Don’t ride your bike with the seat too low. Whether you’re riding outside or in a spin class, riding with the seat too low causes your knees to rise above the hip level, placing pressure on your hips and knees.

This can lead to hip pain or damage to the cartilage that surrounds the hip joint and kneecap pain with damage to the ligaments and meniscus within the knee joints.

In general, your seat will be at the right height when it is at your standing hip height, or slightly lower. Your legs should have a slight bend at the bottom of the pedal stroke.
Riding with the seat too high also causes problems, mainly if you have to rock back and forth to reach the lowest part of the pedaling cycle.

A professional bike fitter can help you with this if you feel you can’t get the exact height that’s perfect for you.

If you’re experiencing pain, schedule an appointment for a neuromuscular massage.

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One of the hazards of the holidays is theft. Robberies increase by 20% in December most years, and with the uptick in crime nationwide in the past 2 years, it may be higher this year.

To protect yourself, make certain you lock doors and windows in your car and your home. Check the doors and windows that aren’t used very often–garage side doors, back doors, basement windows.

Never leave your car running and return to the house even for a few minutes. A running car is a perfect crime of opportunity.

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Artichokes are loaded with nutrients. The kind of good nutriends that may help lower blood pressure and bad cholesterol. Some studies show that artichokes are beneficial to liver function and improve digestive health. And, artichokes may help lower blood sugar.

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They’re full of magnesium which helps to improve both short-term and long-term memory and they increase the number of connections between brain cells. Think smarter and sharper. Eat nuts.

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Water with lemon aids in proper functioning of the nervous system (as lemon has a high content of potassium). Depression and anxiety are often the result of low levels of potassium in the blood. The nervous system needs a sufficient amount of potassium to ensure sustainable signals to the heart.

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