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What To Do When Pain Makes You A Pain To Be Around
“There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.” ~ Don Miguel Ruiz This is a story about something I learned from my buddy Spencer. It took place several
Continue readingAn Easy Way to Save Money Under ObamaCare
The Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, may not be all that affordable for some of us. Whether you agree with the law or not, the fact is you have to pay for some type of health insurance or
Continue readingWhy Joint Pain Is Sometimes Delayed
This is a real problem for a lot of people – delayed pain. If you have, for example, knee pain from Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, Chondromalacia, or Degenerative Joint Disease and it’s a
Continue reading9 Signs You’re Overtraining
Why do people exercise ? At the top of the list are things like: to eat whatever you want (so, calorie control which we now know is a partial truth) to shape your body to match up against a body image
Continue readingThe Dastardly Plantarfasciitis – Part II
In case you missed Part I, I created a new problem for myself along the way to grabbing the basketball rim again: plantarfasciitis or more accurately, plantarfasciosis. I’ve found that with any
Continue readingCan Running Help You Outrun Knee Arthritis?
Why Runners Don’t Get Knee Arthritis…Really? There’s been some buzz about a new study that explains why runner’s don’t get osteoarthritis (OA). But the article, especially
Continue reading[INFOGRAPHIC] High Intensity Interval Training
Dr. Tabata initiated the concept in 1996 in a relatively small study. His work was based on “ultra-high intensity” which was 170% of max VO2. In other words, as hard as you can possibly go…and
Continue readingSpencer’s Gone and Part of Me Went With Him
I had to say goody-bye to Spencer today (9/20/13) – my best buddy, the smartest Dalmatian on the planet. He had a large and expanding tumor in his tongue and we lost the battle. But we had a great
Continue readingThe Dastardly Plantarfasciitis
I’ve run into a small problem. Like most things in life, nothing goes precisely the way you think it will. In my case, I got off to a good start. I was pleased with my progress, training, everything. Then,
Continue readingMost Doctors Not Following Evidence-Based Guidelines for Treating Osteoarthritis
Just to add to the level of confusion around what to do for osteoarthritis, a study found that most doctors are likely not following the recommended, evidence-based guidelines for treatment of the disease. What
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