Your shoes are an important component of your physical health. The average person takes thousands of steps a day, and if you exercise that can mean thousands more. How you cushion and support your feet for that daily grind has many health benefits. Good shoes serve two key functions: they provide cushioning to absorb shock and support your feet to keep you in alignment. Unfortunately many fashionable shoes accomplish neither. High heels for example shift your posture from you

Any bag carried regularly, be it a purse or a briefcase, will impact your posture and your physical health. Even if its not a heavy bag the constant pressure on your body probably impacts you in ways you didn't realize. This is especially true for women who carry heavy purses. Most tend to always carry their purse on the same side in the same position, putting an asymmetrical load on certain body parts. Take the woman in the picture above. Her right trap muscle is constantly

Pattern overload is the overuse of certain muscles by performing the same motion repetitively, usually in a manner that isolates some body parts while neglecting others. Its common among athletes who perform the same movements often (like a pitcher throwing a baseball) but also workers performing some sort of manual labor. Soft tissue like muscles and tendons that are overused begin to breakdown, causing inflammation and pain. To compensate your body starts recruiting other s

Osteopenia and its more severe cousin osteoporosis result from a thinning of your bones as you get older. Although you might not feel any immediate side-effects both put you at greater risk of bone fractures from accidents and falls, which as we've discussed before can start a dangerous cycle of poor health, especially as you age. Both diseases are more common in women, especially after menopause, and in Caucasians and Asians. There are multiple drugs that your doctor might p