Exercise Fights Fatty Liver Disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common form of chronic liver disease in developed countries. It is associated with obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, and is characterized by elevated liver enzymes. (more…)
Public Service Announcements
Multi-organizational public service announcement series promoting the benefits of physical activity –
The Healing Moves Foundation continues to promote the benefits of physical activity by joining with key organizations who are working for a healthier nation. A series of public service announcements were developed by these organizations and can be found on the American College of Sports Medicine’s website (or click on the image below). Our message is simple: Be Active! Be Healthy! Be Better! (more…)
Healing Moves Book
Healing Moves - How to cure, relieve and prevent common ailments with exercise.
This is a must-read book, a wonderful resource for us all! Authors Carol Krucoff and Mitchell Krucoff, M.D. share our passion for helping people improve their lives through the healing power of movement. The Healing Moves Foundation is honored to have the opportunity to share the work of these two inspiring individuals. Carol Krucoff, RYT, is an award-winning journalist and fitness expert. She is the founding editor of the Health Section of The Washington Post, where her nationally syndicated column, Bodyworks, appeared for twelve years. Carol is a yoga therapist at Duke Integrative Medicine in Durham, North Carolina. She has created individualized yoga practices for people with health challenges and has developed the audio home practice, Healing Moves Yoga, available on CD.
Mitchell Krucoff, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.C.C.P., Professor of Medicine/Cardiology and an Interventional Cardiologist at Duke University Medical Center, is internationally recognized for his pioneering research in many areas, including complementary therapies in patients with heart disease, computer-assisted heart monitoring and new modalities of coronary revascularization. His clinical trials include patients and hospitals in five continents, and he lectures globally on these and related topics. Mitchell is the distinguished author of over 100 publications in the cardiology literature and book chapters in medical texts.
The Healing Moves Foundation would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Carol and Mitchell for sharing their expertise and compassion with us!
For more information or to purchase the Healing Moves book and Healing Moves Yoga CD, log on to: www.healingmoves.com.
New! Blogging about Jogging (and other things)
Blogging About Jogging is a new link on our website where patients can connect with one another and share their experiences. It’s about encouraging one another to keep on moving no matter what health challenges are thrown our way! Whether we walk, ride, stretch, dance, or swim; remember that after the chemo, after the transplant, after the pain and after the exhaustion, we WILL get back in the race again!
The Villianization of Exercise – or: Do What You Can, While You Can, So You Can Continue
Scenario – So you finally got your classmates/coworkers/friends to understand you have limitations. They finally stopped asking why you have a handicapped tag or why you have to take the elevator instead of steps. You breathe a sigh of relief…
The next day, you run into one of these newly-understanding people while out on a power walk. A week later, you use your handicapped tag when you both go to the mall…and suddenly your newly-understanding friend gets a smug look on their face and say something like “Last week you could walk 3 miles but today you can’t walk from the other side of the parking lot? Yeah, right. I wish my doctor would say I needed a tag for when I’m tired, too.” (more…)