Fitness
Strengthen Your Hips to Prevent Runner’s Knee and Other Injuries
Spring is here, warm weather is back, and runners are back outside again! Running is a forward-focused motion, which can weaken your lateral hips over time, causing “hip sway” while you run and placing excess stress on your hamstrings to support the motion. Knee and back injuries are among the most common running-related injuries. Good knee [...]
Strength Training Matters for Athletes
My name is Kate Hall and I’m a sophomore in high school. I’ve been doing track since I was 10, but it wasn’t until the beginning of last year that I really “fell in love” with this sport. I realized that this sport had different qualities that aren’t included in any other sport. My favorite [...]
Exercises to Help Prevent Back Pain: Video 2 of 3
In this video, you’ll learn some standing exercises using resistance weights to help strengthen your core, build upper body muscle, stabilize your spine and support your back. About the experts: Chris Pribish is co-owner of the Medically Oriented Gym (M.O.G.) in South Portland, Maine. Chris is a Certified Athletic Trainer through the National Athletic Trainers Association [...]
Health
Exercises to Help Prevent Back Pain: Video 2 of 3
In this video, you’ll learn some standing exercises using resistance weights to help strengthen your core, build upper body muscle, stabilize your spine and support your back. About the experts: Chris Pribish is co-owner of the Medically Oriented Gym (M.O.G.) in South Portland, Maine. Chris is a Certified Athletic Trainer through the National Athletic Trainers Association [...]
The Benefits of Exercise on Parkinson’s Disease
A leading Parkinson’s disease specialist at Mayo Clinic says there is increasing evidence that ongoing vigorous exercise may slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a chronic and progressive movement disorder that affects about one million people in this country. According to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, the cause is unknown, but involves vital [...]
Heart-Healthy Workouts With a Pacemaker
Cathey asks: How do I work out safely and effectively if I have a pacemaker that keeps my heart rate lower than typical of a good workout? Answer: The “pace” of your heart is important, both while at rest and during exercise. Your heart is a muscle and it’s always important to know how hard [...]
Nutrition
What’s For Lunch?
So, since starting my new job at the Medically Oriented Gym, I’ve been talking with one of my co-workers about what a pain it can be to make a decent lunch (or dinner) to bring to work. If this is something we’re struggling with at a gym where health surrounds us, undoubtedly others are also [...]
It’s a New Year! Is it Time to Kick Unhealthy Soda Habits?
Happy New Year! Many of us have goals for a happier and healthier year in 2013. I believe that resolutions can be made at anytime, but if that happens to be with the arrival of a new year, that’s great! There are so many ways to become healthier and one way is through improving your [...]
Tips for “Healthify-ing” Your Holiday Recipes!
I decided to cook the mashed cauliflower and the cider-glazed roots with cinnamon walnuts from last week’s blog post . Both turned out to be delicious!! I took my own pictures of both of the dishes (see below)…maybe they don’t look quite as appetizing as they did in the original blog, but the family loved them! [...]
Wellness
T’ai Chi for Better Health
After learning my basic Cheng Man-ch’ing 37 posture form in the 70’s I settled down to raise a family, teach and continue my exploration of T’ai Chi. In the early 90’s I discovered a mode of living which I call my “department of vitality.” Perhaps the notion of being intuitively led to the right actions [...]
T’ai Chi as a Therapy Supplement
As a forty year practitioner of T’ai Chi Ch’uan I have had a consistently reliable and fluid foundation for health, flexibility and happiness. I have also learned that the core Taoist idea of an unhurried eagerness of spirit is a very real possibility with daily practice. In many ways T’ai Chi can be summarized as [...]
What is Wellness?
Wellness is a state of well-being that is oriented toward achieving optimum levels of health. In short, wellness is being free from illness and disease. Wellness is closely associated with your lifestyle. Each person has a responsibility to fulfill every need in different dimensions in life. This is a life-long process of meeting the [...]
Other Recent Posts
Planting My Vegetable Seeds!
Last weekend I realized why everyone doesn’t have a vegetable garden-it can be hard work just getting started! Not that I didn’t enjoy planting my first outdoor seeds, but I never really thought about how much work went into it. With that being said, I still believe the reward of fresh veggies all summer long [...]
Not Planted Yet But Still Growing!
The seeds are still growing and the sun is shining! Let’s hope that keeps up this weekend for my gardening on Sunday. Here is a picture of the seedlings. I had thrown a few extra seeds in there when I had initially planted them (since I was worried none of them would sprout), but [...]
Spring Has Arrived-Time to Start Planting!
It feels like spring may have finally arrived in Maine this week. This means it is getting closer to planting day, which I anticipate will be next weekend (the last weekend in April)! I will be planting the organic kale, organic romaine lettuce, and organic sugar snap peas. These plants are hardy enough that some [...]
