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One of the most complete sports there is, undoubtedly, swimming. The possibility that this sport brings us to perform aerobic exercises, joins the benefit of your practice does not generate any impact on joints, making it very suitable for everyone, even those who can not play other sports. Cardiovascular system: As a moderate-intensity aerobic exercise, [...]
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Benefits of swimming
Posted by Hortense on July 5th, 2011
Posted in Exercise 
Tags: Aerobic Exercise, Aerobic Exercises, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular System, Complete Sports, Density, Group Practice, Holding Your Breath, Joints, Mental Health, Moderate Intensity, Muscles, Oxygen, Quality Of Life, Red Blood Cells, Respiratory System, Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease, Self Esteem, Social Relationships, Swimming Training 
No Comments »The myth of salt
Posted by Hortense on June 22nd, 2011
They say the salt fat. But the truth is that neither increases body fat, and adds calories to the diet, simply promotes fluid retention, which makes it feel more bloated and heavy. Although we few extra kilos after supper salty foods like olives, anchovies and ham. Sodium is responsible for the accumulation of fluid in [...]
Posted in Food Tags: Accumulation, Anchovies, Balanced Diet, Blood Pressure, Body Fat, Calories, Cause Health Problems, Fluid Retention, Internal Flows, Many Things, Moderation, Muscles, Myth, Nerve Impulses, Olives, Salty Foods, Sodium, Truth No Comments »How to detect childhood strabismus
Posted by Hortense on May 21st, 2011
Strabismus is a vision defect that affects the muscles that control eye movements. If our muscles are well coordinated, when the brain tells the eyes to look in one direction, both look the same. In strabismus, however, is only one eye, called dominant, looking in the right direction, while the other looks in another direction. [...]
Exercises for a Healthy Back
Posted by Hortense on May 5th, 2011
Back pain is a disease that affects a large proportion of the population. Poor posture, sedentary lifestyle and the fact that prolonged sitting or standing do that, over time, the muscles that support our spine will lose strength and the pain makes its appearance. To avoid this, we put in shape those muscles, to properly [...]
Posted in Exercise Tags: Appearance, Back Pain, exercise, Exercises, Gap, Hip Stretch, Holding Your Breath, Knees, Lumbar Lordosis, Muscles, Poor Posture, Population, Posture, Proportion, Pubis, Repetitions, Sedentary Lifestyle, Shape, Spine Pain, Twenty Times No Comments »Massage for pregnant women
Posted by Hortense on April 11th, 2011
The prenatal massage is designed specifically for the needs of pregnant women. This massage technique makes accommodations for pregnancy, so women can feel relaxed in its prenatal state. In general, most therapists recommend that women wait until the second quarter to receive all kinds of massage, these can be made ​​until the day when women [...]
Posted in Body care Tags: Acupressure, Body Position, Contractions, Contraindication, Fatigue, Feel Pain, Massage Technique, Mental Equilibrium, Muscles, Physical Changes, Pregnancy Massage, Pregnancy Pillows, Pregnancy Women, Pregnant Women, Prenatal Massage, Reflexology, Relaxation Massage, Second Quarter, Shiatsu Massage, Swollen Feet And Ankles No Comments »Exercises to hone your waist
Posted by Hortense on February 10th, 2011
Although we have not overweight, one of the areas most difficult for us to keep free of fat is the waist, which makes our figure is not as pretty as we’d like. However, it is impossible to achieve, and we can get tune with a series of simple exercises several days a week. The routine [...]
