Exercise is important for preventing health issues and promoting an overall wellness of being. Research has shown that people that exercise are far more likely to have stronger heart health, are less likely to suffer an injury from a fall … [Read more...]
Exercise, Sleep, and Health
Sleep is important. We all know this from personal experience, right? If you don’t have a good night’s sleep, you feel out of it the next day. Your brain moves a little bit slower, you’re probably going to be a little achy, and you become … [Read more...]
How Games Can Improve Functioning
Physical therapy can be brutal. If you’ve ever had to go through this, you know just how tough it can be. In college, I tore a tendon in my ankle and went through months of therapy to get back into sports. Rebuilding muscle and re-teaching … [Read more...]
Social Isolation Has Long Plagued the Elderly
Social distancing policies were put in place early on in the COVID-19 pandemic. They were meant to help slow the spread of the virus and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed with too many patients at a time. And it worked. There are … [Read more...]
Exercise May Help Prevent Dementia’s Advance
A new study once again reaffirms that exercise is good for the brain and may even help to prevent cognitive decline diseases like Alzheimer’s disease from occurring. This new study, which was conducted by the Yonsei University College of … [Read more...]
Arm Exercises to Help Improve Health
We all know that exercise is beneficial to us, right? Exercise helps improve health and has even been shown to help reduce the likelihood that someone will suffer from dementia later on in life. Exercise has also been shown to keep our … [Read more...]
Stretching Your Legs Can Help
A new study shows that a really simple exercise has a profound impact on improving health. That exercise isn’t jogging or swimming or anything like that. It’s simple leg stretches. The study, which came out of The Physiological … [Read more...]
Getting a Handle on High Blood Pressure
We all know that exercise is good for us, right? But exercise can also bring about dangers, too. For example, my former Scoutmaster from when I was in high school suffered from a heart attack and died while riding his bike a few weeks ago. … [Read more...]
Keeping Active and Staying Healthy
Exercise is good for you. I think that we all know this. One of the big issues that we face is that finding a type of exercise that we enjoy is difficult for some of us. It’s not about time, even if we say it is. When it comes down to it, … [Read more...]
Physical Activity is a Key Part of Health
Physical fitness has long been tied to overall health, but research keeps confirming new ways in which this application can be used. The latest pertains to senior citizens; research shows that the more physically active an elderly … [Read more...]
Exercise and Parkinson’s Disease
We all know that exercise is good. The problem is that exercise is hard--sometimes even painful. The good benefits that we expect might not seem realistic given how tough it can be to keep moving. This is even true when it comes to chronic … [Read more...]
Exercise Can Show Real Results
According to a recent research release, just six months of exercise can go a long way toward helping to reduce the negative impact that dementia can have. This particular study looked at mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which is … [Read more...]