by Dan Williams | Apr 30, 2011 | Blogs, Health, Older Persons
With a global aging population, the importance of balance and fall prevention has never been greater. In this group of older adults, falls play a major role in not reduced quality of life, but also premature death. Falls lead to reduced quality, reduced quantity. In...
by Dan Williams | Apr 29, 2011 | Blogs, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance
‘I could do that with my eyes closed!’ you cry. Apply that to exercise and you just might be able to. Proprioception is your brain’s knowledge about your body’s position. Close your eyes and bend your arm. Even though you can’t see your...
by Dan Williams | Apr 25, 2011 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
The hamstrings muscle group has been plagued by injury, injury recurrence, improper rehabilitation and impaired performance. Bahr and Holme (2000) proposed that injuries result from a complex interaction of multiple risk factors and events. In terms of prevention and...
by Dan Williams | Apr 22, 2011 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition
As if you need an excuse to eat chocolate! Just in case you do, here’s 13 health benefits of chocolate. The flavonoids (plant compounds from cacao) in dark chocolate play a role in improving cardiovascular health, both through antioxidant effects (complicated,...
by Dan Williams | Apr 21, 2011 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Psychology
There is a close relationship between stress and performance. This relationship can exist in both a negative and positive way. Stress is a stimulus that causes a physiological or psychological effect. Good stress is termed ‘eustress’, while bad stress is...
