by Ruth Ann Penny | May 24, 2024 | Resources
I’m going to let you know the real deal about hip replacement surgery and how it affects movement. I just had it done. I’m now 10 days post op. This blog post will be the first of three, each done a month apart, and each one relating my own key learnings...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Dec 10, 2023 | Resources
Clients often ask me, “How many reps should I do [of that movement]? My answer: “No idea.” I get the quizzical look. No, I mean it, I say. Here’s why. I am not inside your body, so I don’t know when you start to tire, when and where the pain shows up, what your...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Nov 13, 2023 | Resources
One of my clients – let’s call her Paula – is an expert on falling AND on rising again. She has two fake hips, has broken a wrist and an elbow and shattered a kneecap. In addition she’s had the other knee partially replaced. Let’s...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Mar 21, 2023 | Resources
Most of us have had a couple of really bad falls in our lives. I have. Just had one in fact, resulting in bruised sit bones and sprained butt muscles – yes, you can actually sprain your butt. Big, unpleasant ouch. Humbling. As I slowly heal, I have been...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Feb 13, 2023 | Resources
I spend a lot of time helping people move their spines better. A lot. People come to see me with cranky backs, malformations, tightness, disc problems, arthritis, you name it. So, since spines are literally central to our well-being, I though I’d open the kit...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Jan 23, 2023 | Resources
Happy Lunar New Year! I am a Rabbit. Apparently I am elegant, a little skittish, bright, cute, loveable, able to respond quickly, strategic, family oriented and many other wonderful things. By the next time my Year rolls around, I will be 83 years old. And I intend...
