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Is Shoulder and Upper Body Conditioning Important? HealthYeah! Shoulder Pain is NO Fun. Lets Chat!
Shoulder Pain and Injuries Impacts Daily Living. What Can We Do? During this week's HealthYeah interview, Excy co-founder and CEO Michele Mehl sat down with Alex Wirta, clinical director and physical therapist at Bridle Trails. According to research, shoulder pain...
Are Alzheimer’s and Dementia Hard? HealthYeah! Interview Recap with Ian Kremer of LEAD Coalition
Are Alzheimer’s and Dementia Hard? HealthYeah! Alzheimer’s, along with similar forms of dementia, affects nearly 44 million people worldwide. While treatment options can reduce symptoms, there is currently no cure for the disease. Excy co-founder and CEO Michele Mehl...
Is Corporate Fitness Important to Wellness Programs? HealthYeah!
Corporate Fitness is Key to Workplace Wellness Programs In this week’s HealthYeah Live Video Blog Series, we interviewed Bryce Finck, founder and COO at Stack Health. StackHealth offers a web-based wellness program designed for companies that want to take a proactive...
Upper Body Fitness Critical During Excy Anti-Sedentary April Challenge
This morning we kicked off our April Anti-Sedentary Challenge to show you a few ideas for getting those arms outside their modern day T-Rex zones on our keyboards, our phones, and our steering wheels. In the spirit of April Fools Day, we even sported a T-Rex...
April Challenge! Spring into an Anti-Sedentary Lifestyle!
The Sedentary Lifestyle: You're Likely Living It! When we hear the word "sedentary", the first word that pops into people's mind is likely "lazy." Perhaps images come to mind of a couch-potato lifestyle. But, most of us are living a sedentary lifestyle and we aren't...
Is Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) Hard? HealthYeah! Lets Talk About It!
HealthYeah Interview Dives Into POTS Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) can be debilitating and demoralizing. Not only because of the symptoms, but also because on the outside everything looks normal, but the invisible illness is there. Plus, what’s...
Is Exercise for Parkinson’s Disease Important? HealthYeah!
Exercise for Parkinson's Requires Comprehensive Approach Karl Sterling from PhysioChains Education joined us in a HealthYeah interview to discuss exercise for Parkinson’s disease and so much more. Karl travels extensively as an educator to personal trainers, fitness...
Sedentary Life No More! Spring is a time for new life and new beginnings!
Sedentary: It's not the sitting that's killing our health, it's the sedentary sitting! Spring is a time for new life and new beginnings! Everyone thinks that's reserved for New Year's, but no, not really. Why not now when the days start getting longer, and the weather...
Improving Your Quality of Life: How Seniors Can Take Control of Their Well-Being
Photo via Pixabay Quality of Life is Key to Well-Being Improving your quality of life can occur over a period of many years, or it can be a series of actions that you take at a certain age in order to gain control over your wellbeing. For many seniors, finding the...
Is it Hard to Thrive Professionally with Anxiety and Depression? HealthYeah!
Jen Hope, B.S. Slayer, Shares Her Personal Anxiety and Depression Journey In today’s HealthYeah interview, we talk to Jen Hope, founder of B. Slayer, an executive coaching practice, and queen of helping people unleash their inner badass and finding success on their...