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The most common issues that plague post-mastectomy patients are upper-crossed syndrome and range of motion limitations in the affected shoulder. Upper cross syndrome is the combination of protracted (rounded) shoulders, forward head, cervical lordosis, winged-scapula, and thoracic kyphosis. As a
According to the American Heart Association, 700,000 people annually in the United States suffer a stroke.(1) The incidence of stroke is likely to continue to escalate because of an expanding population of elderly Americans; a growing epidemic of diabetes, obesity, and physical
The road to a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis may have come in a whirlwind of a day or at the end of long, agonizing years. The destination is all the same – a mysterious, unpredictable and unseen disease.
When I received
As soon as the first warm spring day arrived, the flip-flops came out of our closets or we go to a retail outlet and buy a new pair. There’s nothing like being able to move the feet without the restraint...
I Hate Talking About Weight!
Honestly, I don’t really enjoy talking and thinking about weight, mine or anybody else’s. Who does?
It’s a bit ironic given the majority of my research is on diet and obesity. Many of my studies look at how what
“First, which hand?”
“Right hand”
“That’s your left. Which one is your right hand?”
Debbie holds up her right hand.
“That’s your right hand! Alright, cool, walking band pulls with your right hand.”
Coaching fitness programs for the autism population is taking the art
This is the pizza crust I developed for my gluten free corporate lunch and learns. I needed a crust that was fast and easy to handle. GF recipes are often unstable and difficult for a novice GF baker to execute.
We have all heard that we should strive for balance in our life. Balance requires adequate sleep, food, movement, play, and acts of self-care. Most of us are lucky if we get 3 of those in one day. Lack of
According to the American College of Sports Medicine’s flagship journal, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (1), there are more than 21 million Americans with Type 2 Diabetes as of 2010 with an estimated 7 million undiagnosed. If these
What does it mean to be fit or “be in shape”? We set fitness goals for a variety of reasons that are important to us at the time but in the long run is really losing weight a lasting goal?
