December 2020 What Makes Old Folks So Tight: Muscle-Tendon or Nerves We all lose flexibility as we age and we all need it every bit as much as we age. We have addressed some …
Feet: From the Ground Up
For a few years, while she was establishing herself as a neuromuscular expert on feet, Dr. Emily Splichal, a NYC podiatrist, was a source of highly technical yet superbly functional webinars (this is but one …
Walking in Wellness into Your Waning Years
We have all read and heard and watched exercise and medical professionals espouse the benefits of exercise. We have all heard about how being fit reduces your risk of many diseases – heart, brain, musculoskeletal, …
The Heritability of Your Fitness Traits
You know your height, hair color, eye color, skin texture, intelligence, etc are things that get passed on from your ancestors through genes, but did you know that there are limits and capacities for your …
Bone Density vs Bone Quality vs Falling: What Works and How?
If only it were as simple as some people say: Just walk for better health. But that is such a minimalist approach that may not yield even minimal benefits. We tend to believe that walking …
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Why Fitness – and Exercise – Training is STRONGLY Recommended
Of course, you’d expect a fitness specialist, a personal trainer, and an exercise scientist to promote the regularity and consistency of exercise and fitness practices for overall health and well-being. Of course, that’s what I …
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Protein Needs Ramp Up as You Slow Down
Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter is a monthly that offers the best and most current nutrition science available. For those who are into alternative health news, especially alternative nutritional guidance, Tufts is the “establishment”. For …
Sit Your Way to Death
There has been much written over the past five decades on the benefits of exercise to counter the effects of modern, industrial Western society. But only in the past decade or so has much attention …