Category: "Wellness" Articles
March 1, 2017
Meet the dogs that have mastered skills beyond frisbee-catching.
March 1, 2017
Let’s be honest: there’s more to taking care of your pup than the occasional belly scratch. To help us break down the ABC’s of giving our furry friends healthy, happy lives, we turned to...
March 1, 2017
You wake up feeling strong, supple, and motivated to build the body you want or to dominate training for your next race or competition. You rack up your cardio minutes, hammer through your resistance...
February 1, 2017
A sports psychologist explains how powerful your words are. Many years ago, as a full-time professor teaching sports psychology, I found that one of the most effective demonstrations of the connection between self-talk and...
February 1, 2017
We asked three couples in the fitness industry: What is your advice for maintaining a healthy relationship? Cami + Michael Kirschner Co-owners, The Barre Code Austin 2017 marks 10 years of marriage for us! Beyond...
February 1, 2017
Find out if you have it and what you can do about it. Have you ever been sidelined by a running injury and unable to get in the precious miles that keep you fit...
February 1, 2017
In an intimate interview with sex therapist Claudia Thompson, Austinites can learn when and how to address common issues that occur between partners. How long do you tend to take care of your patients?...
January 1, 2017
One of the most common misconceptions about body chemistry is that consuming alkaline or basic foods and fluids can influence the pH of the body—this is untrue. By learning more about homeostasis and acid/base...
December 1, 2016
Holiday Weight Gain It’s not just in your head—you’re gaining weight during the holidays. The first 10 days after Christmas lead to the highest weight gain, an average of 1.3 pounds in Americans, according...
December 1, 2016
Lying on your back now looking up at the clear blue sky, you begin to reflect on the circumstances that brought you here. First, there was the well-intended leap over the downed tree lying...
December 1, 2016
“Man is not going to wait passively for millions of years before evolution offers him a better brain,” said Romanian chemist and psychologist, Corneliu E. Giurgea in 1972. Now 44 years later, his premonition...
November 1, 2016
It's a warm sunny day and you are halfway through a 12-mile run in the greenbelt, feeling stronger than you ever have before. Bushes and branches cower before you as you leap across puddles and...
November 1, 2016
Still Need Sunscreen According to a survey by the Melanoma Foundation of New England, only 35 percent of respondents from the South apply sunscreen in the summer, compared with 39 percent nationally. Although Southern...
November 1, 2016
Varicose and Spider Veins Think you’re the only one who struggles with cosmetic leg issues? Don't be so vein. Dr. Connie Hsu, an expert interventional radiologist at ARA Diagnostic Imaging, answers common questions about vein...
October 1, 2016
Quantity over quality isn’t a phrase you hear often, but in the meditation realm, it’s just one of the many mantras. Meditation is an accessible practice for nearly everyone; when all you need is...
October 1, 2016
Our bodies are genetically wired to live, to sustain life and to work toward balance. We are the ones who make the decision to work with or against our own bodies through our lifestyle...
