- Save the Date: Global Employee Health and Fitness Month, May 1-31
  
  Tags: Corporate Wellness , exercise , Healthy Aging , nutrition
  
  Posted: April 5, 2019
  
  By: Diane H. Hart
  
  Employers and Employees everywhere can show their support for healthy living by participating in Global Employee Health and Fitness Month (GEHFM) sponsored by the National Association for Health and Fitness (NAHF) and MedFit Network. This outstanding worksite initiative is held
  
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- Allostasis and Exercise Dosing
  
  Tags: Fitness Professionals
  
  Posted: April 4, 2019
  
  By: Greg Mack
  
  Three sets of ten repetitions of pushups.
  
  How long should repetition be?
  
  How much rest should occur between each repetition?
  
  How much rest should occur between each set?
  
  How should the push up be performed?
  
  How would a trainer determine the dose of this exercise
  
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- Why Parkinson’s Doesn’t Have To Win
  
  Tags: Fitness Professionals , parkinsons
  
  Posted: April 3, 2019
  
  By: Trevor Wicken
  
  An exercise management program specifically designed to attack Parkinson’s disease can help you reduce falls, improve energy, and restore function so you can live a normal, independent, and productive life.
  
  Medical exercise and medical fitness professionals can guide you in using
  
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- 4 Tips to Help Your Clients Reduce Their Risk of Falls
  
  Tags: fall prevention , Fitness Professionals , Healthy Aging
  
  Posted: April 2, 2019
  
  By: Christian Thompson, PhD
  
  No matter how fit and healthy your older clients are, there is one thing that can change their lives forever: a bad fall. Every year, almost 1/3 of older adults fall and many cause injuries that will affect them the
  
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- Member Spotlight: Autoimmune Nutrition Coach, Alene Brennan
  
  Tags: member spotlight
  
  Posted: March 30, 2019
  
  By: MFN
  
  As a nutrition coach, yoga instructor and essential oil practitioner, I help individuals with autoimmune disease manage their health and symptoms through diet and lifestyle. . .
  
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- The Health Benefits of Better Sleep
  
  Tags: Healthy Aging , sleep
  
  Posted: March 29, 2019
  
  By: Sarah Cummings
  
  The more that time goes on, the more evidence there is that sleep is our friend – possibly one of the best! Do you find that drifting off into sound slumber among today’s full-on society is something that is slightly
  
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- Quitting as Self-Care
  
  Tags: Healthy Aging , stress management
  
  Posted: March 28, 2019
  
  By: Lynn Marie Morski, MD, Esq.
  
  A few years ago the term self-care appeared as a means of describing anything that a person does to take care of themselves, like getting a massage, meditating, going for a walk in nature, or taking a relaxing bath in
  
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- Can I Avoid Surgery?
  
  Tags: Chronic Pain , fitness , Fitness Professionals
  
  Posted: March 27, 2019
  
  By: Charlie Rowe
  
  Did the title of this article capture your attention? It should because surgery, no matter how big or small, is serious business. The type of surgery this article is speaking to is orthopedic surgery. This means surgery due to pain,
  
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- Gait and Alignment
  
  Tags: fitness , Fitness Professionals
  
  Posted: March 26, 2019
  
  By: Kama Linden
  
  Many times when I run in Central Park, I see some elite runners. They look like gazelles. However, sometimes, I will see runners who have knees turned in, toes turned the opposite way, or simply just POUNDING on their feet.
  
  When
  
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- Aging Well By Eating Well
  
  Tags: Healthy Aging , nutrition
  
  Posted: March 25, 2019
  
  By: Regina Saxton
  
  Our health and how we age are not only dependent on our genes, exercise and a positive attitude. What we eat has a major influence on how well we look and feel as we head into our golden years. Simple
  
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