Trunk Exercise Dangers
Trunk Exercise Dangers More than any other area in the body, the back is susceptible to injury through incorrect exercise. To prevent injury, we need to have an understanding of…
Common Abdominal Exercises
Common Abdominal Exercises One of the aims of this book is to improve the standard of abdominal exercises by making exercises for this body part both safer and more effective….
Diet and Exercise
Diet and Exercise People often begin using abdominal exercises in the hope of reducing their waistline; they join a local gym or exercise class and work hard for many months….
How the Spine Works
How the Spine Works Overview of the spinal column The human backbone, or spinal column, is made up of 33 individual bones. Each bone is called a vertebra (see fig….
Basic Concepts Of Abdominal Training
Basic Concepts Of Abdominal Training Effective muscle strengthening For a muscle to become stronger, it must be worked harder than it would be in everyday activities. When it is, we…
The Trunk Muscles
The Trunk Muscles We need to become familiar with all of the muscles affecting the lower trunk – the area between the ribcage and the pelvic bones. At the front…
Cardiology
Cardiology Question 1 A 55-year-old woman smoker is seen in the emergency room (ER) complaining of several days of increasing facial fullness, orthopnea, and swelling in her neck and hands….
Cardiovascular Emergencies
Cardiovascular Emergencies Erik H. Howell Vidyasagar Kalahasti Samir R. Kapadia KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER: Cardiac Tamponade The most common cause of cardiac tamponade in developed countries is malignancy, whereas in…
Heart Failure
Heart Failure Sangjin Lee Robert E. Hobbs POINTS TO REMEMBER The most common cause of heart failure in the United States is end-stage coronary artery disease, accounting for more than…
