Exercise Physiology
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#1 Guide to Understanding How Exercise Enhances Heart Health by Improving Cardiorespiratory Endurance.
Our number 1 guide to understanding how exercise improves your heart health by increasing your cardiorespiratory endurance. Click here to find out more!
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4 Tips on How to Prevent Diastasis Recti
1. Build core strength pre/post-partum. Stretching of the body during pregnancy is a normal process which readies the body for the growing baby inside, therefore some level of separation is likely to occur in most women. However, building stronger abdominal muscles prior to the pregnancy can help to reduce the amount they will stretch. After…
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#1 Guide to Personal Training Clients with Chronic Shoulder Bursitis Injuries
What is Shoulder Bursitis? Shoulder Bursitis refers to the inflammation of the bursa, a fluid-filled sac placed between the bones in joints. The bursa has the role of providing shock absorption at the joints and ensuring the bones pass smoothly over one another during movements. Bursitis is a repetitive strain injury, meaning it is an…
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5 Post Pregnancy Hormones and their Effect on the Body Post Baby
Relaxin Relaxin, a pregnancy hormone which is present up to five months after childbirth, increases the elasticity of connective tissue, muscles and ligaments. This particular hormone is secreted by the ovaries, placenta, and uterine lining throughout the entirety of the pregnancy. The hormone’s role is to relax the ligaments of the pelvis and to soften…
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3 Common Questions Answered On Diastasis Recti And How To Test For It With Your Fingers.
What is it? Diastasis recti is the separation of the abdominal muscles which run down the centre of the stomach. This occurs during pregnancy when your body releases muscle relaxing hormones, combined with an expanding uterus, which together cause the connective tissue which holds the abdominal muscles together, known as the lineus alba, to weaken…
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7 Reasons Why You Should See an Exercise Physiologist
A new era of rehabilitation is evolving. Exercise Physiologists are experts in exercise rehabilitation and are specialists in providing patients with sustainable results to healthcare.
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