Category: Exercise & Rehab
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The Simple Strategy Scientifically Proven to Boost Your Mood
by John Murphy MDLinx July 7, 2020 Recent research shows that walking can help you live longer. But can walking also help you feel happier? Yes, it can, and in only 10 minutes—but there’s a catch. To get the biggest bang from your stroll, you need to do just a little bit more than put one foot…
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Aerobic Exercise Helps Migraine Headaches
Exercise often tops providers’ lists of recommended lifestyle modifications that help reduce migraine burden because it helps reduce inflammation. Rigorous aerobic exercise is sufficient to reduce migraine frequency, intensity and duration. And, the higher your intensity, the more benefit. If you can’t tolerate high-impact exercise, try something like yoga. Exercise is a reasonable evidence-based recommendation…
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Yoga Therapy Can Help With Rheumatoid Arthritis
This article published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine found that yoga can reduce disease activity to include stress and inflammation factors in rheumatoid arthritis patients. ~ Dr. Broussard Effect of Yoga Therapy on Disease Activity, Inflammatory Markers, and Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis The Journal of Alternative and Complementary…
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What Kind of Exercises Help With Neck Pain?
This study shows that motor control and segmental exercises are the most effective exercise training to reduce short term pain and disability due to neck pain. If you want to get started on some of these exercises, these three videos will provide a good reference: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. ~ Dr. Broussard…
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Add-On Yoga May Provide More Migraine Relief Than Medical Therapy Alone
This article published in the journal Neurology, found that the addition of yoga to regular medical therapy for adults with migraine headaches resulted in a 48% decrease in headache frequency compared to 12% decrease with medicine alone. ~ Dr. Broussard -48% decrease in headache frequency with intervention by Zeena Nackerdien PhD, CME Writer, MedPage Today…
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More Steps Per Day Tied to Milder IBS Symptoms
— Upping routine activity may be an effective therapy for irritable bowel syndrome by Diana Swift, Contributing Writer June 3, 2020 A higher number of daily steps was associated with reduced severity of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms in young people, Japanese researchers found. Toyohiro Hamaguchi, PhD, of the School of Health Sciences at Saitama…
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Eccentric Exercise Helps Tendon Problems
In this review article published in the Scandanavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, the authors found that eccentric exercises were the most consist consistently effective treatment for tendon problems. Low-level laser and shockwave therapy was moderatly effective. Steroid shots were effective for short term pain, but not for the long term. CLICK HERE to…
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Best Exercises For Every Age and Gender
John Murphy, MDLinx May 5, 2020 Less than one-quarter of American adults (23%) get the recommended amount of aerobic and strength-training exercise, according to 2018 data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Unfortunately, as adults age, the amount of exercise they do tends to go down. But, it doesn’t have to be this…
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Arthritis Expert Discusses New Guidelines for Hands, Hips, and Knees
Dr. Kolasinski was on the panel of experts that developed the New Osteoarthritis Guidelines for Hands, Hips, and Knees. In this article, she discusses exercise, tai chi, acupuncture, yoga, glucosamine/chondroitin, and hyaluronic acid injecitons. ~ Dr. Broussard Sharon Kolasinski, MD, on the New Osteoarthritis Guideline for Hands, Hips, Knees — Panel leader talks exercise, supplements,…
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Tai Chi For Blood Pressure
If you have high blood pressure, and are younger than 50 years old, you may want to consider adding the practice of Tai Chi to your regular treatment to help lower your blood pressure. ~ Dr. Broussard Tai Chi for essential hypertension: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials Current Hypertension Reports — Zhong D,…