Low Impact Exercises

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Very often, people who have not exercised in quite some time ask me what exercises they can do that would kickstart them into healthy living.  If you have no other medical issues that would prevent you from engaging in low impact exercise, here's a list: yoga, exercise bikes, walking, swimming, elliptical machines, weight training, pilates.

Weight Training For Health

Did you know that stronger people live longer healthier lives?  Strong muscle mass is a leading factor in regulating your blood sugar.  The energy spent during weight training burns beaucoup calories, which leads to overall weight loss.  Weight training is also beneficial to building stronger bone mass, which will help you during your senior silver years.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  If you're enrolled in a weight training program, stick with it!  If you're not doing any type of exercise, join a gym, purchase a few sessions with a qualified trainer and get yourself going with circuit training.  You'll feel better, look better and you'll longer and healthier.

Acupuncture Improves Muscle Strength

Well, here's something all my patients know and I'll share it with the rest of you today!  Yes, it's true...just a single acupuncture treatment can improve your muscle strength significantly!  German researchers have concluded that just one acupuncture treatment can increase isometric quadriceps strength (that's your quads).  These results are important not only for athletic performance, but for rehabilitation of muscles and neuromuscular function.
Courtesy:  Journal of Chinese Medicine, No. 94, Oct 2010 (Immediate effects of acupuncture on strength performance:  a randomized, controlled crossover trial.  Eur J Appl Physiol. 2010 May 25)

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  If you are training for that triathlon, marathon, 5k or just want to improve your weight training, make an appointment today for acupuncture.  You'd be amazed at the difference it will make for your overall performance!