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Exercising and Knee Pain

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The following advise was given by an experienced personnel called Ben who have been working for many years in a store specializing in sales of fitness and rehabitation items. I feel it’s worth the while to include it here as this person was kind enough to offer me this advise free of charge even though [...]

Senior Exercising on Rebounder

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I came across this inspirational video in YouTube- featuring Don Avery. Rebounder is now used as one of the rehabilitation exercises for physio and by chiropractors as the exercises are low impact and does not stress the joints (but if you bounce vigoriously on a rebounder, your joints would still absorb the pressure). Wear a [...]

Yoga for Regular Guys and Skeptics

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Today, many people are becoming more aware of the benefits of yoga. Yet, a regular  macho guy who not want to be caught in a yoga class- they would consider it such a “un-man” thing to do. And yet, guys are the ones who have the most problem with their lower back. They usually suffer a [...]

Guide to Starting Yoga for the Overweight/ Obese

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A few years ago, a friend of mine who was learning yoga suffered a slip disk. As the result of that, she had to go for an immediate operation and after that, she developed a phobia for exercises, particularly yoga. At the same time, I have previously learned yoga from Dr Dhilip Kumar– who shared [...]

Wrist Pain Could Be Due Shoulder Injury

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Once, I tried to be a hero and attempted to carry a heavy box containing lots of documents. The box was very heavy-  and at a sudden jerk movement, I lifted the box up- without following the normal precautions like bending my knees or lifting it gradually. Immediately, I felt a slight discomfort on my lower [...]

Strength training- danger of overtraining one muscle group and ignoring the rest

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Many gym goers focus on only certain particular part of their bodies during strength training. This is very dangerous because it will result in muscle imbalance- and on the long run, increases the risk of injury on other underdeveloped muscles. Examples: 1. Focusing on the biceps and ignoring other parts such as shoulders (deltoids), chest [...]

Videos for Injuries/ Pain

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Please perform these exercise at the level you can manage- do not over exert Exercise to help overcome: Muscle Cramps Cramps on the thighs Cramps on the foot Lower back pain Yoga Postures to cure back pain Pilates to Relieve Lower Back Pain Lower Back Exercise Learn the pretzel, and knee to chest pull Back [...]