Are osteoarthritis winter worries a knee-jerk reaction?
Alma is a 62-year-old recently retired business manager with a background of knee osteoarthritis who presents seeking advice about pain and weight management for the…
Tag: Exercise
Being a ‘weekend warrior’ as beneficial as daily exercise: study
‘Weekend warrior’ workouts are just as beneficial as daily exercise to a person’s overall health, a new study says. People who get all their weekly…
Was I fit to drop? My obsession with endurance exercise terminated with a CACS of 1606
When it comes to exercise, it’s possible to get too much of a good thing. The kind of detrimental excess endurance exercise I’m going to…
A year of heavy resistance training offers lasting leg strength for seniors
One year of heavy resistance training yields long-lasting benefits for older adults, preserving muscle strength up for up to four years, a study shows. A…
Walking keeps back pain recurrence at bay for longer, Aussie trial finds
Australian research shows that people who started a walking regimen kept recurrent back pain episodes at bay for almost twice as long as those who…
What time of day appears best to exercise for glycaemic control?
People trying to control their blood glucose levels might do best to work out in the evening, a study suggests. Exercise performed between 6pm and…
Oral contraceptives might lower sports injury risk in women: study
Women taking oral contraceptives had significantly fewer tendon and muscle injuries than women not on the pill or men, a US study shows. Researchers analysed…
Study could overturn advice on exercising with long COVID: authors
People with long COVID might be able to exercise to improve their health, something that up to now has been discouraged, a small Swedish study…
What’s the best exercise for lowering blood pressure?
They may not be popular, but isometric exercises such as planks and wall sits have come out on top in a review assessing the efficacy…
‘Weekend warriors’ still get the cardiovascular benefits from physical exercise
Physical activity has established benefits for health. The World Health Organization recommends adults do a minimum of 150–300 minutes of moderate or 75–150 minutes of…
