Now that I am a mother to a baby boy with a partner who is highly athletic and competitive, I have a feeling that many youth sports are in our future. While I don’t know what our little man will take a fancy to, or for what he’ll have an Read more…
I first learned about Kinesio Taping in 2008, after one of my many knee surgeries. I was being treated by a physical therapist in Los Angeles and was having problems with post-op swelling. So she pulls out this tape, cuts it into long strips, and creates a web of tape Read more…
As one who has aged with a combination of injuries that is most likely from overuse as a teenage dancer, I’ve tried to be more aware of my body as an adult — aware of how each movement feels, whether I’m in a class for dance, yoga or Pilates; as Read more…
When I moved to Los Angeles in 2008 and started working for PTPN, I was confronted with a new idea, backed by California law: Your workspace should be ergonomically correct and not detrimental to your health. (Unfortunately, this was contrary to what I’d experienced at my previous job in Chicago, Read more…
Full disclosure: I’m the last to go anywhere near a treadmill. I’ve never been a runner, unless something was chasing me. But many of my friends are, and I’ve often wondered if there was any difference in form between running inside and running outside. After talking to a couple of Read more…