Blood Pressure

Take care of your heart, and your heart will take care of you.

That’s advice any corporate wellness advisor can get behind. After all, heart health is a key factor in overall health, and a strongly pumping heart keeps your employees in prime physical and mental condition.

With heart disease ranked as the number one killer of … Continue Reading »

Selling health topics to a motley assortment of fairly sedentary people is no mean feat.

But it’s one you take on every day because you understand the importance of workplace health and wellness, and how having employees in tip-top physical and mental condition will keep your business that way, too.

More and more corporations are realizing that … Continue Reading »

What sends your blood pressure through the roof? Work stress? Lines at the DMV? In-laws?

Or is the culprit your affinity for the salt shaker and alcoholic beverages, those extra pounds you’re carrying around, or a general lack of physical activity?

Beyond that, high blood pressure could be blamed on genetics, age, and family history.

So, bottom line, … Continue Reading »

Eyesight is something many of us take for granted.

For those whose jobs require lots of computer work, reading, or other tasks that put a good deal of strain on the eyes, it’s doubly important to take good care of them.

But according to a survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many people … Continue Reading »

You do your best to help your employees alleviate work-related stress.

Successfully doing so facilitates a more effective, well-adjusted, better-functioning staff. But what about when garden-variety stress breeds anxiety?

Anxiety can stop even the best employees in their tracks. It affects sleep, lifestyle habits, and quality of life, all the things that combine to make or break … Continue Reading »

Blood pressure is one of those things it’s tough to pin down accurately.

That’s because it fluctuates so often depending on what you’re doing, how you’re feeling, the amount of stress you’re under, and even your temperature and posture.

So a single high blood pressure reading doesn’t necessarily mean you’re on the road to a heart attack, … Continue Reading »

Wouldn’t it be nice if the human body came equipped with its own alarm system to let you know when something isn’t right?

Some potentially deadly medical problems have no symptoms, or ones so mild they slip under the radar of even people who are well attuned to their bodies.

Unfortunately, it’s impossible to know what’s going … Continue Reading »

When stress rears its ugly head, your company pays the price.

It doesn’t really matter if the source of your employees’ stress is work-related or not.

Work worries, financial strain, personal relationship conflict, or even just the holidays in general can distract focus, detract from productivity, and derail job performance.

And that’s just the tip of the … Continue Reading »

Any workplace wellness program worth its salt encourages employees to see their doctors and get regular health screenings, right?

But as far as ensuring that your employees are actually making those appointments, arranging their busy schedules to accommodate them, and following through, it’s pretty much out of your hands.

That is, unless you bring the doctor’s office … Continue Reading »

Dog lovers already know their favorite furry companions are special.

But it’s more than just their infectious enthusiasm and ever-wagging tails that makes them that way. In addition to providing unconditional love and loyalty, dogs can help keep their owners healthy.

For example, did you know that Fido can lower your blood pressure? Or that … Continue Reading »