Category: Fitness Tips
Is the Elbow Pain, due to the Elbow or something else?
More people are complaining of elbow pain with unsuccessful treatment. Based on our lifestyle, of sitting more with computers, smart phones, increased eating, etc it is reasonable to have more problem... Read More
What’s Missing from Your Walking Workout?
By simply varying your exercise routine, you can improve the health benefits of your workout..overcome boredom and reduce the risk for injury. If you are a walker, add high-intensity interval tr... Read More
What’s Missing from Your Yoga Workout?
If yoga is your thing, add cardio exercise. A recent finding revealed that heart disease patients practicing yoga in addition to aerobic exercise had twice the reduction in blood presure, choles... Read More
Isokinetic Testing! Maintaining knee strength to Body Weight Ratios
ISOKINETIC TESTING! Maintaining knee strength to body weight ratios! Part of a Physical Therapy knee evaluation should consist of isokinetic testing to determine the quadriceps knee streng... Read More
Testing Body Flexibility & Strength
The following tests can measure flexibility/strength to determine your fitness level whether to participate in recreational activities or maintaining overall health indicating your f... Read More
Exercise Improves Mental Health?
(article from WSJ) What kind of exercise works best?? Researchers investigated the link between physical activity and mental health found that team sports fared best, followed by cycling, either... Read More
Scientific Exercise Principles for Fitness
In the study of exercise science, there are several universally accepted scientific exercise training principles that should be followed in order to get the most from exercise programs and improve bot... Read More
Strength training after age of 50
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) now has fitness guidelines specific to weight training for people over 50. The advice: perform such exercises 2 to 3 times a week to condition all of the... Read More