Self-Induced Misalignment, A Threat To Active Healthy Aging!

Self-Induced Misalignment, A Threat To Active Healthy Aging!

Self-Induced Misalignment Can Be Prevented They Are Correctable Asymmetries Misalignments of your body, can lead to serious problems, including, of course, plantar fasciitis. Let's take a break from that, shall we. Many such misalignments are self-induced, by repetitive behaviors. My tight hips were a good example, of correctable self-induced misalignment or asymmetry!   I thought about self-induced ... Read more

Enlarged Prostate? Larry Rescued By Cutting Out Dairy Products!

Enlarged Prostate? Larry Rescued By Cutting Out Dairy Products!

Enlarged Prostate Is Inconvenient It's why old guys pee (or try to pee) all the time! I told Larry my story, of improved prostate health! "When cow’s milk is fed to people, IGF-1 [insulin-like growth factor-1] levels also increase." "IGF-1 promotes undesirable growth too—like cancer growth and accelerated aging." An enlarged prostate is a pain in the neck, which is why Larry is so happy, now. I work at the ... Read more

Pain? Take Off Your Earbuds, To Listen Before It’s Too Late!

Pain? Take Off Your Earbuds, To Listen Before It's Too Late!

Pain? If All Else Fails, Listen! Learn to listen! Take off those earbuds! Driving your body well, is much like driving your car well. It's making an odd sound. What is that noise? But the radio is turned up, so you don't notice - disaster waiting to happen. Because you're wearing earbuds = distracted -> car radio, worrying, talking on the phone, whatever! I had an odd noise in my old truck, ... Read more

Exercise For Aging: Health, Mid-Life Dating, Your Bucket List: Prepare Or Suffer!

Exercise For Aging: Health, Mid-Life Dating, Your Bucket List: Prepare Or Suffer!

Exercise For Aging Start at the top, and go clockwise! Don't complain, start training for aging! It's never too early to prepare for an active, healthy old age! You think Ironman is an endurance sport? Try aging! I often hear stories of guys, in their 40s, 50s and 60s, deciding it's time to get in shape. Why? Divorce leads to dating, so you want to look good (been there, done that!). Fear ... Read more

Simple Movement Therapy, For Plantar Fasciitis, Aging Immobility, And More!

Simple Movement Therapy, For Plantar Fasciitis, Aging Immobility, And More!

Simple Movement Therapy? Don't make it complicated! Make it useful! Simple movement therapy, derived from my early studies of the Bruce Lee Fighting style, Jeet Kune Do, combined with years of body movement, body awareness, and athletic training. It's all distilled into the Simple Movement Therapy Method. Bring more color into your movements, with these simple techniques. It fixed my ... Read more

Science Career? You Need Healthy Aging At All Stages Of Life!

Science Career? You Need Healthy Aging At All Stages Of Life!

Enjoying A Science Career First Survive Your Science Career, Then Enjoy It! I needed a break from plantar fasciitis, so I'm working on this book! How I Survived Happily In Science For Forty Years: Lessons Learned From A Career In Biology Here's the draft introduction, for anyone who's interested! A change IS as good as a rest! --ooOoo-- You want to enjoy a career in science? Why not? This book is ... Read more

Aging Immobility Can Be Avoided With Simple Body-Awareness Training

Aging Immobility Can Be Avoided With Simple Body-Awareness Training

Aging Immobility Can Generally Be Avoided! Stay mobile as you age, with appropriate training! I decided it was time to put my many years of body movement training into a short training course. Now available on my Selz site. I extracted the key components of my experience, to create this 21-day, 15 min/day, course, including: Martial arts, awareness of mechanics. Veterinary medicine, understand your ... Read more

FitOldDog’s 10 Healthy Aging Rules

FitOldDog's 10 Healthy Aging Rules

Ten simple healthy aging rules! Exercise and feed your mind/heart/body/spirit, in ways that promote optimal health today, while preparing you for the interesting challenges of aging, to come. Don't fear change, better still, use fear as a tool to improve things in your life, then let it go! Find ways to interact with people of different generations, to stay young at heart, while benefiting from ... Read more

Disclaimer: As a veterinarian, I do not provide medical advice for human animals. If you undertake or modify an exercise program, consult your medical advisors before doing so. Undertaking activities pursued by the author does not mean that he endorses your undertaking such activities, which is clearly your decision and responsibility. Be careful and sensible, please.