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• How to Calculate Body Fat at the Waist

  If you're reading this article, chances are that you may have a few pounds to lose or you're concerned with your weight. For years, the bathroom scale has been many people's best friend and enemy--...

• Muscle Anatomy of the Lower Back

  The lower back muscles support upper body weight, protect body tissues and stabilize the spine. Since this area bears much of your weight and stress, it is the most likely part of the back to becom...

• Blood Vessels That Carry Blood to the Heart

  Blood circulation goes in a circle, which makes sense, given its name. Arteries carry blood away from the heart, and veins return blood to the heart. With one exception, blood carried away from the...

• About the Hip Bone

  The hip provides the area of attachment for muscles of the back, abdomen, gluteals, quadriceps, hamstrings, and inner and outer thigh muscles. With the assortment of tendons and a strong ligament i...

• Define Posture

  Posture is something most people do not think much about, yet it affects their quality of life and health every day, even in their sleep. Maintaining good posture does not necessarily mean you stan...

• 5 Ways to Fit a Backpacking Backpack

  Fitting a backpack is one of the few situations in which your height doesn't determine your size. Backpack fit depends on torso length. Find a friend to help measure your torso from your back. Usi...

• ACE Body Fat Measurement Methods

  According to body mass index (ratio of height to weight), a muscular athlete may register as obese, while a lighter person could fall within the recommended range and still be "overfat." Body compo...

• 5 Things You Need to Know About Back Fusion Surgery

  There are many situations and pathological conditions that require a segmental fusion in the back (mainly the lumbar spine), and understanding what a fusion procedure entails is crucial to its over...

• 5 Things You Need to Know About Back Fusion Surgery

  There are many situations and pathologic conditions that would require a segmental fusion in the back, mainly the lumbar spine, and understanding what a fusion procedure entails is crucial to its ...

• 5 Things You Need to Know About Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction

  ...e. The sacrum is wedged between the two crests of the pelvis (iliac) bones. The sacroiliac joints are next to the spine where the sacrum and iliac connect on either side. Very strong for its siz...

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