Category: Exercise & Rehab
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Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness Is, in Fact, Nerve Microdamage Rather Than Muscle Damage
In an article published in Antioxidants, this author proposes that the delayed onset muscle soreness from exercise is actually nerve micro-damage rather than muscle damage. ~ Dr. Broussard Have We Looked in the Wrong Direction for More Than 100 Years? Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness Is, in Fact, Neural Microdamage Rather Than Muscle Damage – Full…
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T’ai Chi for Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults
Tai chi is an ancient Chinese tradition that, today, is practiced as a graceful form of exercise. It involves a series of movements performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing. If you have back pain, and are over 65 years of age, you may want to consider this form of exercise.…
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Cycle Exercise May Help Improve Diabetic Neuropathy
Cycling exercise at 50-70% of heart rate reserve, 30-45 minutes, 3 sessions per week for 12 weeks my help improve symptoms of diabetic neuropathy. ~ Dr. Broussard Cycle exercise improves vascular function and neuropathic symptoms in patients with type 2 diabetes and peripheral neuropathy: A randomized controlled trial Experimental Gerontology — Gholami F, et al.…
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Yoga for Treating Headaches
If you suffer from tension type headaches, you may want to consider trying yoga, since there seems to be some evidence of short-term efficacy of yoga improving headache frequency, duration and intensity. ~ Dr. Broussard Yoga for Treating Headaches: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Oct 30. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05413-9. [Epub ahead…
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Exercise As A Prescription For Patients With Various Diseases
This article discusses different types of exercises for various diseases. Aerobic Exercise for: Low back pain, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, hip fractures, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, coronary artery disease, chronic heart failure, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, anxiety disorders, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, after kidney transplants, breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and…
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Isometric Exercises Helps Reduce High Blood Pressure
If you’re trying to reduce blood pressure, you may want to consider performing isometric training. This article published in the Journal of Hypertension, showed that you may be able to reduce the systolic, diastolic blood pressure numbers with isometric exercises. CLICK HERE to watch a brief video of an example of isometric training. ~ Dr.…
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Physical Activity and Chronic Back Conditions
In an article published in the Journal of Sport and Health Science, the authors found that physical activity helps chronic back conditions. They recommend either 300 minutes per week of moderate exercise, or 30 minutes per week or vigorous activity. I always suggest that people try to find what exercise they like, that way they…
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Physical Activity Associated With Less Back Pain
This article found that physical activity and sports participation such as walking, domestic activities, cycling, football/rugby, running/jogging, manual work and housework is associated with less back pain. ~ Dr. Broussard Physical activity and chronic back conditions: A population-based pooled study of 60,134 adults J Sport Health Sci. 2019 Jul;8(4):386-393. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2019.01.003. Epub 2019 Jan 11.…
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How Much Do Step Counts Matter?
Women hear that they should try to walk about 10,000 steps per day, but a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s Internal Medicine could not find the origin of this number of steps. Rather, when they looked at the data, they found that about 7,500 steps per day is where the…
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Walking Reduces Risk of Low Back Pain
This study published in The Spine Journal concluded that if you want to reduce your risk of low back pain, try walking for about 30 minutes, 3 times per week. In fact, the more you walk, the less chance of experiencing back pain. ~ Dr. Broussard Walking more than 90 minutes/week was associated with a…