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Ester Marsh: Exercise to improve your health
It doesn’t seem to matter what study they come up with, exercise is always part of the regimen, ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: IT band syndrome
Do you know what your IT band is? And it can cause all kind of problems when too ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Love and accept your body
Another column I have written about in the past. But the conversations I have had after last week’s ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Strong core
The question of the year — which abdominal exercises will work my abs the best? This happens each ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Are you getting enough vitamin D?
The weather has been interesting lately. We go from springtime to wintertime to storm season. However, whenever I ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Working out hard enough
How do you know if you are working out hard enough? It’s hard enough when you are in ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Looking on the bright side
Looking on the bright side. When you hear this statement, it immediately brings me to the song from ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: What is lordosis?
I was talking to one of our members who is dealing with lordosis, and I told her I ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Fitness etiquette 2025
I love it. Each year, I get a request to run my “fitness etiquette” column again. We all ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Did you plan your new year for a healthier you?
A new year, healthier you. Have you made a plan? Most people strive for the new year to ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Post shoulder surgery update
Right shoulder arthroscopy debridement, subacromial decompression, distal clavicle excision, biceps tenodesis. It’s a whole mouthful, I can tell ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Vertigo and what can you do about it
It has been a while since I have covered this subject. In the beginning of 2021, I had ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: What are triglycerides?
So, what are triglycerides? Triglycerides are a form of fat carried through the bloodstream. When you eat, your ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Love and compassion
I am humbled with the outpour of our support for western North Carolinians who have suffered great losses ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: What is osteopenia and osteoporosis?
Within the past few weeks, two people came up to me who were told they have osteoporosis, and ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Fall allergies asthma and exercise
It doesn’t feel like fall, but the pollen is definitely telling me fall is around the corner (Sept. ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Why a healthy lifestyle is so important
We have started our EIM (Exercise Is Medicine) and still have a few spots if you want to ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: New session
On Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 5:30 p.m., we are starting our new session of Exercise Is Medicine (EIM). ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: What exactly is blood pressure?
Besides the ab machine and flexibility machine, the blood pressure machine is one of the most-used machines at ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Scoliosis, another abnormal curvature of the spine
I wrote about kyphosis and lordosis of the lower back, and I received many inquiries about scoliosis. Scoliosis ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: What to do about lumbar lordosis
As promised, today’s column is about lordosis, more commonly known as swayback. Lordosis can create all kinds of ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: What is kyphosis?
Kyphosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine. You might have heard more of lordosis. Lordosis is also ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Arthritis and exercise
After the tai chi article, I had some questions if any exercise is good for arthritis. Exercise for ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: The importance of proper hydration
My dear friend David Freeze touched this in his article last week. The importance of proper hydration! It ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: What is tai chi?
Most people have heard of tai chi, but do you know what it is? We are so lucky ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Have you heard that sitting is the new smoking?
In 2016, the “sitting is the new smoking” was written in the British Journal of general practice. The ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: Traveling through times zones
Last week, I talked about staycations, and this week I will cover traveling through time zones and the ... Read more
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Ester Marsh: ‘Staycation’ can be lots of fun!
A few weeks ago, I had two of my three grandchildren here at “camp Jaja.” It was supposed ... Read more