Category Archives: Exercise

Swimming – Its Benefits and Potential Risks

August 23, 2019

Swimming is without a doubt one of the best and most effective exercises that a postoperative bariatric patient can start. Just a few of the many benefits of the swimming include:

How To Make Healthy Habits Stick

May 29, 2019

By Barbara Brathwaite, RN, MSN The most important thing to remember in trying to maintain healthy habits is that you must allow your health and well being to come before anything else. All the other things will follow.   Assess …

Exercise Outside of the Gym

February 27, 2019

By Elizabeth Schledorn RN, MSN, CNOR, CBN, CHHC While some of us have visions of walking into the gym in perfectly coordinated athletic gear, killing it in cardio class and weight training like a boss, others of us don’t remember …

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