Category: Health

  • What Is Ai Chi?

    If starting a new exercise routine is part of your self-improvement plan this year, you may want to consider Ai Chi. Ai (meaning “love”) Chi (“breath/essence/ being”) is a graceful form of aquatic exercise that involves a series of movements performed in a slow, focused manner using deep breathing and accompanied by relaxing music and…

  • Gum Disease In Seniors

    Periodontitis is a serious gum disease that damages soft tissue and destroys the bone that supports the teeth. Periodontitis is the primary cause of tooth loss in seniors, often leading to a need for dentures. It also increases a person’s risk for heart attack or stroke. Many seniors may have gingivitis, which is a common…

  • Sleep Well Tonight, Live Better Tomorrow

    Nearly 50 percent of Americans today suffer from the effects of disruptive snoring or sleep apnea. This very common condition causes you to stop breathing for 10 seconds or more, many times during the night. During these periods, your body compensates for lack of oxygen with a quickening pulse, by raising blood pressure and even…

  • Steps To Emergency Preparedness

    Emergencies and disasters can strike quickly without warning. You are especially vulnerable if you live alone, are confined to your home or forced to evacuate. Physical limitations put you at risk. The likelihood of recovery from an emergency tomorrow often depends on planning and preparation done today. Practice these three steps: Get a Kit; Make…

  • COPD Day, Nov. 19: Breathless But Thriving

    How does it feel to have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)? Pinch your nose and breath through a coffee straw. 46,015 Hawai‘i adults with COPD have this feeling every day. An equal number suffer, undiagnosed. November 19, 2015 is World COPD Day. It’s to create awareness of all lung conditions that cause difficulty in breathing.…

  • A Breath of Relief: Pulse Oximeters

    Patients getting used to supplemental oxygen for lung and heart problems sometimes worry whether they are getting enough. The only way to check oxygen “saturation” of the blood is with a blood test or by a new noninvasive technology called pulse oximetry. Pulse oximeters are now readily available in pharmacies and are advertised for as…

  • Water Works Wonders for Back Pain

              Many will experience some kind of lower back pain at some point in their lives. If a back injury has short-circuited your daily activities or regular workout routine, aqua therapy might be a good alternative during the healing period. Water exercises for back pain are diverse and should be tailored…

  • Cataracts

          Cataract is clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision. It is extremely common among seniors. In a normal eye, light passes through the transparent lens to the retina. Once it reaches the retina, light is changed into nerve signals that are sent to the brain. The lens must be…

  • Increase Energy and Reverse Aging

    Aging is part of life and as time goes on, we all have to deal with its effects. But we don’t have to start falling apart as time goes on if we realize some simple concepts. The most fundamental concept is that all of life is energy. Every cell in your body is like a…

  • Listen to Your Heart

    One in three adults in the U.S. has high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood. If pressure stays high over time it will damage the body. Hypertension is the persistent elevation of blood pressure. Blood pressure rises with age…

  • Aquatic Therapy for Rotator Cuff Pain

    We have all heard the term “rotator cuff.” What is a rotator cuff? A group of four muscles: supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis and teres minor that connects the shoulder blade (scapula) to the arm bone (humerus). The rotator cuff tendons are key to a healthy functioning shoulder. They are subject to wear and tear or degeneration,…

  • Emphysema

    Emphysema is a lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. Emphysema, along with chronic bronchitis are referred to as Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD). COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Smoking is the leading cause of emphysema. Emphysema results when the delicate linings of the air sacs in…