Monthly Archives: September 2011

Rehabilitation Awareness Week

Normally, I don’t pay much attention to the random “holiday” designations formed by various special interest groups — like National Blueberry Popsicle Month or Fortune Cookie Day, both in September, by the way. But I am acknowledging this week’s National Rehabilitation Awareness Week (Sept. 18-24), which draws attention to the

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Summer Photo Album (Turn the Page)

While many of my friends spent their summer frolicking at the beach and pool, or vacationing in fun or exotic places, I sat mine out, at home, preparing for and then recuperating from arthrosopic hip surgery. And I’ve got the surgical photographs to prove it. You won’t see them on the main

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Stick to Foot-Tapping

Note to Self: Just because you’re feeling better, and your doctor tells you that you’re a fast healer, doesn’t mean you have to be  stupid cocky overly ambitious enough to try to dance at a concert. Such was the case this past weekend while I was attending a music festival

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In Search of Milestones

Oh how I love waking up every morning. As I continue to recover from arthroscopic hip surgery in mid-July, I’m finding that each new day brings a new movement, or a movement performed better than the previous day. Like climbing or descending stairs. Picking things up from the floor. Getting

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Rest Assured

For most die-hard runners, the thought of taking any days off from running is simply out of the question. And some never do. My own husband has an exercise streak, which includes lots of running, that has lasted for several years. (I’ve lost count on exactly how many he has

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Joined at the Hip

What a thrill to be at Yankee Stadium today to watch the Yankees trounce the Toronto Blue Jays, 9 to 3. (Don’t you just love the sports lingo?) But a great deal of my attention was on a certain third baseman. Alex Rodriguez, the serial slugger and fellow hip impingement

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Welcome

Most athletes have experienced a “second wind,” that jolt of energy and strength that allows us, enervated and dispirited, to carry on. But sometimes our bodies cannot recover on their own – we need outside help so we can catch our “third wind.”

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