Your body is your home and when it’s under siege by illness or being overhauled by medical experts it can feel like a home invasion. Some of us in the healthcare fields are aware of this and there is training and there are privacy procedures that …
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The Cranky Baby Test – 3 Questions You Should Ask Yourself When You Feel Stressed, Anxious or Frustrated
I often tell this story when talking about the connection between our emotions and our biochemistry, so you may have heard it before. One of my very distinct childhood memories was of a time when my mother responded to a meltdown I was having, by …
5 Ways to Walk “Smarter”
There are articles popping up everywhere lately about how walking is the “new black”. It’ll help you live longer and look younger. No, not really but it can seem that way. I’m thinking of this recent one about a study linking less knee pain with …
5 Mistakes People Make When Walking – Hooves for Feet (1 of 5)
In last week’s post (5 Mistakes People Make When Walking) — a somewhat self indulgent story to set the stage for these next 5 posts — I mentioned that I had an additional reason for being exceptionally aware of how I use my feet. I’ve had bunions …
5 Mistakes People Make When Walking – Hooves for Feet (1 of 5)
5 Mistakes People Make When Walking
When I was around 10 years old, I was on vacation with my family in upstate New York. We had recently transitioned from camping in tents near Lake Meacham to vacationing in cabins on Lake Chateauguay. I should explain that I’m very much a city …
3 Questions to Ask Yourself While Walking
I do a lot of thinking when I’m on my dog walks. If I happen to be preparing a talk, I’ll go over my talk in my mind, but more often than not, I’m thinking over clinical cases and especially the ones with lower back, hip, leg or foot issues because …
