If you are a tall yoga practitioner there's a good chance you've encountered yoga mats that are too short for your long limbs. I know the feeling. You lay out a mat, position yourself at one end, start to stretch out and quickly find that your leg is off the mat. Not cool. At this point you have two options: You can put up with a shorter mat and endure the … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2017
Study Shows: Blood Clot Risk Linked To Height
A new study shows that height can be an independent predictor of your risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) aka a blood clot. Researchers published the study in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics. Using the Swedish National Registry Database, the study is based on a cohort of male conscripts (n=1,610,870), born in 1951 to 1992 … [Read more...]