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DEXA Scan vs Bone Density Scan: What’s the Difference?
If you’ve been told you need a “DEXA scan,” you may be surprised to learn there are actually two different types of scans people commonly refer to under the same name.
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DEXA Scans for Body Composition:
Why Each Machine is Unique Have you heard about DEXA scans? They are a high-tech way to measure your body fat, muscle, and bones. But...
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From Athletes to Everyone: The Universal Appeal of Dexa Scans
DEXA body composition scans can be particularly valuable for everyday people who are not necessarily athletes, bodybuilders, or...
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Dual Sides, One Goal: The Quest for Muscular Symmetry
Assessing the symmetry of lean mass is an important reason some individuals opt for a DEXA scan. Assessing Lean Mass Symmetry:...
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DEXA for Bariatric Surgery
Using DEXA for assessing body composition in bariatric clients has the added benefit of shifting the focus away from solely using scale...
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Why do we allow 30 mins for your first scan appointment?
Jacinta King - talks about why we allow 30 mins for your first scan. When you come in for your initial DEXA scan, it's a thirty minute...
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DEXA is NOT just for elite athletes or CrossFitters and body builders.
Busting the myth that DEXA scans are only for sporty, fit people and talks about measuring visceral fat. There is a perception that DEXA...
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DEXA versus the rest (scales, InBody, skin folds etc)
DEXA versus the rest (scales, InBody, skin folds etc)
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Take a look at a typical client DEXA scan
I had a client recently who was brave enough to let me record a Facebook live of her scan! Check out the video above or via the link...
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Full body DEXA and your bone health
We cover bone health in our consultations even though we know most of our clients want to skip over it to look at their body fat losses...
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Why DEXA scan prep matters... no matter what the others say
If you’re monitoring your percentage body fat and muscle mass, you are working hard to achieve some changes. You’ve been sweating and...
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What is DEXA?
DEXA stands for dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. A DEXA scanner is an x-ray machine which was originally designed to assess bone health....
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What is body composition?
Body composition, quite simply, is how your total weight is shared across the key elements that make up your body weight, which is...
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Want to live forever? Exercise is the best medicine
“THERE IS NO PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTION THAT HOLDS A GREATER PROMISE OF IMPROVING HEALTH AND PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE IN THE ELDERLY THAN...
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What everyone can learn from their DEXA scan
We find most people come to see us for a DEXA scan for one of four main reasons… 1. They want to lose weight 2. They want to increase...
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Weight loss Vs Fat Loss – let’s look at that important difference
We LOVE a great body transformation… after all measuring transformations is what we do! But one of the reasons I took over at Physique...
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