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Health & Fitness > Pilates & Yoga The popularity of Pilates

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Pilates is a wonderful form of whole body exercise. With Pilates you will lengthen tight muscles; strengthen weak muscles; and strengthen your Core (abs, back, inner thighs, and butt) quickly and effectively. While Pilates mat is the most accessible and least expensive form of Pilates, the equipment (reformer, cadillac or tow... More..

Health & Fitness > Disease (Other) Osteoporosis explained

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Osteoporosis means porous bones. In the Greek it translates as "passages through bones." (This makes perfect sense if you look at the images of osteoporotic bone as opposed to normal bone.) Osteoporosis is a silent disease in that there is no physical sensation associated with it. Some people experience back, neck, or joint p... More..

Health & Fitness > Pilates & Yoga Pilates exercise and osteoporosis

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An osteoporosis web site opens with this question, "Did you know that a woman's risk of osteo-related fracture is greater than her risk of cervical, uterine, and breast cancer combined?" Then why do people laugh when I tell them that I'm scheduled for a baseline DEXA Scan next week at the age of 38? "Why do you need one, you'... More..

Health & Fitness > Pilates & Yoga History of pilates

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While millions of people do Pilates exercises everyday, most do not even know that Pilates was a person, let alone an extremely interesting and colorful personality who was at the leading edge of exercise science.Joseph Pilates was born in 1880 in Moenchengladbach, a town near Dusseldorf, Germany. He was a frail and sickly ch... More..

Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss Book reviews: Think Yourself Thin, by Darcy Buehler, Ph.D.

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Let's face it already: diets don't work. If they did, we would not be facing a global obesity epidemic with all of the related illnesses that go with it, like heart disease, increased risk of certain cancers, and orthopedic joint problems. Several weeks ago there was an international news story about an English boy whose moth... More..

Health & Fitness > Exercise & Weight Loss Exercises that help with back pain

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Does your back hurt? If you are like 80% of Americans yours probably does! Chronic back pain signals a muscular and postural imbalance that can get worse and that can leave you open to a greater injury and possibly the need for spine surgery. And these imbalances don't simply affect your back, but can cause imbalance and inju... More..

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1. Book reviews: Think Yourself Thin, by Darcy Buehler, Ph.D.
2. History of pilates
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4. Pilates exercise and osteoporosis
5. The popularity of Pilates
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