Healthline Blogs
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The Story of the Black Belt
My Tuesday night martial arts class students continued transformation to healthy behaviour. Instead of chatting noisily, they sat quietly straight and relaxed. They sat down on the floor without needing to use their hands. Their equipment was neat...
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Space Walks
The space shuttle Endeavour landed yesterday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Endeavour's two-week assignment to the International Space Station was shortened for safety arrangements concerning Hurricane Dean.The Endeavour name uses British spel...
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Friday Fast Fitness - Better Shoulder and Triceps Stretch
Here is Friday Fast Fitness - Quick shoulder and triceps stretch, without adding new bad positioning. Use this instead of the usual stretch of pulling elbow overhead with the other hand, which usually results in leaning the head forward and archin...
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Better Stretches for Swimming - Cook Strait Update
The September equinox was this weekend. At the moment of the equinox, the center of the disk of the sun crosses the equator. The northern hemisphere comes into Fall while the southern hemisphere begins Spring. For the day before and after that mom...
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American College of Sports Medicine Meeting
Hello from the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), held this year in New Orleans. The meeting is attended by thousands of researchers, physicians, allied health, trainers, educators, scientists, and others.Sports medi...
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Thank You Grand Rounds 6.23
Thank you to the blog Dr. Anonymous for collecting and listing the best medical writing of the week for Grand Rounds Volume 6 number 23, and including my article How Many Sets And Reps Does It Take?In a hospital, Grand Rounds is a lecture for doct...
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Next Workshops on Healthier Stretching and Fixing Neck and Back Pain
I will hold 2 different fun, fast moving workshops this March and April."Fix Your Own Back Pain - Medical Breakthroughs in Non-Surgical Treatment" will be given at two locations, one in downtown (center city) Philadelphia, and one in a northern su...
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Happy Lunar New Year
The New Year is beginning in many places around the world. Happy Lunar New Year on Feb 18th - Sheng Dan Kuai Le Xin Nian Yu Kuai. To my friends who prefer Cantonese Chinese - Sing Dan Fae Lok. Gung Hai Fat Choi. To family, readers, and friends in ...
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Fast Fitness - Don't Shorten Hip When Stretching Hamstring
Here is Fast Friday Fitness - Get a more functional hamstring stretch, and a built-in posturally helpful functional stretch to the front of the hip at the same time.When lying on your back to stretch your hamstrings by lifting one leg:Lie flat. Ke...
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Common Exercises Teach Upper Back and Neck Pain
Tuesday night is martial arts class. It had rained all day. A few students were absent. They missed class on how to toughen body and spirit because of water? Next time it pours I think I should hold class outside. In fairness, the students who mis...
