Overweighted: What About Your Back? Our spine is designed to support the weight of our body. When someone is overweight, the back is forced to suffer an excessive load, which can cause damage to its structure and injuries. If you are overweight, your back will tend to compensate your body’s … Continue reading →

Learning More About Orthopedic Spine Girdle Orthopedic Spine Girdle is a type of orthosis used to relieve pain and correct inappropriate postures that could aggravate back problems. There are many uses given to this garment: If we are sitting for many hours. For example, at work, to improve the position … Continue reading →

What You Need to Know About Calcium Calcium is an essential mineral to ensure the health of our body. Most of it is found in our bones and teeth. As kids, we are often told that it’s very important to consume calcium, so that our bones get stronger. Which is, … Continue reading →

5 Exercises For The Knee Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis is a chronic disease that affects the joints. It is usually located in the hands, knees, hip or spine. Osteoarthritis causes pain, inflammation and prevents the patient from normal movements such as closing the hand, climbing stairs or walking normally. The osteoarthritis symptoms … Continue reading →

The Running Technique We often think that running is part of human nature, that it is implicit in us, something that we learn to do autonomously, with its own “style”. But truth be told, when it comes to running, getting a refined technique, (and there is one, very specific by … Continue reading →

Exercises If You Have Arthritis Your doctor or physical therapist can recommend exercises for you, which might include range-of-motion exercises, strengthening exercises, aerobic exercise and other activities. Range-of-Motion Exercises These exercises relieve stiffness and increase your ability to move your joints through their full range of motion. These exercises might … Continue reading →

Exercises to Strengthen your Muscles Strength and flexibility exercises will help you increase muscle strength, maintain bone density, improve balance and reduce joint pain. What are Strength Exercises? A strength exercise is any activity that makes your muscles work harder than usual. This increases your muscles’ strength, size, power and endurance. … Continue reading →

Activities You Can do After a Hip Replacement Total Hip Replacement surgery is great for allowing people to return to their daily activities.   But what about activities beyond grocery shopping, visiting friends and family and going for walks? Baby booms remain extremely active even into their 70s and 80s.  … Continue reading →

Life After Hip Replacement After having a hip replacement, you may expect your lifestyle to be a lot like how it was before surgery—but without the pain. In many ways, you are right, but returning to your everyday activities will take time. Being an active participant in the healing process … Continue reading →

Is Hip Replacement Right For You? Hip pain can be hard to deal with. Not only can it cause soreness, stiffness, and inflammation, but it can interfere with critical day-to-day activities like walking and moving.  If you’ve suffered from hip pain for a long time, you may be considering surgery. … Continue reading →