Not exact matches
An excess of cortisol can also lead to a
decrease in insulin sensitivity, increased insulin resistance, reduced kidney function, hypertension, suppressed immune function, reduced growth hormone levels, and reduced connective
tissue strength.
Just think about how you usually feel after a lousy night's rest: you experience brain fog and your body quickly starts to enter catabolism (muscle
tissue breakdown), which can further increase stress,
decrease muscle size and
strength and trigger mood swings.
The shortened
tissues become compressed and dehydrated and this leads to a
decrease in contractile
strength.
An adult GH deficiency (AGHD) syndrome has been documented, consisting of deleterious alterations in body composition (increased visceral adipose
tissue, sarcopenia, and
decreased bone mineral density), an atherogenic lipid profile,
decreased muscle
strength and aerobic capacity, low energy, apathy, and greatly
decreased quality of life.8
∙ Increased
strength and lean muscle ∙
Decreased body fat ∙
Decreased risk of heart disease and lowered blood pressure ∙ Increased cardiovascular capacity ∙ Increased bone density and soft
tissue strength ∙
Decreased stress ∙ Increased self confidence, self image, self perception and outward self projection ∙ Improved sleep and sleeping patterns
Fibrous adhesions are known to be painful, prevent normal muscle mechanics (i.e., joint range of motion [ROM], muscle length, neuromuscular hypertonicity, and
decreased strength, endurance, and motor coordination) and
decrease soft -
tissue extensibility (5,15,35).
A continuous mode maximizes thermal effects; this mode is therefore primarily used for
tissue heating before stretching.9 Pulsed modes produce
decreased thermal effects but are used for other applications, including acceleration of the inflammatory process, increased fibroblast proliferation, and increasing the tensile
strength of healing
tissues.9
Laser therapy is used to increase quality and
strength of
tissue repair,
decrease inflammation, reduce edema and give pain relief.