Swimming freestyle uses all of the body's main muscle groups, including those in the neck, trunk, back and limbs. It is a particularly good stroke to use for toning the triceps muscles that make up the majority of your upper arms. Freestyle swimming works the triceps by forcing you to push against water resistance as you use your arms to propel your body forward. Accomplished freestyle swimmers can continue to work their triceps by focusing on techniques that will allow them to swim faster.
Exercise is a crucial element of successful rehabilitation, regardless of the cause of injury. Not only does exercise strengthen and tone the muscles, but it also improves coordination, which is often one of the primary areas t...
If you, or someone you care for, needs stroke rehabilitation services, you may find help as close as your local YMCA. The "Y" has a long history of developing programs that meet community health and fitness needs. Adv...
...sure practitioners use their fingers instead of acupuncture needles. Skeptics have claimed that acupressure and acupuncture treatments work only because of the placebo effect, but clinical studies on stroke patients have sho...
The American Stroke Association likens biofeedback to looking in a mirror to check that one is moving in the correct way. Electrodes measure bodily functions – heart rate, muscle movements or blood pressure – and th...
Your doctor may prescribe blood-thinning medication if you have a risk for blood clots that could lead to complications such as heart attacks and strokes. These medications may cause various side effects, but when you take bloo...
Nearly 150,000 adults living in the United States die from Stroke every year, according to the Internet Stroke Center. They add that an ischemic Stroke accounts for more than 85 percent of Stroke cases. Like all forms of cardio...
The forehand and backhand are the two main strokes in tennis, besides the serve. The main difference between the two strokes is that a forehand is hit from the player's dominant side and the backhand is hit from the opposite si...
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