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Starting Right

  AT A RECENT “Food Is Medicine Summit” hosted by HHS, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack shared his personal problems growing up as an overweight child. Leaders of the USDA and FDA noted efforts the Biden administration is making to help Americans eat...

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Wounds, Fractures, and Breaks

    NO MATTER YOUR AGE, young or old, wounds, fractures, and breaks take longer to heal if they are to the lower leg/ankle/foot or forearm/wrist/hand. These areas are furthest from the heart and so action in the area of the hip where the lower leg and foot...

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Just Because… Arthritis

  JUST BECAUSE YOUR knee hurts and you are over 65 doesn’t mean you have arthritis. Just because you are 40 and don’t hurt doesn’t mean you don’t have arthritis. Most people don’t know whether or not they have arthritis unless they are X-rayed. And many who are...

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Whatsa Body to Do?

IT IS SAID THAT each year the US population spends more money on diets than the amount needed to feed all the hungry people in the rest of the world. The latest report from the World Obesity Federation predicts that 51% of the global population will be living with...

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It’s A New Day!

  IT IS A NEW DAY! The sun is up! It brings warmth and light and the promise of joy. It is one of the few things you can count on these days that is a good thing. See Annie’s Song at the end of this article. But if you are achy and tired maybe you’d rather just...

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Hands Up

  YOU HAVE ONLY to note the appliances offered for sale in the catalogs that arrive daily to guess at how many Americans are plagued with hand and wrist problems of one kind or another. Our hands and fingers seem to be very vulnerable to arthritis, tingling,...

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TLC for Your TFL

THE TENSOR FASCIA LATAE is an important but often overlooked muscle. Although it is located in the lateral front of the upper leg it is considered to be a part of the gluteal set. To my mind one if its most important and interesting functions is to put tension on the...

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If You Have Joint Pain…

  PAIN IS A WARNING. Get your hand off the stove. Go to the ER and get that bloody gash sewed up. This is acute pain, you can see there is something wrong and it tells you you’d better do something pronto. But what about joint pain in hips and knees that creeps...

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Adductor Care

  THE ADDUCTOR MAGNUS, BREVIS, and LONGUS, as well as the GRACILIS and PECTINEUS on the inside of the upper leg, are responsible for pulling the leg toward the midline and assisting in flexion and medial rotation of hip. Like any other muscle group the adductors...

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Just Add Water and Music

  THE HARVARD MEDICAL School suggests that water is an ideal place to exercise. I would say that is true — but unless you add music it can be the same old boring stuff. Advantages of Water It is easier on your joints since the natural buoyancy lessens the impact....

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Testimonials

What an incredible workshop!

What an incredible workshop! Helpful to me personally and professionally. The information presented was made easy to digest and apply immediately. I really enjoyed practicing the corrective movements/stretches and seeing how much more effective myotherapy is when these exercises are applied. And how easy to integrate into a massage therapy session…I love it, and my clients love it too! Thank you!!!

Theresa Fine
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