Physical Activity

A female patient on insulin, 67 years of age, required more and more insulin to manage her glucose levels. She was eating healthily, exercising, monitoring, and taking her insulin as prescribed. I asked her when she had last seen her dentist. She confessed that this was one part of her …

Dr. Joe Houmard continues his discussion of the benefits of physical activity and emphasizes that, when communicating with patients, it’s especially important to tell them not to rely on a scale for results, especially if they are just starting out. One important aspect that a scale will not show is …

by Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM Given that fear of hypoglycemia during exercise is a known barrier to exercise participation, particularly for insulin users with diabetes, it is worthwhile to discuss some novel approaches to using exercise itself to manage blood glucose levels during activities. Based on some newer research, …

Joseph Hourmard talks about the benefits of aerobic exercise versus anaerobic exercise, and notes that as patients get older, doing more resistance-type exercise will help to maintain muscle mass. However, he again points out that the best exercise is the type that patients will actually do. He also notes that …

Some positive effects seen but no decrease in pain intensity was observed…. A common complication of diabetes is painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (P-DPN). Current standard of care for patients with P-DPN involves pharmacological interventions that are limited by their potential adverse side effects. Numerous drugs are still being developed and …

by Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM It may have been a while since you’ve given much thought to how the body fuels the activities that a person does. The way that muscles make and use energy, which is affected by how fast people move, how much force their muscles produce, …

Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, talks about how, even though dieting and exercise should be part of every patient’s regimen, this can be extremely difficult in certain places. He says there are many ways we could improve the physical environment, however, in our towns and cities, including simple things like adding sidewalks …

  Dr. Peter Katzmarzyk talks about the urgent need to build physical activity back into our lives. He comments that, “The reality is that we have engineered physical activity out of our lives,” but emphasizes that he’s not advociating that we need to go to the gym every day, just …

Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, FACSM, FAHA, gives us a brief introduction to himself and explains that the current focus of his research is on what happens with the human body when it’s not exercising which is most of the rest of the day…. More videos with Dr. Katzmarzyk: Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, …

by Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM With all the exercise training fads out there, it can be hard to navigate the landscape with diabetes. I am frequently asked about the latest training techniques or gym trends, so I want to address a couple of those specifically (CrossFit training and insulin …