Yes, You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
I’ve been writing this column for a while now and I hope everyone that has read it has gained something from my expressed opinions. All I ever want is to be able to help people. It’s my job! And at 49 years old, I’ve been doing it for over two decades, so, I’m an “old dog”. Well, this old dog learned a new trick of sorts. Or, rather, I was awakened to the realization that I’ve been overlooking one skill while prioritizing others. You see, I believe that the human body is
Statistics!! Or As They Say in Indiana…Satistics! Some Not-So-Fun Health Numbers
If anyone remembers David Letterman, this was a joke that he used regularly to poke fun at his home state of Indiana whenever he would bring up statistics in his monologue. I recall it fondly whenever I hear that word. And now, I will bore you with statistics that may be very relevant and maybe even scary when it comes to your health and well-being. You’re welcome! One third of the population over age 65 falls each year. Falls are the leading cause of both non-fatal and f
Your Hands May Be the Key to Better Health
Being heavily into music, I’ve seen Dan Rather interview professional musicians on his television show “The Big Interview” many times. He’s obviously very good at what he does. Not being a huge fan of the artist by the name “Jewel”, I was intrigued by this particular episode and clicked it on for a few minutes. Worth learning about, hers is a very inspirational story but the reason I’m writing this is because of one singular idea that she talked about…the fact that what yo
My Best Advice for Your Health? Use Your Time Wisely!
If you are fortunate enough to have time to sit down and relax and look out into the world around you and think about how little you are compared to the grand size and expansion of the universe, it changes how you think about things. So too does reflection on just how short our time is here on earth. If we are lucky, we may live to see an 8 or 9 in front of our age. One of the things that I hope for myself, my family, and all of you is the ability to look back with no regr
PT - Do You Really Know What We CAN DO?
When you hear physical therapy, you are probably like the vast majority of the population who have never had PT, the 93% of the population that don’t have a physical therapist on their healthcare team. You may think of someone in a gym with exercise equipment who is recovering from a sports-related injury. Or perhaps you think of someone in a hospital who is recovering from a stroke or a joint replacement in order to get back home. If Physical Therapy as a profession was i
168 Hours Can Make ONE Weak!
168 Hours Can Make One WEAK! Here Comes the Sun is one of my favorite Beatles tunes. George Harrison expresses optimism with both words and sound in that tune and the only reason I bring it up in this article is with hope that you’ll see the bright side of all the challenging things that are going on in the world right now. Be good to each other. The sun comes up every day. There are seven days in a week, although the Beatles may disagree with that number. And there are 16
