by Art (Lao Du) | Dec 17, 2018 | General
This so-called joyous time of the year has its perverse, paradoxical elements. Christmas and New Year’s Day can make things markedly more stressful than they already are. Your cortisol levels (a stress hormone) can skyrocket. Here are some hints at combatting these...
by Art (Lao Du) | Dec 13, 2018 | General
I’m not what I used to be. (None of us are.) These days I find myself getting tired playing ping pong, frequently needing to sit down and take a rest. There was a time, not that long ago actually, when I could play for hours at a time, and I could do hard physical...
by Art (Lao Du) | Dec 10, 2018 | General
(Warning: the following blog contains more flapdoodle [screwy hooey] from Lao Du. PPP is not responsible for the inanities contained below.) Losing a close match can change your life for the worse. It’s like a death. Pure despair. Although losing is a part of life –...
by Art (Lao Du) | Dec 3, 2018 | General
In 2012, there appeared an article in the New England Journal of Medicine (a gold standard) about tai chi and Parkinson’s Disease which basically endorsed it as beneficial. Subsequently, the National Parkinson’s Foundation came on board with the same conclusion and...
by Art (Lao Du) | Nov 30, 2018 | General
There have been several studies that conclude that Tai Chi is a very good therapeutic modality for Parkinson’s Disease. We will have more to say about this in future blogs, but for now I’d like to bring to your attention a video I ran into produced by...
