The Basics of Muscle Hypertrophy
The Musculoskeletal System The human body is composed of 206 bones and over 600 different skeletal muscles. Each of these muscles is designed to move our bones in a straight…
The Musculoskeletal System The human body is composed of 206 bones and over 600 different skeletal muscles. Each of these muscles is designed to move our bones in a straight…
Osteoporosis is a chronic condition that affects our bones, more specifically our Bone Mineral Density (BMD). Osteoporosis is identified using a Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) Scan to attain a T-Score value for our BMD. This reading indicates how far above/below our BMD is compared to a peak reading of BMD for our gender.
One of the most common lower-body injuries affecting those participating in sport is the dreaded hamstring tear. Between 8-25% of amateur and professional athletes will experience a degree of hamstring tear at some point in their career (1).