Four years ago, Tim Jonze thought his running career was as good as over. Learning how to stretch properly and sticking to these three strengthening exercises helped him get back on track
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Healthy body, healthy mind! Physical Exercise, Fitness, Running, Jogging, Gym and Activity. Twitter Hashtag: #GymEd Curated by Peter Mellow |
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Four years ago, Tim Jonze thought his running career was as good as over. Learning how to stretch properly and sticking to these three strengthening exercises helped him get back on track
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Doctors encourage physical activity after knee replacement surgery. But it might mean adapting your workouts in ways that lessen the impact on your knees.
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How are your knees feeling? There's a pretty good chance one or both of them are sore — after all, knee osteoarthritis is a leading cause of disability globally, and Australia's no exception. Trouble is, we don't really have any way of treating it. But never fear — this week we're hearing from someone who's bringing her engineering background to take a peek inside dodgy knees and see what it might take to fix them.
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Encouraging new research suggests walking could help prevent new bouts of knee pain in people with osteoarthritis.
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There's new evidence that a widely used and expensive treatment for arthritis of the knee joint is as useful as a placebo injection to reduce pain.
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is derived from a patient's own blood and is injected into the knee to promote tissue healing and reduce inflammation.
The lack of high-quality evidence supporting its use prompted researchers from the University of Melbourne, Sydney and Monash to investigate the benefits.
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A new online exercise program, developed by the University of Melbourne, can help people with knee osteoarthritis to reduce knee pain and improve function
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People with knee arthritis were less likely to report pain and stiffness if they wore stable, supportive shoes, versus flat-soled, flexible ones.
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A knee is designed to withstand millions of steps during a lifetime, but sometimes all that stress can have ill effects. Here’s how to care for and use your knees for many years to come.
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The limited research on the long-term effects of damage to connective tissue indicates that a patient, no matter how young, has a 50 percent chance of developing arthritis within a decade.
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Private patients who stay in hospital for costly rehab after major knee surgery recover just as fast as people who go home and have physiotherapy. So, why pay more?
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Gretchen Reynolds responds to a reader’s question about the claim that a person must expend 2,000 calories a week to maintain optimum health.
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The pounding of running hard raises the question: Are there ways to do high-intensity interval training that go easier on the knees?
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So what's behind the epidemic of dodgy knees that's seen a 32 per cent rise in the numbers of knee replacements in Australia over the last decade?
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Many runners will experience a knee injury at some point. Here's an introduction on the most common sources of the pain.