Year: 2008

Pre-pregnancy physical activity may not influence whether or not a woman will have persistent low back or pelvic pain after pregnancy, suggest researchers from Sweden.
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The Healthy SC Challenge is the Sanford family’s effort to get all South Carolinians to do just a little more to live a healthier lifestyle. The tips are designed to encourage individuals and communities to live healthier lifestyles in three categories – nutrition, exercise and help to quit smoking.
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Group exercise programs, treadmill training and horseback riding can be healthy choices for children with developmental disabilities, a new review of studies concludes. With these kinds of activities, children with disorders such as autism, mental retardation and cerebral palsy can improve their coordination and aerobic fitness.
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When the subject of a recent medical study showed that even a little bit of exercise can help prevent heart failure, doctors took notice. After all, the subjects of the long-term study were their colleagues in the medical profession.
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Exercise can keep your brain fit and reduce memory loss by reducing the amount of sugar in the body as we age claim scientists.
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Joyce Steed Steed New position: general manager at ACAC Fitness & Wellness Center Birthplace: New York Education: bachelor’s degree in physical education, Cortland State University, Cortland, N.Y.; master’s degree in exercise physiology, University of Virginia Career goals: “My No. 1 goal will always be to spread the message that it is never too late to incorporate health and wellness into one’s …
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There are many benefits of aerobic exercise: It strengthens your heart. Cardio can give a person a huge psychological/stress release. You can literally feel the stresses melt away. Because the endorphins levels go up there can be a feeling of power or being on top of the world.
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MANATEE — Students at Manatee School for the Arts were skeptical of their school’s new physical education policy.
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Athletic young men may lose the extra bone mineral density (BMD) they’ve accumulated if they reduce their physical activity levels as they grow older, according to new research from Sweden.
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Shreveport Public Assembly and Recreation is looking for interns with majors in health/exercise science, business administration, physical education, special events, therapeutic recreation, sports administration, educational leadership or marketing.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 (UPI) — The American Physical Therapy Association is urging U.S. patients with musculoskeletal pain to consider treatment by a physical therapist.
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