Saturday, 24 Oct 2020
EXERCISE AND LUNG DISEASE
Lung disease The secret of longevity is to keep breathing. Sophie Tucker Lung disease encompasses…
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Saturday, 10 Oct 2020
EXERCISE AND THE PREVENTION OF DEMENTIA
Dementia, a modern pandemic Dementia is an advancing modern scourge and has recently been reported to have overtaken coronary heart…
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Saturday, 19 Sep 2020
PARKINSON’S DISEASE
What is Parkinson’s disease? Parkinson’s disease (PD) was originally described as “the shaking palsy” by James Parkinson in 1817. The…
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Saturday, 12 Sep 2020
EXERCISE IN THE TREATMENT OF STROKES
The use of exercise in stroke rehabilitation Management of the acute episode Exercise is vital to the restoration of muscle…
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Saturday, 22 Aug 2020
EXERCISE TO TREAT CORONARY DISEASE
Exercise for treating Coronary Heart Disease (CHD): Angina Angina pectoris is the tight central chest pain, sometimes radiating to the…
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Saturday, 15 Aug 2020
EXERCISE TO PREVENT CORONARY DISEASE
Exercise in the prevention of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD): The UK experience Back in the 1950s and 1960s, Professor Morris’…
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Saturday, 30 May 2020
EXERCISE AND DISEASE
It is time to talk about the health-giving properties of regular exercise and of high levels of cardio-respiratory fitness. Today’s…
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Saturday, 9 May 2020
PHYSICAL TRAINING AND PHYSICAL FITNESS
The natural history of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) The basic facts are these. Using VO2max as the measure of physical fitness,…
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Saturday, 2 May 2020
AND HOW FIT ARE WE?
Is it important to know how fit we are? I think so. There is a link between physical activity (PA),…
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Saturday, 25 Apr 2020
THE REAL WORLD – HOW MUCH EXERCISE DO WE TAKE?
In previous Blogs I have given an idea of the recommendations of governments and health organisations for the amount of…
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Saturday, 18 Apr 2020
MORE ABOUT HOW MUCH EXERCISE
My flow of thought has been interrupted by the dreaded virus – My last non-Covid blog went out on 14th…
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Saturday, 4 Apr 2020
STILL MORE EXERCISE IN THE TIME OF CORONA
Last week I discussed walking, running and cycling as ways to keep fit and use your currently surfeit of leisure…
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