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Want to Reduce Your Cancer Risk? Eat These

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Kyndall Truett, ACSM-CPT, ACSM/ACS-CET Exercise Specialist You know the drill. To reduce your risk of cancer, don’t smoke. Don’t drink alcohol excessively. Don’t char your meat on the grill. Don’t eat a steady diet of high fat foods. While these recommendations are all valid, they also focus on what NOT to do. But let’s also…

Preventing — and Recovering from — the Dreaded Shin Splint

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Julie Nunn, NSCA-CSCS You’re speeding down the running trail and suddenly get a pain in your shin that won’t go away. It’s the dreaded shin splint. Or is it? Shin splints, also known as medial tibia stress syndrome, are frequently confused with other lower-leg conditions. Actual shin splints are microfractures in your tibia, one of…
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Reduce Neck Pain with Strengthening Exercises

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Ryan Coleman, NSCA-CSCS Fitness Coordinator The phrase “pain in the neck” usually refers to a task that is irritating or bothersome. But sometimes, the phrase is literal. Whether you slept the wrong way or have “text neck,” a stiff or sore neck is a painful reminder of limitations in your mobility. Neck pain is on…
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