Exercise Videos FAQs

What is kinesiology?

Kinesiology is the study of applied human motion and kinetics. The practice is used to help develop safe exercise equipment and to treat people with physical ailments or conditions that prevent regular exercise. It can also be used to help calculate the limits of human endurance and movement. The practice has proved invaluable for designing many different types of equipment and exercises which help advance the human condition. Kinesiology is not to be confused with the controversial applied kinesiology employed by some chiropractors and naturopathic doctors.

What is exercise intolerance?

Exercise intolerance is a rare condition that can have a wide variety of causes. Its symptoms include an inability to perform basic exercises that a person of similar age and overall health could easily perform. This may be due to muscle pain, nausea, shortness of breath, or a host of other problems the cause of which can often be mysterious. It is one of the most characteristic signs of chronic fatigue syndrome. Often the pain is due to heart problems or back injury. Unfortunately, exercise is one of the best remedies to both heart problems and back pain. Physicians and kinesiologists are working hard to remedy this problem.

What is exergaming?

Exergaming is a compound word that stems from the word ‘exercise’ and the word ‘gaming.’ It has recently gained large public support as different video game consoles have effectively introduced a range of movement to games that actually make them fun and healthy. Exergaming arose as a response to many video game critics rightfully decrying gaming as essentially sedentary and unhealthy. The game manufacturers responded in kind by developing game systems that require the useful to move often and frequently. Some video games released on these systems are strictly physical exercise regimes that include yoga and Pilates.