After 40 years practicing as a physical therapist, I’ve been thinking a lot about what has kept my interest going all these years, long after graduating from PT school, and what’s helped to keep it all fresh. From the beginning,

I’m a 28 year-old woman with a young daughter, dog, husband, demanding job and an overall active life. After a time of troubling symptoms, frustrations and some worrying, I was given a diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a type of

Four years ago, I completed my first triathlon. I knew I would be able to do it, but there was just one thing. Triathlons involve running, biking and swimming. Running and biking I had mastered—hard work, but I have confidence

This may sound like a hokey way of thanking your feet for keeping you upright and moving for an average of 5,000 steps per day. But, if we multiply that number by 365 days in a year, that means our

This month I celebrate Go Red For Women, a campaign for heart health by American Heart Association. I write about this public health awareness effort in memory of my dad, and in honor of my mom. Every minute in America,

I am always ready, if not quite happy, for this time of year. The earth has entered a period of darkness and stillness. In the evening I am ready to retire to bed at an earlier, healthier, hour. After the

Julie first wrote about her shoulder repair surgery last July, sharing some of her experience of the first several weeks of adapting and healing. Now, more than a year and a half out from the surgery to repair two large,

While working with clients, I try to do everything possible to help them return to all their “normal” activities. We’ll typically have conversations about doing things differently or even giving up some of their usual activities, and those conversations are

Serendipity often occurs when I kayak, whether on a river or the ocean. Kayaking allows me to focus in on the microcosm of the water/land interface, where so much beauty lies. It also teaches me again how to relax in