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I guess it’s because the weather is getting nicer and people are out exercising more, lately I’ve had several people contact me about arch and other foot pains. You foot is moved primarily by the muscles of your lower leg.  You lift the front of your foot up off the ground because of your tibialis […]

Every day I received messages on my forums and sometimes they are so important I like to share them with you.  Today I received the following message:Last year due to busy schedule I could not make it to the gym as frequently. So instead I started walking to work (brisk walking, about 3.5 miles per hour in

Well this is going to be fun!  There is a festival going on in Hertford, NC the weekend of March 17-20th, and I’m going to be there.  I love going to local festivals so when I heard of this one, right where I have several long-time friends, I gave them a call and was invited

Hi, I was talking to a telephone consultation client today and while she contacted me for something different, she was also suffering from eye strain.  She didn’t think muscles had anything to do with her tired eyes, or with the feeling that there was a tight mask across her head from one temple to the

Today I was doing a massage for a client and she was telling me how she always has sinus congestion and headaches when Spring rolls around.  I can’t explain the “why” of the treatment I’m going to describe, all I can tell you is that it works great. Put your three middle fingers (both hands)

Where I live in Chapel Hill, NC, there is a free magazine called Natural Awakenings that had an interesting article I wanted to share with you.  I’m going to write it exactly as it was printed in the magazine. With cold season in full swing, it’s good to know that we don’t have to rush to the

Last week I seemed to have a run on questions about hamstring pain on all of the forums that I moderate.  The questions varied from a 30ish baseball player who was running like he was in high school, to someone who had severe pain at the base of his butt when he would stand up. 

This past week I was watching my local PBS station and there was a show on called The  Road to Perfect Health with Brenda Watson. It seemed pretty interesting even though it was about a subject that I am completely unfamiliar with…probiotics.  It was a fund-raising show so it took several very long sales interruptions (well worth

Hi Everyone, I guess it’s the time of the year, but I’ve had four messages today (on the various forums I moderate) that have to do with chronic calf pain in runners.  With so many people all in one day complaining about the same thing, I figured I should share the answer with everyone. Here’s

Hi Everyone, I’m visiting my family in NY and watching my grandson’s leave for school, carrying backpacks that weigh more than they do!  That made me remember an article that I wrote back in 2008 after watching my other grandchildren doing the same thing. It upset me then, and it upsets me now. I’m copying