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According to the article “Knee Osteoarthritis: Biomechanical Risks” by Deborah Pate, DDC DACBR. 12% of the US population, ages 25-75 years old has symptoms of Osteoarthritis (OA). Do you fall into that category? Pate states that there are three major risk factors associated with the development of OA in the knees: 1. Body-mass index (BMI) Continue reading How Body-Mass Index Can Affect Osteoarthritis I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—keep moving! One of the best ways to reduce inflammation and keep your body lean and strong is to move and I promote doing what you love. I’ve already told you I swim—but did you know I dance too? Once a week I take an adult beginning ballet class . . . → Read More: Get Up and Dance! As I’ve said before exercise is a great way to reduce inflammation and ultimately improve your overall health. A great way to exercise is to swim. Any movement in water is generally very safe, whether it’s swimming laps, water aerobics or simply walking in the water. Exercising in the water offers several benefits: Water buoyancy helps to . . . → Read More: Dive On In! and Reduce Inflammation Prevention is really the key to stopping back pain and there are some really simple ways to keep ensure you remain pain free. For example, when sitting for prolonged periods of time regular breaks become very important in preventing pain. Travelling long distances while sitting in a cramped car without regular breaks may cause a gradual and . . . → Read More: Take a break: You deserve it and so does your back! I have a patient who is a yoga expert. However, she was having chronic instability for years. She’d get completely aligned and then would just get out of alignment again in a month or so. Pilates is often helpful for these situations, so she tried that for almost 2 years with some improvement—but not enough. This . . . → Read More: Chronic Joint Instability |
     
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