Are you sitting or standing on the bench due to an injury? For most athletes and health enthusiasts, recovering from an injury can be a workout in itself. For a serious athlete, being told that you have to reduce or halt activity altogether to let a bone or muscle heal is equivalent to torture. ...
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Almost everyone knows the symbolic goal of Mount Midoriyama. The pinnacle test which American Ninja warrior contestants will train year round to reach and push their bodies to the edge of better, stronger, and faster. Whether we are active participants or avid watchers, we witness the incredible strides in the performance that our bodies ...
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Dear Patient and Friend,
Now that school is underway, it’s essential that we monitor and respond to the assorted stresses that school children may face. These stresses tend to fall into three categories – physical stresses, chemical stresses, and emotional stresses.
Kids often suffer bumps and bruises from falls, sports injuries, and rough play. But they also get to deal with the negative effects of carrying a too-heavy or off-centered backpack and the forward head tilt and hunched shoulders that come along with overusing phones and video game controllers.
Chemical stresses are also widespread, often due to poor eating habits, like excessive sugary, salty or fried foods or drinking too much soda pop and energy drinks. But in addition to the questionable nutritional value of such common dietary choices, most also have toxic substances included in small but significant amounts that act as preservatives, artificial sweeteners, and other additives. These chemicals tend to accumulate in young people’s bodies, stressing them and damaging them over years of unwitting abuse.
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