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Eating a healthy diet and drinking no more than moderate amounts of alcohol may help people with type 2 diabetes avoid chronic kidney disease, according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine. Type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease are major public health problems, according to a news release from the JAMA Network Journals. […]READ MORE

Health care providers should be cautious about allowing athletes to return to play based solely on self-reported symptoms. In fact, testing an athlete’s memory and thinking skills with a tool such as the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing system can help detect whether an athlete is ready to head back into the game, according […]READ MORE

Move over sports drink. That goes for you, too, “juice” box. Many parents are rethinking what they pack in their preschooler’s lunch box thanks to new research on childhood obesity. Researchers say 4- and 5-year-olds who drink one or more sugar-sweetened beverages every day are more likely to be overweight and obese, according to a […]READ MORE

Today’s students may want to lighten their load when they head back to school this fall. Last year, more than 24,000 people were treated in the hospital or at their doctor’s office for injuries related to backpacks, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Nearly 40 percent of the injuries were for children ages 5 […]READ MORE

About 10 days before his event in Monte Carlo, Track and Field Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist,  LaShawn Merrit  strained the semimembranosus portion of his hamstring.  As a 17 year old, LaShawn was the fastest in the world under 19 years of age.  And being from Portsmouth (an alumni of Wilson High School), he came to […]READ MORE

Wearing a helmet definitely helps protect high school football athletes from getting a concussion. And it may not matter which brand of helmet an athlete wears, according to new research. Contrary to the claims made by some equipment manufacturers, “the specific brand of helmet and helmet age were not associated with lower risk of concussion,” […]READ MORE

Many of us judge our workouts by what number registers on the scale. But some new studies suggest that even if you’re not losing weight, you’re still improving your overall metabolism. In fact, you may be training your fat to be more metabolically active. “Our work provides greater motivation than ever to get out there […]READ MORE

Bon Secours In Motion has received accolades from readers of two Hampton Roads publications, Hampton Roads Magazine and Tidewater Women. For the third year in a row, the readers of Hampton Roads Magazine have selected In Motion as Best of the Best Physical Therapy in Hampton Roads. In Motion has also been selected as the […]READ MORE

You can exercise every day for an hour. Use your lunch break to hit the gym. And hire a personal trainer. But none of it will make a difference on the scale unless you consider what you’re eating. Or, more specifically, how many calories you’re consuming. The latest research proves the point that it takes […]READ MORE

Are you training for an event and trying periodize your training? Periodization is basically preventing overtraining and maximizing your performance so you “peak” when you need to perform. From endurance athletes to football players to sprinters, this is important information that could be the difference between you having a ‘good’ performance and a life-changing performance […]READ MORE