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Physical Activity

By MD Anderson Center Staff

Staying active throughout the day can help you feel better and reduce your risk for diseases like cancer.

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13 Strength-Training Benefits for Seniors (Why Build Muscle after 50?)

Should seniors lift weights? Are there benefits to strength training after 50? Yes, and yes! Here are 13 things you will benefit from by building stronger muscles, no matter how old you are. You are never too old to improve your health, and lifting heavy things will help you do that.

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Chasing Perfection: A Journey to Healing, Fitness, and Self-Love

Chasing Perfection reveals the life-changing steps fitness and lifestyle expert Rachel Brooks took to overcome depression, negative body image, and eating disorders, to break free of the past and start living a fulfilling purpose-driven life.

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Winning the Injury Game: How to Stop Chronic Pain and Achieve Peak Performance

When athletes and active people can’t perform at their peak because of chronic pain it’s frustrating and life can feel incomplete. It’s a story that author Jessica Kisiel, Exercise Physiologist and former professional athlete, knows all too well.

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Returning to “Athlete” after Concussion | Jaclyn Stephens | TEDxCSU

Athletes who have sustained concussions are at a heightened risk for new injuries, including new concussions, when they return to play. This increased risk of new injury is likely due to ineffective evaluation and treatment protocols.

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What too Much Exercise Does to Your Body and Brain

If working out is good for you, then working out more can only be better for you, right? Not quite. Too many trips to the gym or cardio sessions could actually undo all of those gains you’ve been working towards.

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Painkillers in the NFL: Kyle Turley on Playing Numb

More than 1,000 former NFL players are addicted to painkillers. Many are without health insurance, or any semblance of a support system.

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Student Athlete Injury Collaboration: EMS and Athletic Trainers

What to do when a student athlete is injured.

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Aging Athlete Couple Working Out Together—Some of Our Fave Exercises

Training is usually more fun with a partner! Here are some of our favorite exercises to do together. As aging athletes, both Peter and I have injuries and ailments to work around; thus, you’ll see us modify an exercise for one or the other.

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Rebound: Train Your Mind to Bounce Back Stronger from Sports Injuries

Weaving together personal narratives from athletes, scientific research, and the specialized clinical expertise of mental skills coach Carrie Jackson Cheadle, Rebound contains more than 45 Mental Skills and Drills athletes can use at every phase of their recovery process.

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