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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...

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...

(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 –...

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...

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 Brigham and...

A Good Player is: Competitive Serious Can make adjustments Tests the other guy Knows his own strengths and weaknesses of his opponent – knows how to capitalize on the former, exploits the latter Doesn’t take impulsive shots Has good judgement Has a good temperament –...

There’s this guy at the club – let’s just call him Long Pips John (relating to the infernal racket he wields with the long pimpled rubber). He moves me right and left, left and right – I feel like a marionette. He’s got a good drop shot which he employs sadistically,...

The following blog was initially printed in Bruce Ballard's internet site: Parkingsuns.com We are appreciative of Bruce's generosity in offering it to be reprinted here. Bruce Ballard October 23, 2018 Comparison of Essential Tremor vs. Parkinson's Disease: Social...

You’re sitting by yourself in the club waiting for a game. Several of the tables are in use but, other than you, there is only one guy sitting near the lockers watching the action on table three. He’s new. You’ve never seen him before. He’s wearing a Butterfly ping...

Ya know what really bugs me lately (besides the fact that the market is crashing and the price of bananas is going up)? It’s the hideous, self-congratulatory, celebration behavior of some players - mostly adolescents, but some fully grown types, as well – who after...