First, the good news: Surveillance shows that influenza activity remains low in Southern Nevada and throughout the state.
Health
If your elbow hurts when you bend it, don’t bend it. This is the advice Dr. Daliah Wachs gives to a man who calls her radio show, “The Dr. Daliah Show” on KDWN-AM (720), complaining of abdominal pain after doing 200 sit-ups.
So now it’s come to this: We have to teach preschoolers that it’s good — and fun — to run and jump.
And, oh yes, we also must teach them to ask their parents if they can go out and play.
Rolled eyes and a sigh are often the response when I tell clients that we’re doing squats. They can be difficult and take lots of energy. I’m also a stickler for form, which means I’m constantly telling them to straighten a foot or watch the knees and back.
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The doctor walks into an examining room to meet a new patient: A big, roundish guy with billowing white whiskers, rosy cheeks and an infectiously jolly manner, dressed in “all red, and wearing a strange hat.”
It is apparent the jolly old soul is woefully out of shape.
We were in the fifth grade when my friend David started feeling tired all the time. Instead of wanting to play ball, he wanted to sleep. He complained that his arms and legs hurt. David was dying of leukemia, a form of cancer.
“A little help here… anybody,” I muttered with a loaded bar on my chest that I thought I could lift but really couldn’t. Had I used the Smith machine on days I was lifting solo, I wouldn’t have worried because the machine is the spotter.