Outdoor activities can be a great way to get some fresh air and exercise during the long, cold winter months, but freezing temperatures and icy surfaces can also lead to injuries. Winter sports also place many demands on the body. Recreational sports like skiing and basketball are dynamic in nature and require strength, agility, flexibility, and endurance. To get the most out of sports you enjoy, be prepared for these activities so as to minimize the chance of injury.
Neuromuscular Training Benefits
Physical Therapist Adam Pliskow, owner of New Castle Physical Therapy in Millwood, recommends that people of all ages who wish to participate in sports like skiing, ice skating, snowboarding and basketball initiate some type of exercise program to avoid injury. Evidence shows that neuromuscular training including plyometric, balance, and technique training reduces the risk of serious knee injuries. A proper injury prevention program should be structured to begin with an adequate warm up and active stretch period followed by strength training, agility and plyometric drills and then a static stretch and cool down. Hopping, jumping, sprinting, lunges, heel raises, step-ups, lateral band walking, hamstring curls are just some of the exercises that should be included in such a program.
The Importance of Physical Therapy Consultations
Consulting with an exercise specialist like a physical therapist is essential in developing a well-rounded program tailored to your needs and sport specific requirements, states Pliskow. A good physical therapist will “discuss your goals, perform a detailed and objective physical exam and develop an exercise injury prevention program suited to your individual needs.”
Contrary to common belief, a prescription isn’t required to see a physical therapist in New York. New York State law allows patients direct access to consultation, evaluation and treatment by a physical therapist without a prescription. This is dependent on the therapist having a minimum of three years of experience and that the patient does not have Medicare as a primary insurance.
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Not long ago, “retirement” for many people meant living on a combination of Social Security and a fixed pension. Today, retired people are living longer and better, and many plan to enjoy their golden years. The problem is that those fixed pensions, for many, have disappeared–which has put much more emphasis on the importance of pre-retirement planning (which, for our purposes here, refers to a plan for an individual’s transition to retirement).
• Keep moderation in mind and find healthy holiday foods. Many holiday recipes have healthier versions made with low fat ingredients and sugar substitutes.
In the early 1930s, Bennett Cerf, head of the Modern Library and Random House publishing companies bought an estate tucked away on 9.6 bucolic acres on the banks of the Kisco River in northeast New Castle. It contained a comfortable Colonial Revival house, built in 1927, with a two-story veranda that gave the estate its name–The Columns. Cerf married Phyllis Fraser in 1940, and in the succeeding decades he became even more celebrated as a compiler of humor books and as a panelist on the television show “What’s My Line.” The Cerf’s made The Columns their country home until Bennett’s death in 1971. Phyllis Cerf then married former New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr., and the Wagner’s continued to live part time at the estate until Robert’s death in 1991.
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