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...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Dec 4, 2022 | Resources
If you want to move better, here’s the magic bullet: move any way you can. Most (not all) of our joints move in two or three ways, and we want to be sure we can move them in all the ways they are supposed to move. But let’s say you just can’t move...
