Health Tip: Opt for Weight-Bearing Exercises
Weight-bearing exercises are important, especially for girls and women who want to build bone strength and prevent osteoporosis later.
Weight-bearing exercises are done standing up and make the bones and muscles work against gravity.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons offers these examples of good weight-bearing exercises:
- Fast-paced walking, running or jogging, or going for a hike.
- Gardening or cutting the grass with a push mower.
- Team sports, such as basketball, soccer and baseball.
- Racquet sports, such as tennis.
- Aerobics or dance classes.
- Bowling, karate or judo, skating or skiing.
- Lifting weights or climbing stairs.
Health Tip: What's Behind Hip Bursitis?
Bursitis of the hip is a painful condition that occurs when the bursa -- a small, cushiony sac overlying the hip -- becomes inflamed.
According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, these are the common causes of hip bursitis:
- Overuse of the hip, often from activities such as biking, running, climbing stairs or standing up for long periods
- Having an injury to the hip, such as from a fall, bump or too much pressure
- Having had surgery on the hip
- Having calcium deposits or bone spurs
- Having diseases of the spine, including arthritis or scoliosis
- Having one leg that's shorter than the other
- Having rheumatoid arthritis
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