Compound Vs Isolation Exercises When you first walk into a gym the first thing that you might notice is the sometimes overwhelming amount of machines. So many machines that work so many different parts of the body. It isn’t an uncommon scenario to walk into a gym and see a machine that you have never…
Running is a wonderful activity to enhance our quality of life and more people are running into older ages. This study reported changes in running biomechanics through ages of 20 to 60 years. The goal was to identify potential exercises that might benefit running performance into older years. Stride length and running speed, two important…
You just bought a brand-new pair of running shoes and you’re excited to get started awesome! But don’t aim for your first 10K just yet. Slow and steady wins the race as a first-time runner. These tips will help you increase your mileage at a safe pace while staying injury free. STRETCH One of the…
By Cori Cameron for ATI Physical Therapy Have you ever been sitting around and suddenly felt hungry? You pull out some snacks and munch away only to realize you’re still hungry just 10 minutes later. How is that possible? You just ate. You should be good to go a little while longer, right? The truth…
Postural Fitness? is defined as the capacity to maintain proper segmental relationships in all body movements. It goes beyond sitting, standing, and walking to constitue the best body positioning for functional efficiency in any given activity. You’re only as good as your form!
By Brian Whittington for Athletico Physical Therapy Swimming continues to grow in popularity as one of the aerobic exercises of choice. With as little as 2.5 hours of swimming a week you can significantly decrease your risk of chronic illnesses.”Swimming not only improves cardiovascular health, improves muscle strength and endurance, and increase flexibility/range of motion,…
“The heart wants what the heart wants.”?- Emily Dickinson This month, our attention turns to the heart. Of course, there’s Valentine’s Day with its love focus, but February is also American Heart Month with a focus on health. Here are four keys to a healthy heart: Not smoking “Exercising and movement Managing stress An Anti-inflammatory…
ALIGNMED? AND POSTURAL FITNESS? “My sons recommended it to me …it changed my life!” – Football Legend, Archie Manning Watch video to receive Manning Discount
The influence of physical activity and fitness at older ages on changes in telomere length is not well-established. Telomeres are repetitive sequences of DNA placed at the ends of chromosomes that act as ?caps? protecting the information on our genome. A small fraction of telomeric DNA is lost with each cell division, as part of…
Physical activity may have beneficial effects on physical, mental and cognitive health. In this study, the investigators examined data from youth, at ages 11 and 15, to determine the influence of their physical activity on cognitive performance at a later time point, when they reached young adulthood (18 years old). More than 3200 participants took…
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With January 1st behind us, our New Year’s Resolutions are in full swing. How is your resolution going? We all start the year with the best intentions. We tell ourselves that this year will be different than last year. Our resolutions are going to stick and we’re really going to better ourselves in some way….