Archive for September, 2007

The Egoscue Tower

September 27, 2007

Let’s talk about the tower.

Those clients of ours who have been given one of the Supine Groin ecises know that we are BIG fans of the tower. We came out with the tower as the new way to do all of the different versions of Supine Groin about 3 years or so ago and at [...]

Wow!

September 19, 2007

if you want to see someone who is just amazingly strong in a functional way, check out this 2 minute video. This guy is incredible!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-897986450145641768

Technorati Tags: athletics, egoscue

Great video well worth watching

September 18, 2007

A friend passed this along to me, it’s Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement speech at Stanford. It’s 15 minutes long, and in it all he does is tell 3 stories from his life, but they pass along some lessons we all need to hear. Do yourself a favor and take 15 minutes to listen to this, [...]

The China Study

September 14, 2007

I mentioned in a previous post a book called “The China Study”.

This book represents the culmination of one of the most ambitious and informative studies on nutrition ever conducted. The scope was huge, the data voluminous and the results were clear:
The research project culminated in a 20-year partnership of Cornell University, Oxford University, and [...]

Another study touting the Mediterranean diet

September 12, 2007

Researchers have published many studies showing health benefits from what is called “the Mediterranean diet”. This is a diet that is comprised primarily of fruits, vegetables, breads, cereals, potatoes, beans, nuts, seeds, and olive oil, with lower amounts of foods containing saturated fats, like beef, poultry and dairy. Now, a new study shows that Alzheimer’s [...]

Want a Mont Blanc pen for $10?

September 5, 2007

Well, you can’t have one. Do you know how much these puppies cost? Suffice to say, a LOT of money. They are amongst the best writing instruments in the world, but do I want to spend $200-$2,000 on a pen? Cmon, my first car didn’t cost $200. And yes, I am completely serious. We’ll just [...]

Mac software

September 3, 2007

Those of you who have visited our clinic know we run Macs. Up to 5 years ago I was a PC guy from way back. Started using PCs in 1984, got my first in 1986 and eventually designed enterprise-level software for them. When I switched to Macs I did so with some trepidation, but quickly [...]