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Hacking Health in Hamilton Ontario - Let's hear that pitch!

What compelled me to register for a weekend Health Hackathon? Anyway, I could soon be up to my ears in it. A pubmed search on Health Hack...

Saturday, July 17, 2021

Tsa Lung Trul Khor, Yantra Yoga and Qigong — supercharging Buddhist meditation (7 videos)

Learning from online resources like Youtube at anytime, not just in the age of Covid is huge. But can we also trust the source and do we really know what we are doing when we follow practices like that? Can we learn traditional meditation practices only by virtual prescence? This website - Buddha Weekly - has some excellent video instructions for learning and practicing QiGong. These are great exercises for all ages, but I think especially for the elderly who may have mobility issues or who would beneift from some of these "balancing exercises". There are 7 videos with various styles of QiGong instructions. Tsa Lung Trul Khor, Yantra Yoga and Qigong — supercharging Buddhist meditation (7 videos)

11 Year Old Boy Graduates University in Physics Plans Research on Immortality

An eleven year old boy, Laurent Simons, graduated with a degree in physics and plans out a way to create human immortality by replacing body parts with mechanical parts. I don't know how he gets there with a knowledge base in quantum physics, but anyway, kudoos for him for trying to dream big! https://www.newsweek.com/laurent-simons-11-second-youngest-graduate-ever-plans-make-humans-immortal-1607168 "This is the first puzzle piece in my goal of replacing body parts with mechanical parts," Simons said. "Immortality, that is my goal. I want to be able to replace as many body parts as possible with mechanical parts. I've mapped out a path to get there. You can see it as a big puzzle. Quantum physics—the study of the smallest particles—is the first piece of the puzzle," he said. "Two things are important in such a study: acquiring knowledge and applying that knowledge. To achieve the second, I want to work with the best professors in the world, look inside their brains and find out how they think," Simons added.

Home Epley Maneuver: Ear Crystal Vertigo from Youtube Instructions

Have you ever woken up in a state of vertigo when you rise from the bed - the room spinning around so much you have to stay lying down? You start to wonder what you ate the previous night. Well, it could just be crystals in the ear moving out of their proper channels that signal sensitive areas of the ear which results in the spinning sensation. What to do?

How can we trust all the information we search for on the internet, especially health information so vital for the state of our well being. We often enact this advise without professional medical advice. But if the information we find comes from health professions.

In the case of ear crystals, here are several instructions posted by medical professionals for maneouvers you can do to try and correct the ear crystal vertigo problem. The formal name for the instructions is the Epley manouever,

The instructor....

Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT takes the time to show you how to perform an Epley Maneuver at home to treat Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (or displaced crystals in the inner ear that causes positional dizziness). Additionally, she shows you how to determine which side (left or right) is the side with the displaced crystals and provides you with tips to ensure your maneuver has the best chance for success.

NOTE: It is recommended that if you have vertigo, that you first see a healthcare professional or vestibular specialist to determine the right course of treatment for you. The Epley maneuver is primarily used to treat a specific form of positional vertigo. There are many other causes of vertigo, as well as many different types of treatment.

You can find a vestibular therapist close to you by visiting www.Vestibular.org and using their Provider Directory. Be sure to check out the Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA) for additional information and resources.

Also recommended are physiotherapists like on the healingvertigo.com website. Sometimes headaches and room spinning are caused by vestibular migraine! 

http://www.healingvertigo.ca/