Healthline Blogs
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Fast Fitness - Making a Face
In the first act of Macbeth, Shakespeare wrote, "Your face, my thane, is as a book where men may read strange matters."Here is Fast Friday Fitness - Your face shows how you lead your life. In other words, "Time may be a great healer, but it's a l...
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Fast Fitness - Run Faster
The Shinobi no Mono, or the Ninja of old Japan, were renowned for their running speed and endurance.Running drills called "ashi" (foot or feet) were an important part of Ninjutsu physical training. Try this basic Ninja ashi, or running drill:Put a...
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Thank You Grand Rounds 4.21
Thank you David Harlow for hosting Grand Rounds this week on his site HealthBlawg, and also for contacting me personally that he selected my post Valentine Partner Pushups as one of the best medical posts of the week.The personal e-mail was a heal...
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Fast Fitness - Better Back and Leg Exercise When Vacuuming
Here is Friday Fast Fitness - Prevent lumbar disc degeneration, and strengthen and stretch your legs without needing a gym, trainer, or exercise equipment, or even changing your clothes:Notice if you bend wrong - pictured at right with red X. It m...
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Get Better Exercise From Your Chair
How many times do you get in and out of a chair everyday? It could be enough for a fair amount of exercise, if you use muscles instead of leaning forward (photo shows terrible sitting) and flopping down.At a medical conference last year, a speake...
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Help Yourself
Ivy from New Zealand wrote last week with an important reminder for readers who want to fix their pain:"Have just read your post re Captain Scott and knees - Don't Miss These Reasons It Doesn't Get Better."It reminded me of a conversation I had ye...
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Thank You Grand Rounds 3.45
Thank you David E. Williams at the Health Business Blog for including my post Hip Stretch While You Strengthen Your Legs in Grand Rounds 3.45.In a hospital, Grand Rounds is a lecture for doctors about a patient or topic. On the web, Grand Rounds i...
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How Many Sets And Reps Does It Take?
Anton, Alberto (farioreo), and others have asked how many "sets and reps" of exercises and stretches will help. The answer is in a story my Mother told me when I was small:A young boy in school always made the same mistake in English. Instead of t...
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Functional Fitness as a Lifestyle By Mail Room Workers
Peggy Santamaria wrote me that she was using my work, and my illustration Backman!™ to teach healthy movement to workers for a good day's work without injury and repetitive strain:"Hi Dr. Bookspan,"Very excited to report that I met with the Appala...
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Healthier Carrying - Get Free Ab Exercise and Stop Pain
Do you overly arch your lower back when you carry things in front of you, as in the photo at left? Arching your lower back and leaning back to carry anterior loads is common source of pressure and loading on your lower back, whether you are carryi...
