If you’ve had the misfortune to need any significant physical therapy, you may have caught your therapist lightly jabbing or poking at a muscle that just wasn’t cooperating. Despite its amateurish appearance, it’s actually a bona fide technique to jump-start muscles that have shut down for one reason or another. And used appropriately, it can […]
It’s time to stop thinking of exercise machines as a take ’em or leave ’em proposition. By using traditional cardio machines in non-traditional ways, you can get a lot more bang for your buck out of treadmills, stationary bicycles, ellipticals, and others. With a little knowledge and a bit of creativity, you can change a machine from something that aggravates your condition […]
If you have painful arthritis, you may feel like you’re caught in a catch -22 dilemma: you need to exercise, but it hurts to move. The truth is, not only can you exercise with arthritis…you need to exercise for the arthritis. Regular exercise will help you minimize the pain, debility, and in some cases, the […]