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PREVENT FALLS
See what I had to say in this brief article about a simple exercise you can do to prevent falls. And if you don’t fall, you’re much less likely to break bones! http://bit.ly/1pEBLnW Visit www.anationinmotion.org to read inspiring patient stories, learn about bone and joint health, and enter your orthopaedic success stories.
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PREVENT ARTHRITIS
Check out what I had to say about this important subject. We have very little control over whether or not we develop arthritis. About the only two things you can control are your weight and your activities. Remember the caveman! He walked and gathered stuff to eat. The closer your exercise program gets to that, the longer your joints will last. http://www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/articles/1018739/tips-to-preventing-arthritis-at-a-young-age
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THE THINGS YOU CARRY
As any of you who have been following my blog know, I’m all about prevention and early recognition of overuse issues. Obviously if we prevent the problem, we might not have to suffer. If we catch it early, we might not have to suffer…much. And even though through suffering…we grow stronger, I think it doesn’t apply as much to the physical being as to the emotional being . And it certainly doesn’t apply if the suffering is due to your purse. Now you might think you would suffer if you couldn’t own any bag your heart desired. But I’m here to tell you that these giant bags which resemble something…
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DEFENSIVE DRIVING
When I see patients who are victims of accidents, I often find myself thinking about how I might have avoided that accident. So I have slip-proof tiles in my shower. I watch where I’m going. I don’t run around my house in stocking feet. I don’t drink and drive. There are just a lot of simple things you can do to prevent the vast majority of injuries. But sometimes crazy things happen and there’s just no way to prevent an injury. Sometimes people drive into oncoming traffic…just when you least expect it… But most automobile accidents are preventable. Obeying the three-second-rule is an easy way to prevent most of them.…
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TEXTING AND DRIVING
I think last month was Distracted Driving Awareness Month, better known as Texting and Driving Awareness Month. I submitted a blog entry to the Digital Parenting and Safety Blog regarding this issue, so I’m putting a link to it on my blog because I think it’s important. Texting and driving might statistically be getting just about as deadly as drinking and driving. Many laws are getting passed in order to make this a crime, but I have yet to see much action on it. Unfortunately, in order for laws to work on most of us, someone has to go to jail. Hope it’s not anyone I care about. Let’s just say “NO” to…
