Great exercise that's easier on the joints

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Great exercise that's easier on the joints When you're struggling with joint pain, gravity can make exercise an unpleasant experience. But exercising in water, also known as aquatic therapy, can change all that. It enables you to do many of the same exercises you'd do on land without applying the same force on your joints.

Get your copy of The Joint Pain Relief Workout Is joint pain holding you back? Perhaps an achy ankle or sore knee is making it difficult to enjoy a run through your favorite park or even taking a short walk. Or maybe a throbbing hip or shoulder prevents you from whacking a golf ball or performing simple tasks like carrying a bag of groceries. The exercises in this report, The Joint Pain Relief Workout: Healing exercises for your shoulders, hips, knees, and ankles, can help relieve ankle, knee, hip, or shoulder pain, and help you become more active again, which can help you stay independent long into your later years.

An underused option for severe depression If medication isn't helping to ease severe depression, nonsurgical brain stimulation may be an effective alternative to consider, according to a study published online by The BMJ. Specifically, the study found that evidence seems to back the use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) over other, newer brain stimulation therapies.

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The Joint Pain Relief Workout Featured content: • Taking the first steps • Safety first • Why weight matters for joint pain • Getting started with basic cardio exercise • Dig deep for motivation •  ... and more! Click here to read more »