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	<description>Chantal Donnelly. Physical Therapist, shares her personal insights.</description>
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		<title>Knee Pain with Lunges and Squats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I had a patient who was certain she was doing squats and lunges incorrectly with her trainer as she was experiencing knee pain.  She asked me to check her body mechanics and form with the squats and lunges so she could correct the problem.  Her form was perfect and she was surprise to hear [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bodyinsight.com/blog/?p=41</link>
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		<title>Knee Pain on an Airplane</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently returned from 10 glorious days of sailing in the Greek Islands.  Unfortunately, the long flight home was a grueling 16 hours in coach.  Let&#8217;s face it &#8211; airplane flying is not good for the body.  We just aren&#8217;t designed to sit in those cramped spaces like that for so long.  During the 11 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bodyinsight.com/blog/?p=34</link>
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		<title>Check out the May Issue of Pilates Style Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My dear friend Tannis Kobrinsky is featured in this month&#8217;s issue of Pilates Style Magazine.  If you are interested in some great Pilates mat exercises (and who isn&#8217;t?), check it out. 
Pilates Style article
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		<link>http://www.bodyinsight.com/blog/?p=29</link>
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		<title>Check out the January Issue of Woman&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ready, Set, Walk! is the name of the article written by Karen Asp.  I wrote the actual walking routines (one for AM, one for mid-day, and one for PM) and Karen wrote the article. In the January Issue of Woman&#8217;s Day &#8211; page 70.
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		<link>http://www.bodyinsight.com/blog/?p=28</link>
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		<title>Knee Exercises &#8211; Not Surgery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study just released by the New England Journal of Medicine found that surgery for arthritis of the knees is ineffective. In the study, all subjects received traditional physical therapy, a home program and glucosamine. The subjects who also underwent surgery were initially better than the control group, but after six months, there were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bodyinsight.com/blog/?p=27</link>
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		<title>Back Pain with Pilates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pilates is often the prescription for reducing back pain, but occasionally, I will get a patient who complains about an increase in back pain with Pilates. If you are experiencing back pain or low back stiffness during or after a Pilates session be aware that you are probably overusing your hip flexors instead of properly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bodyinsight.com/blog/?p=26</link>
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		<title>Avoid Knee Pain at The Gym</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  There is only one weight machine I warn my patients to stay away from at the gym. I cringe when I see people using the knee extension machine.  This is the piece of equipment you sit on, hook your feet under a t shaped bar and straighten your knees. The problem with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bodyinsight.com/blog/?p=24</link>
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		<title>Back Pain and Depression</title>
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Is my back pain all in my head??? I have patients ask me that question all the time.
Pain signals are processed in the brain &#8211; so it has to be involved somehow. Research has, in fact, linked anxiety and depression to back pain. But what comes first, the depression or the back pain?
Certainly either scenario [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bodyinsight.com/blog/?p=23</link>
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		<title>Age-Defying Fitness</title>
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If you are looking for a great injury prevention and physical wellness book, I have a recommendation for you.   Age-Defying Fitness: Making the Most of Your Body for the Rest of Your Life is written by two well respected physical therapists &#8211; Marilyn Moffat and Carole B. Lewis. The book is divided into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bodyinsight.com/blog/?p=18</link>
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		<title>Back Pain With Driving &#8211; Tip #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of people experience back pain AFTER (not during) a stint of driving. Usually this has something to do with the way they are getting out of the car. When you turn and put your left leg on the ground and push off with your right leg to get out, there is a tremendous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bodyinsight.com/blog/?p=17</link>
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