PAIN-FREE LIVING: AN ARBOR FARMS
2008 LECTURE SERIES
4th Wednesday of every month, beginning January 30,
at Arbor Farms Market
Each lecture offered twice: 10:30-11:45 a.m. and 7-8:15 p.m.
Our bodies were designed to move. The right kind of movement keeps the body flexible and in alignment. If you have chronic pain, you’re probably not moving enough, or moving in the wrong way. This free lecture series will help you understand your body as a unit, offer a new perspective on chronic pain, and show you how to take responsibility for your own health and a pain-free life.
Presenter: Ann-Margaret Giovino, personal strength trainer and postural alignment specialist, is a certified Egoscue affiliate. She will offer a free “hip analysis” after each lecture and let you know if you’re a candidate for the Egoscue Method of postural alignment. Call (734) 996-8111 to reserve your space for each lecture.
| September 24 |
Pain-Free Living: Restoring your feet’s function and flexibility
Sore feet, fallen arches, toe problems? We need our feet every day, all day, to support our life. So where do we begin to find relief? In our selves. We have the power to change our circumstances and, if we take responsibility, can do it ourselves through exercise. |
| October 22 |
Pain-Free Living: Weak ankles? Learn why and how to make them strong
Weekend warrior with weak ankles? Sports and accidents don’t damage ankles—but body misalignments do. Unravel the problem and find the key to understanding this perfectly evolved mechanism for bipedal motion. |
| November 12 |
Pain-Free Living: Reversing the cycle of knee pain/injury
Get the real deal on patellofemoral disease, meniscitis, prepatellar bursitis, knee osteoarthritis, chondromalacia patellae, and locked knee. Find out what’s happening in other joints and how it relates directly to your knees. |
| December 10 |
Pain-Free Living: Move those hips!
Hip-hip-hooray! If you’re feeling hip pain or facing hip replacement, it’s never too late to change course. Learn what has happened to your hips and why—either to avoid hip surgery, or make sure you never have it done again. |
| January 28 | Pain-Free Living: Curing back pain at any stage
Since muscular atrophy first occurs deep within the core, the spine gradually loses its S-shape and gravity takes hold, further distorting its shape. Take an exciting journey up and down the spine and discover why your back hurts and how your muscles have everything to do with it. |
| February 25 | Pain-Free Living: Rounded shoulders—Rx for pain
In our computerized world, we’re all rounding at the shoulders. Is it any wonder that rotator cuff issues, tendonitis, tingling or numbness in our arms, and frozen shoulder and rampant today? Find out how they’re all symptoms of the same thing, and what to do about it. |
| March 25 | Pain-Free Living: Flexible hands, wrists and elbows
Nothing is more annoying than painful hands, wrists or elbows! Learn the connection between your shoulders and tennis/golf elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, and even arthritic pain. Take the friction and stress out of the joint, allow proper biomechanics, and let the healing begin. |
| April 22 | Pain-Free Living: Get rid of that pain in the neck!
The hot, new syndrome is supposedly “forward head posture.” Find out what causes it—and why fixing it won’t completely solve your problem. You have to address the whole body before you can relieve your headache, TMJ disorder, dizziness, neck pain and stiffness. |
