Kettle Bells x Vibration Training

Introducing Kettle Bells and Vibration Training.

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Vibration Therapy Coming Soon!

The Health Mark, Inc team has decided to expand the business and offer Vibration Therapy for adults who are looking to try something different. There are so many people that don’t understand the endless possibilities of Whole Body Vibration and how their body will benefit. It’s time we show and prove that Vibration Therapy is here to stay

The Swiss Ball Office Chair!

Today, with insurance prices for small and large businesses, business owners are looking at many alternatives for lowering the price of insurance for their employees. New insurance regulations give employees the chance to lower their insurance rates by meeting a set health standard. Some of the health standards that can be reached to lower insurance costs include participating in a diet and exercise program, maintaining or improving health status (BMI, Body fat measurements, blood pressure measurements, etc.), and cutting out environmental hazards such as smoking and alcohol.
Health Mark Inc. has a product that could be real beneficial in helping businesses lower insurance cost. The Swiss Ball Office Chair incorporates health and wellness in an office setting. The Swiss Ball Chair, when used as an office chair, helps individuals work on tone and posture without actually doing an exercise. The shape of the ball requires individuals to keep their core muscles, stabilizing muscles in their hips, and their back muscles activated while sitting on this chair. Although individuals may not feel their muscles working, their muscles are in constant activation to keep balance. The Swiss Ball Chair can also be used in the office setting for stretching and exercise routines. The design of the chair allows individuals to stretch their quadriceps, hamstrings, calf’s, core and back muscles in a series of routines. Push-ups, crunches, and many other exercises can also be performed with the Swiss Ball Chair. To find out more about the Swiss Ball Chair or any of Health Mark’s products please visit us at http://www.healthmarkinc.net/

Inversion Tables: The Natural Remedy

Back pain can be frustrating and hard to deal with. When the discs in your back are compressed, your spine and whole body can feel even worse. Using inversion tables to help with back pain is a natural way of treating these symptoms and lowering pain without the use of prescription drugs or expensive visits to a chiropractor. And the back stretch that an inversion table offers can do so much more than just make you feel great.

Inversion tables are not just for stretching your back. They offer numerous benefits for the body, beginning with reducing back pain and lengthening our compressed spines. These tables increase the space between our spinal discs, which causes an increase in blood flow all around our bodies. There are so many veins and arteries running between our discs, and when they get compressed, that pressure limits their ability to spread oxygen and nutrients to our blood cells and remove the waste. This causes our internal organs to weaken and perform badly. The daily use of an inversion table can help counter some of the effects of gravity on the body.
Inversion tables can also be a wonderful way to wind down after a really intense workout. High impact workouts can cause muscle pain, and this table therapy reduces that pain, along with stimulating our circulation and offering great stress relief. Incorporating inversion as part of your workout is a way to strengthen those all-important core muscle groups without putting unnecessary stress and pressure on our spinal cords. Inversion training can also help to strengthen ligaments through our bodies.

Gymnasts and ballerinas, and anyone else in that type of sport, would be wonderful benefactors of the use of inversion therapy, as it helps to train for orientation and balance. The elongation of the spine encourages good posture and helps to keep your back straight even after you leave the therapy table. Aging gracefully is a side benefit since the increased oxygen and de-congested internal organs helps your body work in a more youthful way.

Any therapy program you are thinking of starting needs to be run by your physician. Since he or she is aware of any pre-existing conditions you have, they will be able to say whether inversion therapy will exacerbate or help cure them. If however, they do agree with your idea, then be sure to remain consistent in your routine. This will give your body the way to get used to the action, and have long-term health benefits.
It’s very easy to use this table, and only requires the use of a spotter the first couple of times. Inversion requires the individual to find their balance point by the use of their arms. Once in the inverted position, both arms should be relaxed and hanging freely above the participant’s head. Stay in this relaxed position for a time period that feels comfortable to you as an individual, then bring your arms up to help guide you back to the regular position.
While this is not a new idea, using inversion tables for back pain is spreading into the world of healthy remedies even more. Before using prescription drugs or visiting a chiropractor unnecessarily, see if your doctor thinks this is a good idea for you. If natural remedies without side effects work first, then there is no need to expose your body to unnecessary side effects that are possible from other remedies.

To find out more about Inversion Tables or Inversion Therapy contact us at http://www.healthmarkinc.net/

Exercise Equipment Every Gym Should Have!

Today, many gyms focus on quantity instead of quality when it comes to providing exercise equipment for their clients. Gyms focus on providing more types of equipment for their clients to use rather than providing equipment that is essential to improving an individual’s health. The treadmills, cable machines, and free weights are great for gyms; however, stair climbers, upper body and lower body weight assisted machines, and elliptical are some machines that can be eliminated.
Health Mark offers a couple products that should be present in every type of gym setting. Some of the products that should be available to clients involved in an exercise machine include stretch bars, whole body vibration machines, and vibration cable machines.
Portable Stretch Barre:
The Portable Stretch Barre offered by Health Mark is an essential machine for all types of gyms. With the Stretch Barre, individuals can begin an exercise routine by stretching major muscle groups in the body. The Stretch Barre can also be used to perform assisted pull-ups, push- ups, and assist with balance exercises when needed.
The Whole Body Vibration Machines:
The Whole Body Vibration Machines offered by Health Mark can serve many functions in a gym setting. The various machines offered provide an accelerated weight loss program for individuals whose main goal are to burn calories and lose body fat, sports performance training for athletes trying to take their skills to the next level, and a whole body workout for individuals just trying to improve their health. Whole Body Vibration machines can be used in step aerobics classes, body pump classes, and in boot camp class settings.
Vibrating Cable-Stack Machines:
The Vibrating Stack Machines offer the same exercise routines as regular cable machines, but the vibration training aspect of these machines help generate greater results. With the addition of vibration to a regular cable machine workout, the individual’s muscles will fire at faster rates while performing exercises. Faster muscle firing through vibration training will cause the muscles to work and “overload” at faster rates causing more results from the workout.
When deciding between gyms and exercise routines make sure to choose the ones most beneficial to you and your health. If you settle for mediocre workouts, expect less than average results!
If you would like to know more about some of the products offered by Health Mark Inc. feel free to check out the website or contact us by phone.

What is Spinal Traction?

The goal of spinal traction is to pull the vertebrae apart from each other. The purpose of using spinal traction is generally to create more space for nerves where they exit the spinal column or to relieve pressure on the cartilage disks between the bones or on the small spinal joints themselves. At lower intensities, spinal traction can also be used to stretch small spinal muscles. The theory behind spinal traction is that if the disks are pulled apart, they will regain hydration or have an influx of water. This act would then make disks more shock absorbent.
Traction is used to treat many injuries, some including: pinched nerves, neck and back tightness, and headaches. While in traction, the neck or the low back is stretched, and along with it, the spine is stretched a little as well. If you have pinched nerves in your spine, this can help take some of the pressure off and ease arm or leg pain. Traction is also good for treating bulging discs in your spine, which can also pinch your nerves if they lose enough water in the middle. By pulling your spine apart a little, traction can help the disc’s water and gel slip back into place. Also, neck traction is good for treating headaches because it can stretch the muscles in the back of your neck and at the base of your skull. These muscles often cause headaches when they get too tight.

To learn more about traction devices contact us at: http://www.healthmarkinc.net/

Benefits of Using a Portable Stretch Barre!

The Bar Method is one of the most exciting and most popular new workouts to hit the gym. By combining elements of yoga, Pilates and even ballet, the Bar Method offers you a great way to get back into shape. There’s plenty of movement involved when you use the Bar Method, but, unlike running or jogging, there’s very little impact placed on your body. So you’re less likely to get injured while doing the Bar Method. But like running, jogging, swimming and a host of other activities, you can get your body in terrific shape by doing the Bar Method at the gym.

Like yoga or Pilates, the Bar Method is usually performed by an entire class and features a range of stretches and movements that focus around bars that line the room. If you’ve ever seen a ballet studio that’s surrounded by mirrors and bars, you can probably imagine what the Bar Method entails. The great thing about the Bar Method is that it has a ton of benefits for your body. Here are 5 of them.

1. Improved Flexibility

Because you’re using certain elements of yoga, the Bar Method will help you to improve your flexibility after just a few sessions. The Bar Method includes plenty of stretching and lots of motions where you will be required to hold a certain pose or stretch. This will help your muscles stretch better and will improve the flexibility throughout your body. Don’t be surprised if you can maneuver your body in completely new ways as a result of using the Bar Method.

2. Better Posture

Again, like yoga, you are required to hold some poses and stretches when you are in a Bar Method class. You will need to keep your shoulders back and make sure that your spine is aligned properly. These types of movements will help you improve your posture over time. By completing more and more of the movements involved with the Bar Method, you’ll naturally work your posture back into the correct position.

3. A New Routine

Running, jogging, walking and even swimming can start to get a little boring over time. The Bar Method is a completely new method of training for your body and there are so many variations of it that you will not get bored quickly. When you are into a workout, you’ll give it your best and maximize your results. The Bar Method is perfect for switching up your routine.

4. Muscle Tone

Through all the stretching and pushing and pulling that you’ll do during the Bar Method, you will notice that your muscles, specifically in your arms and legs, will become more toned.

5. Minimized Chance of Injuries

Because there is no impact involved with the Bar Method, you are not likely to get injured like you might if you stick to running.