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"I would love for other women to know that this kind of care is available for their pain. Each visit worked towards reducing the pain until I was no longer having it. What a joy to know this didn't require surgery.  Anita. Pelvic Pain

"After a few weeks of therapy and training my pain levels began to greatly improve! ...Understanding the frustration and needs of her patients makes Marnie a number one PT in her field of expertise. I am forever thankful for her." Angela Pelvic Pain-IC

"It helped to talk to someone who really understood that the pain and soreness I had was real and there was a reason for it. For the first time I really understood what was causing it and there was something I could do about it." Karen. Pelvic Pain-IC

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"Until I began therapy with Marnie, I did not fully understand my condition(s) and what to do to improve it. She not only provided me with a caring environment for treatment, but provided me knowledge and information to be able to try to work on issues at home."  Dawn.  Pelvic Pain

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Tuesday
Jul142009

*Habits that can increase lifespan

There was an interesting article in the June 22, 2009 issue of Newsweek. It listed the additional years you could gain (or lose) by certain health habits. There are some things such as heredity you can’t change. If your dad, brother, and uncle all died of a heart attack before age 45 you better sit up and take notice. You can’t change your family but you can change some of your habits. The Newsweek list was very interesting in that there appear to be a lot of fairly easy changes a person could make to increase the likelihood of living longer.

There are some obvious bad choices that can make you keel over quicker. Smoking and IV drug use are equally detrimental at -15 years each. There are several things we can choose to eat or not eat that affect our lifespan as well. Eating 5 servings of fruit and veggies a day or eating nuts gets you +3 and +2 years respectively. Tasty and anti-aging too! Conversely, slowly putting on weight can cost you -5 years, getting less than 6-8 hours of sleep a night -1 years, and more than five cups of coffee a day -.5 years.

Not surprisingly there are also mental and stress factors involved in aging. Being a married man (+5 yrs), playing puzzles (+5 yrs), going to church regularly (+1.7 yrs), and being regularly stressed out (-5 yrs) can positively or negatively affect aging.

The best news is that apparently your dentist is right. You SHOULD floss daily. Just this simple step can get you an extra 2 years! Not bad for a piece of string.

AuthorClemens Physical Therapy, PLLC | Comments Off |
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DateTuesday, July 14, 2009 at 9:12PM

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