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Physiotherapy for Pain. This evidence further supports its use in reducing pain

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Physiotherapy for pain. The increased use and belief in the efficiency of physiotherapy as a pain treatment with no or limited safety concerns has led to physiotherapies being included in several international recommendations on management of major painful diseases such as low back pain and osteoarthritis. The ‘World Confederation of Physical Therapists’ (WCPT) describes physiotherapy […]

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still better to walk or cycle to work even with all this air pollution

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Walk or get the bus? But with all this talk of air pollution you have to think about this. What is best for your health. A team has looked into this comparing the effects of exercise on life expectancy with pollution in world cities and they concluded that walking and cycling are the best option

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A Way to Get Fit and Also Have Fun. The 10-20-30 fitness programme

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I picked this up from a Danish paper and I have copied it to our blog. Have a read; it is a great way to get fit without getting bored! Researchers in Denmark recently began delving into that issue and in the process developed a new approach to intense interval training that could appeal even

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Let us tell you about telomeres and how running helps them

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Inside the nucleus of a cell, our genes are arranged along twisted, double-stranded molecules of DNA called chromosomes. At the ends of the chromosomes are stretches of DNA called telomeres, which protect our genetic data, make it possible for cells to divide, and hold some secrets to how we age and get cancer. Telomeres have

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Will you all be seated…. Sitting is not the problem its the lack of exercise.

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This piece of research over a 16 year period shows that it is not how long you spend seated that counts. Encouraging people to be more active is the key in prolonging life. The author states: “Our findings suggest that reducing sitting time might not be quite as important for mortality risk as previously  and

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Show me the boy at seven and i will show you the man.

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Show me the boy at seven and i will show you the man. Exercise if done young will allow for the best possible future It is critically important to acquire motor skills early in life and pre-adolescence is a critical time in brain development to acquire and re-enforce movement skills. http://wb.md/1PqDY44

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