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If you’re recovering great from your double hip replacement and walking well without assistance, here are smart treadmill guidelines from a surgeon, even if you’ve never before used a treadmill. […]
Discovering you may have edema, thanks to worrisome indentations in your skin caused by socks, is pretty unnerving. That’s because edema can be caused by problems with the heart or kidneys. […]
Here’s an agonizing question: Would you rather your twitching muscles be caused by a brain tumor or by ALS? Certainly you’d choose the brain tumor as a cause of muscle twitching, as this condition is [...]
One of the simplest strength training moves is actually the best for fighting off anxiety during postmenopause. Women of all sizes can do this exercise! […]
How does one tell if the “edema” in their lower legs is strictly from obesity vs. congestive heart failure? Though an obese person may also have heart failure, there are obese people who do not [...]
Seemingly overnight, the 20-something athlete with diabetes had both legs and an arm amputated. Just three weeks prior he’d been on the beach playing high level volleyball. His stumps were raw; the amputations were very recent. [...]
Men with leg muscles too skinny usually wear long pants even on the hottest days, to hide those “chicken legs.” And even women with stick legs may be hesitant to wear short skirts or shorts. If [...]
Maybe you should start logging in those running miles to prevent a need in older age for a total knee replacement surgery. The myth is that typical running — and I don’t mean the degree [...]
That strange armpit pain you get during or after using the ab wheel is definitely coming from this little tool, and there’s a very logical explanation for it. […]
Watch even just a little sports on TV, and sooner or later you’ll hear something about an athlete’s groin injury. Sports that commonly result in groin injuries: running (or sports that require a lot of [...]
If you like using a manual (foot powered) treadmill but hold onto the rails, this is very wrong and defeats the purpose of this kind of machine. Holding on cancels out or undoes the benefit [...]
An obese child does NOT need to sit on the sidelines while thinner kids participate in sports. There are plenty of exciting sports that fat children can excel in or just plain gain loads of [...]
If you’ve tried conservative treatment for plantar fasciitis with no results, don’t give up. There is a fast non-surgical treatment that, according to a study, has a 95 percent success rate at ridding the heel [...]
Does the longer a muscle twitches in a specific spot mean it’s more likely to be a motor neuron disease like ALS or some other serious neurological disorder? […]
Specific exercises will help prevent osteoarthritis of the knees. But which exercises, specifically, just might prevent this common painful condition? A study has some surprising results, and enthusiasts of prolonged running won’t like these results. [...]
