Category: Health
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Clean or not? We Test 10 Public Swimming Pools in Singapore
Chlorine in our swimming pools is a powerful disinfectant that kills bacteria like salmonella and E. coli. But how clean really are Singapore’s public pools? #TalkingPoint​ takes samples from 10 pools – Clementi ,Jurong East, Bishan, Kallang Basin, Bedok, Queenstown, Jalan Besar, Tampines, Yishun, Ang Mo Kio – and sends them to Marchwood Laboratory Service.
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How Clean Are Our Public Pools? | Talking Point | Full Episode
We are all too familiar with stories of people jumping into the pool without showering or peeing in the pool. But we have never paid much heed to poor hygiene behavior at swimming pools because our pools contain Chlorine right? Chlorine is meant to disinfect our swimming pools and is rigorously checked as part of…
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Swimmers ‘Can’t Stop Smiling’ as England’s Outdoor Sports Venues Reopen
Swimmers flocked to the UK’s outdoor pools on Monday (March 29), as England’s stay-at-home lockdown order ended.
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How to Prevent Shoulder Injuries While Swimming | MySwimPro
Do your shoulders hurt? We can help! Learn how to strengthen your shoulders & improve your stroke technique to avoid injury. See MySwimPro
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Deep – a Short Film About Becoming Mentally Fit Through Wild Swimming
How can wild swimming improve and maintain your mental fitness. ‘DEEP’ follows three members of the Military community as they document why they use this form of exercise to improve mental health and optimise wellbeing.
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Kinesiology study uses motion capture technology to examine ‘swimmer’s shoulder’
Sports such as swimming, tennis and baseball, which involve repetitive overhead arm motions, often lead to imbalances and injury within the muscles surrounding the scapular and shoulder joints, often leading to chronic shoulder pain, especially for swimmers, about 91 percent of whom experience chronic shoulder pain. Two University of Rhode Island kinesiology graduate students aim…
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What Is Ice Swimming? | MySwimPro
Would you go swimming in ice cold water? It turns out ice swimming has tons of health benefits! See MySwimPro
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Preventing Swimming Shoulder Injury | Strength and Mobility During the Pandemic
We share why with lockdown of many pools preventing triathletes across Europe from swimming, that even with dry land swimming drills, that there will be a big increase in shoulder injuries. However by following these strength and conditioning tips for triathletes now, it will minimise you suffering the risk of these.
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Who Is Britain So Fat? | Good Morning Britain
Therese Coffey said the obesity of the country was a contributing factor to the UK having the worst Covid death rate in the world. But why does Britain have an obesity crisis leading to more Covid deaths? Dr. Aseem Malhotra says the root cause of obesity in the country, the availability of junk food, has…