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Maybe a co-worker has talked you into taking part in the upcoming company run. Or you've resolved to take on more sporting challenges and registered for a 10-kilometre run or half marathon in your city. How best to prepare? If you're an inexperienced runner, you should consider your fitness level and whether you're really up to the undertaking. "It's probably a bad idea to prepare for a marathon if, for example, you're overweight or have a cardiovascular disease," says sports medicine physician Dr Thomas Schneider. He advises novice runners to first consult their GP, who can give them a medica...
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Your trainers may have stood idle in a closet over the winter, and now you're ready to resume your running regimen or other sport activity. If so, be sure to increase the intensity gradually, doctors say. If you don't, you increase the risk of straining - and at worst rupturing - an Achilles tendon, warns the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU). The Achilles is the thickest and strongest tendon in your body, connecting your calf muscles to your heel bone. Ruptures occur most frequently during sport. Along with going easy at first, the DGOU advises strengthening your calf ...
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The view is breathtaking, and so is the thin air. Mountain climbers have to deal with difficult conditions at high altitudes, and sometimes can get altitude sickness. It occurs when your body doesn’t have enough time to adjust to lower oxygen levels, with symptoms including headache, fatigue, nausea and vomiting. In severe cases it can be life-threatening, causing your lungs to fill with fluid or your brain to swell. There are ways to prevent altitude sickness though, the most fundamental being: Don't ascend too high too fast. Proper preparation can also help you to stay healthy on a mountain....
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Researchers in the UK are seeking hundreds of people to take part in the first large study into whether outdoor swimming can reduce symptoms of depression. Open water bathing has been praised as a way to improve well-being in the last few years, with emerging evidence that it can have a positive impact on mental health, experts said. The number of adults experiencing moderate to severe depression in the UK doubled to nearly one in five between March and June 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, compared to one in 10 before the crisis. The research call comes after the first clinical trial into i...
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The growing trend of wearing make-up at the gym or on runs is likely to be causing skin damage, according to scientists based in South Korea and the US. After testing the effects of applying foundation cream before exercise, the team concluded that it "can reduce skin oil, causing dryness." "Additionally, make-up can clog pores and increase sebum production," they said, warning in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology that people with dry skin are likely to be worst affected by slapping on make-up before working out. From the University of San Antonio and Korea National University of Education, ...
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Walking up to 10,000 steps per day lowers the risk of heart disease and early death even if people spend most of their day sitting down, research suggests. Experts have previously found that people who spend a lot of time sitting while awake, such as at their desks or watching TV, are more likely to suffer an early death and develop heart disease. But, until now, it has been unclear whether walking can offset the effects of sitting down for most of the day. A new study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found that every extra step above 2,200 steps per day – up to around 10,...
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Skis and snowboards should be waxed regularly, especially when they have been used in the softer, slushy snow of springtime. Experts from the German Ski Association (DSV) warn that the damp snow pulls the wax out of the pores and the surface becomes less glossy. To prevent your equipment from losing its all-important gliding properties, you should wax the bottom surfaces at least every second day of skiing. You don't have to go to a specialist ski shop every time - you can also treat them yourself with shop-bought liquid wax. In spring, while the slopes might still be hard and smooth in the ea...
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Most people don't give their pelvic floor a thought until it acts up. For women, this often happens during pregnancy and after childbirth, when coughing, sneezing or laughing can cause urine to leak - a sign of weakened pelvic floor muscles due to overstretching. But men, too, would do well to give some love to their pelvic floor, a dome-shaped sheet of muscles and connective tissue forming the base of the abdomen in both men and women. "A male's pelvic floor is constructed completely differently than a female's" though, says urologist and andrologist Dr Wolfgang Bühmann. "An integral pelvic f...
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