For runs greater than 10K, it is important to maintain salt and hydration levels. Along with water, salt is greatly required to maintain your running performance. Regular salt can be…
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Breathing the right way applies to lifting weights at the gym, to walking, running, cycling, to rehab, to climbing a flight of stairs and even to sleeping. It can affect the overall quality of our workouts, our energy levels and also how quickly we burn fat. In extreme cases, it can also mean doing no harm to our internal organs. So it’s important to get it right.
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Running on a treadmill feels somewhat easier physically because the ground is being pulled underneath your feet and there’s no wind resistance. On a treadmill, the smaller stabilizer muscles in your lower legs don’t have to work as hard. Running outside demands more from your body because…
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More and more women now understand the value of fitness and weight training. However, once they become pregnant they undergo a state of confusion whether to continue with their normal gym routine or not. Most pregnant women are fearful of exercising at all because of the conflicting information they get.
“Women should not hit the gym during Pregnancy!” A Myth or a Fact? Read More »
Toes blacken because blood vessels under the nail break open, which spill blood (which looks black under the opaque nail) into the area between the toe bed and the toenail. To prevent re-occurrences, address the cause.
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Day in and day out I get patients whose pain has originated at their workplace. So no matter how much they treat their condition, the minute they get back into faulty postures at work, they are back to square one. Whether you are a gym enthusiast or a sedentary person glued to your laptop, it is essential to know how to keep yourself injury-free at work.
Office Ergonomics: How do you create an ergonomic workstation? Read More »
This condition is called plantar fasciitis; however, if there is heel pain but it is not necessarily in the morning then the diagnosis and treatment are different. The most common reasons for this pain are tight arches, tight calf muscles, and over-pronation or supination.
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The world’s most common ailment, besides back pain happens to be a headache! We all remember that one day which got ruined because of a headache. We don’t think much about headaches – we all get them, it’s fine! However, when the headaches become frequent, they can become debilitating. This is one ailment that is difficult to diagnose. People who get recurrent headaches have often been to a myriad of doctors, undergone several tests and tried various remedies.
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The most common reason for exercise-induced collapse after the finish of a long-distance event is blood pooling in the legs, which is known as postural hypotension. The longer the race, the greater the risk of collapse.
As one crosses the threshold of 40 various things start to happen. The first one might be your friends making fun of you for being on the ‘wrong side of 40’ but more importantly, you might start to feel not as vitalized or energized as before. This happens not only because of the physical aspects
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