Physical exercise

experiment was to evaluate the correlations between improved balance after postoperative rehabilitation with postoperative functional from patients with knee replacement surgery due to osteoarthritis. Using patients’ responses to early stages of physical therapy, researchers can have a more clear understanding and hypothesis of postoperative outcomes. They can then predict if a patient is at a higher risk of poor…

Doing something that I had always wanted to do and adding personal effort to it had brought out the best in me. Doing something well makes me feel good about myself, but importantly, it teaches me the process of how to improve on my skills and work efficiently. Evidently, team sports are done with other people. Therefore, basketball is a social activity. I made friends, developed relationship with teammates and understood the benefits of teamwork. Playing together as a team creates a special…

treatment for scapular dyskinesia includes manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, neuromuscular reeducation and therapeutic activities. The importance of warming-up muscles before physical therapy has been confirmed to decrease the chance of injury and increase performance.14 Kelly et al.,15 suggests that using an upper body ergometer for 5 minutes at 65-85% of age predicted max heart rate is a sufficient warm-up before physical therapy. In a study by Naidu and Ramteka16, grade IV mobilizations…

The article chosen is titled ‘The Potential Role of Sports Psychology in the Obesity Epidemic’ written by Vincent Morelli and Carolyn Davis (2013). It discusses the important role sports psychology plays in helping reverse the growing obesity epidemic among modern day society. The article highlights how cognitive-behavioural techniques such as confidence building and anger management could lead to enhanced enjoyment, increased participation, improved performance, and a reduction in obesity rates…

Participation in physical activity can decrease the risk of recurrent stroke among stroke survivors. Stroke survivors have cited various reasons for not engaging in physical activity. Physical issues that prevent movement have been cited often among this target population. In addition, motivation is cited as a reason not to participate. Some survivors that experience physical issues still find ways to engage. Therefore, the motivation of stroke survivors needed to be examined to determine…

This has ultimately led to less exercise as everything has become much easier to obtain, especially things like food. All of this has led to the majority of our population becoming obese while also causing our muscles to become less productive. It is common knowledge that the more you use your muscles, the stronger they become. It also works the other way around. The less you use your muscles, the weaker they become. Muscle fibers will adapt to the type of exercise that you put them through,…

effective, take caution because some of them have side effects that range from mild to severe. Muscle building supplements Image create by : maxres Do more physical activities on purpose It’s never easy using the stairs when the elevators are readily available. If you want to build muscle and remain healthy, one of your greatest needs are physical activities. Even if you don’t feel like jogging, just be disciplined enough to do it anyway, let the big mental picture in your mind motivate you…

It poses serious physical and mental threats to us as well as many negative influences. Here in 2017, we have a huge problem with obesity in America. By being sucked into our electronic devices such as televisions, tablets, cell phones and gaming consoles we are limiting our exercise. People are spending less time outside doing physical activity. When you have children using these screens for an average of 7.5 hours per day, that does not leave a lot of time for physical activity.…

becoming obese. It is very important to start exercising at a young age for adolescents for a variety of reasons concerning physical health, prevention of future diseases, stable feelings and emotions, and to become more productive. This issue is widespread and is affecting adolescents nationwide and it’s up to parents, teacher, and coaches to care about how much and what kinds of physical activity kids are engaging in daily. There are many effects of how obesity occurs in adolescents which…

Seventeen percent of American children are overweight or obese. However, with help from healthy eating habits, physical activity, and Let’s Move!, childhood obesity could be defeated. America might be healthy again. Fruits and vegetables, are some of the most healthy foods. Some other healthy foods are proteins, dairy products, and grains. Due to processed foods, Americans eats about sixty-six pounds of sugar a year. Schools in America, now provide healthier food options. Choosing the healthy…