Give a little love to your lower back -reverse back extensionsWritten by Karri Koivula
Those who lift weights are likely to be familiar with this exercise and its benefits. Besides strengthening and helping to maintain your back in good working order, reverse back extension will make your back feel really good.Because there’s no need to strap or support your legs, you don’t need any special gym equipment to do it, like you need in regular back extensions. You only need some kind of elevated surface to lie on your stomach, which allows your legs to hang free, or nearly free. With a little imagination, a place like that can be improvised in almost every environment. While exercise itself is about as safe as exercise can ever be, setup for it can be dangerous. Make sure platform where you do it is stable and can handle your weight, and doesn’t accidentally collapse underneath you. Always when in doubt, find sturdier place.
| | Research into the Efficacy of Hyaluronic Acid Knee Injections ContinuesWritten by Jana Willinger
Hyaluronic acid, a key component of human tissue, aiding body’s flexibility, mobility and moisture retention is a popular component of many anti-aging products but can also provide a wealth of benefits in medical sphere. Recently, in an attempt to find effective treatment methods for arthritis, scientists have found a strong association between levels of Hyaluronic acid and severe knee and hip arthritis known as osteoarthritis or OA. The study, conducted by researches from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University Medical Center, utilized a diverse subject base of blood samples from 753 white and black American men and women. This research is part of hope that early identification and intervention can improve outcomes for people with OA, a common cause of pain and disability among older Americans. The findings suggest that measuring levels of Hyaluronic acid could allow doctors to help prevent joint destruction before it can be measured on an X-ray image. In a similar vein, Hyaluronic acid injections have been prescribed by doctors for over 20 years as a method for treating osteoarthritis of knee. Hyaluronic acid is thought to restore elasticity to synovial fluid that surrounds knee joint, which is depleted in patients with osteoarthritis of knee. However, there is continued debate as to efficacy of these treatments. Recently, French researchers compared safety and effectiveness of NRD101 Hyalauronic acid knee injection with an orally administered drug, diacerein, shown by past research to have a structural benefit in hip osteoarthritis.
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