If you twist your ankle during your evening run, the first thing everyone will tell you to do is “put some ice on it.” Why? It has been proven that cold slows down blood flow and circulation to an injury… read more
Fitness
Ted Talks: How Do You Measure Strength?
Strength —like beauty and perfect guac— is in the eye of the beholder. After all, one person’s strong is another person’s weak. Sure, there are universal standards for some medical categories (blood pressure, cholesterol and the like), and those benchmarks… read more
Give Your Eyes A Rest With Eye Yoga
Eye yoga refers to the gentle movement of the eyes in various positions to relieve pain and strain in the eyes! In 2020, we learned what it was like to live in a completely digital world. Zoom calls, Google docs, laptops and… read more
Navigating an ACL Injury
If you’ve played sports, or even just watched enough of them, you’ve probably heard someone groan, “Ugh, it’s an ACL tear.” The anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, is a small but mighty band of tissue inside your knee that connects… read more
Learn Basic Football Rules and Terms to Talk Sports with Anyone!
Sitting in religion class one afternoon in 2010, my teacher turned to something unusual to show that people had lost touch with what “really matters.” She cued up a YouTube video that compared football to religion, stadiums to churches and… read more
Ted Talks: An Epic Question
I have already sketched out some doable benchmarks this year that involve running, yoga-ing and whittling down the whiskey, I am missing something big. A challenge that will really push me. A challenge that makes me uncomfortable. A challenge whereI… read more
Ted Talks: Hobby Shopping
Typically, I like to make decisions thoughtfully and quickly. I don’t hesitate over simple choices (tonight it shall be merlot!), I try to use a mix of logic and emotion to come to conclusions, and I don’t like to linger… read more
The Micro-Workout Revolution
You don’t need an hour at the gym to get fit — research shows that short bursts of well-designed movement can trigger powerful health signals. A common misconception about exercise is that it takes an hour a day and must… read more
Exercises Inspired by our Animal Friends
Researchers often look to nature to help improve the human experience. Even the basic principles of flight were found from birds. Throughout human history we have used the world around us to enhance our abilities. So why not turn to… read more
Ted Talks: 5 Health Phrases That Should Be Banned Forever
Spending more than 20 years writing about health, reading about health, and doing battle with peanut butter cookies means you come into contact with a lot of words about health. These are the five phrases I've had enough of. "No… read more
