injury prevention

Static Stretching Before a Workout: Helpful, Harmful, or Irrelevant?

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Middle aged man stretching

Static stretching before activity has been promoted since the early 1980s as a way to prevent injury and prepare the body for exercise. It’s one of the most widely followed pieces of fitness advice, and also one of the more overstated ones. The Performance Question A large meta-analysis pooling 104 studies found that static stretching … Read more

Osteopenia: The Silent Bone Loss Nobody Notices Until a Fracture

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Osteopenia is low bone mass below normal density but not low enough to be classified as osteoporosis. It’s diagnosed with a DXA scan, not by how someone feels, which is exactly the problem. There’s no pain, no warning sign, nothing that would prompt someone to get checked. Many people find out only after a fracture … Read more