by Ruth Ann Penny | May 8, 2022 | Resources
Sit Up Straight! When I was young, I heard those words hundreds of times. I was a bit long-limbed and gangly, at times awkward, not very sporty, a little shy. I was happy curled up with a book. I sometimes slumped. My mother was a classical singer and performed...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Apr 24, 2022 | Resources
I am an anatomy nerd. This post may feel like it’s aimed at my anatomy nerd friends only, but it’s not. So please stick with me for a moment. There’s this very cool muscle deep inside the very centre of your body called the Ilio-Psoas (silent ‘p’) muscle. As all...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Apr 10, 2022 | Resources
Definitions like the one below, out of medical journals, are a little disheartening, don’t you think?: Sarcopenia is a progressive and generalized skeletal muscle disorder involving the accelerated loss of muscle mass and function that is associated with...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Mar 21, 2022 | Resources
What does that actually mean? Of course I breathe. (I admit I can find advice to “just breathe” a little condescending.) But breathing is a miracle. The body just breathes. Even more miraculous is the fact that we can feel and change the way we breathe. And we all...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Mar 6, 2022 | Resources
In my joints, is where. Most days are good days, but every so often – zap! – the fire in the joints starts heating up. I know now, as many of you do, the true meaning of the word INFLAMED. One of life’s greatest lessons is the arrival of something...
by Ruth Ann Penny | Feb 20, 2022 | Resources
What is the most stable structure? (Pssst….we learned this in high school…..) A triangle. Or three-dimensionally, a tripod or a triangular pyramid. And that’s how I see the structure of the human foot. A good thing, since we need stability as we stand. Try...
