What is heartburn? It sounds like your heart’s on fire.. and sometimes, it actually feels like it. Heartburn is an uncomfortable warm and burning sensation in the chest, usually just behind the sternum (breastbone) that typically comes in waves. The pain may start in the chest area and make its way up to the neck, […]
What is a far-infrared sauna .. and does it have health benefits you might ask.. Infrared is a band of light that we perceive as heat. While we cannot see infrared heat, we sure can feel it. Infrared radiation represents over half of the energy emitted by the Sun and heats our body by a […]
Top 5 healthy morning habits to a smoother, more optimistic, more energetic day.. We all know the basics of what we need to do to get the most out of our busy days. Eating well, getting plenty of sleep, exercise and lots of water are things that help keep us at peak performance. While these habits […]
Wake Up To Healthy Habits and Be Healthier All Day I once wrote a post on 5 Ways to Boost your Willpower to Exercise , and top of my list of must do’s was to get enough quality sleep. Then I wrote another post on how Sleep helps reduce Obesity.. as you can see, sleep is the […]
![photo credit - trx-suspensiontraining [dot] com](https://i0.wp.com/cikipedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Squats-100x100.jpeg "How to Build Stability – Hips (Part 3)")
So first we talked about how to build shoulder stability. Then came the all essential core. Now, last but not least we look at the hips. So how on earth does one build hip stability? Hip Stability Many injuries are caused by hip tightness and lack of hip stability. When your hips are not supple, […]
Today’s interview is with Fitness Mum, Serena. She is a body pump instructor, and she is currently pregnant with number 2. Here is our interview with her, and her fitness routine, even in pregnancy. 1. How and when did you first get started in fitness? I wasn’t very active as a child. I only got […]
Yesterday we looked at how to build stability in the shoulders. Today, we head towards the midsection – the core. Core Stability In anatomy, the core refers, in its most general of definitions, to the body minus the legs and arms. Functional movements are highly dependent on the core, and lack of core development can […]
How to Build Stability – Shoulders (Part 1) A skinny body might look good in clothes, but that does not make you fit, nor strong. A strong and lean body should be supported by a rock-solid midsection, strong hips, core, and shoulders,- all of which will help significantly reduce your risk for injury. Here are […]
Yoga, and the power of three .. this is part 2 of the Yoga guestpost series Read Yoga, The Anchor of Life (part 1) here I’m in my early thirties, and bed-ridden for two days. How could this be, when a week ago I had happily run downhill a mountain, celebrating youth. There was no […]
Hi awesome readers of Cikipedia! We were just featured on Downtown Traveler, a US based, online magazine for urban travelers who crave arts, culture and adventure.. and our guestpost was on Travel Health: 10 Tips to Stay Healthy and Fit While Traveling. We are happy for the opportunity to share some Cikipedia philosophy and to spread the fitness […]
