Health and Fitness Facts

Tip: Health Screening

Neeraj Mehta with Kids Workout

When you choose a health club, make sure they haver a screening procedure. No, not discrimination. Your gym selection should screen new members for heart disease, always have a Certified staff member on duty, and have an emergency response plan. This is important if you have heart disease, or if you just want to make sure an expensive club does its job. 

Tip: Foot Pain

Sore foot after too much tennis? Practice leg and ankle injury prevention and baby your foot. To relieve pain on the heel or sole of your foot, roll the foot back and forth over a cold soft drink can. Better yet, freeze a paper cup filled with water and use that. Get off on the right foot with sports injury prevention and treatment.

Tip: Ice Massage

Here's cold comfort to help in your sports injury prevention even after you've been benched. Use ice massage for shin splints or other hard-to-icebag areas. Freeze some water in a heavy paper or styrofoam cup. Peel back the top of the cup to expose the ice and hold the cup. Rub ice lightly over the sore area.

NEERAJ MEHTA, (Fitness Professional and master trainer of GFFI Fitness Academy)