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The importance of oral higiene

We all agree that having straight white teeth and fresh breath makes us look younger and more attractive and feel more confident. A nice smile is part of a person’s physical health. 

Pilates for older adults

“You are only as young as your spine is flexible“

J.H Pilates Almost a century ago Joseph Humbertus Pilates created the Pilates method, developing a series of exercises designed to increase muscle tone and flexibility, working on the core muscles and strengthening the muscles that support the spine.

The importance of a good night’s sleep for our health

Until a few years ago it was thought that sleep was a passive process, simply a matter of our body disconnecting from the environment. Fortunately, great progress has been made in Sleep Medicine over the last ten years and we now know that sleep is an active process that is essential for our physical, cognitive and emotional well-being; we cannot live without it. 

Thank you ASSSA

My name is Geoffrey Smith. I moved from England 12 years ago and I live in Velez Rubio. I have had ASSSA Insurance since 2014. In November 2014 I had a hernia operation of the stomach. The operation was carried out at the Hospital Virgen del Alcazar in Lorca. The hospital and staff were excellent.

Is cow’s milk bad for us?

There are people in the world who tolerate lactose and people who don’t. If you are one of the latter, all you need to do is restrict or eliminate your intake of dairy products (depending on your degree of intolerance) and you will not have any problems. But even if you do not have any trouble digesting milk and dairy products, you may have been led to believe that they could be harmful to your health. 

Falls in older people

We are so used to standing being our normal posture that we forget the effort it takes for a child to achieve this.