- Cancer Wellness Within Healthcare – A Date With Destiny
  
  Tags: cancer wellness , Fitness Professionals
  
  Posted: July 22, 2019
  
  By: Eric Durak
  
  There are three distinct areas of exercise as it relates to healthcare – and reimbursement. Most trainers and fitness professionals are aware of cardiac rehab, which actually began in the US in the 1960s, but gained ground as a reimbursable
  
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- Kick up the Cardio
  
  Tags: fitness , Fitness Professionals , Healthy Aging
  
  Posted: July 18, 2019
  
  By: Dr. Stephen A. Black
  
  Currently, health clubs offer a variety of cardio and strength options. They offer a plethora of equipment and classes yet attrition remains high. By combining the science of cardio and strength training with a motivated and energetic instructor new programming
  
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- The Power of Knowing Your Why
  
  Tags: Healthy Aging
  
  Posted: July 17, 2019
  
  By: Ron Kusek, NSCA-CPT, CTNC, CES
  
  If you want to get fit or stay fit, you need a good motivator -- a primary reason why you want to exercise, eat right, and live a healthy lifestyle.
  
  I talk to people about this all the time. Active adults
  
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- Sports Nutrition: Carbs in the News
  
  Tags: nutrition
  
  Posted: July 16, 2019
  
  By: Nancy Clark, RD
  
  Too many of today's athletes believe carbohydrates are "bad." If that's true, what does the latest sports nutrition research say? The following studies, presented at the American College of Sports Medicine's 66th Annual Meeting (Orlando FL, May 2019) indicate sports
  
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- To Weigh or Not to Weigh
  
  Tags: exercise , Healthy Aging , nutrition
  
  Posted: July 15, 2019
  
  By: Mirabai Holland, MFA, EP-C, CHC
  
  Do you want to lose weight?
  
  You might be asking should I weigh or not to weigh, that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of knowing one’s outrageous weight, or to take
  
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- 5 Simple Exercises To Help Symptoms Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
  
  Tags: Arthritis , exercise , fitness
  
  Posted: July 11, 2019
  
  By: Harry Conley
  
  When left unchecked, rheumatoid arthritis can be majorly debilitating and cause real and continued pain. However, if you’re willing to do the research and put in the work, you can do certain exercises which can majorly reduce the symptoms, improve
  
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- Living Well with Arthritis
  
  Tags: Arthritis , wellness coaches
  
  Posted: July 11, 2019
  
  By: Linda Gogl
  
  Although arthritis today is considered one of the leaders of the pack in the epidemic of chronic illness, millions of those affected are living fulfilling lives and living them well.
  
  According to The Institute of Medicine’s New Report on Living Well
  
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- Breast Cancer and Exercise
  
  Tags: Breast Cancer , fitness , Fitness Professionals
  
  Posted: July 10, 2019
  
  By: Andrea Leonard
  
  The most common issues that plague post-mastectomy patients are upper-crossed syndrome and range of motion limitations in the affected shoulder. Upper cross syndrome is the combination of protracted (rounded) shoulders, forward head, cervical lordosis, winged-scapula, and thoracic kyphosis. As a
  
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- The Importance of Exercise Following A Stroke
  
  Tags: Fitness Professionals , Stroke
  
  Posted: July 9, 2019
  
  By: Kris Cameron
  
  According to the American Heart Association, 700,000 people annually in the United States suffer a stroke.(1) The incidence of stroke is likely to continue to escalate because of an expanding population of elderly Americans; a growing epidemic of diabetes, obesity, and physical
  
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- What I did when I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis
  
  Tags: Multiple Sclerosis
  
  Posted: July 8, 2019
  
  By: Alene Brennan
  
  The road to a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis may have come in a whirlwind of a day or at the end of long, agonizing years. The destination is all the same – a mysterious, unpredictable and unseen disease.
  
  When I received
  
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