Outdoor Recreation: Gear Maintenance, Safety & Fitness

Leisure activities like kayaking or rock climbing provide significant wellness benefits when coupled with proper gear maintenance and safety skills.

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Diving & Ear Problems

Dramatic changes in pressure affect your ears and sinuses. You might have experienced ear popping as an airplane descends, for example. As you descend to begin a dive, the pressure increases dramatically with increased depth.

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How to Clean a Snorkel Mask

Snorkel masks allow you to see clearly underwater, enabling you to admire fish, coral reefs and other sea creatures. Snorkel masks require the same cleaning and maintenance as scuba diving masks.

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How to Wear a Snorkel Mask With Glasses

When you go snorkeling, you need to be able to see clearly to enjoy the experience and stay safe. Though you cannot wear glasses with a snorkel mask, people who wear glasses can use several different methods to seeing clearly in the water.

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How to Determine What Size Rollerblades You Need?

According to Inline Planet, wearing poorly fitting Rollerblades, also known as inline skates, constitutes the number one mistake of beginning skaters. If you wear Rollerblades that don’t fit your feet, you will have trouble skating or even standing comfortably. Skates that are too small can give your feet blisters.

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Snowshoeing in Carpathian mountains in wintertime

How to Size Snowshoes

Snowshoes enable you to explore the winter landscape more easily. Whether you want to buy recreational, adventure, backcountry or fitness snowshoes, you’ll need to choose snowshoes in the right size that will support your weight.

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Fun Outdoor Games for School Aged Children

Outdoor games allow young children to run around and expend their energy after sitting in school for hours at a time. You can play a variety of simple outdoor games with small or large groups of children.

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Basketball

Fun Basketball Games to Play by Yourself

If you have some time on your hands, grab your basketball and head out to your driveway to practice some skills with individual games and drills. Don’t use solitude as an excuse not to get out and play. You can compete against yourself and try to beat your own records with these one-person games.

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What to Do if Kids Need Braces & You Can't Afford Them

Most children do not have naturally straight teeth, and braces can help to correct crooked teeth and misaligned bites. Unfortunately, many insurance companies do not cover braces, and so many families cannot afford this expensive orthodontic treatment.

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