Her Active Life

When you wake up the morning after a tough workout, how do your muscles feel? If they’re good as gold, did you get in a good training session? If they ache, did you push too hard? Most athletes wonder what…

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If you’re a health conscious eater, you may be wary about buying packaged foods with long lists of incomprehensible ingredients - and you should be. Preservatives, sodium and trans fats abound in our grocery aisles, and we know they have serious…

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(ARA) - Summer is the season of swimming, tennis, and being outdoors. But along with summer sports, the season brings sprained ankles, pulled muscles and shin splints. This summer, and all year round, athletes of all levels are turning to massage therapy to combat…

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Paula Radcliffe may say they are the secret of her success, but Australian research is questioning the benefits of taking an ice bath after exercise.

Physiotherapists recommend the bath as a way to speed up recovery, claiming the icy cold helps shift…

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Sodium bicarbonate, commonly known as baking soda, is used as a medication to neutralize stomach acid in ulcer patients and as a home remedy for stomach distress. Now researchers in Greece have shown that it may neutralize the acid in muscles during intense exercise…

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Second wind means that when you run very fast, you reach a point where you gasp for breath, slow down but keep on pushing and after a few seconds, you feel recovered and pick up the pace. Some people think that you just slow…

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