May 17, 2013 By: Ron "Commish" Swanson
I’ll bet the headline got your attention, didn’t it? Believe me, I wish I could tell you how to do something like that. However, since we still live in the real world, that is not likely to happen. There are some things that can give you comfort, however. With a program of regular exercise, even…
April 26, 2013 By: Barbara Downes
It’s almost bikini time and the winter coats have to go. You eat a fairly healthy smattering of foods and watch portions, workout 3-4 times a week, so what is going to give, you might wonder. Starvation is a poor choice and there are only so many hours to work out! Over my 30 years…
April 17, 2013 By: Norman M. Dy MD FACP
Well, I ran into this one myself just this week. I happen to have a very old vocal cord injury that comes to haunt me once a winter. Often, I can feel it coming on, but unfortunately in my job, there’s not a lot you can do as an Internist, if you can’t talk. In…
April 9, 2013 By: Ron "Commish" Swanson
After this past month, I am no longer asking myself that question. My initial thought was to continue last month’s blog with a recap of my progress and setbacks, but something unexpected happened. The unexpected very pointedly showed why we all act like gerbils, racing to nowhere on the treadmills and act like little ants,…
April 6, 2013 By: Tineka Archer
This goes out to my trainer, Jeff, at Perry Hall for last Tuesday morning! Thank you!!! I had to admit some hard-hitting and hidden truths to myself this week. One of those truths was I do not like to exercise at 5:30 in the morning! The more committed I seem to become, the angrier I…
March 22, 2013 By: Barbara Downes
Once a day someone tells me they are treating their osteoarthritis with pain medication. While I understand arthritis can produce significant pain, I do not comprehend how a pain killer would “treat” arthritis to anything, but another day of pain. I decided to let them know that ameliorating symptoms is not therapeutic. It’s like whipping…
March 8, 2013 By: Ron "Commish" Swanson
“…what it is ain’t exactly clear.” So begins a favorite song of mine from just after the age of the dinosaurs. Anyway, I felt it apropos to the condition I am finding myself in these days. Last month, I wrote about starting all over again at the gym. The fact is, that it is perhaps…
March 1, 2013 By: Tineka Archer
A month and a half into personal training and I see results that are not just physical, but mental as well. Jeff, my trainer, at Perry Hall never fails to get our workouts pumping at 5:30 in the morning. Honestly, for the first few weeks I was excited and looking forward to making every session…
February 22, 2013 By: Monyka Berrocosa
If you’re like most of the people I know, you own a smart phone. “The best fitness apps of 2012“ article published in the Huffington Post states, “Among the 19 percent of smartphone users who use health-based apps, nearly 40 percent use at least one fitness-based application in an effort to kick start a health goal,according…
February 15, 2013 By: Barbara Downes
As a Holistic Doc, I ask people, “How does that make you feel?” more often than they expect. I do this because of my background in PNI, psycho-neuro-immunology, which demonstrates that how one FEELs about something is infinitely more important to their health and well-being than the facts about a thing. With that in mind,…