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2023 JUN 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- New study results on angiology have been published. According to news reporting [...]

2022 SEP 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Investigators publish new report on drugs and therapies. According to news reporting [...]

2020 FEB 29 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Data detailed on Drugs and Therapies - Pharmacology have been presented. According [...]

Hauling compost, digging garden beds and wrangling ornery livestock are just a few of the farm and garden tasks that can be hard on your body. Even the healthiest homesteaders [...]

A 66-year-old woman is discharged from the hospital after an MI. Her discharge medications include atorvastatin 40 mg, lisinopril 20 mg, acetylsalicylic acid 81 mg, and clopidogrel 75 mg. At [...]

Background. Given the prevalence of chronic nonspecific neck pain (CNSNP) internationally, attention has increasingly been paid in recent years to evaluating the efficacy of therapeutic exercise (TE) in the management of this condition. Purpose. The purpose of this study was to conduct a current review of randomized controlled trials concerning the effect of TE on pain and disability among people with CNSNP, perform a meta-analysis, and summarize current understanding. Data Sources. Data were obtained from MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), EMBASE, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) databases from their inception to August 2012. Reference lists of relevant literature reviews also were tracked. Study Selection. All published randomized trials without any restriction regarding time of publication or language were considered for inclusion. Study participants had to be symptomatic adults with only CNSNP. Data Extraction. Two reviewers independently selected the studies, conducted the quality assessment, and extracted the results. Data were pooled in a meta- analysis using a random-effects model. Data Synthesis. Seven studies met the inclusion criteria. Therapeutic exercise proved to have medium and significant short-term and intermediate-term effects on pain (g=-0.53, 95% confidente interval [CI]=-0.86 to -0.20, and g = -0.45, 95% CI = -0.82 to -0.07, respectively) and medium but not significant short-term and intermediate-term effects on disability (g = -0.39, 95% CI = -0.86 to 0.07, and g = -0.46, 95% CI = -1.00 to -0.08, respectively). Limitations. Only one study investigated the effect of TE on pain and disability at follow-up longer than 6 months after intervention. Conclusions. Consistent with other reviews, the results support the use of TE in the management of CNSNP. In particular, a significant overall effect size was found supporting TE for its effect on pain in both the short and intermediate terms., Neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, second only to low back pain, (1) with an annual prevalence among the general and workforce populations of 30% to [...]

Background. Stretch is commonly prescribed as part of physical rehabilitation in pain management programs, yet little is known about its effectiveness. Objective. A randomized controlled trial was conducted to investigate the effects of a 3-week stretch program on muscle extensibility and stretch tolerance in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Design. A within-subject design was used, with one leg of each participant randomly allocated to an experimental (stretch) condition and the other leg randomly allocated to a control (no-stretch) condition. Patients and Setting. Thirty adults with pain of musculoskeletal origin persisting for at least 3 months were recruited from patients enrolled in a multidisciplinary pain management program at a hospital in Sydney, Australia. Intervention. The hamstring muscles of the experimental leg were stretched daily for 1 minute over 3 weeks; the control leg was not stretched. This intervention was embedded within a pain management program and supervised by physical therapists. Measurements. Primary outcomes were muscle extensibility and stretch tolerance, which were reflected by passive hip flexion angles measured with standardized and nonstandardized torques, respectively. Initial measurements were taken before the first stretch on day 1, and final measurements were taken 1 to 2 days after the last stretch. A blinded assessor was used for testing. Results. Stretch did not increase muscle extensibility (mean between-group difference in hip flexion was 1[degrees], 95% confidence interval = -2[degrees] to 4[degrees]), but it did improve stretch tolerance (mean between-group difference in hip flexion was 8[degrees], 95% confidence interval = 5[degrees] to 10[degrees]). Conclusion. Three weeks of stretch increases tolerance to the discomfort associated with stretch but does not change muscle extensibility in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain., Good extensibility is important for people with chronic musculoskeletal pain. It enhances their ability to perform normal functional activities, which, in turn, improves fitness, strength (force-generating capacity), endurance, and psychological [...]

We've all had training sessions that left us wincing the next day on even simpletasks _ like getting out of bed. The culprit is delayed-onset muscle soreness (known as DOMS), [...]

In this study, the authors describe 2 patients who experienced confirmed exposures to anticholinesterases that commenced in the 1970s. Subsequently, elevations in creatine phosphate kinase (CPK) were initially detected more than a decade following the first acute exposure. Beginning in the early 1980s, the patients suffered from progressive generalized muscle weakness, chronic fatigue, myopathy, neuropathy, and severe neurobehavioral impairments. Previous occupational exposures included pyridostigmine, as well as isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate (percutaneous lethal dose [L[D.sub.50]] < 28 mg/kg body weight), and 1 patient had exposure to agricultural organophosphates. The authors hypothesize that the workers' CPK elevations, first detected more than a decade following acute exposures to anticholinesterases, were sentinel events for impending muscle damage and necrosis. Many Gulf War veterans with Gulf War disease who reported exposures to anticholinesterases 1 decade earlier currently suffer from vague neuromuscular and cognitive impairments. Therefore, medical programs for Gulf War veterans with Gulf War Syndrome should include surveillance for elevated CPK, abnormalities of neuromuscular conduction, and genetic susceptibility, and they should promote therapeutic trials for palliation., Patient 1 IN 1998, A 42-YR-OLD MALE reported progressive generalized muscle aches and pains, proximal muscle weakness, impaired concentration and memory, chronic fatigue and sleep apnea, weight gain (4.5 kg), [...]

Exercise-related lower leg pain related to bone is discussed. Topics include traction periostitis, stress fractures, imaging and other examination methods, and treatments including pain management. Extrinsic and intrinsic predisposing factors to overuse injuries are listed as are bony changes that occur with overuse, and comparisons of bone scan and MRI appearances of stress fractures.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been found not to affect recovery from delayed-onset muscle soreness induced by exercise. It is not an effective treatment.

Whose advice should you take after straining a muscle at the gym? To subdue pain and minimize damage, do you apply heat or grab an ice pack? A recent study [...]

Beginners in the sport of bodybuilding should avoid training to failure due to effect of microtraumas which precipitate delayed onset muscle soreness. Such soreness can act as a barrier to effecting a long term commitment to the weight training program.

Muscle pain is inevitable during training but can be minimized by following simple rules such as never to overtrain and replenish fluids and energy stores to maintain correct body chemistry. Ice or cold treatment applications are recommended for obvious injury and heat therapy for non-obvious ones.

When the butt muscles on the back of your hips tighten up, they pinch your sciatic nerve, causing a literal pain in your ass. It's called piriformis syndrome, and it [...]

?--Kaitlin, Lakeland, FLUnless you're aching from a hugely intense effort--like a big race--you should power through, says Will Torres, a trainer and owner of Willspace, a personal training studio in [...]