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I was on a work trip in the city of Wuhan, China recently when I encountered large playground structures, not for children, but for adults. They were  located adjacent to the children's playground, which was a very convenient and accessible way to encourage activity among grandmas and grandpas who'd often be the primary caretaker of small children living in the neighbourhood.

Grace Cheung, Physiotherapist

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I was on a work trip in the city of Wuhan, China recently when I encountered these large playground structures (below), not for children, but for adults. They were located adjacent to the children’s...

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This past weekend I had the privilege of hanging out with the people at Canucks Autism Network as they put on the Family Skate event at Rogers Arena. It's always a treat to skate on the ice with Kevin Bieksa, Manny Malhotra and Finn!

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Man Vacation, Couches and Cardiovascular disease.

Recently, an old client came in to see me for physiotherapy after a few years of being away. Turns out that since I had last seen him, this man in his fifties had had a cardiovascular incident (heart attack), subsequent surgery (multiple bypass), a solid year of rehab, and a change in lifestyle since.

I asked him what he thought had triggered it. He attributed it to his "man vacation". He took 6 weeks vacation from his work,  sent his wife and grown children away on an extended vacation, whilst he stayed at home and watched sports, drank b33r and ate extravagently. All day. Every day. 

What prompted me to share this anecdote was a recent article in the Vancouver Sun that reviewed a research article stating: Those who spend more time sitting on a couch in front of the television have a higher likelihood of cardiovascular related diseases. Not too surprising, is it?

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WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?

That's a tough one. Christmas as a toddler. And that is based on perusing old photos.

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Resistance Training and Obesity

I read an interesting article recently about resistance training and obesity, published in the Journal of Obesity, written by Strasser and Schobersberger. (Volume 2011, Article ID 482564)

There has always been strong evidence that resistance training is at least as effective as aerobic training in reducing some major cardiovascular disease risk factors.

What I found really interesting is that resistance training preferentially mobilizes the visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue in the abdominal region.

What does this mean? It means that if you do “strengthening” type exercises with weights, exercise bands, etc, you’ll be helping to get rid of that “bad” fat that hangs out in the gut and in between your organs. This “bad” fat is that type of fat that increases your risk for cardiovascular diseases, namely “heart attacks”, strokes, and generally unhealthy blood vessels.

Interesting!

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