What learning about gait speed tells us: Start Moving Early and Don’t Slow Down!

Posting on Know-Stroke.org as this topic of gait and mobility and getting people moving early as a primary prevention strategy for stroke and all co-morbidities is always part of my education as a health professional.  Perhaps after you read this study you’ll agree we should be prescribing a walking quota with our therapeutic exercise prescriptions, …

Feed Your Brain!

About my Book: Body in  Balance At the core of Body in Balance is a goal of improving your skill power or brain health to help you shift your mindset and begin thinking toward a more natural, healthier way of exercising, training, and living—and one that challenges some commonly held assumptions around nutrition and popular …

Exercise, Longevity and Your Neural Health

What should I know about the role of exercise and longevity? I was recently asked this question by Emma Picard of the Attleboro based Sun Chronicle for their weekend edition focusing on Longevity  (read her article online here).  My response was simple yet this answer is often ignored and its effectiveness overlooked.  As PT’s we …

Wireless Sensor Technology Could Provide Better Home Stroke Recovery Options

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Higher exhaled carbon monoxide levels linked to increased stroke risk

According to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2015 and reported by American Heart Association News, high levels of exhaled carbon monoxide was associated with a greater risk of future stroke and transient ischemic attack among seemingly healthy adults. Carbon monoxide is produced naturally by the human body as a signaling …

Body in Balance Book

A Plan to Take Action! Body in Balance-Amazon Best Seller in Preventive Medicine Whether you are recovering from short term illness or are struggling with how to maximize your recovery after a more serious  setback like a stroke, you need a plan to take action.   Before you begin, consider using Body in Balance as a …

Best Home Stroke Recovery Tips

There are many great questions still coming in from my goal setting webinar for home stroke recovery.  If you attended the live event or rebroadcast and I wasn’t able to answer your questions live, I think I am now caught up and those answers are now in the members area.  Here’s one of the questions …

Test your balance and assess your stroke risk?

News from the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke reported on a study  from Japan that demonstrates how a simple balance test may be related to your brain health and risk of stroke and cognitive function. The authors of this balance research reported that struggling to balance on one leg for 20 seconds or longer was linked to …

Buy Body in Balance now in Paperback

Body in Balance Now Available on Amazon for Kindle and Paperback In Stock and on Sale Now Order Your Healthy Stocking Stuffer! Just received word the Paperback version of my new book Body in Balance is Now in Stock and on Sale at Amazon! Order now in time for a holiday stocking stuffer! Order Now!

Body in Balance Book Pre-Release Special Ends at Midnight!

Final Notice: Prelaunch Book Promotion Ends tonight at Midnight Body in Balance Bare Naked Truth on Nutrition Fitness and Food Policies Impacting Your Energy and Your Health  Going, going, almost gone! Midnight tonight my .99 cent pre-launch book promo* goes away and Body in Balance goes to list price. Tomorrow the print order link will …