Inflammation is your body’s natural response to injury and infection. Chronic, or internal inflammation is a prolonged inflammation characterized by concurring destruction and healing of the tissues and internal organs. Chronic inflammation may be caused by untreated acute inflammation (infection), an autoimmune disorder, causing your immune system to attack your otherwise healthy tissues, or internal […]
How to Create Effective Training Programs for Lower Limb Amputees (LLA)
Programming for Lower Limb Amputation An estimated 1.9 million individuals in the United States have experienced an amputation. The majority are lower limb amputations (LLA) and are the result of vascular diseases such as type II diabetes or peripheral vascular disease. Trauma is the second leading cause of lower limb amputation. Trauma may result from […]
Tips for Creating Programming for Training Clients with Autoimmune Disorders
Autoimmune disorders are a wide range of poorly understood syndromes that result in a variety of symptoms. They occur when the immune system inadvertently attacks healthy body tissue. There are more than 80 different types of autoimmune disorders. Normally, the body’s immune system protects itself from antigens by sending inflammatory mediators and white blood […]