Osteoporosis and Fall Prevention Osteoporosis has been on my mind lately. I’m curious about the way patients are informed about what they shouldn’t do once diagnosed. Here are some things I’ve heard from students/clients: “never flex your spine again” “never twist again” “cat/cow is not safe for your spine” “if you Read more…
Big Toe Love The Back Story A friend and I met to talk about her foot and the visit to her podiatrist. She had been previously diagnosed with bone spurs at the place where the big toe meets the foot, the MTPJ, or metatarsophalangeal joint. Many of us experience or Read more…
The Pose you Hate Might Be the One Your Intuition Is Telling You Doesn’t Work For You Right Now Part 1 The above sentence is a rewrite of the commonly spoken idea ” the pose you hate the most is the one you need to practice most.” Ugh. I loathe that sentence. Read more…
10,000 Steps Have you ever wondered where the “walk 10,000 steps a day” prescription originated from? This prescription did not come from research or as medical advice. It originated in the mid 1960’s from Japanese marketers trying to sell a pedometer called the “manpo-kei”, which translates roughly in English to Read more…
10 Things I Learned While On a Group Backpacking Expedition This summer I participated in a 7 day expedition for advanced high fitness backpackers. You can go here https://andrewskurka.com/guided-trips/ to read about the Andrew Skurka guided trips. I’ve found it extremely challenging to talk and write about this experience. It’s hard to put Read more…
Last Thursday I took an excellent online zoom yoga class from my friend and colleague, Christina Sell. Christina and I share common tendencies and similarities in our teaching. Christina is also very different from me, too, which is great because I already practice by myself and guide myself on a Read more…
Bending Your Own Aging Curve – What to do About Age Related Muscle Loss Part 2: FAST AND SLOW TWITCH MUSCLE FIBERS A brief review of Part One “What to do About Age Related Muscle Loss” https://mewithlauriebb.com/bending-your-own-aging-curve-what-to-do-about-age-related-muscle-loss-part-one/ I wrote about sarcopenia, the term for age related muscle loss Read more…
Bending Your Own Aging Curve – What to do About Age Related Muscle Loss You know I’m a bit obsessed with the idea of “bending your own aging curve”, especially as it pertains to using movement as a means to bend it, right? If we consider that Read more…
10 Determinants of Healthy Aging One of the two specialty focuses of my MS in Kinesiology is “geriatric exercise science” (ugh, what a name for it – sorry). I continue studying the process of aging on my own time because I am both an aging adult Read more…
I received an email from a long time student saying, “ I was surprised to hear that most elder falls cannot be helped by balance exercises as they occur while the person is in motion.” That was obviously received as pretty scary news. Agreed and I sure hope I didn’t Read more…