Strengthening

Strengthening exercises build-up one's muscle strength, bone density and increase the metabolism.

Top Helpful Cases

 Healed
4 of 4 people found this helpful
Hip Replacement
Twenty-five years of running and being pulled along by two large dogs wore away my left hip joint. Scoliosis didn't help. I toughed it out for years with physical therapy and yoga, and finally had to have my hip totally replaced. I wasn't happy, but I got a great result and I can hardly remember it isn't mine, except when ...
 Healed
3 of 4 people found this helpful
Herniated Disc - Microdiscectomy
When I was 18 years old I found out that I have degenerative disk disease. They sent me to physical therapy, but this just aggravated my condition further and soon I had a herniated disk. I tried painkillers, oral steroids, steroid epidurals nothing would stop the pain. I had sciatica pretty bad and my doctor finally recommended surgery. I had ...
 No change
3 of 3 people found this helpful
Lower back... really low in the back. Ok -- truth told it is a pain in the butt.
Seriously, everyone called it lower back pain and until my MRI showed clear they called it sciatica. Even my PT -- but come on let's face it the pain in really a tad lower than what I would call my back. It took a long time to get professionals to understand though my lower lumbar was uncomfortable it was really ...

Strengthening is Used For These Conditions

Area
 Condition Average Result Healed Helped
a Lot		 Helped
a Little		 No Change Made Worse
All Conditions (average)
3.7
(121)
33 44 25 15 3
Arm
 Compound Fracture
4.0
(1)
1
Arm
 Tennis Elbow
4.0
(1)
1
Arm
 Elbow Pain
3.0
(1)
1
Back General
 Postpartum Back Pain
4.0
(1)
1
Back General
 Pain
2.1
(9)
1 8
Back Lower (Lumbar)
 Piriformis Syndrome
5.0
(1)
1
Back Lower (Lumbar)
 Spondylolisthesis
5.0
(1)
1
Back Lower (Lumbar)
 Herniated Disk
4.5
(4)
2 2
Back Lower (Lumbar)
 Muscle Strain
4.3
(3)
1 2
Back Lower (Lumbar)
 Pain
4.3
(8)
2 6
Back Lower (Lumbar)
 Osteoarthritis - Degenerative Disc Disease
3.8
(4)
3 1
Back Lower (Lumbar)
 Sciatica
3.5
(4)
1 1 1 1
Back Lower (Lumbar)
 Sacroiliac Joint
3.5
(2)
1 1
Back Lower (Lumbar)
 Coccyx Area Pain
1.0
(1)
1
Back Mid (Thoracic)
 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
5.0
(1)
1
Back Mid (Thoracic)
 Pain
4.5
(2)
1 1
Back Mid (Thoracic)
 Scoliosis
4.0
(2)
2
Back Upper - Neck (Cervical)
 Trapezius Spasm
5.0
(1)
1
Back Upper - Neck (Cervical)
 Muscle Strain
4.0
(2)
1 1
Back Upper - Neck (Cervical)
 Pain
4.0
(2)
1 1
Back Upper - Neck (Cervical)
 Herniated Disc in Neck
2.2
(5)
1 1 1 1
General
 Cumulative Trauma Disorder (CTD)
4.0
(1)
1
General
 Extremely Low or No Flexibility in Joints
3.5
(2)
1 1
General
 Rheumatoid Arthritis
3.0
(1)
1
Head
 Chronic Headache
3.0
(2)
2
Hip
 Osteoarthritis
4.5
(4)
2 2
Hip
 Bursitis
4.0
(1)
1
Hip
 Calcium Buildup
3.0
(1)
1
Hip
 Labral Tear
2.0
(1)
1
Hip
 Pain
1.0
(1)
1
Internal
 Bloating Stomach Pain
4.0
(1)
1
Internal
 Ehlers Danlos syndrome - "Cutis hyperelastica"
3.0
(1)
1
Knee
 Meniscus Knee Injury
5.0
(1)
1
Knee
 Iliotibial band syndrome
5.0
(2)
2
Knee
 Lateral Meniscus Tear
5.0
(1)
1
Knee
 Medial Meniscus Tear
4.3
(3)
1 2
Knee
 Patello-Femoral Syndrome
4.3
(4)
2 1 1
Knee
 Pain
4.0
(4)
1 2 1
Knee
 Lack of Meniscus in Medial Compartment
4.0
(1)
1
Knee
 Anterior Cruciate Ligament Damage (ACL)
4.0
(1)
1
Knee
 Medial Collateral Ligament Injury
4.0
(2)
2
Knee
 Tendinitus
3.8
(5)
1 2 2
Knee
 Articular Cartilage Damage
3.8
(4)
1 2 1
Knee
 Luxating Patella (Floating Patella)
3.7
(3)
1 2
Knee
 Chondromalacia
3.5
(2)
1 1
Knee
 Osteoarthritis
3.2
(5)
2 2 1
Leg
 Plantar Fasciitis
3.0
(1)
1
Neurological
 Migraine
5.0
(1)
1
Shoulder
 Dislocation
5.0
(3)
3
Shoulder
 Arthritis With Impingement
5.0
(1)
1
Shoulder
 Tendinitis
4.5
(2)
1 1
Shoulder
 Pain
2.5
(2)
1 1
Skin
 Dark Eye Circles
2.0
(1)
1
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