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Stroke: Taking the First Step
THE CHINESE PROVERB dealing with self-reliance, consistency and courage, plus getting somewhere on your own… lies in taking the first step. Many times we don’t know what that first step should be or even how to take it. “If you walk across the street and are...
Water-Wise Water Babies
The Statistics According to statistics, eighty two percent of drowning victims are younger than four years of age and most of the incidents involve bathtubs or bath related products such as buckets, toilets, bath seats and of course, back yard pools. Drowning...
Immediate Mobilization: Sprain Today, Walk Tomorrow
The History IN THE EARLY 1930s, a young Austrian doctor whose specialty was repairing fractures was preparing a medical paper using several 100 patients. All the patients had wrist fractures and casts. As part of his study he gave half the group simple...
Multiple Sclerosis
Disease, Trigger Points and Muscle Pain VARIOUS DISEASES cause pain; multiple sclerosis is one such villain that can be counted on to do that. No matter the rascal at work, don’t think disease, think pain. Most pain is muscle-related and if it is...
What’s Your “Daily Dozen”?
WITH THE NEW YEAR come new resolutions often connected with diet, exercise and weight loss. However, by February 14th many of us have forgotten those resolutions or given up. Usually when it comes to exercise our good intentions are abandoned because: we don’t...
The Feet Begin In the Hips… Including the Dreaded PLANTAR FASCIITIS
PLANTAR refers to the bottom of the foot FASCIA refers to sheet or band of fibrous tissue ITIS is medicalese for inflammation LIKE YOUR OTHER PARTS, your feet cannot be separated from the rest of you. Hips influence knees and feet and feet influence knees and...
The Way You Move Speaks Volumes
“Sit up straight!“ “Don’t slouch!” “Get your hands out of your pockets!“ “Don’t cross your arms in front of you!” THE SUBJECT of posture is not only boring (which is why it isn’t in the title) it is irritating. This is especially true of those who have been...
Have You Been Hamstrung By Your Hamstrings?
Hamstring, by definition, refers to any of the five tendons associated with the muscles in the back of the thigh. It is also the term most often used to refer to the muscles themselves. These muscles are semitendinosus, semimembranosus, and biceps femoris....
Where Oh Where is My Pelvic Floor?
Our American education is so lacking that unless we have a problem “down there,” we are not apt to be aware of the words Pelvic Floor. Our ignorance about the pelvis, its function, construction, anatomy and dysfunction hasn’t improved over the years. When Bonnie...
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]...