Searching for Tracks

Dec 192008
 

It’s snowing and cold and nasty outside. The rec center in my town has an indoor track, but it’s 15 miles away from work. The Bob Burger Recreation Center in Lafayette is only 7 miles away from work, and it has an indoor track, too. So I bundled up and drove over there during my [...]

Multiple Sclerosis and Exercise

Dec 172008
 

Thanks to Ziggi at Wheelchair Diffusion for the link to the NARCOMS presentation on MS and physical activity. Some excerpts: Less than two out of three responders (57%) recalled their treating physician ever having recommended exercise to them. The main reasons given for an exercise recommendation were general health benefits, weight control, and fatigue management [...]

The Universal Elevator Key

Dec 012008
 

I was talking to our city’s recreation director, and the issue of elevator keys came up (in order to use the elevator at one of the city pools, you have to get a staff member to operate it, using a key). She said that when the elevator was installed, the staff asked whether it wouldn’t [...]

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