by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 11, 2013 | Fitness
Whether you’re out of shape or very fit, spinning classes can help you improve. You ride a stationary bicycle in a group, with a leader who tells you what to do and plays lively music to set the tempo. Many health clubs and gyms offer these classes, and I...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 11, 2013 | Fitness
Many sports injuries cause a progressive permanent osteoarthritis that will prevent a person from exercising to cause the very diseases that a regular exercise program is supposed to prevent. Sports medicine surgeon James Garrick, writing in the medical journal Lancet...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 11, 2013 | Fitness
The rotator cuff muscles hold the head of the long bone of your upper arm tightly in the socket of your shoulder. Sports that require moving the arm over the head repeatedly can cause tearing and swelling of the tendons of these muscles. Baseball pitchers, swimmers,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 11, 2013 | Fitness
Good treadmills have a lever that raises the front end to simulate running up hills, because running on level ground does not do much to strengthen your upper leg muscles. Running strengthens primarily your lower leg muscles. You stress your upper leg muscles...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 11, 2013 | Fitness
When former NBA player Kent Benson arrived at the University of Indiana he could jump only nine 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 high because he had a good...
