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Health Patterns I’ve Noticed in My Practice (With a Touch of Humor)
Here’s to making movement enjoyable, nutrition balanced, and wellness a priority—one small step at a time.
movement and sports medicine
On the Move: My Journey in Sports & Movement Medicine
My middle name, Wanjira, which means “someone who is always on the move” or “someone on the road.”
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What to do about that backpain.
With our current work schedules and adopted lifestyles, back pain has become a common reason for hospital visits for most people. Although some causes of back pain need medical attention, most back pains resolve with lifestyle modification. Here we explore risk factors to back pain and some remedies you can try. Long standing back pain that does not improve with lifestyle modification needs to be seen by a doctor Lower back Pain. Lower back pain can be as a result of muscle or ligament strain, arthritis, or other underlying illnesses. there are some factors that make one more likely to Read more…
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Dealing with nose bleeds
You are going about your daily routine or maybe you are peacefully asleep, dreaming about a delicious chicken drumstick you had, (what’s with chicken wings?) or maybe you are dreaming up a future with someone you just met, smiling and cuddling your pillow a bit tighter. Maybe its a nightmare, like those ones where you are falling through a bottomless pit or one of a hospital corridor because you’ve been having a really bad cold of late. Maybe its a dreamless sleep, anyway you are asleep and you feel a warm liquid run down your nose. You rub at it Read more…
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World AIDS Day 2021- A Time to Reflect
Today we mark World AIDS day and what a year it has been. We can look back to it and reflect on a lot that has gone on. This is a chance to learn and better where we came short as well as build on achievements realized thus far. This year’s theme is End Inequalities. End AIDS. End Pandemics. HIV in Figures Before delving into the details, let us take a look at some of the statistics. According to WHO, there were 37.7 million people living with HIV worldwide. Out of these, three quarters are in Africa. There are about Read more…
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Physical Activity
What is Physical Activity Physical activity is what we commonly know as Exercise.WHO defines physical activity as any bodily movement that is produced by skeletal muscles that require the expenditure of energy. For any form of exercise to be deemed effective and beneficial, it has to Increase in ones heart rate. Increase in breathing rate. Increase in temperature Bring about sweating. This body changes during exercise are an evidence of increased energy use. Energy use in this case being burning of fat, building of muscles, relaxation and stretching of joints and increasing flexibility. Advancement in technology has made tasks more Read more…
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Obesity Prevention
Overview Obesity is a complex disease that involves an excessive amount of body fat. It is a common issue that is defined by having a high percentage of body fat. Obesity is indicated by a body mass index (BMI) of 30 and above. In the past few decades, obesity has become a significant health concern to the extent that it has been declared an epidemic in the United States. The statistics by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that about 13.7 million children and teens and 93.3 million adults in the US are obese. Prevention of Read more…
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Healthy Diet
Overview A healthy diet can be described as a diet that helps to maintain or improve overall health. A healthy diet gives the body the necessary nutrition that is, macronutrients, micronutrients, fluids, and sufficient calories. For healthy individuals, a healthy diet comprises majorly of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and also includes little or no processed food and sweetened beverages. The increase in the production of processed foods combined with rapid urbanization and changing lifestyles have resulted in a change in dietary patterns. The World Health Organization reports that the outcome of this shift is that individuals today are consuming Read more…
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Depression
Depression is a mood disorder in which a person experiences a persistent feeling of sadness and loses interest in activities they used to engage in. It is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, think, and act. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease your ability to function at work and at home. Life events such as bereavement, loss of a job, or abuse can lead to depression. Doctors however consider feelings of grief to be part of depression if they persist. Depression is an ongoing problem. It Read more…
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What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings including emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression). An individual with bipolar disorder will experience changes in energy, moods, and levels of activity that make day-to-day living difficult. This means that it affects how a person feels and the moods can shift massively. A person will experience episodes of mania and depression and when the mood changes, there will be changes in the energy levels and how a person acts. People with bipolar disorder may have trouble managing their day-to-day life activities at work or school, or Read more…
