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How to Maintain Healthy Joints
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The structure of joints are bones articulating together allowing mobility to the human body. The articulating surfaces of the bones are covered by smooth surfaces that are the cartilage, to allow frictionless bone work together...
Nerve Pain in the Arm
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Nerve pain in the arm (radial, ulnar, median etc.) is caused by a compression or impingement exerted by the surrounding tissues: bones, cartilage...
Health Benefits of Yoga
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Yoga is an ancient practice with benefits such as: Improves brain activity, Improves muscle function, Maintains systolic and diastolic blood pressure in balance...
Top 10 Ways to Quit Smoking
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Many people do not quit smoking because they think it is too difficult. After all, the nicotine in cigarettes is a highly addictive drug; but with the right approach...
What is Long COVID?
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Large numbers of patients recovering from COVID-19 are developing a new syndrome known as long COVID...
Shoulder Impingement Pain
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The shoulder is considered the most mobile joint in the human body and as a result more vulnerable to injuries caused by overuse, bad postures or bad movements...
Benefits of Anaerobic Exercise
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Anaerobic Exercise consists of high-intensity activities such as lifting weights, sprinting, or any other exercise that requires a lot of effort over a short period of time...
What is Physiotherapy?
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Physiotherapy differs from other health disciplines in that it does not use pharmacological principles in the first instance nor processes that could be invasive such as surgery or injections, based on physical means...
Tips to a Healthy Heart
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There is much you can do to help yourself and avoid a problem in your heart. Start the following changes today that will keep you active for a long time...
Why Do Knee Injuries Occur?
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The injuries to the knee, are caused by a number of processes mainly by trauma, inflammation or degenerative diseases, as well as osteochondrosis which may occur less frequently...
Importance of a Good Posture
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Poor Posture can result in functional disorders and deteriorations such as vertebral pains: cervical pains, upper and lower back pains, pains in the back...
Benefits of Physical Exercise
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Physical exercise helps reduce the effects of ageing and provide benefits in different functions. There are no age limits for exercise with many positives including the increase in tone, muscle mass and strength...
What is Acupuncture?
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Acupuncture is defined as the insertion of sterile and very thin needles in selected anatomical points of the body that, according to traditional Chinese medicine, correspond to energy meridians...
What is Osteoporosis?
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Bone is a very active tissue that is constantly remodeled during life in order to make micro-repairs, adapt the skeleton to mechanical loading and maintain the balance of calcium and phosphorus...
Type of Shoulder Injuries
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The shoulder is a joint with a lot of mobility and susceptible to injuries due to its anatomy and because its static / dynamic components taken to the functional and structural limit...
Importance of a Sport Massage
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Sports massage reduces the risk of DOMS or 'Delayed onset muscle soreness', returns muscle strength and performance after training and prevents the appearance of injuries...
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)
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Most cases of ACL injuries occur in young patients as a result of indirect trauma to the knee during sports...
Why is Back Pain so Common?
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Back pain is a public health problem worldwide and so common that approximately 4 out of 5 people present it at some point in their life...
What is the 'IT Band'
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The iliotibial band (ITB) is a fascia of fibrous and thick tissue that is found along the lateral part of the thigh...