Body image is a concept that occupies a lot of space in modern conversations about health and wellness. The painful reality is that many of us, particularly female-identified folks, have intensely conflicted relationships with our bodies. This dissonance between how our bodies are and how we want them to be puts us at increased risk for mental and physical health problems. The distinction between keeping our bodies healthy and keeping our bodies in line with unreasonable standards of beauty, fitness, or attractiveness can become blurry if we aren’t aware of the forces impacting body image, so let’s take a deeper look at this important construct with a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor (and PhD), Candice @ Fitness Blender.
You may have heard of the ACL, but what is it, exactly? And what should you know about ACL health and injury? Let’s start with the basics—the anterior cruciate ligament, or the ACL, is one of the four main ligaments in the knee joint that joins the femur (thigh bone) with the tibia (shin bone). Its primary role is to provide stability to the knee joint. Any injury to the ACL compromises the knee's stability and can interfere with daily life. Learn a bit more about injuries, risk factors, and treatment/rehabilitation in this article, written by a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Amanda @ Fitness Blender.
We’re looking forward to providing more and more great content from experts in a variety of fields, so let us know what topics you’d like us to tackle next. We’re always listening, so let us know!
Two New Expert Articles, and a First...
We published two new Expert Articles today, including our first (expert!) mental health article, on a topic many of you have asked us to cover:
✦ Free: Building Blocks of Body Image - How We Learn About Beauty and the Cost of Poor Body Image
Body image is a concept that occupies a lot of space in modern conversations about health and wellness. The painful reality is that many of us, particularly female-identified folks, have intensely conflicted relationships with our bodies. This dissonance between how our bodies are and how we want them to be puts us at increased risk for mental and physical health problems. The distinction between keeping our bodies healthy and keeping our bodies in line with unreasonable standards of beauty, fitness, or attractiveness can become blurry if we aren’t aware of the forces impacting body image, so let’s take a deeper look at this important construct with a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor (and PhD), Candice @ Fitness Blender.
✦ Plus: What You Should Know About the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)
You may have heard of the ACL, but what is it, exactly? And what should you know about ACL health and injury? Let’s start with the basics—the anterior cruciate ligament, or the ACL, is one of the four main ligaments in the knee joint that joins the femur (thigh bone) with the tibia (shin bone). Its primary role is to provide stability to the knee joint. Any injury to the ACL compromises the knee's stability and can interfere with daily life. Learn a bit more about injuries, risk factors, and treatment/rehabilitation in this article, written by a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Amanda @ Fitness Blender.
We’re looking forward to providing more and more great content from experts in a variety of fields, so let us know what topics you’d like us to tackle next. We’re always listening, so let us know!