Background:High physical exertion during work is a risk factor for musculoskeletal pain and long-term sickness absence Physical exertion (RPE) reflects the balance between physical work demands and ...

"Work" and "exercise" are being combined to a greater and greater degree, as if someone forgot that these are two totally separate things, not meant for combining at all. People are sometimes wanting ...

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2020 guidelines recommend 150–300 min of moderate-intensity or 75–150 min of vigorous-intensity activity per week, which is associated with a 20–30% reduction in ...

"Running: Because it’s cheaper than therapy." — as seen on a bumper sticker In one of my first jobs after graduating from college, I worked for a gentleman named David. Most days during lunch, David ...

Arriving in New York from London recently the first thing I did was go to a spin class at SoulCycle. I needed to clear my head but I’m also on a job: to complete a fundraiser of 60 cycles before I ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. If you have a desk job, you know it’s all too easy to get stuck in your seat for hours. Before you know it, it’s five p.m., and you’ve ...

Americans continue to view exercise as important, and the vast majority say they work out regularly. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 86% of American Adults ...

Conflicting job expectations, excessive workload demands and lack of clear direction can cause stress at work. If you look at it closely, not all stress is bad because somehow, it pushes us to fully ...

Let’s start thinking differently about exercise. Here’s how we know. Animal exercise studies typically run rats for weeks on running wheels. The animals gleefully run every night, sprinting several ...