How Your Grip Strength Can Predict Your Health
Our primary care doctors in Delray Beach run many tests on our patients to gauge the state of their health. But recent research shows that one of the most effective measures of your overall health is the strength in your
Easy New Year’s Health Resolutions for Seniors
The start of a new year is traditionally the time we vow to do better in various areas of our lives because it’s bright with the promise of new beginnings. But over the years, we tend to become disenchanted with the
Steroids May Make Knee Arthritis Worse
If you’re one of the 32 million Americans who suffer from osteoarthritis of the knee, our primary care doctors in Delray Beach want to alert you to a new study that may impact how you’re treated for that condition. Osteoarthritis of
Tai Chi and Qigong: Are They Right for You?
If you found an exercise that you could perform even while sitting down, would you be interested? Suppose our primary care doctors in Delray Beach told you that this exercise could: improve sleep correct your posture reduce stress increase strength decrease
Regaining Confidence After a Fall
When you’re a kid and you fall off your bicycle, you’ll probably suffer nothing worse than skinned knees and palms. When you’re older and playing rough-and-tumble sports, you expect to fall. No big deal. But when you’re a senior and you fall
For Better Memory, A Little Exercise Makes a Big Difference
Our primary care doctors in Delray Beach would prefer that all our patients follow the recommended guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the World Health Organization (WHO), among others, to exercise moderately to vigorously for a total of
Proof That Anyone Can Get Deep-Vein Thrombosis
Many people believe that the condition known as deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) only occurs in older people or those who have been confined to bed or are traveling long distances in cramped quarters, like an airplane. But our primary care doctors in
Ability to Balance Linked to Longer Life
Can you stand on one leg for 10 seconds? Our primary care doctors in Delray Beach hope the answer is yes because a new study published last month in the British Journal of Sports Medicine suggested that an inability to
Can Exercise Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated 5.8 million Americans of all ages were living with Alzheimer’s-type dementia in 2019. This number includes an estimated 5.6 million people ages 65 and older, and approximately 200,000 individuals under age 65 who
Reap the Benefits of Exercise at Any Age
One of the many disadvantages of the pandemic is that so many people dropped their regular healthy routines: regular medical tests, healthy eating patterns, trips to the gym or even mall walking. If this happened to you, our primary care doctors