August 2017 Intelligent Training for Painful Muscles Believe it or not, scientists are still not sure what exactly causes musculoskeletal pain (MSP) from chronic use, overuse or abuse. A couple …
REAL News July 2017
July 2017 Old Feet and ACL Repairs Affect Balance Similarly What do the feet of older folks and those of athletes with torn anterior cruciate (ACL) have in common? The answer may solve health …
REAL News June 2017
June 2017 Kids Just Wanna Have Fun… The future looks bleak from a long-term public health perspective when you consider that almost 70% of adults are overweight or obese (OO.) …
REAL News May 2017
May 2017 Beware All-Year-‘Round One-Sport Play for Kids It’s baseball season again. The boys of summer are donning those funny looking pants with swagger and swing. And yet, unlike in the old days, many …
REAL News April 2017
April 2017 To Sit or Not to Sit: That Is Only Part of the Question Over the past 15 years or so, health and exercise scientists have determined that occasional or scheduled physical active …
REAL News March 2017
March 2017 Post-Rehab Knees Have Persistent Problems, but…. After a major injury to a joint, in this case, a knee, such as an ACL tear, even after repair, some neuromuscular deficits persist. A group of …
REAL News February 2017
February 2017 A 30-Minute Substitution May Save Years of Life So much has been written lately, in the research journals and here in STEPS newsletters and blogs, on the hazards of sedentary living. It is …
REAL News January 2017
January 2017 Cardio + Resistance Exercise = Reduced Hypertension Hypertension (high blood pressure) is the most common heart disease with approximately 80 million – that’s MILLION – americans affected. It has a variety of causes …
REAL News December 2016
December 2016 Fighting Fatigue with Forced Fitness Training Two recent studies have come out the past two weeks demonstrating against all expectations that the best way to fight fatigue in the face of debilitating …
REAL News November 2016
November 2016 Ankle Your Way to Greater Mobility…and Wellness As we age, many systems begin to falter or fail. It is nothing earth-shattering to hear that your heart muscle weakens, especially if diseased; your spinal …