Timing of Exercise and Your Insulin Levels By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, is a must read for everyone. Not only does this feature apply to insulin dependent patients, but the information is for all patients whether they have diabetes or not.

Sheri Colberg Ph.D. has written a new book based on her experiences as an athlete and diabetes patient. The Diabetic Athlete’s Handbook: Your guide to peak performance is reviewed this week by Shannon Hart, PharmD Candidate University of Florida College of Pharmacy

More and more of our patients using insulin are exercising and participating in sports. They often lower their basal rates or decrease their mealtime dose to try and compensate. This can lead to hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia after exercising. Why does that happen and what changes over time. Dr. Sheri Colberg, …

We seem to spend so much time with our overweight Type 2 patients that we forget about the patients that seem to be doing everything right. They eat right, they exercise and they still have problems. Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM works with these kinds of patients all the time. …

We go to the gas pumps and fill up our car and then just press on the pedal and the car goes. But do you really know how that gas ends up moving your car? Did you know the same thing happens in your body Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, …

Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, knows that exercise presents its own special set of problems for control. The challenge of adding exercise into the mix as one more variable to figure out can feel overwhelming at times, and may stop your patients from trying. She has some tips from her …

Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, knows that some of our patients can barely do anything and she has a couple of activities that almost anyone can do. Two Easy Resistance Exercises That Build Basic Functional Strength will work for every one of our patients.

Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, has written books and taught classes to help athletes reach their full potential. This week she continues to show us how to get our patients to do simple things any one can accomplish. Core abdominal and lower-back resistance exercises: Pelvic tilt and suitcase lift

Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, gives us more Abdominal and lower-back resistance exercises: Chair sit-ups and low back strengthener. These are great for our patients who can not get down on the floor because they can be done in a chair or on a bed or couch

Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, knows what parts of the body need the most help and the parts that most people want to fix this week she focuses on a major concern to all of us with Abdominal and lower-back resistance exercises: Crunches and the Waist Worker