Seattle Parks and Recreation are committed to providing physical activity and wellness programs to our diverse community! What is Seattle Parks And Recreation’s Healthy Parks, Healthy You Initiative? The Healthy Parks Healthy You Initiative (HPHY) is designed...
Exercise is essential for maintaining healthy bones at all ages. Exercise as a child and into early adulthood maximizes bone production, which for the most part occurs by the time you are 35. Continued exercise into middle age and beyond can help to reduce your risk...
Physical activity is an important component of each day. Not only will it benefit your physical, mental, and social health; it can prevent or improve many chronic conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, depression, and some cancers. Other important...
What begins as a dull ache can soon grow into a fiery pain, when you are dealing with a sore achilles. You can end up saying ‘bye-bye’ to your workout and hello to icing your ankle. Achilles tendinopathy causes pain, swelling, stiffness and weakness of the achilles...
Weather – it’s a prevalent topic of conversation on various arthritis social networks and online forums. It’s especially popular during the winter with the cold temperatures and fluctuating air pressure. Changes in temperature or barometric pressure, referring...
An effective fitness program should consist of cardiovascular training, strength building and flexibility exercises. However, often the flexibility component is overlooked. Flexibility exercises are an important part of recovering from aerobic activity and can reduce...
