Is there a way to reduce muscle soreness? Most people experience muscle soreness following unaccustomed eccentric exercise. The eccentric muscle contractions cause damage to muscle fibers triggering a chain of events that produce delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS), loss
Does yoga stress the joints? Maria Ekblom breaks down the existing science. Yoga is an increasingly popular training method, as well as therapy for musculoskeletal disorders, with practitioners all over the world. Most consider it to be a
Dry needling is not more effective than physical therapy for treating trigger points! Dry needling is a technique in which a needle is used to penetrate the muscle. It’s often used to treat muscle pain in form of
Exercise does not change static postural alignment It seems we can’t go five minutes without someone telling us our posture is bad and we need to do such and such exercises to correct it or else. Well, what
Strength training reduces pain for people with plantar fasciitis Plantar fasciitis is a common cause of inferior heel pain. Plantar fasciitis is characterized by increased thickness of the plantar fascia (flat band of tissue that connects the heel bone
Front squats may be more suitable for those with knee problems Both exercises, front and back squats, are as effective in terms of overall muscle recruitment. The significant difference is that the front squat causes significantly less compressive
Crossfit does not increase the risk of injury compared to other sports! CrossFit has been around since 2000 and is growing in popularity. It combines ballistic gymnastics and Olympic weightlifting with traditional exercise. These exercises are performed in
Many of us know how frustrating it can be to be injured and held back from our normal training program. Although inactivity and, sometimes, immobilization (cast, brace, etc) are often need to protect a healing injury, the side-effects
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is the most common chronic pain condition seen by medical and rehabilitation providers. Unfortunately, most medical, rehabilitation and fitness practitioners do not understand the multi-dimensional, biopsychosocial nature of the pain experience and approach
Deadlifts are effective for excerise-treatment of lower back pain Disability due to low back pain is common. While evidence exist that exercise is effective in reducing pain and disability, it is still largely undetermined which kind of exercises
