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Spectatoritis: The Product of Leisure
-itis: a suffix occurring in words that denote an inflammation or disease affecting a given part of the body (appendicitis; bronchitis; phlebitis); also forming nouns, often nonce words, that denote an obsessive state of mind or tendency facetiously compared to a...
Function Precedes Form
LONG BEFORE YOU SEE the shoulders round, before the scoliosis and forward head are noticed, before the foot turn-out becomes a hip problem, before the abdominal pouch and sway back begin to tell as back pain… your muscles are doing their thing. Muscles become...
A Reason to Exercise: Bigger Brain Volume and Longer Telomeres
BRAIN. THE BRAIN has long perplexed our brains. We are constantly reminded via TV commercials that as we age our brain changes and that if we would just use __________ first discovered in jelly fish that we would be better off. Or that if we did this or that or...
Why Don’t Americans Exercise?
According to a recent on line Harvard Health Publishing article, “…exercise can keep you from developing high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, and some kinds of cancer.” And it can even “lower your risk of heart disease as effectively as medications.” And with...
To Sit-Up, Crunch, or Plank, That is the Question
The pendulum swings, things come and go and come again and it is said that there is nothing new under the sun. And so it is with exercise. You can find a myriad of folk, books and ideas on why you should do an exercise or not do it or why you should do it this...
Where Did All the Jump Ropes Go?
When I was growing up in the 40s jump ropes were a part of every little girl’s dress code. We wore them around our waists. But along with trees, fields, vacant lots, ponds and brooks, our playground of nature, along with sleds, skates, bikes and hopscotch, the simple...
Safe Workout Resolutions for the New You
res·o·lu·tion: a firm decision to do or not do something Person #1 ~ Her resolution for the New Year was to go for a 2-mile walk with friends each weekday. Person #2 ~ Her resolution for the New Year was to join a gym, a 30-minute spin class and use the...
The Aging Prostate
“WOW! YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE what just happened!” exclaimed my patient as he emerged from the bathroom following a Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy® treatment. I looked up from my notes wary of what the pronouncement was going to be. “I just had a steady stream!” I was just as...
A Key to Better Balance
DO YOU REMEMBER someone telling you stories when you were little and how you could SEE those animal characters in your mind's eye? Bonnie often used WORD PICTURES when she was teaching, and they were so vivid that you never forgot them. Try this word picture:...
Painless Dance and Star Performance: Starlets on the Rise ~ Part 6 of 6
This series was first published in 2014 for Arizona Dance e-Star, a publication of the Arizona Dance Coalition. In this series of articles you’ll learn how to treat low back pain… hip and groin pain… knee and leg pain… and ankle and foot pain. In Part 6 I’ll tell you...