By Staff on September 3, 2010
By Maury Tower
While Memphis Animal Clinic works year-round with area rescue groups to encourage the adoption of dogs and cats, this summer it supported the adoption of children. As an outreach to the community, Memphis Animal Clinic participated in the Daniel Law Firm’s Worry Free Summer Camp by adopting 3 campers. The kids attended camp [...]
Posted in CY Community News | Tagged CY Community News, health
By Staff on September 3, 2010
By June Hurt and Susan Roakes
The CY Community Association has joined forces with the Vollintine Evergreen Community Association (VECA), as well as the Evergreen, Central Gardens, and Hein Park neighborhoods to investigate sanitary sewer problems in Midtown. An increasing number of residents have reported that clear water and sewage are backing up into their basements through [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Green/Eco, Health, Safety | Tagged eco, health, Safety
By Staff on September 3, 2010
By Courtney Miller Santo
Virginia Grace Sumner-Winter is five years old. She just started kindergarten at Peabody Elementary, loves dinosaurs, helping her mother cook, and has a smile that matches the intensity of her flame-colored hair. She also has Pierre Robin Sequence and a unique chromosomal addition (14q). There is truly no one else like VeeGee.
The [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Events, Goings On!, Health | Tagged events, health
By Staff on September 3, 2010
By Cindy Metcalf
Alzheimer’s Day Services of Memphis (ADS) was founded by four families who needed help caring for their loved ones with Alzheimer’s. It started as a respite program in one room at the Lewis Community Center. Twenty-seven years later ADS has grown into an operation that provides affordable, stimulating, therapeutic day programs for those [...]
Posted in Events, Goings On!, Health, Music | Tagged events, health, music
By Jonathan McCarver on April 7, 2010
It’s kind of a dreary day and I wanted to ride my bike to work today but the forecast calls for rain all afternoon. Hopefully I can bring it to work tomorrow but until then I want to share a video that has continued to inspire me since I first saw it a few years [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged bicycle, bike, fitness, fun, health, inspiration, sports
By Staff on March 28, 2010
By Tara Taylor
How do you handle stress? By overeating/drinking, sleeping, exercise? According to many studies, the best way to cope with our stressful world is through physical activity.
For the past 17 years, April has been given the distinctive honor of being “Stress Awareness Month.” For April, doctors and health and fitness professionals are teaming [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Health | Tagged health
By Jonathan McCarver on March 12, 2010
This post is pretty much just for me. I doubt anyone reading here would know the word parkour to be asking about it but odds are if you work in an office then someone has sent you a video of people doing crazy climbing and stunts. These are often labeled with something like free running, russian climbing, urban climbing, freestyle walking, parkour or crazy indian monkey man . These amazing videos will feature things that nearly no one can do because the people in them are the best in the world.
Posted in Blog | Tagged exercise, fitness, free running, fun, health, parkour
By Kristan on March 1, 2010
We’re on the cusp of spring weather now and it’s time to start going outside. That makes it even easier to get your needed exercise. It’s not as hard as you think.
Posted in Blog | Tagged Cooper Young, exercise, health, midtown, tips, walking
By Patrick on February 28, 2010
By Leah Bray Nichols
I found out the hard way that trying to do everything all at once can come with a price. Living in a state of stress leads not only to short-term tension, but it can also create long-term pain.
My constant anxiety as a 32-year-old undergraduate student led to chronic pain that kept me [...]
Posted in Health | Tagged Education, fitness, health
By Patrick on February 28, 2010
By Scott Lebowitz
What’s so great about cardio?
First of all, aerobic exercise (meaning with oxygen) as defined by The Academy of Sports Medicine is “any activity that uses large muscle groups, can be maintained continuously, and is rhythmic in nature.” Simply put, large muscles, like your legs, require large amounts of energy to work. When you [...]
Posted in Health | Tagged Education, fitness, health
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