If you are an athlete, it is only a matter of time until you experience some type of foot pain.  Every year at the Arnold, out of the over 20,000 competitors, the number one injury we attend to is related to the foot and ankle.  Most of these are chronic problems that exacerbate during competition and training.  There are some simple steps that any athlete can take to remove foot pain.  I encourage you to stop walking or limping around on the problem, stop taking drugs to just mask the pain, make an attempt to learn about the foot and what you can do to fix it.

Eat raw and get better results with recovery?

Trainers and Athletes ask me all the time how to get an edge on training.  The majority of current clinical research is mainly geared towards recovery.  They are all are millions of ways to exercise, but fewer and fewer ways to correctly recover.  There is only so much time in a day and only so many meals to allow your body to recover from the physical stress of training.  Millions of supplements are marketed (most incorrectly) with their single directive being geared at producing a quicker recovery.  There is something that you can do that is much more productive and simple.  Learn to eat foods and are most raw and natural state.

Boxing has always defined our times.  The Romans and Gladiators would stage large fights and this grew to the sport of boxing that has brought the world together to wonder at the fighting form.  From the moments that millions were glued to their radios to hear the Great Jack Dempsey, to the Ali-Frazer Fights watched around the globe on television.

Men come from every nation, from every type of gym to rise through the ranks to make their stand and grab at their conquest of victory in the ring.  One such man took his shot at a highly ranked champion, Mike Tyson and after the all the hype and yelling, James “Buster” Douglas stood and had his massive arm lifted by the referee to signify himself as the newest name carved on the short list of Heavy Weight Champions of the World.

In this edition of Dr, David Ryan’s Quick Health and Fitness Tips, learn about why you should be concerned with numbness extending past the area of swelling and brusing if you are dealing with a possible tear, learn how to reach that area between your shoulder blades and also how to train your back properly!

You don’t grow in the gym!  Have you ever heard that?  It is very true and you need to change your entire thinking process about fitness if you did not know that fact.  Not being able to get to bed and sleep is a major problem that many athletes have to learn to overcome.  Most of you reading this are thinking that there is some secret special workout that you need to help you recover and grow big.  The truth is, the biggest athletes are the ones who recover the fastest.  Learning to get the best night and sleep you can is the premiere thing that you can do to help you get fit faster.  Missing sleep is worse than missing training.

Swine Flu Facts, By Dr. David Ryan and Dr. Brian Griffin

What is the Swine Flu?  The Swine Flu is a group of “A” virus that comes in about 1000 different versions, but there are four main types.  Currently there are 91 cases that have surfaced from Mexico to Germany as of 4-30-09.  The majority are currently in New York.

Over 90 % of all office workers use a personal computer.  In 1997 the work-related musculoskeletal disorders had reached 275,000 cases.  In 2009 that number is expected to reach over 14 million.  Musculoskeletal disorders include; neck pain, tension headaches, lower back pain, and carpal tunnel syndrome, just to name a few.  Women are more likely to outnumber men 3:1 for sustaining a carpal tunnel syndrome.  The affect on the economy is devastating with musculoskeletal disorders accounting for $20 billion in direct cost and over $100 billion related to indirect cost.  These cost represent a sobering statistic that America is sitting more and the effects are devastating.