Walking is a terrific form of exercise. However, when first starting out, the first rule should be to not do too much too soon. My recommendation for beginning walkers is the same I give to beginning runners – think in terms of time rather than distance and build from there. In other words, let’s pretend you’re going for your first walk. Instead of determining how far you wish to walk,…

As Canadians, we are blessed with a wonderful country that has very limited warm weather. As a result we try to cram a year’s worth of activities into a three or four month summer. After a winter of relative inactivity, people then attack active summer activities with a vengeance. One of these activities is gardening. Surprisingly, the mechanism of gardening injuries are almost like those of sports injuries, often caused…

I love bicycles. I’m always riding my bicycle quite a lot in summer. I’ve even participated in organized 100 mile rides in Prince Edward County. Bicycling is absolutely my favorite form of exercise. Bicycles have been around for over a 100 years and are a very efficient and green form of transportation. Riding a bicycle is an excellent form of exercise which will work your muscles, heart, lungs and at…

In the old days it was called “secretary syndrome” as it afflicted women that sat in front of a typewriter all day. Now with the advent of computers, many more people suffer from neck and shoulder pain caused from hours in a sitting posture behind the computer. With your head forward while working on a computer more stress is put on the muscles of the neck and shoulders. Setting up…

I knew a man who recently died of a heart attack at age 47. It was his second heart attack. He had his first at age 42. He continued with his previous lifestyle and didn’t live to see his 50th birthday. I also know another man who is a decade and a half older who also survived a heart attack, but is now living a happy and healthy life. The…