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I tried my first kickboxing class this week.  After class, I took my gloves off and saw that my knuckles were bruised. Ouch. So I decided to investigate. There’s a lot of research out there on the health benefits of kickboxing, but what about the risks? Do people get injured a lot? And if so, [...]

I like the quiet.  Right now it is especially quiet because all of the college kids have gone off someplace warm for drinking and merriment during spring break.  This excessive noise or noise pollution can cause aggression, hypertension, high stress levels, tinnitus, hearing loss and sleep disturbances. One small way to reduce the noise is with [...]

  Sweat. It’s wet, sticky, smelly, and let’s face it sometimes it’s just plain gross. All of us do it, whether we’d like it or not. We sweat during a long run or even during a zumba class. That’s when we expect to sweat. Other times we sweat when we’re nervous. Like before a big [...]

Now that we’re a little more than a month into the New Year, we’re at the point where people start to back out on their New Years resolutions. I don’t know about you but my television and Internet seem to be on repeat for Weight Watchers, workout systems and online dating sites. Look you can [...]