Jan 11
The first week of the 2024 calendar year has been successfully recorded. For a local commercial gym employee, this could be one of the most stimulating weeks of the season. A young front desk representative is likely to observe the flood of excited humans eager to achieve their New Year’s resolution fitness goals come flooding …
Dec 27
“We’re pretty much diagnosed with arthritis after we turn thirty,” was a phrase one of my mentors consistently said to me, his peers, and patients throughout my internship experience. As a decorated physical therapist with an esteemed reputation in the medical community, this man who had over forty years of practicing as a physical therapist …
Dec 20
I had the privilege of attending a pro pickleball tournament last weekend in San Clemente. Along with the immaculate sixty-five-to-seventy-degree weather, cloud-free blue skies, and the view of the southern California Pacific Ocean visible from the hillside from the tournament venue, I got to see my favorite professional athletes compete in the “granddaddy” of pickleball …
Dec 15
The magnificent spread of Thanksgiving food dishes we recently shared with our family, friends, and loved ones displays an image of food akin to a celebration one might see at a royal wedding. Mashed potatoes are laced with butter, heavy whipping cream, and sour cream, and for those of us who want to apply more …
Dec 01
The last two months of the year lay claim to the most relaxing times. Gatherings of friends, families, and loved ones occur frequently throughout our society as the year comes to a close. Along with the joy the end of the year brings and the anticipation the new year has on the horizon, people come …
Nov 08
Lower back pain is one of the most common physically debilitating ailments experienced in today’s society. Symptoms such as pressure and tightness in the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spine affect the population in a variety of presentations. Dull pain in the lower back when getting out of bed in the morning, stiffness when …
Nov 03
Enduring a bout of sickness is one of the least desirable states of existence to be in. Whether it be food poisoning, a bout of the latest strain of the coronavirus, or the newest edition of the flu floating around in the air, coming down with an infection that hinders our physical well-being affects our …
Oct 20
Light gray clouds brush across the sky during the brisk, damp winter mornings of Napa as we enter the year’s closing months. “This year just flew by,” can be heard from our peers when Halloween concludes. Following the celebration of dressing up in creative costumes and as the trick-or-candy hits the clearance rack at grocery …
Sep 16
Most towns have local membership-driven gyms. Exercise participants can simply approach the front desk associates upon entry, zap their gym cards, and waltz into a vast ocean of gym equipment strewn before them. Our society is fortunate to have this resource available. Local gyms offer an exercise environment where participants can enter at their own …
Aug 21
“You don’t know what you got ‘till it’s gone.” It couldn’t have been said any better than when I listened to the 80’s hair band playing this song out of the Alpine speakers in my stepdads car on the way to school many moons ago. When I have a headache, upset stomach, or a bad …
