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Active Isolated-stretching: a Flexibility System

Active Isolated-stretching: a Flexibility System
Active Isolated-Stretching (AIS) is a flexibility system that involves working one muscle at a time. By actively contracting muscles opposite of the targeted muscle, Active Isolated-Stretching (AIS) automatically relaxes specific muscle in preparation of its stretch. Active Isolated-Stretching (AIS) is performed by gentle and quick stretches, and releases the muscle before it has a chance to protectively contract.

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Careers In Sports Medicine

Careers In Sports Medicine
Sports medicine offers a challenging field of work varying from injury prevention to treatment and recovery. In addition to the many medical career choices, there are many developing fields of alternative sports therapy.

When a player suddenly faints and falls while playing, there are a few people that try to revive him or put him on a stretcher and take him off the field. This job is little known by spectators. Among the group could be a doctor, a fitness instructor, or an orthopedist. All are branches of the same stream of medicine, known as sports medicine.

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Arthritis Myth Buster: 5 Secrets to Eliminating Arthritis Pain Revealed

Arthritis Myth Buster: 5 Secrets to Eliminating Arthritis Pain Revealed
46 million people suffer from arthritis, yet few know of the ways to control arthritis pain. Learn the myths behind the disease and your options to a pain free life.

Myth Buster #1: There is just one type of Arthritis

There are over 100 types of arthritis including Osteoarthritis, Gout and Fibromyalgia There are many forms of arthritis resulting in joint stiffness, joint inflammation and pain: making getting out of bed in the morning agonizing, rising from your chair torture, or even a once easy task of getting in and out of your car a monumental achievement. I remember a 62 year old patient who had such painful joints in her knees; the strain of getting up compelled her to sit in her chair all day. What she didn’t realize was that sitting all day was actually making her arthritis condition worse and by the time she sought treatment she was in a wheelchair and no longer able to walk.

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