Category: "Wellness" Articles
October 10, 2020
When your favorite jam comes over the airwaves, you can’t help but smile and maybe sing along. This truth holds even when your day started with spilled coffee and ended with a stern lecture...
October 7, 2020
Music is a powerful tool many of us can’t imagine our lives without. A single song or even a simple melody has the ability to teleport you through time and let you relive certain...
October 1, 2020
As we settle back into the grind of our busy lives with work and school, it’s easy to let go of those blissful self-care routines we finally had time to do. But while we...
October 1, 2020
Back pain and general muscle soreness are common problems for many people. Understanding correct force postures and maintaining your musculoskeletal system will help to both treat and prevent pain and disease. What causes musculoskeletal...
October 1, 2020
AFM: What is Shockwave Therapy and why is it a better alternative than surgery? Vieira: Shockwave Therapy is formally called Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy. It uses high energy acoustic waves to treat numerous musculoskeletal injuries;...
October 1, 2020
Light has always been a resource humans look to for restorative energy. However, it wasn’t until the early 20th century that light was discovered as a resource for therapy. In 1903, a scientist named...
September 5, 2020
When COVID-19 hit, I was pretty anxious about having my son at home full time. My wife and I both work full time and our 2.5-year-old son, Wyatt, had previously been going to daycare...
September 1, 2020
While I was growing up, my dad worked for Lone Star Beer. During his time with the company, he worked on the crew that grew it regionally with a virtually “unknown” singer-songwriter of that...
September 1, 2020
How Stress Affects the Body The human body is hardwired to handle stress. However, over time, too much stress takes a toll on the body. When we feel threatened, the sympathetic nervous system is activated, causing...
September 1, 2020
Jarod Carter found his passion for the movement and care of the human body from his early days as an athlete in high school and throughout his time as a springboard diver on the...
August 31, 2020
Your mind is like a muscle, meaning it’s possible to broaden your mind’s powers in order to improve capacity, ability and skill. Capacity refers to the hardware we need to execute a task and...
August 24, 2020
When you were younger, did you keep a diary? There isn’t a rule that says you have to give up that habit as you get older. Journaling actually offers significant health benefits and can...
August 18, 2020
While you occasionally hear news reports of people living past 100 on bacon and beer diets, such tales are equivalent to placing your life’s savings on one spin of a Vegas roulette wheel. One...
August 17, 2020
Two and a half years ago my wife and I welcomed our twins, Adelaide and Gray, into the world. Being a first-time parent, I took to Google to learn everything I could about twins...
August 6, 2020
An important part of longevity is keeping your brain and mind healthy as you age. There are many factors that can negatively impact cognition or cause early degeneration. A benefit of knowing what helps...
August 1, 2020
No matter our age, our brains can always use a little extra love and attention. While we may think that declining brain health is a normal part of aging and our lapses in memory...
August 1, 2020
The AFM Team talked to Dr. Daniel Gonzalez about what it means to have a healthy spine. Dr. Daniel has been a practicing chiropractor in Austin since 2007 and has since frequented AFM’s Best...
August 1, 2020
100 Days of Blue is a challenge from Wallace J. Nichols, a friend and the author of Blue Mind, that has summoned water lovers annually for the past seven years. The challenge is to...
