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Always Warm-Up First!
WHAT IS A WARM-UP and what is its purpose? Like the weather, wait a minute and it will change. Is coffee good or not? Wine? The application of heat and/or cold? To sit up, crunch, or plank? How to stretch, when to stretch, if to stretch? Wait a minute and...
Stress and Distress: What if Texas was Ukraine?
What if Texas, which is roughly the size of Ukraine, was Ukraine? And what if Mexico was Russia? Would YOU, as a sixty-five year old couple, with two back packs, a few plastic bags and your dearly beloved cat, have the strength and stamina to walk the miles to one...
Start Right!
EVERYONE NEEDS A certain amount of muscle strength and flexibility to get through daily life. The sooner the exercise program begins, the better. If you have a baby in your life, start now with a minute or two of exercise with each diaper change. It all adds up...
Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy On-Line learning
RATHER THAN THINKING of COVID in negative terms, think of it as a time of opportunity to get rid of your muscle pain, improve your fitness level, and learn new things that will serve you for a lifetime. And your kids, too. You First! Everyone knows you can’t...
Bonnie Prudden: Pioneer
PIONEER: someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art, groundbreaker, innovator, trailblazer, conceiver, mastermind, originator; someone who creates new things. —Definition by The Free Dictionary BONNIE WAS A best-selling author, teacher,...
Bonnie Prudden – Trigger Points – Myotherapy
IN 1980, BONNIE PRUDDEN introduced the general public to the words “trigger point” and “myotherapy” in her New York Times national best seller, Pain Erasure the Bonnie Prudden Way. Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy® is a method of relaxing muscle spasm, improving...
Is Tennis Your Racket?
EVERY SPORT HAS its overuse injuries, and with tennis it is the shoulder and the elbow – although the wrist and shoulder have a connection also. As a long time tennis and badminton player, instructor, and coach (I started playing when I was in elementary school), I...
The Importance of Flexible Muscles
STRENGTH PLUS FLEXIBILITY in the proper timing and intensity = coordination. No matter how strong you are, you are missing one half your potential if you are inflexible. Tight muscles account for injuries, poor athletic performance, shortened steps, unease...
Ankle Sprains: Rice, Police, Meth, or Mice
ANKLE SPRAINS ARE COMMON especially among athletes and especially among athletes who have a long second toe known as Morton’s Toe. It has nothing to do with the length of the second toe. If you bend the toes under with your hand, you will note that the knuckle...
How is Your Chassis Holding Up?
IN 1981 BONNIE PRUDDEN was invited to speak at the Florida Hospital (now Advent Health) in Orlando, Florida. Following her lecture / demonstration she invited her audience to participate in a question and answer period. As the two hour session was ending a hand...