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Low Back Pain
Published in Benjamin Apichai, Chinese Medicine for Lower Body Pain, 2021
Good sleeping posture: Sleeping on a relatively firm bed is good for sciatic pain recovery.Supine is the appropriate sleeping posture; both sides of the body receive equal pressure.Place a cushion or pillow below the knees to alleviate lumbar pressure.In the acute stage, lift the lower legs higher by placing more pillows below the tibia.The normal lumbar curvature can also be supported by placing a thin cushion or a rolled towel under the back.A firm mattress is recommended for sleeping.Keep the lumbar region warm.Avoid overexertion.
Cognitive symptoms related to attention
Published in Aurora Lassaletta, Ruth Clarke, The Invisible Brain Injury, 2019
The first time I went to a specially adapted swimming lesson at the sports centre, for which I had to submit a medical report, I explained to the teacher that I had to start slowly and build up the effort gradually. She, seeing that I had no significant external physical effects and looked normal, would keep telling me, “You can do much more, come on, come on, don’t be lazy!” I found it very hard not to try to meet her expectations, but I felt ill and decided to leave the class early. I got out and started to feel sick and dizzy, and had to see the sports centre’s doctor, who told me that my symptoms were due to overexertion.
Physiological Aspects of Selected Problems of Training Methodology (Training Strategy)
Published in Atko Viru, Adaptation in Sports Training, 2017
When a drop in the organism’s adaptivity is ignored, continued training with high loads results in a chronic overexertion syndrome called overtraining. The manifestation of this syndrome precludes any doubt that this is causally related to general changes on the level of the whole organism.108–112 Overtraining may show as an Addisonoid or a Basedowoid syndrome.108,111 The hypothalamic dysfunction has been described as well.113
Epidemiology of Exertional Rhabdomyolysis in the United States: Analysis of NEISS Database 2000 to 2019
Published in The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 2022
Barry P. Boden, David J. Isaacs, Anwar E. Ahmed, Scott A. Anderson
The most common activity causing ER was exercise without equipment, especially in females. Specifics of the exercise without equipment activity revealed patients performing a combination of push-ups, lunges, and squats, or participating in extreme high intensity aerobic exercise activities. This concurs with other studies reporting high-intensity training programs and workouts focusing on one muscle group with eccentric overload and fast repetitions to failure as risk factors for ER [17,27,28]. Overexertion during weightlifting, especially due to excessive squats and push-ups, is also a known causative factor for ER [4,5]. Novel overexertion associated with an abrupt increase in the weight lifted for the purposes of rapidly improving performance is one of the most common causes of ER [17]. Low baseline fitness is also a risk factor for ER [30]. However, while athletes may have higher fitness levels, there may be an increased tendency of coaches exerting athletes to excess via novel training sessions, which further predisposes to ER [8]. In any setting, common errors in extreme exercise programs include failure to assess and accommodate baseline fitness, all group members participating as a unit despite varying degrees of baseline fitness and/or individual risk factors, and participants being pushed to physiologic extremes.
A feasibility study of a home-based lifestyle-integrated physical exercise training and home modification for community-living older people (Part 2): the FIT-at-Home fall prevention program
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2021
Christian Müller, Sindy Lautenschläger, Christine Dörge, Sebastian Voigt-Radloff
The OTs reported that the exercises were comprehensible for the individuals and they were already familiar with them from other situations, only the combination of the exercises with everyday activities was unusual and presented a new challenge. Furthermore, the broad spectrum of individually tailored exercises was welcomed; nevertheless, not all of the exercises were equally implementable. In some cases, heel standing or walking, tandem walking, and toe standing or walking depended on the individuals’ physical conditions and were not feasible for some to achieve. Other reports showed that the participants were able to implement all of the exercises. From the OTs’ perspectives, the selection of exercises must be individually tailored to avoid symptoms of physical overexertion and ensure the safe execution of the exercises. An OT mentioned: “… These were all very simple exercises. So, I did not have to explain, how do you bend and straighten your knees or how do you make sideway steps? The patients already know most of these balance and strength exercises from other situations. Thus, no explanation was necessary. The question arose, where to perform these exercises?” (B12.Z34-35). The OTs also stated that influenza-like infections during the winter period or other non-serious diseases may affect the training performance.
The effect of wearing jeans on maximum static lifting strength for men and women at various exertion heights
Published in International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2020
Yi-Lang Chen, Chia-Ying Li, Chao-Hsuan Wang, Shiun Hu
Manual materials handling (MMH) has been widely known to be detrimental to musculoskeletal health. Studies have identified overexertion, improper posture and repetitiveness as the primary causes of musculoskeletal damage [4]. Numerous studies have been performed on MMH by service industry workers in businesses such as hypermarkets [5–7]. Experiments have also been conducted by controlling variables related to lifting tasks. For example, participants were requested to wear athletic shorts or swim trunks during the experiments. Jeans have recently become prevalent, particularly among younger people, and have even become a fashion trend. In our preliminary observations of hypermarkets in Taiwan, we found that more than 80% of the hypermarket employees wear jeans with uniform shirts at work mainly because jeans are stain resistant, do not need to be washed constantly, express individuality and are appropriate for all occasions.