Barefoot running, minimalist or shod: What Are You Telling Your Clients?

June 9, 2011

Does Barefoot Running Cause or Prevent Injury? I just got back the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference in the beautiful city of Denver. It was held in conjunction with the Exercise is Medicine meeting so you can imagine how much great information was packed in over the almost full week of lectures, symposiums, [...]

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Health in the News

June 6, 2011

Health Bytes Sunday News Round-Up, If This is May Edition « Women’s Health News Some Indiana politicians voted to defund Planned Parenthood, which received federal Medicaid/Title X funding for non-abortion health care, like cancer screenings and contraception. In response, HHS sent the state a … Publish Date: 06/05/2011 12:49 http://womenshealthnews.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/sunday-news-round-up-if-this-is-may-edition/ NHS Direct app that gives [...]

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Are we teaching our clients how to achieve health and wellness?

May 24, 2011

How to Teach Health & Wellness to Your Clients As health & fitness professionals, we know the importance of incorporating a whole-body approach to our clients’ care – but are we doing it?  In today’s fast-paced environment, it can be challenging enough to address a single health problem that your client may come into your [...]

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Health In The News

May 20, 2011

This Weeks Health Bytes Today’s Heatlh Tip: 5 tips to losing 5 pounds by summer http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43101327/ns/today-today_health/ Anti-inflammatory pain killers are known to increase heart risks, and new findings from more than 83,000 people suggest that even a couple of days of treatment can be dangerous in people with a history of heart problems.  Read more: [...]

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Improving poor health literacy critical in reducing cost

March 12, 2011

A recent article in the Washington Post highlighted one of the most under-recognized problems in healthcare – the alarmingly low levels of health literacy in the U.S., meaning the ability of an individual to obtain, understand and use health information. The Post reported that a study in 2006 by the U.S. Department of Education found [...]

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Higher health care costs aim at cutting use

March 1, 2011

Several of my friends, family, and clients have complained about recent increases in their insurance rates or a hike in their co-pay amounts.  So I guess I wasn’t all too surprised when I read an article posted on MSNBC regarding health  insurance changes that are shifting more costs to consumers and that they are playing [...]

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