Appropriate Exercise Can Help Prevent ACL Injuries In Female Athletes
APTA releases injury prevention tips in observance of National Physical Therapy Month.
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging female athletes - particularly soccer players - to consider a new warm-up program to help lower their growing risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. The announcement comes as APTA celebrates National Physical Therapy Month this October, an annual observance designed to educate the public about the important role physical therapists and physical therapist assistants play in the health care system.
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Learning and exercising at YMCA can prevent diabetes
Community-based exercise organizations, such as the YMCA, are an effective tool in the fight against diabetes, according to a study by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers in the October 2008 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
More than 60 million Americans have pre-diabetes, and most of them are unaware. Adults with pre-diabetes are at more than 10 times the normal risk for developing diabetes and at twice the risk for heart attack or stroke. Reaching this growing population is a concern for diabetes educators and physicians.
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What Does Positive Exercise Testing in Athletes Mean?
In competitive athletes >35 years of age with a high-risk profile for future cardiovascular events, an exercise test is mandatory to rule out/confirm the presence of (silent) underlying ischemic heart disease
· For recreational sports/leisure-time activity, the exercise test today is recommended on an individual basis
· Exercise tests do have proven weaknesses, showing both false positive and false negative results, making additional testing necessary, especially in uncertain case.
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Health Balance scale Makes In-Depth Analysis Of Your Fitness
The Overall Balance scale from Japan’s National Electric takes fitness feedback much more seriously than any others. It gives you a combination of measurements including weight, BMI, the amount of fat under your skin, organ fat, how muscular you are, and your metabolic rate etc.
The fitness balance scale is not yet released, but it is dubbed kind of effective to help you avoid metabolic syndrome, which is the combination of syndromes that shows up as obesity, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, and even diabetes.
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Anti-Gravity Treadmills Help To Improve Mobility
Our online research brought us to finding a type of treadmill that is defying gravity. Believe it or not there are Anti-Gravity Treadmills that by cutting body's weight in half, make it possible to run and exercise in almost zero gravity.
One of the Anti-Gravity Treadmills is the exercise and fitness device that we found at alter-g.com. The description of this Anti-Gravity Treadmill is provided below from the manufacturer.
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Special Heat Precautions Urged for Athletes
With football season and cross-country track beginning this month for many Iowa schools, drills, conditioning, and practices are in full swing across the state. While any child who exercises in the heat may be at risk of dehydration or heat illness, young athletes who participate in sports that begin in the late summer are at greater risk. Recent steamy conditions should serve as a reminder for coaches, athletes, and parents to be aware of heat-related illnesses.
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Massage Your Muscles To Recover After Exercise
Researchers testing the long-held theory that therapeutic massage can speed recovery after a sports injury have found early scientific evidence of the healing effects of massage.
The scientists have determined that immediate cyclic compression of muscles after intense exercise reduced swelling and muscle damage in a study using animals.
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Running Is Good, But Careful When Exercising In Summer Heat
Today a new study from the Stanfod University says that running is good for your health, slows aging and prolongs life. However, this does not mean you can just get out and run in summer heat. One needs to take these procautions when running in summer heat.
Ithaca Journal writes that the best time of day for any strenuous outdoor summer activity is early morning or evening, especially for runners. This helps to avoid the heat of the midday sun while running outside. Wearing sunscreens is a very good thing to remember as it will protect from sun.
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