Category: Exercise & Rehab
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Yoga May Help With Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms, Severity
February 15, 2019 WEDNESDAY, Feb. 13, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Yoga may be effective as a complementary or adjunct therapy for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) taking disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), according to a study published online Feb. 1 in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. Surabhi Gautam, from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New…
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Proposal of a New Exercise Protocol for Scoliosis
In the December issue of Medicine, Jin Young Ko, MD describes a new exercise protocol that is designed to help scoliosis. If I have ever prescribed spinal stabilization exercises for your back pain or sciatica, you will notice that these exercises are very familiar, but Dr. Ko uses just one side only. He refers to the exercises as asymmetric…
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Strengthening The Quadriceps Muscle Reduces Pain and Improves Function In Knee Osteoarthritis
This article reported that strengthening of the thigh muscles has an effect on pain reduction and improvement of function. These knee exercises provided muscle strengthening, pain reduction, and improved function while combination with other electrotherapy modalities or combination with Russian electrical stimulation had superiority to alone strengthening thigh muscle training. If your knees hurt too…
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Home Therapy for Knee Arthritis Patients
11.08.2018 by Julie Maurer Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Treatment for knee pain in osteoarthritis patients doesn’t just take place in the physician’s office, as patients are often sent home with a list of exercises to do on their own time. “Many people who develop knee pain change their gait, and if that goes on for…
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Want To Lower Your Blood Pressure By 20 Points? Try This Exercise…
Want to know about an exercise that can lower blood pressure significantly? We’re talking as much as 10-20 mmHg. No, it’s not an endurance exercise. No, it’s not strength exercise. It’s actually an exercise you can do anytime and anywhere. It’s called isometrics. What are Isometric Exercises? Isometric exercises, the kind where you contract large…
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Too many people missing out on health benefits of golf, some experts say
Reuters Health News | October 22, 2018 Playing golf is associated with better strength and balance, a sharper mind, a lower risk of heart disease and a longer life, according to public health experts who say more people should take up the sport. While an estimated 60 million people play golf at least twice a…
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Resistance Exercise Linked to Reduced Depression Symptoms
June 14, 2018 Reuters Health News People who do resistance exercises like weight lifting and strength training may experience fewer depression symptoms, a research review suggests. The study team analyzed data from 33 clinical trials that randomly assigned a total of 947 adults to participate in resistance training programs and another 930 adults to be…
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Noninvasive, Drug-Free Treatment for Chronic Pain
Chronic low back pain: At short term, massage, yoga, and psychological therapies (primarily Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) (strength of evidence [SOE]: moderate) and exercise, acupuncture, spinal manipulation, and multidisciplinary rehabilitation (SOE: low) were associated with slight improvements in function compared with usual care or inactive controls. Except for spinal manipulation, these interventions also improved pain. Effects…
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How to Treat Plantar Fasciitis
By Brad Beer Posted June 7, 2018 In Lower Limb, Running How common is plantar fasciitis? Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common causes of plantar heel pain in both runners and non runners, and one of the most prevalent causes of foot pain in general with 10% of people experiencing plantar fasciitis across…
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Aerobic Exercises vs Weight Lifting For Chronic Back Pain
Aerobic vs. resistance exercise for chronic non-specific low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis Article type: Research Article Authors: Wewege, Michael* | Booth, John | Parmenter, Belinda Affiliations: Department of Exercise Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Michael Wewege, Department of Exercise Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty…