Take stock of the sweeping reign of CrossFit and you realise it’s pretty comprehensively taken over the world of fitness. Heavily pregnant women love CrossFit. Children as young as three are into it. It’s sidled up to a winning diet that people swear by. And it dubs its heroes the fittest people on Earth. But
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Children these days spend significantly more time in organised sports than in free play. Young athletes who specialize in one sport and train intensively have a significantly higher risk of stress fractures and other severe overuse injuries, even when compared with other injured athletes, according to the largest clinical study of its kind. For example,
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Headaches are a common and everyday complaint that people of all age groups suffer from with an estimated 50% of the world’s entire population having experienced some form of headache within the last year. There are many forms of headache, including neck related headache. We discuss the cause, symptoms and management of cervicogenic headache. Understanding
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SOME foods actually stop the build-up of fat and speed up the metabolism. When you’re trying to lose weight, it can be demoralising to constantly be reminded of all the foods you should not be eating. But some foods are ideal for weight control. Dubbed “fast foods” or “edible amphetamines”, some foods help speed up
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If your workout isn’t working, it’s time to reboot your mindset. MYTH: ‘If I exercise, I can eat what I want’. TRUTH: Weight loss is 80 per cent diet, 20 per cent exercise. ‘The reality is that you can’t out-train a bad diet,’ says celebrity trainer Dalton Wong, founder of Twenty Two Training, who has
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Running is great exercise, but it is also notorious for leading to overuse injuries that can derail even the most elite runner’s training plans. If you were to ask a runner why he or she loves running so much, you would get a multitude of answers ranging from stress relief to weight loss to maintaining
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Under 10s need to keep active to make sure their hearts stay healthy Children who get less than an hour’s exercise a day could be heading for heart disease in the future. A study shows those under the age of ten need at least that much exercise every day to keep hearts healthy. Even very
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Don’t fall off your perch, but sitting is the new smoking and your chair is out to kill you. No, really. This is the sorry state of affairs thanks to our increasingly seated existence, said doctors in an LA Times feature published earlier this week. As evidence, the doctors pointed out various studies, including this Australian
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A meniscus tear is a common knee injury that can prevent normal knee function. The meniscus is a rubbery, C-shaped disc that cushions your knee and keeps your knee steady by balancing your weight across the knee. Tears can lead to pain and/or swelling of the knee joint. Especially acute injuries (typically in younger, more
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What is Footballers’ Ankle? Footballers’ ankle (anterior ankle impingement syndrome) is a condition characterised by pain on the anterior or front part of the ankle. It is believed to be due to the constant trauma to the connective tissue on the front of the ankle joint mainly caused by kicking, and more specifically because of
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