What Doctors Don't Tell YouQ-I love playing tennis during the summer months. The problem is that, whenever I begin my spring playing after the winter months, I get bursitis in my shoulder, which often puts me out of action ...
Contact team sports such as soccer and rugby, equine sports and skiing have the highest rate of injuries, closely followed by cricket, cycling and fencing. Then come racquet sports, athletics, gym ...
Regular exercise provides a myriad of health benefits: it can prevent premature death and lower the risk of disorders associated with ageing. Yet, up to three-quarters of the older adult population do not currently exercise at the recommended levels...
Reader's Corner
Minor strains are caused when there is muscle fibre damage, but the muscle sheaths remain undamaged. (Medium strains involve a partial rupture of sheaths.) Although major strains require hospital ...
Want to know if you’re at risk from a heart attack? Forget the BMI (body mass index), a measure based on your height and weight and, instead, use your waist-to-hip ratio. Scientists have found that this measure is by far the most accurate way to...
Re the hernia article (WDDTY vol 15 no 5), is there any suggestion that exercises and herbal remedies aimed at the abdominal muscles have an effect on existing hernias (either preventing it from worsening or making it smaller)?
Q My husband is suffering from a ‘calcium claw’ on the heel of his foot. It’s painful and makes it difficult to walk. Both his sister and mother have the same problem, so it would seem to be genetic. What exactly is a calcium claw and, apart from...
A new study has confirmed that vigorous exercise can improve heart function in patients with atherosclerosis. ...
