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Trigger Finger
TRIGGER FINGER is a condition in which one of your fingers or thumb gets stuck in a bent position. Your finger may bend or straighten with a snap – like a trigger being pulled and released. Trigger Finger, or in medicalese stenosing tenosynovitis, is said to...
Why Walk?
IT WAS HIPPOCRATES, considered to be the "Father of Western Medicine,” who said, “Walking is man’s best medicine.” Over many, many years there have been lots of proponents o f walking. Henry David Thoreau tells us in his book Walking, that he walked four hours...
Coordination
co·or·di·na·tion /kōˌôrdnˈāSH(ə)n/ ~ noun —According to the Oxford Dictionaries The organization of the different elements of a complex body or activity so as to enable them to work together effectively: "both countries agreed to intensify efforts at economic policy...
READY, SET, GO!
IN A 1969 INTERVIEW with the Journal of Physical Education, Bonnie was asked about her philosophy regarding physical fitness. Last month, I was reminded to revisit that article. I live in the area of Tucson known as the Catalina Foothills. If you’ve had the...
Elevate Your Mood, Improve Your Immune System, and Build a Better Body… with Music
WHETHER YOU ARE working out with a group, one on one, or by yourself, music is a valuable and powerful tool. Although all music is beneficial, I’m talking here about music that tells you what to do, not about background music which seems to have neither a here nor a...
Look, See, Report Back = Better Reading
OPTOMETRISTS In 1957, 1958, and 1959, Bonnie was asked to give lecture / demonstrations at national meetings for optometrists. It was known that she had helped many children with “seeing difficulties” and they were interested in her physical fitness program and...
What Is Your Best Exercise Equipment? You Are.
ON MARCH 23, 2020, Medpage Today printed an article: Americans Unfit to Fight a Pandemic: Epidemic of obesity, sedentary habits and chronic stress leave nation with poor baseline health, by Rami Bailong, MD. It pointed out that: “We have failed to address the...
Breathe: Whenever Everything Else is Too Much
The old Chinese proverb dealing with self-reliance, consistency and courage – plus getting somewhere on your own – lies in taking the first step. Not long ago I was watching Book TV, and a panel of four experts on extending life were citing their research on...
Legs: How Do Yours Stack Up?
WHETHER YOU THINK of your legs from the feet up or the hips down, the best way to ensure that they will last you a life time and serve you well is to start them with exercise at day one. So that is up to you, caregiver: mom, dad, aunt, uncle, grandma, nanny!...
Laughing and Moving Through the New Year
THERE IS NOTHING like a good laugh, and only humans have the capacity for laughing at what seems funny. It is said that children laugh about 300 times a day, whereas we adults only laugh 17 times a day. So looking through to the New Year it would be well if did...