Mickmc

Mick spends most of his time doing clinical research. He is passionate about helping others to live healthy, happy lives. He has a particular interest in exercise, weight loss and self management of chronic diseases.

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Total hip replacement precautions

Total hip replacement precautions refer to the positions or movements that must be avoided following total hip replacement surgery in order to prevent a painful hip dislocation. Total hip replacement precautions include three important...

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  Musculoskeletal Diseases & Conditions

  Hip Labral Tear

  7 years ago

  A hip labral tear is a painful condition that may require arthroscopic surgery to repair. The cause may be traumatic or spontaneous.

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  Surgery

  Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression Surgery

  6 years ago

  Arthroscopic subacromial decompression is a surgical procedure designed to increase the space available for soft tissue structures at the front of the shoulder. This can help reduce painful subacromial impingement of should muscles tendons. Subacromial decompression decompression surgery...

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  Exercise & Fitness

  Isotonic Exercises: Benefits and Examples

  2 years ago

  Almost every isotonic exercise example you will read about does not actually have an isotonic muscle contraction. Here are some examples with video demonstrations.

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  Exercise & Fitness

  Examples of Isokinetic Exercises

  6 years ago

  Finding an example of a true isokinetic exercise is quite difficult. Here we have videos and discussion of some isokinetic exercise examples.

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  Exercise & Fitness

  Resistance Cords Exercises and Workouts

  5 years ago

  Here are some resistance cords exercises complete with video demonstrations you can watch right now. Resistance cords exercises can be an effective low impact method of resistance training. Resistance cord exercises are only limited by...