Summer Sports
Summer Sports Created in Newsletter Library Summer Sports In the summertime, everyone’s thoughts turn to the outdoors. We want to get out in the sun and have some fun. Some people do exercise outdoors, such as running, walking, and biking, all year long regardless of the weather.1 For others, summer’s warmer temperatures make activity outside the […]
Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar Fasciitis Created in We May Help You With, Body Pain About 90 percent of people will recover from plantar fasciitis within a few months following conservative treatment. Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common explanations of heel pain. It is caused by inflammation to the thick band that connects the toes to the […]
Exercising Alfresco
Exercising Alfresco Created in Newsletter Library, Exercise & Fitness In “The Producers”, the riotous Mel Brooks movie classic from 1968, the wily and almost washed-up Broadway producer Max Bialystock (played famously by Zero Mostel) takes timid accountant Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) to lunch. Bialystock steers Bloom to a hotdog vendor’s run-down sidewalk stand just outside […]
Man and Machine
Man and Machine Created in Newsletter Library, Mind-Body Connection Is a computer like a human brain or is a human brain like a computer? When machines allow us to extend our abilities, are we enhancing our humanness or becoming more machine-like? What are the meaningful distinctions between humans and machines and how do these impact […]
TMJ
TMJ Created in We May Help You With, Body Pain The temporomandibular joint connects the jawbone to the skull. Up to 10 million people suffer from painful temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD), according to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Symptoms include pain in the face and neck, locked jaw or limited jaw movement, […]
Core Fitness – What Is It and What Is It Good For?
Core Fitness – What Is It and What Is It Good For? Created in Newsletter Library, Exercise & Fitness Core training is a no-longer-new catchphrase on the fitness landscape. The concept of core fitness, by now, has been promoted by every Pilates school, yoga center, and chain of fitness clubs around the world. Many doctors, […]
Mind and Matter
Mind and Matter Created in Newsletter Library, Mind-Body Connection Scientists and philosophers have pursued the notion of mind for thousands of years. [Of course, being able to think about the mind’s origins and place in the universe presumes having a mind, but that’s a separate piece of this puzzle.] Regardless of mind’s origin, we are […]
Shin Splints
Shin Splints Created in We May Help You With, Body Pain Shin splints are characterized by pain in the front part of the lower leg. It occurs on the inside edge of the large bone there — the tibia. This condition is common in runners, but can also occur in other physically active people. Shin […]
Bursts of Activity
Bursts of Activity Created in Newsletter Library, Exercise & Fitness We all know that 30 minutes per day of strenuous exercise will provide many health benefits. Recent Federal guidelines from the Department of Health and Human Services1 have even made this official. The real question for most of us is how to find the time to […]
Ebb and Flow
Ebb and Flow Created in Newsletter Library, Mind-Body Connection Ancient peoples closely observed and interacted with the rhythms of their immediate environment. The sun rose in the East and set in the West. Day followed night, and approximately 12 hours later night followed day. The seasons progressed through a more leisurely, although no less regular, […]