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Archives
July 2010 - Progressive overload Vs. Genetic potential- June 2010 - From Gym to Gmail - The Future of Fitness Part Two
- May 2010 - From Gym to Gmail - The Future of Fitness Part One
- April 2010 - Worst Interviewees - EVER!
- March 2010 - Managing Quality
February 2010 - Valentine's K.I.S.S. and Exercise and ageing- January 2010 - New Year, New Hope
- December 2009 - Why December is the 'Month of Guilt' and Custom made hips
- November 2009 - FIA news and Meniscal cartilage tears
- October 2009 - 10 ways to get the job you want AND Meniscal cartilage tears in the knee
- September 2009 - Inhouse or Freelance Personal Training?
- August 2009 - 7 reasons to be part of the fitness industry and beat the crunch
Why December is the 'Month of Guilt' First of all, let's make one thing clear. January is always the busiest month of the year for any gym and personal trainer. Some believe it's because the New Year brings new hope and challenges. Others, like me, think that December is expensive, which makes our wallets lighter and us heavier! Whatever your beliefs about Christmas, it is a season when people take the foot off the pedal and start to relax. This inevitably means succumbing to the nutritional ‘time bombs’ of stuffing, eggnog and traditional Christmas pudding. ‘Time bombs’ sounds a bit harsh, but that's the affect this holiday period can have. Drinking more than usual, eating more sweets, chilling out, high calorie foods late at night, all pile on the grams. It's only when the season is over that we realise, 'what have I done?!' Then January comes and the reality of the New Year ahead beckons, bringing forth the guilt of money spent, 1000’s of calories consumed, and no gym workouts (gyms are very quiet at Christmas!). Summary Is this a bad thing? No it isn’t! In fact it’s great. Without the December guilt trip, January wouldn’t bring the wave of activity that gyms and personal trainers rely on for major profits. If you are a Personal Trainer, January is the time to gain more clients than any other month. So hit the ground running and market yourself now. Come January, clients will run (or probably waddle) to you! Copyright © 2009 Simon Bubb |
FIA NEWS 1. Physical health leads to mental health A study of more than a million young men found those who were fittest performed best in intelligence tests. The findings confirm the ancient quotation that dates back to Roman times that physical and mental healths go hand in hand.
2. Exercise may lead to a smarter, more successful you A strong cardiovascular system in young adulthood may boost brainpower, making for better school grades and more overall success later in life. Given that most doctors and people know the benefits of exercise and its impact on healthy bodies, the authors of a new study are hoping the findings can influence public policy.
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The latest technology in Hip Replacement Surgery: Custom Made Hips By Mr Ian McDermott, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Recent high quality research from France, using CT scans to measure the anatomy of people’s hip joints with extremely high 3-D accuracy has demonstrated wide variation in the shapes, sizes, angles and distance of the various anatomical markers in different people’s hip joints. Moreover, it has been shown that these various different factors can all vary quite independently of each other.
Standard hip replacement prostheses come in a fairly limited range of sizes. One underlying assumption (which has now been proven to be false) is that the larger the inner diameter of the shaft of the femur, the larger the offset -- the offset is the distance from the centre of the ball of the hip joint to a line running up the shaft of the femur.
Further research, again from France, has shown that altering this offset by as little as 14% can significantly affect the strength of the muscles at the side of the hip. Hip replacements do, in general, have excellent outcomes, with high patient satisfaction, and with about 95% of prostheses lasting 10 or more years and about 80 to 85% lasting more than 20 years. However, the challenge now is not only to insert a new hip that lasts, but also to restore function back to as normal as possible. For this, it is essential to restore normal anatomy to the hip joint, with exact angles, equal leg lengths and an accurately restored offset.
One of the exciting recent advances in hip replacement surgery is the introduction of prostheses and techniques of pre-operative planning that now allow exactly this. There are some patients whose hip anatomy is so far out of the range of normality that even a modular prosthesis will be insufficient to achieve an anatomically accurate result. For this group of patients (about 5% of people), the option of a specially custom designed and tailor made prosthesis is available. Again, pre-operative 3-D planning allows the prosthesis company to manufacture a one-off joint replacement made specifically for that individual’s hip, giving people with even the worst hip joints the chance for a new and normally functioning hip, with restoration of anatomy without compromise, and with superior outcomes and functional results.
Mr Ian McDermott is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon within the London Sports Orthopaedics Group.