Category: Exercise

How To Increase Your Vertical Leap

There are a lot of reasons to want to increase vertical leap. Most athletes find that in many traditional sports, such as basketball, soccer, football, volleyball, tennis, and baseball, the ability to leap higher than others is a significant advantage. There are even competitions, especially in track and field, specifically designed around being able to [...]

Monday August 16th, 2010 in Exercise, Health & Wellness | No Comments »

Can Vitamins Make You Run Faster?

One of the most important ingredients a runner must stay informed about in his training is vitamins. This is even more so with the long-distance runner. A lot of iron is lost in sweat and urine. Vitamins are one thing in your diet a runner can control through proper nutrition.
 
Some of the aspects you can [...]

Monday July 12th, 2010 in Exercise, Health & Wellness | No Comments »

Injury Prevention Tips

If you can predict an injury, you may avoid an injury.  Below are a list of tips to help you:

The #1 Rule: don’t overdo it
Avoid training when you are tired; you should be strong and ready to exercise
Allow lots of time for warming up before your workout / activity and cooling off after your workout / [...]

Wednesday January 20th, 2010 in Exercise, Injury Prevention | 1 Comment »

Chiropractic Adjustments Better Than Exercise for Chronic Low-Back Pain

Cox Flexion distraction is a common chiropractic technique that I use in my office. In a recent study, 235 patients received chiropractic care or participated in an exercise program, and were followed for one year using questionnaires to assess levels of pain and dysfunction.
The patients/subjects had a decrease in their pain and disability after intervention, [...]

Thursday December 10th, 2009 in Chiropractic Adjustments, Exercise, Low Back Pain | 1 Comment »