Fibromyalgia: Does It Matter What You Call It?

[MPS Myofascial Pain Syndrome] [tender points] [trigger points] [generalized morning stiffness] [persistent fatigue] [non-refreshing sleep] [widespread pain or aching] [muscle pain] [pain and stiffness] [depression] ]numbness] [headaches] [back pain] [tennis elbow]...

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My Jaw Hurts

  NO MATTER the name – TMJ, Temporomandibular Joint Pain, TMJD, TMJ dysfunction, TMJ syndrome, TMD, TMJ disorder – you are miserable. Chances are if you are reading this you know more about TMJ disorder than you want to. You still have your pain, clicking,...

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Bonnie on Education

  BONNIE WAS KNOWN to quip during her public lectures, something like: ”Doctors don’t know anything about three things: exercise, nutrition, and sex. And the last time they saw a muscle was in first year medical school and it was dead.” All very true – and if you...

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Humanics? What’s That?

  OF ALL THE HONORS bestowed on Bonnie over her many years, there are only a few that she ever talked about. One of these was the honorary Master of Humanics granted to her in June 1958 by Springfield College. If you have ever been privileged to attend a Bonnie...

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How I Met The Lady, Bonnie Prudden

  IT WOULD BE January 1971 before I would come face to face with Bonnie Prudden. However, in May of 1962 at the age of three months, my son — Russell Scott Whittaker — began his Bonnie Prudden exercises with each diaper change. The Art Linkletter House Party Show...

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Musicians, Muscles, and Myotherapy

“Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat.” ~From the book jacket Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks...

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Babies Have Muscle Pain Too

  EVEN THOUGH most babies are very welcome, the race for the door can be time consuming and exhausting for both mother and baby. Seldom do babies just slip through the exit. More likely they bang their head against a seemingly solid wall… and slowly a door opens....

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Baby Needs Exercise Too!

  BONNIE PRUDDEN first launched her Fitness from the Cradle program of infant exercise in the Sports Illustrated May issue of 1960, which was also the week designated by President Eisenhower as National Youth Fitness Week. The series was designed to introduce a...

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