Fitness & Rehab Newsletter #41

Fitness & Rehabilitation Newsletter

In Issue #41

- Fitness & Rehab Article - Women: Prepare for Ski Season and Close the Gender Gap
- Upcoming Courses
- Training Tip
- Healing Through Movement Blog

Fitness & Rehab Article

Tara Keller has submitted a great article for this Fitness & Rehab issue. Tara will be presenting two course for Healing Through Movement:

- Introduction to Muscle Imbalance Testing & Functional Fitness
- October 20

- Building a Profitable & Prosperous Business in Post-Rehabilitation
- November 17

Women: Prepare for Ski Season and Close the Gender Gap

With the Fall season upon us it is not too soon to prepare for the days ahead when our skis can carve into fresh powdery slopes and we can listen to the swoosh of every turn under our feet. Our planks have grown longer and fatter, boots now mold to our feet like a warm sock and yet every season comes with an increased prevalence of injury to one particular joint – the knee. Knee injuries now account f or 1 in 3 ski injuries, with ACL injuries comprising almost half. Command of speed, reaction to bumps and valleys, acceleration and deceleration through each turn, rebounding from jumps: a perfect recipe for an ACL tear, especially if you happen to be a woman.

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Upcoming Courses

OCTOBER 2007

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 8:45 am to 5:30 pm - Register Now
Introduction to Muscle Imbalance Testing & Functional Fitness with Tara Keller
Douglas College (Royal Ave & 8th St) - New Westminster , BC

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 8:45 am to 5:30 pm - Register Now
Postural Assessment & Exercise Prescription
Douglas College (Royal Ave & 8th St) - New Westminster , BC

Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 9:00 am to 1:00 pm - Register Now
Injury-Free Running
Douglas College (Royal Ave & 8th St) - New Westminster , BC


Training Tip

"Men and women have been searching for truth since the beginning of time. In doing so they have relied, in general, upon five sources of evidence: (1) custom and tradition, (2) authority , (3) personal experience, (4) deductive reasoning, and (5) scientific inquiry."

- Baumgarter & Hensley, Conducting & Reading Research in Health & Human Performance page 7.

Blog

Healing Through Movement Blog

Visit www.HealingThroughMovement.blogspot.com
When Yoga Hurts
Cut ACL Tears by 50%
Interview with Workplace Health Leader
Visit www.HealingThroughMovement.blogspot.com


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Newsletter written and published by Rick Kaselj - rkaselj@HealingThroughMovement.com

About Rick Kaselj

Rick Kaselj is a Registered Kinesiologist and ACE Certified Personal Trainer with a passion for exercise therapy. Rick designs effective exercise programs that safely and rapidly helps one recover from injury, medical conditions and musculoskeletal pain. Rick presents courses on exercise therapy across Canada and publishes a monthly [FITNESS & REHAB] newsletter for health and fitness professionals looking for the latest information on improving health, fitness, rehabilitation and sport. To reach Rick or to subscribe to his monthly newsletter, call (604) 532-5248 or visit www.HealingThroughMovement.com .
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