by sara | Jul 23, 2021 | Activities & Sports, Body Health & Fitness, Injury Care & Prevention, Injury, Prevention, & Care, Skiing, Snow Boarding, Sports Performance
It was a crystal clear day at Crested Butte ski resort in Colorado. Tim was excited about another day of skiing. He had spent the last five days improving his downhill speed and the conditions seemed perfect for his assault on the slopes. Tim began warming up early in...
by sara | Jul 23, 2021 | Activities & Sports, Body Health & Fitness, General Health, Getting Started, Men's Health, Modifiable Health Risks, Motivation and Goal Setting, Nutrition & Supplementation, Performance Supplementation, Physical Activity, Senior Health, Strength/Muscular Training, Weight Loss Supplementation, Women's Health
Inflammation is the immune systems way of defending against infection and disease. Sometimes your body can be thrown-out-of-balance by the foods we consume, pollutants or the lifestyle you lead. This can cause the immune system to produce excess inflammation and...
by sara | Jul 19, 2021 | Activities & Sports, Ankle Pain / Injury, Back Pain / Injury, Behavior Modification, Body Health & Fitness, Cardio-vascular and Cardiac Care, Health Conditions History, Injury Care & Prevention, Injury, Prevention, & Care, Knee Pain / Injury, Men's Health, Modifiable Health Risks, Muscle Pain, Nutrition & Supplementation, Physical Activity, Senior Health, Shoulder Pain / Injury, Sports Performance, Strength/Muscular Training, Teenage Health, Women's Health
How and when should ice be used? Ice is commonly used to treat injuries. It reduces swelling and alleviates or decreases pain. The vasodilation and vasoconstriction associated with the use of ice help decrease the inflammation. Ice should be used within the first...
by sara | Jul 19, 2021 | Activities & Sports, Back Pain / Injury, Body Health & Fitness, Health Conditions History, Injury Care & Prevention, Injury, Prevention, & Care, Knee Pain / Injury, Men's Health, Modifiable Health Risks, Muscle Pain, Nutrition, Nutrition Behavior, Overcoming Plateaus, Physical Activity, Poor Fitness, Senior Health, Sports Performance, Strength/Muscular Training, Women's Health, Youth Health
Over training, sometimes known as Over Training Syndrome, is a rather common problem among athletes. The over-trained athlete’s body has become abused and egulatory mechanisms of the body can not return back to “normal” during the one or two days of...
by sara | Jul 19, 2021 | Back Pain / Injury, Behavior Modification, Body Health & Fitness, General Health, Health Conditions History, Injury Care & Prevention, Injury, Prevention, & Care, Men's Health, Modifiable Health Risks, Muscle Pain, Overweight / Obesity, Physical Activity, Poor Fitness, Senior Health, Shoulder Pain / Injury, Strength/Muscular Training, Women's Health
Spine surgeons face a difficult choice when their patients continue to suffer low back pain despite a successful spine surgery: reoperation or spinal cord stimulation? To help spine surgeons answer this question with greater certainty, the National Spine Network (NSN)...
by sara | Jul 19, 2021 | Ankle Pain / Injury, Anti-aging, Body Health & Fitness, Health Conditions History, Injury Care & Prevention, Muscle Pain, Nutrition & Supplementation, Senior Health
What is Osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis is a slowly progressing degenerative joint disease that affects an estimated 12.1% of people aged 25-74 years in the United States. Osteoarthritis can affect any joint however, the most common joints are the hip, knee, lumbar...
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