The Bee’s Knees

The Bee’s Knees

The bee’s knees is an expression for something excellent or the highest quality. YOU want to have knees of the highest quality…the bee’s knees. The knee is a well-crafted hinge joint held together with muscles, tendons and ligaments. Given proper care and...

LET IT BEGIN WITH YOU

In my last blog I outlined what I felt needs to be done if we are to become a fit nation. But most of what I listed needs the cooperation of other entities like schools of one kind or another. Since that is not going to happen and you can’t wait around it is really up...

WE WILL NOT BE A FIT NATION UNTIL….

We understand that fitness starts at birth and that the first six years are the most important times to build the body…as well as language skills, manners, curiosity, courage, etc. We understand that the body that is built between birth and six and honed from six to...

THE ELBOW BETWEEN

Whether you apply ELBOW GREASE, need a bit of ELBOW ROOM or plan to ELBOW THROUGH the elbow is an important joint. We lean on our elbows, we give friendly pokes with our elbows, we close doors with our elbows, and we lift with our elbows. But we hardly give them a...

PARKINSON’S: A BETTER WAY (PART II)

Although much research is being done on Parkinson’s it is agreed that at this time at least the cause of PD is unknown and that the disease can’t be cured. It is also agreed that both exercise and music are key to improving some of the classic symptoms: tremor, motor...