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Is Gardening Exercise?
It’s starting to happen. We’ve had a few nice spring days, people have been getting out in their gardens and as a result the phone has been ringing with people who have hurt themselves. After they tell me what hurts and that it began either during or soon after...
Will You Be Skiing “Goat” When You Are 75?
Earlier this month I was Spring skiing at Stowe. As I was getting on the lift, an older skier got on next to me. Once we lowered the safety gate he turned to me and asked, “Have you skied Goat yet?” (Goat is the most challenging trail at Stowe, if not all of New...
Attack Your Pain, Don’t Accept It!
I recently read a very interesting article in the New York Times titled: The Perils of Toughing It Out, by Jane E. Brody. Here are some of my thoughts and some sections of her article: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/03/the-perils-of-toughing-it-out/ Many...
You Can Live an Active Life with Arthritis- Just like Rich Busa!
On Saturday, March 1, one of our most inspirational patients was featured on the front page of the Metro section of the Boston Globe (Read Article). Rich Busa, is 84 years young, still runs trial marathons and is planning on winning the US National Snow Show...
EGGS -A Healthy Addition to Your Diet
Since our job is to help our patients become healthier overall, I thought I could help “bust” the myth that eggs are bad for you. I would like to share a few articles that help support the health benefits of eating eggs. The first article was written by Strength and...
Ice or Heat?
“I’m just getting old.” This is a statement I hear every day from new patients, as they present for various pain syndromes. Most of these patients are younger than me, and I let them know that their not old, since I’m not old! If their chief complaint is shoulder...
The life-changing benefits of exercise
Last month I wrote about how to “Make Your Resolutions Stick”, and if your new year’s resolution was to start exercising, this month’s blog will give you even more reasons to “Stick to it!” Exercise is not just about cardiovascular fitness and toned muscles. Sure,...
New Study: Is Exercise the Best Medicine?
It’s pretty sad, but in today’s society, it is common to boast and brag. It is also common to make things seem much better or worse than they really are. We see marketers do it every day through the advertising they bombard us with. Who hasn’t bought something...
Walk or Run?
Life is Motion. A key to good health is to be active on a daily basis. Walking and running are easy to do, need minimal equipment and can be done almost anywhere. But which is better for you? The answer is, “it depends”. It depends on your fitness level and your...
Make Your New Year’s Resolutions “Stick”
Every January 1st, millions of Americans create one or even several “New Year’s Resolutions”, however statistics indicate that more than half of these are abandoned by mid February. Author and clinical psychologist John Duffy Ph.D says “Most of us have a natural bent...