Exercise as an anti-aging therapy

OK, I’ve got another article from Science Daily. This one studied exercise and its impact on muscle tissue of senior citizens and found that it had a dramatically positive effect on muscle tissue:
Not only does exercise make most people feel better and perform physical tasks better, it now appears that exercise — specifically, resistance training [...]

Chronic Pain Can Impair Memory

Interesting article this morning over at ScienceDaily.
“Anyone who has experienced chronic pain knows that it affects the ability to work, sleep and perform other activities essential to leading a full life. Now researchers at the University of Alberta have confirmed that chronic pain doesn’t just cause physical discomfort; it can impair your memory and your [...]

Skin Deep, take 2

I posted earlier about the excellent website and database put together by the good folks over at Environmental Working Group, “Skin Deep”. I just received the email below from their organization announcing a revision to the website. Thought I’d share it here:
Dear Friends,
Today we are releasing a dramatically expanded and improved version of our popular [...]

GREAT video illustrating postural concepts

thanks to Donal and his blog for bringing this to my attention.
If you want a nice quick lesson on posture, watch this. It’s Brian Bradley, our director of therapy protocol, talking about postural health and balance to a group of runners. Great stuff.

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LA Morning Workout pics

Got an email from Amber, one of the therapists at the West Los Angeles clinic. She took a group of clients down to the beach at Santa Monica for a morning workout, and they took pictures to show how much fun they were having. Check ‘em out.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8266866@N04/sets/72157600207587573/show/
I especially love the inchworms across the pedestrian bridge!
And [...]

Sequence

New clients ask me this question all the time: does the order matter?
They’re asking about their menu and if it is important to do the ecises in the exact sequence they are listed. The answer is “absolutely, yes it makes a HUGE difference.”
When an Egoscue therapist constructs a menu for client, they aren’t just throwing [...]

and speaking of community……

I get emails from this one outfit, not even sure how I got on their list. I’d unsubscribe but about every 4th one has something cool in it. This last one had what I’m posting below.
We all act like we’re doing our own thing, totally independent of everything and anyone else. But we’re not. The [...]

Community

I went over to the message boards at egoscue.com a couple days ago to say hi and tell them about the existence of this blog, and judging from the number of page views, I’d say some folks from there have been visiting us here. Welcome!
Now I’d like to turn the tables, so to speak. If [...]