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August 2025 Nordic Hamstring Exercise Really Works! There are many reasons to strengthen the hamstrings – the muscles of the posterior thigh. The. hammies, as we gym rats call them, have been implicated in ACL and, of course, hamstring tendon injuries for years. We have addressed these here, here, and here. We’ve all seen eliteRead More
July 2025 Exercise With Knee Arthritis: A Necessary Option When you have osteoarthritis of the knee (KOA), your pain, swelling, energy, enthusiasm and even trust in exercise are affected. For more on KOA, check out here, here, here, and here. Yet the healthcare community knows it’s good for you; even you know it’s good forRead More
June 2025 Cold vs Hot: Which Post-Exercise Bath Works Best? We’ve all seen pictures of athletes waist-deep in an ice bath that purportedly reduces inflammation and allows for faster recovery from demanding workouts. And gasped. Whereas hot baths were deemed the gold standard of achey joints – especially of the lower extremities and back –Read More
May 2025 Ozempic-like Drugs for Childhood Obesity? From 2011-2020, obesity in the US increased to almost 20% of kids ages 2-19 years. Multiple studies have demonstrated that obese kids are likely to become obese adults, increasing their risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), heart disease, and many cancers. For more on childhood obesity, read this,Read More
April 2025 Collagen Supplementation: Save Your Money Dietary protein has been the rage for most of the 21st century in the diet/weight loss world. The agglomeration of studies addressing protein consumption for athletes has taken the conversation deeper into the weeds searching for which proteins are best for what purposes. See these past reviews onRead More
March 2025 Walking Economy & Preferred Gait Speed in the Aged Studies of gait have determined that even older runners use less of their plantar flexors – calf muscles – as they age compared to younger runners. To substitute, they use more of their hip flexors to swing their leg forward and their hip extensors/glutealsRead More
February 2025 The Gut-Brain Axis Concept and Frailty The concept of the gut microbiome has taken the healthcare and fitness world by storm. The biome is affected by lifestyle, including medications, diseases, diet, and exercise. It is thought to affect not just the body but the brain, and cognition in the elderly. Sarcopenia – theRead More
January 2025 Composite Score of 3 Heart Disease Biomarkers Excels High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), low-density lipoprotein (LDL, the bad cholesterol), and lipoprotein (a) levels (LPa) are valuable, and treatable, predictors of 5- and 10-year risk for cardiovascular events. However, the ability to predict risk over longer periods of time could yield earlier treatments and reducedRead More
