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However, many common ab exercises like sit-ups can be tricky, and common mistakes — like pulling on the neck — can cause pain and injury. Luckily, sit-ups and crunches aren’t the only moves ...
The exact mechanism of action of silicone gel sheeting has not been fully studied. Currently, many proposed mechanisms explain the efficacy of such treatment, including the occlusion and hydration effect, increased body surface temperature, polarized electric charge, immunological effects, etc. [9] The occlusion and hydration effect is the most studied mechanism of action.
It is a procedure that uses athletic tape (pressure-sensitive tape similar to surgical tape or elastic therapeutic tape), attached to the skin, to physically hold muscles or bones at a certain position. This reduces pain and aids recovery. Taping is usually used to help recover from overuse and other injuries.
If you randomly ask people at your gym what their fitness goal is, I would bet almost 90% of them would say to lose weight. It is without question the number one goal that drives people to the gym ...
Both flexion and extension exercises have been shown to help mitigate back pain [8] and has been demonstrated to accomplish the following: a) significantly increase the canal area, b) increase the midsagittal diameter, c) increase the subarticular sagittal diameter, and d) increase all the foraminal dimensions significantly [9]
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This variation of the lat pull-down, in which the bar is pulled behind the neck, may be dangerous and less effective. [5] Behind the neck lat pull-downs offer no biomechanical advantages. [6] It can cause compression of the cervical spine disks, and disk damage if contact is made by striking the bar to the neck.
Open chain exercises are postulated to be advantageous in rehabilitation settings because they can be easily manipulated to selectively target specific muscles, or specific heads of certain muscles, more effectively than their closed chain counterparts, at different phases of contraction.