Yo, Yo, Yoga

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  my patients ask me my thoughts on yoga; some of them are quite inflexible or nonathletic.  Here's my opinion:  find a yoga studio or gym that has a good reputation for its teachers and take classes on a regular basis.  You might not be able to bend over and touch your knees the first class you attend, but if you stick with it, after a month you'll be surprised when you can not only touch your toes, but palm the floor.  I have a patient who was a professional athlete; he's now in his early 80s and has been doing yoga for the past 20 years.  He is strong, flexible and at 6'6", he can palm the floor and then some!

Yoga For Good Health

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Yoga not only lowers the blood pressure, but helps to increase overall blood circulation to bones, muscles, brain and connective tissue.  You lengthen, strengthen and elongate your muscles while building tone.  Yoga will de-stress you and leave you with a 'runner's high'.  It might not be the most exciting activity in the world, but it's good for your health.  Try it!