Dec 19
As the winter solstice nears, the days grow darker. Along with these dimly lit times, the weather cools down and brings rain. Fog shows it’s face and lack of sunlight to leaves dampness on the ground from the previous night’s precipitation. With lack of light in the evenings, we humans don’t have the nighttime vision …
Oct 02
Just like getting a flat tire while driving down the highway, injuries can happen when you least expect them. Unexpected injuries hurt, decrease our strength, and serve as a inconvenient distraction in our everyday activities. Being sidelined due to injury is discouraging as well. Injuries can occur anywhere from poor posture while sitting, unexpected accidents …
Sep 03
Maintaining fun and interesting physical activities are important to our everyday life. Failing to stay active results in deterioration of the human body as father time continues tick his clock. Optimal doses of physical activity might include hobbies and projects around the house, recreational activities, or regular exercise. Golf, Pickleball, Tennis, or swimming are common …
Aug 11
Activities such as sitting, doing recreational activities or just hanging out with friends and family all seem like normal activities everyone should be able to do. However, when pain arises somewhere in the body, these activities become challenging. A common site of pain in the body is hip tightness. Symptoms such as sciatica creates pain …
Aug 06
Last weeks from the “Fit for Life” weekly column featured 3 large muscles attached to the knee and their significance in maintaining the health and structural integrity of our critically important knee joint. This subject received special attention because it could not be condensed into the 800-word limit for this column. As a special, let’s …
Jul 22
The more you move, the less stiff your body will be. The less stiff you are, the more you can move. What happens when we’ve moved so much over the course our lives that now it’s painful to move to avoid getting stiff? What happens when the joints and hinges holding us together begin to …
