is a sense of ease and fluidity throughout your body.

Yoga stretches not only your muscles but all of the soft tissues of your body. That includes ligaments, tendons, and the fascia sheath that surrounds your muscles. And no matter your level of yoga, you most likely will see benefits in a very short period of time. In one study, participants had up to 35% improvement in flexibility after only eight weeks of yoga. The greatest gains were in shoulder and trunk flexibility. cite:http://www.webmd.com/balance/the-health-benefits-of-yoga?page=2

Kind of scary though that WebMD's first paragraph warns against injury. Perhaps you should contact a physical therapist about back pain first. Click here to read about how physical therapy might help.

Fuel Saving tips while driving

Looking for ways to improve your fuel economy? It’s easy to save gas while driving with these fuel saving tips. You won’t need any fuel saving devices, just good common sense.

Remember the last time you drove the car and it was on empty? How you nursed the vehicle along so you wouldn’t have to call a friend to push? Saving gas while driving is intuitive. Follow these gas saving tips and you’ll be well on your way.
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Hairstyles using Hair Extensions?

Are hair extension hairstyles going to be the latest rage for Hairstyles 2011?

You know hair extensions, sometimes called hair weaves. Those bits of hair (synthetic or real) that you can attach to your head to make your hair longer, fuller, and way more sexy?

Well, according to this article, Hairstyles using Hair Extensions, you have two choices, clip-in and micro-bonded. If you are Julianne Hough go for the micro-bond. If you just want perfect hair for the Prom, go clip-in.

Any way, you get the picture, get more hair weave hairstyles ideas and go for it.

Harry Potter Books on the Amazon Kindle

With the release of Pottermore, Harry Potter movies and Harry Potter books will finally be released in e-book format.

The series will be available on e-book readers including the Kindle, Nook, and Sony’s Reader Daily Edition.

With the announcement of Pottermore, J.K. Rowling and Sony promise a safe and friendly environment for readers of all ages. The key, however, is that the Harry Potter e-books will be DRM-free and readable on all devices.

Read the full Harry Potter story.

Harry Potter Movies and the new Kindle Fire

Saw this article on the Harry Potter movies and the new Amazon Kindle Fire.
Got me to thinking that 20 years from now, how rare would a paper copy of a book be, let alone a first print of the first Harry Potter novel?

Pretty cool that a 10 oz elctronic gadget can carry so much content.

This has been circulating all over Facebook lately.

Camus, as you my remember is the author of, The Stranger.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion

Addicted to cigarettes?

Are you addicted to cigarettes?

Cigarette addiction, it seems is a complicated issue.

This article, Your Cigarette Addiction is Physical explains some of the factors associated with cigarette dependency.

Hopefully, you'll be able to break the nicotine habit and improve your health.

Colorado trying to adopt per se limits for marijuana and driving

Medical marijuana patients need to be aware of how the government and pseudo government agencies want to introduce per se standards for marijuana.

You are familiar with blood alcohol content "legla limit" of .08.

The same concept will apply to marijuana. The sticky point is what level.

Here is the main graph:

Debate continues about the potential passage of legislation dictating “per se” standards for driving under the influence of marijuana and THC.

Read more: Per Se limits for Colorado Medical Marijuna and Driving? | Colorado-Medical-Marijuana.Info

The Physcical Addiction of Nicotine and Cigarette

Saw this article about the physical addiction of nicotine and cigarettes.

Here's the beginning of the article:

Cigarette addiction is a biological and psychological condition that compels a person to satisfy the need for a particular stimulus (in this case nicotine) and to keep satisfying it, no matter what.

A person with a strong cigarette dependency, one who is addicted to cigarettes or nicotine, has a condition that undermines optimal function and drives that person to compulsively use and abuse nicotine despite the negative consequences.

How can you better understand your cigarette dependency? Consider, for example, your morning cup of coffee. It's a strong dependency or addiction much like your nicotine addiction.

All you have to do is skip your first cup of the day, and you will quickly learn about your body's dependence on caffeine. This does not necessarily mean that you are addicted to caffeine, only that your body wants it, and let's you know with that splitting headache that it expects some coffee, and you're not supplying it.

Read the whole article here: Cigarette Addiction is Physical