Feldenkrais for back pain? Posted on October 31, 2011 Dear Reader, Feldenkrais for back pain. My neurologist, head doc for theUniversityofWashingtonsports teams, suggested I see Becci Parsons, former dancer, now Awareness Through Movement and private Feldenkrais practitioner. “Watch out for your pants,” she said. “Your clothes can be dangerous to your health.” Her levies were …
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Heart attack? Climbing high
Gentle Reader, How do you survive trekking at a high altitude? The second day of our Engadine Valley hike in Switzerland began and ended from the little village of Zuoz, a bus and train ride from Guarda where our 1st day ended. No more sciatica or lower back pain. No more arthritis troubles with Pain …
Hiking the Engadine: Avoid arthritis pain
Gentle Reader, I am back safe and sound from my hike through the Engadine Valley in the Alps in Switzerland and the Writers Workshop in Villa Lina north of Rome. And my body is not suffering from arthritis! Sitting in the airplane for the long flight to Amsterdam, the first stop of my journey, I …
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Here’s where you begin
Gentle Reader, What is the difference between fixing a problem and prevention? Most of my blog posts consider specific problems developing from pain in the joints caused by traumatically induced arthritis or the age related osteoarthritis and spinal stenosis issues some of us face just because we’ve been moving hard and fast all our lives. …
The last word on Consumer Report’s warning against Vitamins
Gentle Reader, This week Dr. Chaney concludes his analysis of the article titled “10 Surprising Dangers of Vitamins and Supplements” in the September 2012 issue of Consumer Reports. The article consists of 10 warnings about the potential dangers of food supplements. The first six of those were at least partially true, but they pertained to …
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10 Surprising Dangers of Vitamins and Supplements Refuted
Gentle Reader, In the September 2012 issue of Consumer Reports an article consists of 10 warnings about the potential dangers of food supplements. In my last post, I quoted Dr. Steven Chaney’s refutation of the first six of those warnings. As he pointed out, “all of those warnings were true, but they pertained to such a small portion …
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10 Reasons Vitamins aren’t dangerous Part 1
Gentle Reader, I have been more direct in recent posts about the value of supplementing and specifically supplementing with Shaklee vitamins for alleviating arthritis pain, joint pain and muscle soreness. I assume that you, like me do a lot of research on the internet before making a purchase, or when confronted with a problem symptom …
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How to Keep Your Hand Moving–Without Pain
Gentle Reader, A good friend is suffering from arthritis in her hand causing discomfort playing tennis and gripping the handles of her hiking pole. Her pain, like the arthritis pain in many aging hands, is the gradual deterioration of the joints because of continued use and abuse over a long, productive life. In 1980 when …
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My Hands Don’t hurt
Gentle Reader, Today I sat with a group of women doing writing practice. One lovely person a few years younger than I read aloud when it was her turn and shared her wistful memories of back packing. Having all she needed in the world for simple shelter, nourishing and simple food, everything necessary in her …
Knee Pain: an early warning sign of Osteoarthritis
Gentle Reader, This is just in from the Johns Hopkins: Knee Pain: An Early Warning Sign of Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting an estimated 27 million people in the United States. By age 40, approximately 90 percent of us have at least some signs of osteoarthritis that can be seen …
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