Prostate cancer has become the most common malignancy among males, especially in America. After lung cancer, this is the second common form of cancer. Therefore, the experts feel the need to educate people about this fatal disease. In the adults the prostate is quite similar to the size of a walnut and plays the major […]
Massage in its broad context is beneficial and promotes general wellbeing and health including relaxation. It stimulates blood circulation and opens the blood vessels allowing the blood to flow freely. A massage will also enable better and deeper breathing allowing oxygen levels to increase opening up your awareness and promoting clear thinking, organization, and cause
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Many elite athletes routinely use imagery and visualization techniques as part of their training. Athletes find that they give them a competitive edge and a renewed mental awareness. Both of these factors are important when athletes compete. Imagery is a specific technique that is often used by psychologists and sports trainers to help athletes visualize
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Sports therapy is the involvement of the care of people who have been injured through a sporting activity. These sports include football, soccer, basketball, baseball, running, rowing, and a myriad of other sports that are both team and individual events. Professionals who specialize in Sports Therapy must have an intimate knowledge of the human anatomy,
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With the increasing waistline of most Americans or those who share the Standard Western Diet, diet soda has become a staple. If it’s hot and your thirsty you reach for a soda. If you are in the car and driving long distances you reach for a soda. If you’re playing ball, bowling or just watching
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The sport of basketball was invented in the mid-1860’s by Dr. James Naismith during his school days in Canada. He devised a set of 13 rules of the game. After creation of the game he graduated from medical school and practiced sports physiology and was a Presbyterian minister. He was able to watch the sport
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Impotence, clinically termed as Erectile Dysfunction (ED), is the inability to achieve or maintain an erection long enough to engage in sexual intercourse or other sexual activities. Under normal circumstances when a man is sexually stimulated, his brain sends a message down the spinal cord that passes into the nerves of the penis. Then the
Several terms have been associated when it comes to the art of treating body illnesses; there is standard care, complementary and alternative medicines. Standard care refers to the scientific medical practice of professional physicians and other allied health professionals and whose practice is considered good and acceptable. Alternative medicine on the other hand denotes the
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Hypertension occurs when the force that is being exerted on the walls of the artery becomes stronger as the blood is circulating through the body. High blood pressure is becoming even more common in today’s society due to lifestyle habits and food content. There are many treatment plans and lifestyle changes your doctor may prescribe
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An athletic trainer is a health professional who is trained to help prevent injuries and to treat injuries in people of all ages and it should never be interchanged with a personal trainer. Athletic training has qualifications where the basic requirement is that the trainer should at least have a bachelor’s degree. Some are even
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