Author Archives: Artic Flex

Bone & Joint Health, Exercise & Injury Prevention, Lifestyle & Aging

7 Joint Tips for Lifelong Athletes

Posted on by Artic Flex
23
Dec

Joint discomfort impacts millions of people in the United States and abroad.  Chronic joint stiffness and achiness can become debilitating, particularly when it results in fatigue, weakness, and lack of range of motion.

For the lifelong athlete, lack of movement translates to a lack of play, fun, and wellbeing.

Aging is an inevitable process, but there are strategies and daily habits that can help you manage and support your joints and the quality of life you want.

Everyone is different, so try to see which tips and combinations offer you the best results. 

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Bone & Joint Health, Lifestyle & Aging

5 Morning Habits to Loosen Stiff Joints

Posted on by Artic Flex
09
Dec

Do you deal with morning stiffness or joint discomfort?

Stiff joints can occur in the morning due to a tough workout the day before, because of joint problems you have, or simply because you’re growing older. For most people, that stiffness eases up and goes away over time, but it’s no fun to deal with for the first hour or so. 

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Nutrition & Supplements

What is the Keto Diet?

Posted on by Artic Flex
02
Dec

The Keto Diet is one of several extreme low-carbohydrate, high-fat diets popular today. Although most people know the Keto Diet as a means to drop weight, it started in the early 1900s as a therapeutic approach to managing seizures. The goal is to use certain food choices to stimulate the body to burn more fat. 

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Exercise & Injury Prevention

6 Exercises & Stretches to Strengthen Your Feet

Posted on by Artic Flex
25
Nov

Your feet are complex machines with many small, interconnected parts. Not only that, they are the most commonly used parts of your body and, thus, must be flexible, adjustable, and responsive. Just like any other machine constructed this way, if just one of those parts isn’t working, the whole machine will work improperly, and you […]

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Bone & Joint Health, Exercise & Injury Prevention

Low-Impact Exercise: 5 Reasons Why You Should be Doing it No Matter Your Fitness Level

Posted on by Artic Flex
11
Nov

These days, we all seem to know how significant regular physical activity is for our health. Sometimes, however, “harder” isn’t necessarily always “better” when it comes to exercise.

Let’s think about it: if you continuously exercise at a high intensity while performing high-impact activities like running, jumping, plyometrics, skipping rope, or heavy weightlifting, then your body may not have sufficient time to recover, and you could be putting yourself at an increased risk of injury.

This is where low-impact exercise saves the day.

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Exercise & Injury Prevention, Lifestyle & Aging

Does Exercise Lower Stress?

Posted on by Artic Flex
21
Oct

There are a lot of tasks and responsibilities on your plate.

Your boss is demanding your project to be completed by the end of the month. Your kids have soccer practice, piano lessons, and play dates that you need to make sure they get on time. The weekly game night with friends is starting to turn into the monthly game night (if that). You’re having trouble sleeping at night, and you have this nagging feeling you’re going to forget to do something that just won’t go away no matter how many reminders you set or lists you make.

You’re stressed.

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Exercise & Injury Prevention

3 Powerful Steps to Improve Your Range of Motion

Posted on by Artic Flex
14
Oct
It happens so slowly you don’t always notice it: as you age, your range of motion has a natural tendency to decrease. You may see that you have a harder time reaching behind you, for instance, to get your glasses off the counter. Or, when you drop something, simply bending over to pick it up isn’t as easy as it used to be.

As you get up there in years, you find that you can’t get down there quite as easily as you could when you were younger!
While that’s the bad news, the good news is this: it’s not inevitable. A combination of targeted physical activities and dietary changes can stave off stiffness and improve your active range of motion.

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