Archive for February 2005
Mind-Body Benefits for Pre/Postnatal Women
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Public Transportation Campaign Gets L.A. MovingIf you live in a sprawling city like Los Angeles—and spend most of your time commuting—how do you lose weight, save money and discover areas of your city that you didn’t know existed? Enter Metro Fit, a fitness awareness campaign that encourages L.A. residents to incorporate more exercise into…
Read MoreThe Hip Joint
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CATHERINE FISCELLA, MSPT
ANATOMY
The Hip Joint
Anatomy, common injuries and postrehab strategies.
ANATOMY REVIEW
The structure of the hip joint consists of the acetabulum (socket) and the femoral head (ball). The acetabulum is the socket in the pelvis formed by three innominate bones: the ilium, the ischium and the pubis. The socket faces laterally and also slightly inferiorly and anterior…
Read MoreShrimp and Fennel in Hot Garlic Sauce
The recipe for this quick and easy appetizer can be doubled to serve as an entrée.
1 tablespoon (tbs) olive oil
3 1/2 cups thinly sliced fennel bulb
1/4 teaspoon (tsp) salt
1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper
4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 bay leaf
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Fitness Linked With Allied Health
With increasing publicity given to the health conditions that a …
Read MoreWhat’s the Matter With Kids’ (Diets) Today?
Pooches Help Purge Pounds
A novel study involving people and their dogs found that buddying with Buddy may increase your chance of losing weight. Sponsored by Hill’s Pet Nutrition, the People and Pets Exercising Together (P-PET) study observed humans and their canine companions over a 12-month perio…
Read MoreObese Women More Likely to Lose Brain Tissue
Women who go through most of their lives obese are more likely to lose brain tissue, according to a study in the November 23 issue of Neurology (2004; 63, 1876–81).
Swedish researchers considered the relationship between BMI (i.e., the subject’s body weight in kilograms divided by the square of her height in meters [kg/m2]) and brain atrophy in 290 women …
Spas Project Growth in Mind-Body Programs
Spas that provide exercise programs and facilities will continue to add more yoga and more “spiritual or mind-body” offerings, according to the International Spa …
Read MoreBoost Business With Positive Body Image Marketing
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Read MoreCan Carbs Pose Greater Heart Risk Than Saturated Fats?
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Read MoreShaping a Healthier Future for America’s Children
As a fitness professional, you ignite a passion for physical act…
Read MoreTrainability of Children
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Read MoreImmigrants Face Fattening Future in United States
People who come to the United States from other countries tend to be as obese as U.S. natives after 15 years, according to an article in the December 15 issue of JAMA (2004; 292 (23), 2860–67).
Investigators looked at data from the 2000 National Health Interview Survey. Of 32,374 eligible people, about 14% were immigrants. When these foreign-born persons had lived in the Un…
The hip abductor recumbent bike
Anatomy Review
The structure of the hip joint consists of the acetabulum (socket) and the femoral head (ball). The acetabulum is the socket in the pelvis formed by three innominate bones: the ilium, the ischium and the pubis. The socket faces la…
Read MoreEcclesiastical Exercise
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Read MoreMake Believe in Motion
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Read MoreHow Do You Handle a Situation When the Body Odor of a Client Offends Other Clients?
From time to time, we come across fitness participants who lack proper grooming and who even offend others with their body odor. There are a few ways to address this situation.
First, if the client is on my roster, it is much easier for me to have a dialog about th…
More Good Reasons for Athletes to Do Yoga
More and more athletes swear by how their yoga programs improve their sports performance. A recent study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (2004; 18 [4], 723–29) adds one more great reason to cross-train with yoga: a decrease in delayed-…
Read MoreIntegrating Themes
Kate Buffett, president of invenTEAM in Bend, Oregon, created AeroAbs while recovering from a torn ACL. She now teaches it in group classes. AeroAbs is an abdominals-focused whole-body exercise program that combines continuous, rhythmic arm/leg/trunk movement patterns. The combinat…
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