sport and exercise
Asthma & exercise
Some people with asthma find that exercise triggers their asthma symptoms. However, exercise is good for everyone, including people with asthma. If your asthma is well controlled, you should be able to join in, have fun and keep fit. If your asthma symptoms ...read more
Asthma friendly and unfriendly sports
Asthma-friendly sports fulfill a number of requirements. When weighing up which sport to begin ask the following questions: When participating in this sport are you able to control your breathing rate and depth? Can you breathe through your n...read more
Benefits of exercise for people with MS
In the past, people with MS were advised to avoid exertion. It was felt that as many people with MS experienced fatigue and found their symptoms worsened when hot, it was best to avoid activities that could be seen as tiring.This view has now been overturned and a research s...read more
Can exercise help control asthma?
Active asthmatics, particularly those who are competitive sportspeople, report that they feel more in control of their asthma when they’re fit. Certainly, acute attacks are uncommon in highly trained asthmatic athletes.However, the scientific evidence is less specific....read more
Do you have an exercise addiction?
For some people, exercise can become compulsive, to a degree which is as physically, psychologically and emotionally destructive as ingesting chemicals. Like other addictions (gambling, work, alcohol), the n...read more
Exercise - a must for weight loss
Weight loss is essential for people who are overweight, otherwise it would lead to various health hazards. Exercise is a must for people of all age groups in order to stay fit and healthy. Eating a fatless diet does not necessarily cut weight. One must maintain a balance between the intake o...read more
Exercise and diet - the correlation
I had a friend who was 40 pounds overweight. One day he decided that as motivation to lose the excess pounds he would enter and train for an upcoming race. The poor guy ran for 6 days a week and much to my surprise, he followed his regimen zealously. 6 weeks...read more
Exercise can help
In the past, it was believed that people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) should avoid exercise. This is no longer true. Overwhelming fatigue and physical limitations may thwart efforts to keep moving, but the tendency to limit physical activity may be counterpr...read more
Exercise: a step into the right direction
10,000 steps equates to roughly 5 miles (the equivalent of climbing the Eiffel Tower six times or walking two lengths of Heathrow’s longest runway) and Japanese research has shown that doing this small amount of exercise daily is a good way of maintaining a healthy heart and reducing b...read more
Reasons for exercise
Why exercise? Enjoyment. Although it may seem hard to believe for novice exercisers, the main reason for participation in sport and exercise programmes is enjoyment. Although there may be little initial enjoyment for a person exercising, a previously inactive or sedentary ...read more
Sport and asthma
Exercise often leads to wheezing and coughing in people who have asthma. This type of asthma is known as Exercise Induced asthma (EIA).Some people only experience asthma during and/or after exercise and are virtually unaware of the condition...read more
Starting an exercise programme
Here's some great advice from Duke University Medical Center for starting to exercise: See your doctor Especially if you haven't been active in a long time, or haven't had a checkup recently, it's a good idea to have your doctor identify any concerns before you start a challenging ...read more
The benefits of activity and exercise
Benefits Being active helps you to stay healthy. There are many different ways you can get active and finding a way that suits you is important. You may enjoy walking, running, dancing, surfing, going to the gym, playing a team sport or swimming. Whatever it is you do, you ...read more
The fundamentals of resistance training
Resistance exercise is one of the three key components in a balanced exercis programme, the other two being cardiovascular and flexibility training. There are a number of principles, which apply to each of these modes of training and this article covers the ...read more
The importance of combining nutrition and exercise for weight management
There are a number of key elements to achieving weight management goals. The major two are correct nutrition and relevant exercise. Weight loss is achieved by consuming fewer calories than your body uses and weight gain is achieved by consuming a greater number of calories t...read more
Treatment of golfer's elbow
The Response of Modern Medicine Typical modern medical treatment for elbow pain, especially if it is the result of sports or athletic activities, involves RICE treatment (Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation). Application of a brace, splint or cast may also...read more
Weight loss and exercise
High intensity exercise or low intensity exercise, which will help you lose weight quicker? Let us first talk about what is low Iiensity exercise and what would be considered high intensity. A brisk walk comes under the category of low intensity exer...read more
What is exercise-induced asthma
Exercise is a common trigger for asthma. It can affect anybody with asthma- children or adults, recreational sports players or elite athletes. What are the symptoms of exercise-induced asthma? Symptoms include coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and diffic...read more
What is functional exercise?
Weight training or resistance training can be divided into two interrelated categories: bodybuilding and functional exercise. Most gym users are familiar with traditional bodybuilding exercises such as the bench press. This type of training is based onisolat...read more
When using your elbows hurts
Injuries in general, such as recreational activities, work-related tasks, work or projects around the home and falls, but especially sports injuries, are the most common cause of elbow pain. Since most blows to the elbow are not strong enough to fracture it, it is usually th...read more
Why do I get asthma when exercising?
In many asthmatics, particularly children, breathlessness and wheezing is brought on by exercise. It might be the result of cold air and faster breathing.Exercise induced asthma usually occurs after about six to ten minutes of exercise and may interfere with the continuation...read more
Yoga eases low-grade back pain
The next time your balky back acts up, maybe you should give the Warrior a try. Or the Cobra. Or perhaps the Supine Butterfly. A new study of 101 adults with chronic lower back pain compared the benefits of yoga, conventional therapeutic exe...read more
Yoga has its benefits
Yoga has become quite a popular exercise for people of all ages, but especially for the seniors. Yoga exercise for elderly people can help reverse the aging process and provide a wide range of positive benefits even if practiced on a moderate basis. There ar...read more
Yoga in medical practice
Yoga means integration or wholeness. The yogic concept of the working of the body and mind is that there is a balance and integration in the functioning of each person and that each person has an inherent power of adaptation. Yoga provides ways and means of...read more
Yoga systems
What is yoga? The system of yoga is based on an integrated holistic philosophy that covers every aspect of our lives. The red hyperlinks at the top of this page will take you to other pages where you can read articles on the different aspects of yoga philosophy and th...read more
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