HEART DISEASE Part 3

HEART DISEASE Part 3

Exercise in the treatment of CHD The use of exercise for treating coronary disease preceded its use for treating any other medical problem. Back in the 18th century Dr William Heberden recognised angina and in 1768 he described one of his patients, who had been cured...
HEART DISEASE Part 2

HEART DISEASE Part 2

Exercise in the prevention of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) In the UK Back in the 1950s and 1960s, studies of bus drivers and Whitehall civil servants by Professor Jerry Morris, a Scottish doctor working at University College, London, became epidemiological classics....
HEART DISEASE Part 1.

HEART DISEASE Part 1.

It was the management of heart disease which first introduced me, over 50 years ago, to the idea of exercise as medicine. Read on and I will explain more but first a few facts about the heart, its blood supply and what makes it all go wrong. The blood supply to the...
How to Have a Perfect Exercising Routine?

How to Have a Perfect Exercising Routine?

Guest Blog This week’s blog comes from Jacqueline Johnson from https://lovinghomecareinc.com/service-area/arcadia-ca/ There are many benefits to having a regular exercise routine. Not only can it help you stay in shape and maintain a healthy weight, but it can...