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Sheri Colberg, PhD
- Oct 20, 2017
- 5 min
Are My Joint Issues Due to Being Active, Normal Aging, or Diabetes?
Living with diabetes often leads me to wonder if what I’m experiencing—particularly when it’s an irritated joint or an overuse injury—is a consequence of being a regularly physically active person, getting older, or having diabetes, or some combination of those. Which one of these is causing my joint issues? Is it possible to know? I will attempt to answer these questions based on my deeper dive into the published research. Personally, I have managed to avoid most overuse inj
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Sheri Colberg, PhD
- May 30, 2016
- 3 min
Being Active and Getting Injured: How to Prevent This Conundrum
You finally decide to get active to help manage your type 1 or type 2 diabetes better or to prevent type 2 altogether, and once you’ve hit your stride, you get an injury that puts you back on the couch! Getting injured from being active happens often enough that you need to know how to prevent and treat injuries so you can stay on track. The best medicine is prevention, so trying to prevent injuries before they happen is the best way to avoid having to take time off from exer
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Sheri Colberg, PhD
- Mar 11, 2016
- 2 min
Stay Motivated to Be Active
Ever go to a fitness facility in January and then back in April? The difference in the number of people working out is tremendously fewer, even just a few months after most of them were all gung-ho about getting into shape in the new year. Why does this happen? The most common reasons why people start and stop an exercise program are well documented: 1) a perceived lack of time, 2) exercise-related injuries, and 3) exercise is not fun (which often is due to starting at an ex
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