A Few Words About Hydration
As the summer months are upon us, awareness of overheating and proper hydration is of utmost importance. As we all know, the ambient temperatures can be challenging during these months. In such, both preventive and interventional measures are necessary to assure the safety of all.
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Tick Bites: The Proper Precautions
As the weather gets nicer outside, we can’t help ourselves from wanting to venture to the outdoors more. Enjoying activities such as camping, hiking, fishing, outdoor sports, children especially get a kick out of a day in the summer sun. Kids are running barefoot, sleeveless, and in short pants in all kinds of settings. Some of these may put them in danger of tick bites.
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Salsa Dance & Belly Dance: Exotic Diversion or Serious Workout?
For those of you searching for a way to add variety to, or even replace, your aerobic workout, there are some very exciting alternatives available to those of all age, gender, level of fitness, and ethnic background. The explosion of interest in Latin and Middle Eastern culture in the past few years has resulted in the mainstreaming of salsa and belly dance classes.
Read More --> Osteoporosis - The earlier the prevention, the better the outcome
Help your children achieve peak bone density now, so they don’t have to deal with osteoporosis later. Exercise and nutrition are two vital steps for your children to take.If you think that osteoporosis is a disease that mostly affects older people…you’re right
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Children & Exercise
Contrary to popular belief, exercise (including weight training) is beneficial for children. The old school of thought is that exercise adversely affects a child’s development by damaging the growing area of bone, the growth plate.
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Is it safe for my child to start lifting weights?
Is it safe for my child to start lifting weights? Your child plays soccer and wants to know how she can get stronger. She has heard that some players lift weights to increase their strength, can she? Is she old enough? Will lifting weights damage her growing bones and muscles?
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Running into Spring
As the winter season fades behind us and warmer weather settles in, many are gearing up to get into “summer shape.” For some, it is merely a time to step up the regular exercise routine, for others, this may be the first attempt to shed pounds and tone muscles. One of the most popular ways to accomplish this is running.
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Will participating in sports make it harder for my child to do well in school?
A common concern raised by involved parents is: If my child plays a sport, will he or she have a harder time in school? It is true that participating in sports often requires a significant time commitment?
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