by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Fitness
It’s healthy to exercise and harmful to breathe polluted air. Many people wonder if they will do more harm than good by exercising on days when the air is heavily polluted. The worst time for pollution is when clouds cover the sky and automobiles fill the roads....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Fitness
You don't have to play tennis to develop tennis elbow. It can be due to any movement that puts excessive force on the wrist muscles. Tennis elbow refers to elbow pain as the result of an injury to the elbow tendons that bend and straighten the wrist. Hold your...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Fitness
Achilles tendinitis means you feel pain in the large tendon that extends from in the back of your heel to your calf muscle. It hurts most when you get up in the morning and when you start to walk or run. It will heal only if you stop running and find another sport...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Fitness
When Kent Benson, the former National Basketball Association player, came to the University of Indiana he could jump only 9 inches off the ground. That’s an embarrassing jump for a seven-foot All-American. One year later, he was able to jump three times that...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Fitness
In 1812, Napoleon attacked Russia with 453,000 men, but after he withdrew from Moscow, the harsh cold winter reduced his “Grande Armee” to fewer than 10,000 fighting men. The vast majority of Napoleon’s soldiers were not killed by the Russians. They...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Fitness
A study from Imperial College in London shows that increased use of helmets by bicycle riders has markedly reduced head injuries (1). Do you know why woodpeckers don’t damage their brains when they peck on wood? Their skulls fit so tightly that they don’t...
