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Acupuncture, Eastern Medicine and Your Health

The Secret to Making Changes that Stick

A couple of weeks ago, I fell off the bottom step in my house. Actually, the problem was that I was on the second stair and thought I was on the bottom one. The upshot is that I went down pretty hard and my fall was broken by my ribs hitting a nearby doorjamb. After […]

Day Tripping: Ten Ways to Avoid Falls

Over the past couple of years, I’ve discovered a new Murphy’s Law. It’s this: The older you are, the worse the outcome tends to be when you fall. Three years ago, I slipped on a patch of snow-dusted ice and broke my elbow. And three weeks ago, I stepped out the front door and fell. […]

Don’t Throw My Groceries

Not long ago, during a weekly grocery shopping trip, I had a weird thing happen. At the end of the trip in the checkout line, the cashier tossed my groceries toward me as I bagged. Sack of onions; scan, toss, plop. Head of lettuce; scan, toss, plop. Bag of slivered almonds; scan, toss, plop. And […]

How to Keep Moving as You Age

In the news this week was a story about a recent study on balance and your health. Researchers asked participants between the ages of 51 and 75 to balance on one leg for ten seconds with their head up and arms to their sides. While most participants could hold the pose for ten seconds, 20 […]