September 10, 2010
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Issue 216: Exercises generally recommended for people with osteoporosis.
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September 3, 2010
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Issue 215: Use a ball as a chair.
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August 27, 2010
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Issue 214: Benefits of Foot Massage
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August 20, 2010
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Issue 213: Relax With Foam Rollers
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August 13, 2010
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Issue 212: Beginning Balance
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August 6, 2010
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Issue 211: Balance Board for ACL Training
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July 30, 2010
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Issue 210: Swimmer's Shoulder Pain
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July 23, 2010
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Issue 209: Meet the BOSU Ball
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July 16, 2010
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Issue 208: Rehabilitating Sprained Ankles
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July 9, 2010
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Issue 207: Effective Cross Training
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July 2, 2010
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Issue 206: Balance Balls Can Help With Injury Recovery
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June 25, 2010
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Issue 205: Stretch Safely and Simply With an Exercise Ball
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June 18, 2010
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Issue 204: Cross-country skiing integrates core strength and muscular development.
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June 11, 2010
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Issue 203: Developing speed and agility can help you avoid injury in contact sports.
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June 4, 2010
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Issue 202: Balance Balls Can Help With Injury Recovery
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May 28, 2010
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Issue 201: Choose an Exercise Ball Size Based on Your Height
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May 21, 2010
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Issue 200: Exercise Balls Need Periodic Re-inflation
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May 14, 2010
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Issue 199: What's in a Name?
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May 7, 2010
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Issue 198: Trim Triceps With Use of an Exercise Ball
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April 30, 2010
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Issue 197: Exercise Balls Build Balanced Abs
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April 23, 2010
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Issue 196: Build Strength and Balance in Your Upper Back with an Exercise Ball
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April 16, 2010
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Issue 195: Exercise Balls Add Power to Your Push-ups
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April 9, 2010
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Issue 194: Stretching: Another Leg of the Fitness Stool
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April 2, 2010
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Issue 193: Don't Forget the Cardio
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March 26, 2010
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Issue 192: Target the Often Neglected Oblique Muscles
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March 19, 2010
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Issue 191: Know the "Core Four" Abdominal Muscles that Keep You Standing Tall
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March 12, 2010
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Issue 190: BOSU Ball Workouts Help Correct Muscle Imbalances
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March 5, 2010
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Issue 189: Flying Superman Stretch Strengthens Lower Back
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February 26, 2010
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Issue 188: The one-leg stand is an excellent beginning exercise.
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February 19, 2010
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Issue 187: Poor balance can be the cause and/or the effect of various health problems.
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January 29, 2010
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Issue 186: Endurance may be based on aerobic fitness, but aerobic fitness is built on a strong core.
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January 22, 2010
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Issue 185: Balance is a key area on which skiers must focus for complete training.
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January 15, 2010
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Issue 184: You can change the level of difficulty by changing your work-out conditions.
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January 1, 2010
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Issue 183: To further reduce the risk of falls, make your living areas safer.
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December 25, 2009
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Issue 182: Know your fall risks, and work with your doctor to mitigate them.
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December 11, 2009
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Issue 181: Remember that you will reap the most benefits from exercise done in moderation.
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December 4, 2009
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Issue 180: The Sport of Balance Boarding
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November 27, 2009
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Issue 179: Improving Balance Improves Vertigo
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November 20, 2009
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Issue 178: Balance for Kids: How to Motivate Them
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November 13, 2009
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Issue 177: What is a Foam Roller and What Can it do for You?
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November 6, 2009
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Issue 176: Resistance Bands Are Extremely Versatile
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October 30, 2009
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Issue 175: Exercise Ball Crunches
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October 23, 2009
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Issue 174: Stretch Your Hips Before Core Strength Exercise
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October 16, 2009
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Issue 173: Limit Core Strengthening in the Morning
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October 9, 2009
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Issue 172: Choosing the Right Exercise Ball for Your Height
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October 2, 2009
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Issue 171: Maintain a Balance When Strength Training
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September 18, 2009
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Issue 170: Golf Training Aids Improve Your Balance on the Fairway
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September 11, 2009
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Issue 169: A Balance Exercise That Targets Your Abs
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September 4, 2009
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Issue 168: The Three Elements of Balance
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August 28, 2009
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Issue 167: Poor Balance and Health Care Problems
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August 21, 2009
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Issue 166: Pilates for Pregnancy: Side Kick
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August 14, 2009
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Issue 165: Pilates for Pregnancy: Modified Leg Front Pull
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August 7, 2009
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Issue 164: Pilates for Pregnancy: the Saw
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July 31, 2009
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Issue 163: Try basic Pilates exercises as part of your fitness program during pregnancy.
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July 24, 2009
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Issue 162: Pilates for Pregnancy: Back Strength
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July 10, 2009
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Issue 161: Other pieces of gym equipment combine core strength, balance and low-impact cardiovascular exercise.
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July 3, 2009
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Issue 160: Balance Board for ACL Training
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June 26, 2009
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Issue 159: Senior Balance Exercise 1: Walk Heel-to-Toe
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June 19, 2009
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Issue 158: Seniors should try basic balance exercises to begin building their defenses against dangerous falls.
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June 12, 2009
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Issue 157: Exercises that people with severe osteoporosis should generally avoid.
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June 5, 2009
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Issue 156: Exercise can help prevent bone loss, even in people already suffering from osteoporosis.
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May 29, 2009
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Issue 155: Supervise children while they are using balance boards and other equipment.
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May 22, 2009
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Issue 154: The benefits of balance board training are physical and psychological.
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May 15, 2009
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Issue 153: Only participate in exercise that you can comfortably tolerate.
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May 8, 2009
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Issue 152: Use a headset while talking on the telephone.
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May 1, 2009
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Issue 151: Use a book stand for reading without neck strain.
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April 10, 2009
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Issue 150: Core Strength Training for Triathletes
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April 3, 2009
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Issue 149: Tips for Safe Abdominal Exercises
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March 27, 2009
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Issue 148: Exercise Balls Can Strengthen Your Abdominals
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March 20, 2009
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Issue 147: Doing 100 Abdominal Crunches is Not the Answer
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March 13, 2009
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Issue 146: Use a Medicine Ball to Target Body Parts During Workouts
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March 6, 2009
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Issue 145: Resistance Bands Produce Quicker Results
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February 20, 2009
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Issue 144: Three Core Strength Exercises
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February 13, 2009
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Issue 143: Why Core Strength is Important
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February 6, 2009
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Issue 142: Core Stability and How to Achieve it
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January 30, 2009
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Issue 141: The Health Benefits of Golf
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January 23, 2009
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Issue 140: Timing Your Repetitions During Exercise
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January 16, 2009
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Issue 139: Breathing Correctly When You Exercise
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January 9, 2009
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Issue 138: Stability Balls Create Shapely Behinds
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January 2, 2009
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Issue 137: Three Fat Burning Trends for 2006
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December 26, 2008
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Issue 136: Tips on Exercising from the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
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December 19, 2008
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Issue 135: Strength and balance training will protect your knees from injury.
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December 12, 2008
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Issue 134: Build balance, ankle flexibility and strength to prevent ankle sprains.
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December 5, 2008
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Issue 133: Golf Exercise Tips
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November 28, 2008
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Issue 132: Ski-specific exercises
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November 21, 2008
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Issue 131: A Ski Exercise to Improve Agility and Quickness
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November 14, 2008
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Issue 130: Skiing: Great Calorie Burning Exercise
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November 7, 2008
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Issue 129: Hockey Slide Boards Train Players More Fully
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October 31, 2008
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Issue 128: Double Crunches: For Advanced Abs
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October 24, 2008
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Issue 127: Focus on Alignment During BOSU Ball Workouts
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October 17, 2008
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Issue 126: BOSU Balls Enhance Cardio Workouts
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October 10, 2008
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Issue 125: Yoga Focuses on Flexibility to Improve Balance
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October 3, 2008
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Issue 124: Improve Balance by Strengthening the Pelvic Muscles
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September 26, 2008
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Issue 123: A Strong Core Means Better Balance
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September 19, 2008
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Issue 122: Athletes Take Note: Exercise balls Can Help Loosen Tight Hips
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September 12, 2008
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Issue 121: Fitness Ball Exercises Firm Your Glutes
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September 5, 2008
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Issue 120: Fitness Ball Exercises Firm Your Thighs
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August 29, 2008
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Issue 119: Exercise Ball are Fun For Kids
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August 22, 2008
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Issue 118: Exercise Balls Can Relieve Back Pain
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August 15, 2008
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Issue 117: Dress Well During Workouts
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August 8, 2008
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Issue 116: Too Small Ball Can Cause Hyperextension of the Spine
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August 1, 2008
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Issue 115: A balance board is a simple, multi-purpose tool to improve balance, range of motion and strength.
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July 25, 2008
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Issue 114: Bongo boards create dynamic instability: start slow and put safety first.
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July 18, 2008
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Issue 113: The Bongo board provides even more dynamic balance training.
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July 11, 2008
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Issue 112: Encourage physical activity and balance development in your children.
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July 4, 2008
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Issue 111: Adjust monitor position to avoid eye strain, neck strain and headaches.
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June 27, 2008
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Issue 110: Choose a ball chair based on height and quality.
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June 20, 2008
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Issue 109: Try a Power Web to strengthen your hands and relieve stiffness created by repetitive motions.
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June 6, 2008
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Issue 108: Balance training can help reduce your risk of ACL injuries.
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May 30, 2008
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Issue 107: Prevent injuries by getting enough rest and proper nutrition.
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May 23, 2008
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Issue 106: Incorporate balance training into your fitness routine to prevent falls and fall-related injuries.
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May 9, 2008
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Issue 105: Cycling is a great, low-impact calorie-burning workout that leverages balance and core strength.
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May 2, 2008
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Issue 104: Try using an exercise as a “birthing ball” to ease the pressures and discomforts of labor.
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April 18, 2008
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Issue 103: Consult a professional and choose an exercise program that suits your needs and goals.
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April 11, 2008
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Issue 102: Regular exercise will provide the greatest degree of benefit for seniors.
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April 4, 2008
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Issue 101: Increasing flexibility through stretching, yoga and functional training will keep you limber.
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March 28, 2008
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Issue 100: Strength training builds athleticism and helps to prevent injury.
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March 21, 2008
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Issue 99: Perform free weight exercises on a Swiss ball for a more challenging, deeper work-out.
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March 14, 2008
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Issue 98: Balance Boards Work Your Core
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March 7, 2008
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Issue 97: What a Wobble Board Can Do For You
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February 29, 2008
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Issue 96: What is a Bongo Board and What Can it do?
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February 22, 2008
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Issue 95: Foam Rollers Provide Useful Support in Balance Exercises
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February 15, 2008
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Issue 94: Don't Over-Inflate Your Exercise Ball
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February 8, 2008
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Issue 93: History of the BOSU Ball
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February 1, 2008
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Issue 92: Ski trainer machines
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January 25, 2008
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Issue 91: Stability Ball Exercises
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January 18, 2008
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Issue 90: Why Use a Weight Vest?
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January 11, 2008
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Issue 89: The Benefit of Ski Machines
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January 4, 2008
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Issue 88: What a Slide Board Can Do to Improve Balance
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December 28, 2007
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Issue 87: Pilates Offers Unique Balance and Fitness Challenges
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December 21, 2007
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Issue 86: Medicine Balls for Better Golf
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December 14, 2007
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Issue 85: Try a Medicine Ball for Balance Exercises
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December 7, 2007
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Issue 84: Cobblestone Mats Help with Balance and Reduce Blood Pressure
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November 30, 2007
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Issue 83: Use other active sitting devices if an exercise ball is not the right “chair” for you.
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November 23, 2007
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Issue 82: Sitting on an Exercise Ball
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November 2, 2007
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Issue 81: Balance Board Exercises for the General Public Versus Athletes
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October 26, 2007
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Issue 80: Buying a Balance Board
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October 19, 2007
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Issue 79: Balance Boards for Agility and Strength
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October 12, 2007
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Issue 78: Ball Chairs Help Posture
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October 5, 2007
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Issue 77: Ball Exercise vs. Floor Exercise
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September 28, 2007
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Issue 76: Ball-Wall Squat
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September 21, 2007
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Issue 75: Beginning Balance
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September 14, 2007
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Issue 74: Effective Cross Training
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September 7, 2007
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Issue 73: Get Stronger with Balance Training
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August 31, 2007
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Issue 72: Exercise Ball for Abs
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August 24, 2007
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Issue 71: Get the Right Ball
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August 17, 2007
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Issue 70: Getting Started With an Exercise Ball
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August 10, 2007
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Issue 69: Make Yourself Heavier with a Weight Vest
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August 3, 2007
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Issue 68: How Yoga Improves Balance
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July 27, 2007
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Issue 67: Rehabilitating Sprained Ankles
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July 13, 2007
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Issue 66: Skate on a Slide Board
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July 6, 2007
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Issue 65: Sports Specific Training
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June 29, 2007
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Issue 64: Swimmer's Shoulder Pain
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June 22, 2007
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Issue 63: The Latest Ski Machine
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June 15, 2007
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Issue 62: The Bongo Board is Still Here
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June 8, 2007
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Issue 61: Why Is It Swiss?
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June 1, 2007
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Issue 60: Wobble Board For Balance
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May 25, 2007
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Issue 59: Uses for the Medicine Ball
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May 18, 2007
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Issue 58: Wobble Board Exercises For All Stages
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May 11, 2007
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Issue 57: A Cross Trainer Machine Adds Variety
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May 4, 2007
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Issue 56: Keeping an Exercise Chart
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April 27, 2007
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Issue 55: Meet the BOSU Ball
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April 20, 2007
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Issue 54: The Alexander Technique is a method that works to change movement habits in everyday activities.
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April 13, 2007
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Issue 53: A Stronger Core
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April 6, 2007
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Issue 52: Core Strength Exercise #2: Ab Roll
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March 30, 2007
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Issue 51: Core Strength Exercise #3: Balance Board “Crunch”
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March 23, 2007
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Issue 50: Core Strength Exercise #1: Back extension using the Swiss Ball
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March 16, 2007
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Issue 49: Gyrotonics emphasizes controlled resistance and the development of flexibility and strength.
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March 2, 2007
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Issue 48: The Feldenkrais Method uses gentle movement to enhance functional mobility.
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February 23, 2007
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Issue 47: Avoid Agony of the Feet: Use a Foot Stool for Ergonomic Seating
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February 16, 2007
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Issue 46: Check Your Elbow Ergonomics
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February 9, 2007
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Issue 45: Don't Be a Slouch; Use Ergonomic Seating
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February 2, 2007
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Issue 44: Engage Your Core with Active Sitting
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January 26, 2007
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Issue 43: Exercise Ball Chairs Promote Active Sitting
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January 19, 2007
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Issue 42: Ergonomic Seating: Take it With You
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January 12, 2007
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Issue 41: How to Sit on a Ball Chair
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January 5, 2007
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Issue 40: Use the Lumbar Support to Sit Tall
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December 29, 2006
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Issue 39: Ergonomic Tip: Get Moving
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December 22, 2006
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Issue 38: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize; the Computer Screen
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December 15, 2006
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Issue 37: Keyboard and Mouse Trays Ensure a Neutral Typing Position
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December 8, 2006
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Issue 36: Kneeling Ergonomic Chairs Promote Good Posture
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December 1, 2006
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Issue 35: Is Your Ergonomic Chair Too Deep?
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November 24, 2006
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Issue 34: Measure Your Thighs in a Good Way: Ergonomic Seating
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November 17, 2006
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Issue 33: Optimize Your Workplace Ergonomics at Your Desk
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October 27, 2006
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Issue 32: Use the Armrests on Your Ergonomic Chair to Relieve Neck and Shoulder Strain
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October 20, 2006
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Issue 31: Practice Office Ergonomics by Avoiding Awkward Positions
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October 13, 2006
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Issue 30: Monitor Stands Can Improve Ergonomics in the Office
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October 6, 2006
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Issue 29: Use a balance board, wobble board or weeble boards as a footrest at work and at home.
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September 29, 2006
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Issue 28: Benefits of Foot Massage
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September 8, 2006
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Issue 27: Proprioception exercises can be easy or difficult, depending on your needs and fitness level.
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September 1, 2006
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Issue 26: Proprioception exercises should begin early in the rehabilitation process.
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August 25, 2006
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Issue 25: Proprioception is a critical component of balance.
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August 18, 2006
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Issue 24: Pilates for Pregnancy: Spine Twist
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August 4, 2006
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Issue 22: Relax With Foam Rollers
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July 21, 2006
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Issue 21: Balance training can both limit one’s risk of injury and play a fundamental role in rehabilitation.
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July 14, 2006
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Issue 20: Using a Wobble Board will improve your balance and can add a new challenge to your training.
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July 7, 2006
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Issue 19: Select balance training equipment scaled to the smaller size and special needs of children.
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June 30, 2006
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Issue 18: Be familiar with the kinds of exercise that focus on balance and core stability.
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June 23, 2006
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Issue 17: Pilates focuses on developing core strength and stability as a foundation for functional movement.
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June 16, 2006
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Issue 16: Make sure your desk is adjusted to the proper height.
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June 9, 2006
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Issue 15: The benefits of functional training are healthful, practical and aesthetic.
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May 26, 2006
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Issue 14: Physical therapy focuses on rehabilitative and functional training.
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May 19, 2006
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Issue 13: Balance is a function of the strength and proprioceptive abilities of the musculoskeletal system.
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May 12, 2006
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Issue 12: Use a balance board or another unstable surface to further challenge the balance system.
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May 5, 2006
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Issue 11: For real core strength and stability, it is necessary to target underlying abdominal muscles.
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April 21, 2006
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Issue 10: Use a wobble board as a footrest.
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March 31, 2006
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Issue 9: Use simple tests to gauge your level of proprioception.
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March 17, 2006
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Issue 8: Swiss balls are great tools for physical therapy, exercise and everyday activities.
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March 10, 2006
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Issue 7: Balance and coordination are the cornerstones to good alpine skiing.
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February 24, 2006
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Issue 6: Rowing – on the water or on an erg machine – is a whole-body workout that originates in your core.
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February 17, 2006
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Issue 5: Core stability training is essential to sports performance and injury prevention.
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February 10, 2006
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Issue 4: Exercise balls can help in postpartum recovery and soothing infants.
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February 3, 2006
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Issue 3: Exercises generally recommended for people with osteoporosis.
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January 27, 2006
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Issue 2: Use a ball as a chair.
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