Hi folks, I talk to plenty of people about exercise, and every few days someone will ask my advice on an injury or exercise program. I always lead the discussion towards the study of body-awareness, which inevitably results in a silence, complete lack of interest, and rapid changing of the subject. I find this behavior to be extremely bizarre, as these people approached me for advice in the first ... Read more
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A Better Old Age Through Conditioning and Body-Awareness Skills
Just watching how you turn as you walk will teach you a great deal about the role of your hips in body movement, and how to focus there for solutions to certain aches and pains, including so-called plantar fasciitis, and so-called iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS). https://youtu.be/AfyMB--Bcpk Yep, those danged hip rotators, all twelve of them (and most certainly more), cause all sorts of mayhem, so keep them ... Read more
Free Body-Awareness eBook for Endurance Sports Including Aging
Including aging? Believe you me, aging is the ultimate endurance sport. Just click this link. I have friends who can no longer run, or even bike, due to bone-on-bone knee damage. All due to lack of body-awareness (heel striking) while running in their 20s and 30s. I had two running-related knee surgeries myself, in my 50s, before I woke up, developed a low impact running style, and qualified for Boston two ... Read more
Body-Awareness, Aging Floaters, And Charlie Brown’s Tongue!
Yes! You Can Go Too Far With Body Awareness! But you should check it out, anyway! Aging body-awareness can be challenging. Is there a change that needs to be checked out, or have I just noticed something that has always been there? This always makes me think of Charlie Brown's tongue! From time-to-time, I notice the floaters in my eyes. They're like old friends, which I don't notice, most of the time. One ... Read more
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
Like This Or Like This? When It Comes To Body Movement Only You Know Best, With A Little Awareness Education
Hi folks, welcome, When it comes to body movement, for anyone traveling across the surface of this beautiful but dangerous planet, be they athlete or not, head position, eye position, foot strike angle, shoulder blade mobility, and hundreds of other little things, especially 'mind position', can make the difference between moving freely and being crippled up on the couch. I couldn't resist using the following ... Read more
Thank You Facebook For The Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Awareness Page
It's not just election meddling. Or pictures of cats! Cat agrees. "Now let me sleep!" Dear Facebook, Thank you Facebook, for providing the ability for us to create villages. Disease and other concern-specific villages. They really help people get their feet back on the ground after a major crisis. Medical professionals save our lives, which we appreciate very much. But we have to learn how to live with the ... Read more
Aging Awareness Day And The Life Of An Ironman Triathlete With An Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stent Graft
I'm aware of aging every day! Aging awareness day made me smile. We face aging everyday. Ironman saved my aging and keeps me going. Thank goodness I'm back in training. Wonderful 75th birthday party behind me. US National Aging Awareness Day is on September 18th. Had no idea! 2017, a tough year, with two major surgeries and pneumonia. However! Once you've worked out what to do, DO IT! This thought ... Read more
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