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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Dec 30, 2015 | Voice For Health
If not performed correctly, snow shoveling is strenuous exercise that has great potential for injury. One way to approach this task involves thinking of yourself as the fulcrum (pivot point), the shovel as the lever, and the snow as the load. At the length of a shovel, it takes about 16 pounds of force to ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Dec 17, 2015 | Voice For Health
“Myofascial pain syndrome” (MPS) is a chronic condition that affects the “fascia,” the connective tissue that covers the muscles. Due to muscle injury or excessive strain, a “trigger point” develops that causes pain in other areas of the body. Myofascial pain syndrome, which affects an estimated 25% of the general population (and 85% of middle-aged ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Dec 10, 2015 | Voice For Health
New research casts a light on the differences between boys’ and girls’ vertebrae (the small bones that make up the spine), which are present at birth. When researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure newborns’ vertebrae, they found that the females’ cross-sectional dimensions were 10.6 percent smaller, on average, than the boys’ dimensions. Humans ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Nov 25, 2015 | Voice For Health
There was once a time when people suffering from back pain were told that they would benefit from bed rest. Now we know that this prescription does more harm than good. Unlike a broken bone that must be rested until it heals, an aching back is not helped by atrophying muscles and weakening soft tissues ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Nov 12, 2015 | Voice For Health
Nearly half of Americans aged 60 years and older suffer from “spinal stenosis.” This narrowing of the spaces between the spine’s vertebrae is a common cause of back pain. As the bones of the spinal column undergo degenerative changes (such as osteoarthritis), bony overgrowths appear, ligaments harden, discs shrink and distort, and joints break down. ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Nov 5, 2015 | Voice For Health
The deleterious effects that prolonged sitting at work can have on health have recently received much attention. Now, new research suggests that prolonged standing at work may pose its own problems. The study involving both men and women found that prolonged standing can cause fatigue, leg cramps, and backache. In the long run, this sort ...
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