Category: Health
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A Guide to Swimmer’s Shoulder and How to Successfully Prevent It
Do you suffer from swimmer’s shoulder? Is it preventing you from reaching your full potential? Here is a great breakdown about why swimmer’s shoulder happens and how you can prevent this injury while keeping your swimmer’s lifestyle. Swimmer’s Shoulder It shouldn’t come as a surprise to find out that swimming regularly and competitively can give…
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10 Myths About Swimming
We’re debunking the 10 most common myths we’ve heard about swimming. Tell us what crazy myths you’ve heard about swimming in the comments!
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Harvard researchers agree this is the best exercise ever
It seems like every day a new workout is popping up-have you heard about “Shock Therapy,†one of the first workout studios in New York City to offer a fitness class that features an electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) bodysuits being strapped to you while you exercise. Yup, that isn’t made up and it’s probably quite popular. Yes, it…
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“Swimming is my little sense of mindfulness” – Record breaking Irish swimmer Rachael Lee on sport…
Firefighter and cross-channel swimmer Rachael Lee holds the Irish record – for men and women – for crossing the English Channel. Rachael speaks about her work, lifestyle and the positive benefits swimming can have.
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Common Swimming Injuries and How To Prevent Them
Swimming is a very popular sport for many, it’s a great form of exercise for others and some simply like swimming in leisure time to take the stress away. While swimming is a great way to do all of that it’s also important to pay attention to joints, muscles, and bones when performing the activity.…
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Hot Suit provides the benefits of exercise
A bodysuit that increases body temperature has the potential to improve disabled patients’ cardiovascular health by recreating the effects of exercise.
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Swimming saves health system £357 million a year
Swimming is helping to save the health and social care system more than £357 million a year, according to new research. The cost of savings to the NHS are revealed in Swim England’s Value of Swimming report, which outlines how water-based activity is making a significant contribution to the health and wellbeing of the nation.…
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UK officials blame asthmatics for the carbon footprints of 180,000 cars
Because we live on a divergent Hellworld timeline where everything is too comically absurd to be real except for the fact that it is, the BBC published an article about the need for asthmatics like me to step up our roles in fighting climate change. This is just the very beginning of it: Many people with asthma…