by Dan Williams | May 20, 2011 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Psychology
Sleep apnoea is a condition characterised by pauses in breathing during sleep and intermittent cycles of sleep and arousal. The condition is caused by a sleep related decrease in muscle tone in the upper airway. This causes a collapse of the upper airway –...
by Dan Williams | May 17, 2011 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Older Persons
We know that exercise helps to slow the effects of ageing. But what of the effects of ageing on our ability to exercise? Ageing brings with it to the exercise table the following negative effects: Reduced strength Reduced magnitude of reflex responses Slowing of rapid...
by Dan Williams | May 6, 2011 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health
Examining the vast body of research on factors aiding in the prevention of all forms of cancer reveals some common themes. Reviewing the literature tells us that the following methods are supported for cancer prevention: Consuming healthy foods. Maintaining a healthy...
by Dan Williams | May 5, 2011 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Psychology
Researchers have delved deep into the links between exercise and sleep. The results are relatively simple, and provide steadfast recommendations to improve sleep quality, and sleep patterns through targeted exercise. Intense exercise before sleep delays sleep onset....
by Dan Williams | May 2, 2011 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
The Knee is responsible for the majority of energy absorption during the running cycle, while the hip is responsible for the greatest energy generation. Basically, this tells us that strong hips (specifically hip extensors, gluteals) will increase the ability to run...
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 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...
by Dan Williams | Apr 18, 2011 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
It’s beginnings are all too familiar. An ankle rolls. A knee gives way. An muscle starts to hurt when it shouldn’t. Welcome to inflammation. For the sake of this post, we discuss the inflammation caused by injury or trauma (mechanical inflammation)....
