Why I Ride

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Most of you know that I spend a lot of my time when I am not working riding my bicycle.  I ride all year including the heat of the summer and cold of the winter.  I ride on paved and dirt roads as well as trails.  Most of the time my ride begins from my front door but I have also traveled to several states to find new riding challenges Often I am asked: “Why do you ride so much?” The short answer is that I need to be active and to move.  Several years ago a softball accident severely … Continue reading

At 66 – More Questions Than Answers

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Last week I turned 66.  I have passed the halfway point in this decade which has happened much faster than I anticipated.  This was also my first birthday since my mother died.  I am now, along with my sisters, the senior members of our family.  Both my birthday and my Mother’s passing have created more of a sense of uncertainty about my future.  As is my custom around every birthday, I create a list of things to work on during the year.  The list contains personal, relationship, business and “new frontier” goals which I hope will support and improve my … Continue reading

Playgrounds for Adults.
Can Maplewood Set the Trend?

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Are playgrounds just for kids?  Maybe not.  Playgrounds designed for adults of all ages have been popping up in New York, Chicago, Miami, LA, Boston and Seattle.  They help adults get outside to exercise using functional movements: pushing, pulling, squatting, bending and gliding which are important to preserve strength and balance, minimizing injuries as we age.  When playgrounds are designed for both children and adults everyone wins.  Parents get to spend a few minutes taking care of themselves while their children play and adults without children can exercise without interfering with the kids. Contemporary community planning emphasizes easier access to … Continue reading

Spring in Just Around the Corner

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It looks like spring is finally around the corner. I have had a particularly difficult time staying focused this winter on my fitness goals which is a story that many of you have relayed to me as well.   
We are all motivated by goals. Some are based on vanity, others on a desire to be healthier but most likely they are a combination of the two. Both have an energy that we can tap into to help us every day. When the power of vanity takes you to the gym or causes you to choose an apple instead of a cookie, embrace it heartily and … Continue reading

Consistency – The Key To Exercise

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It is resolution time following a holiday season of overeating (me too) as we try to “right the ship” and return to a healthier lifestyle. Internet pop-ups, magazines, radio and TV ads use words like: quick, simple and easy trying to convince us to buy their diet and exercise programs. One word not often mentioned is consistency. A consistent approach to our health is not considered hip or sexy but it is essential to bringing us the greatest results improving our strength, mobility and flexibility.  Consistency helps us create and maintain short and long term gains. In my practice I … Continue reading

“Hard Choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.” ~ Jerzey Gregorek

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Everything we do comes down to making a choice.  At times those choices come from collecting and processing data.  At times they come from a feeling, intuition or emotion.  I believe we are at our best when our decisions integrate both deliberation and emotion.  Decisions are often fluid because we change and circumstances change.  The constant is our commitment to the process.  Commitment requires an awareness of how we make those decisions. When I first came across the quote from Jerzey Gregorek I wanted to argue with his premise – not all choices have to be hard to make an … Continue reading

For or At. How Do We View Aging?

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How many times have you used or heard the phrase: “not bad for someone my age?”  Frequently would be my guess, especially the older you become.  Recently I had a discussion with my wife Sharon about aging, exercise and our expectations for ourselves as we grow older.  During that conversation, we talked about the difference between the phrases: “for my age” and “at my age.”  When we used “for my age,” it felt like we were comparing ourselves to some set of expectations of what life should be. “At my age,” felt like a more honest assessment of where we … Continue reading

There is great info here – take a look!!

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Did you know that my website is a treasure trove of information?  I may be bragging a bit but there is great information that you can use immediately and in the future. Two of these pages on my site are the Fitness Library and the Articles page. The Fitness Library page has several short videos showing you how to strengthen your back muscles, improve the movement of your spinal joints, neck and shoulders. I encourage you to take a look at them and try them out. I will be adding more videos in the future. 
The Articles page has many … Continue reading

Can Acupuncture Improve Athletic Performance?

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In athletics the difference between winning and losing may only be a fraction of a second of time. Because the stakes are often high all elite and professional athletes look for a “special something” that will give them the edge they need to win. Recent media reports have linked several professional sports figures to the possible use of performance enhancing drugs to improve athletic performance. While the use of these substances among elite or professional athletes is not new there is a newfound concern that teenage athletes are also turning to performance enhancing substances to make themselves bigger, stronger and … Continue reading

Health Tips For Seniors: The Connection Between Balance and Health

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Walking, standing, sitting they seem simple – right? In truth the balance that we need to walk, stand and sit requires that our brain, spinal cord, joints of the spine and extremities, muscles, inner ear and eye work in cooperation to provide us with the information that we need to stay balanced. As we age keeping our balance may become increasingly difficult to the point that falling, which can lead to the fracture of hips, the spine and ribs, becomes a very real and threatening problem. This problem is so pervasive that is a common site to see older individuals … Continue reading

Smoking and Back Pain — Resolve To Quit Smoking

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Add another serious health complication to the list of chronic ailments linked to smoking – back pain. Smoking has long been recognized as the cause for many serious health problems, including cancer, emphysema and asthma. “It is easy to attribute lung disease to smoking,” says Dr. William Madosky of Madosky Chiropractic and Acupuncture Center in St. Louis. “But few people make the connection between smoking and spinal injury, early spinal degeneration and chronic back pain.” A study by the National Spine Network reports that smokers are more likely to experience episodes of back pain that are more severe and last … Continue reading