Sue Schonberger demonstrates the split stance. Without moving your feet and legs, rotate at the hips and look around from side to side. This exercise is good for the hips and helps build your balance. Photo by Patti Hartog Chad Garvey, doctor of Physical Therapy at KORT … [Read more...] about Feeling Wobbly? Here Are A Few Ways To Test Your Balance
Exercise and Fitness
Swim the Pain Away at One of These Three Places
You can turn swimming into something that is recreational and soothing to your body. “Aqua Therapy in heated pools, like the ones at Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center or Baptist Milestone Wellness Center, are exceptionally great ways to alleviate arthritis pain and help with … [Read more...] about Swim the Pain Away at One of These Three Places
Electrify Your Bike Ride
Remember what it felt like taking those training wheels off your bicycle? That feeling of nervousness down-shifts in your stomach to reveal those first feelings of giddy independence. This is when you get an initial taste of the freedom cycling can offer. For some, this passion … [Read more...] about Electrify Your Bike Ride
Trying Yoga at Home With a Virtual Instructor
For years I’ve experienced a deep nagging in my soul to practice yoga. I know the mind, body, and spirit benefits of it, and being an inherently spiritual person, it makes perfect sense for me. However, each time I’ve thought about going to an actual class, I’ve dismissed the … [Read more...] about Trying Yoga at Home With a Virtual Instructor
Fighting for Movement
Fitness for Parkinson’s Steve Walsh, a long-time class participant through the Norton Neuroscience Institute (NNI), was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2014 while living in Michigan and ready to retire. Shortly after his diagnosis, he moved back home to Kentucky to be … [Read more...] about Fighting for Movement