Fitness & Nutrition

Interval training strengthens your heart

UCF student plays wheelchair basketball in spite of his severe hemophilia A

Vaughn Ripley, who has hemophilia and HIV, aims run 100 triathlons.

Getting in shape doesn’t require expensive gear or the latest fad workout routine. All you really need is your own body.

For patients with hemophilia, learning about bone health now may help prevent osteoporosis and fractures later.

Amr Elbeshir wanted something that would exercise his mind and his body. “Tai chi allowed me to visualize being healthy.”

To play or not to play? For kids with bleeding disorders, that is the question—at camp, at school, at home, anywhere.

Healthy People 2020, the nation’s new 10-year health roadmap, includes a “Blood Disorders and Blood Safety” section for the first time. Goals include increasing von Willebrand disease diagnosis and reducing hemophilia joint problems.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could stay strong, flexible and fit with a low-risk exercise program and have some fun at the same time? You can! Swimming is a great exercise for people with hemophilia and other bleeding disorders.