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Thank you so much for your YouTube videos on frozen shoulder! It has really helped me to move forward in my healing. After doing these for one week my massage therapist was very impressed with my progress. Thanks again! Ginny M +++++++++++ I know you get a lot of mail but I HAVE to thank you for the Focus on Healing video. Had bc surgery with SNB (2 nodes) and radiation in February and developed lymphedema two weeks later. I am in my eleventh week of 24/7 bandaging. I had been faithfully doing the Zuther exercises given to me on a sheet and saw your video recommended on breastcancer.org site. You have given me back my sanity! Plus I found out I was doing the exercises way to quickly--my therapist never said to go slowly. I visit you and your group daily then do Zuther for my second time of the day. I am uncoordinated and will never be a dancer so James (someone said on bc.org that he is really your brother??) makes me feel okay as he does not seem like a dancer either. I do enjoy the rhythm and music and try to have rhythm. I will be in a sleeve soon but will continue to visit daily. Have you consider other videos with different music for variety? I would certainly purchase them. Again THANK YOU! |
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Barb says, "You have a gem in Sally DiMuzeo whose Lebed classes are awesome. Healthy-steps is so helpful to all kinds of people...CONGRATS on your great work
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These videos are great. Exactly what I was looking for. I just did part 1 and 2. Simple, gentle but effective. I could feel the muscles working. I have bad OA in knees and Dr. said I need to keep moving and encourages this type of strengthening exercise. Thanks!
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Hi! I want to express my appreciation to you for showing these exercises. .I have now achieved increased mobility given I was in immense pain. I applied Tai Chi in conjunction with your exercises and this helped greatly. Thank you again and bless you.
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EXERCISE FACTS FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SPORTS MEDICINE ALTHOUGH THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SPORTS MEDICINE (ACSM) recommends at least 30 minutes of moderately intense aerobic exercise 5 days per week, alarmingly it is estimated that 74% of all Americans fail to meet this requirement and the lack of activity represents a major contributor to rising Healthcare costs. This is where our program meets the needs of so many.  |
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Hello Healthy-Steppers,
Welcome to our Summer newsletter filled with good articles for you to read and information. Please don't forget to forward us your recipes or any interesting articles you would like to see in the next Healthy-Steps Newsletter.
We are now offering our Healthy-Steps training 'on line' for your convenience. If you would like any information on this please email our office at info@lebedmethod.com
Be a Lebed Method 'YouTube' fan by clicking here and going to all our great exercises to help you feel better and get more energized.
We would welcome you to also become a fan of our Healthy-Steps face book and to do that just click here for some great information all the time!
Get into summer with a great easy, fun exercise program like Healthy-Steps. Just click here to go to 'find a class' enter your zip code and contact the instructor for further information. Find a Class
Remember if you are tense, need to do some great breathing exercise and relieve some of that stress, get a jar of bubbles and begin to blow them. You will be amazed at how great you feel!!
Keep Healthy,
Sincerely,
Sherry Lebed Davis
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Call our office toll free 877.365.6014 today. We only offer this special savings to our public once a year so don't miss out, it will not happen again until 2012.
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Columbia, Missouri Seniors Dance to Better Health
|  Jean Krampe knew that mobility and balance are two of the main reasons seniors fall, and she wanted to find a way to change these factors. Through her doctoral studies at MU's Sinclair School of Nursing, she found that dancing was becoming a popular therapy method. She landed on Healthy-Steps, a dance-based therapy and movement program. Although the program had been used to treat people with chronic illnesses, Krampe was the first to apply Healthy-Steps to people 65 and older and conduct studies on its effects. Her studies had positive results, showing that seniors would come to the activity and move during the sessions. Results also showed trends toward improving gait and balance. Krampe, now an assistant professor at St. Louis University School of Nursing, introduced Healthy-Steps to the residents of TigerPlace, an independent living facility in Columbia, as part of her dissertation project. "It's going to take a multitude of interventions to help reduce falls," Krampe said, "and this is one that may have some evidence going forward." Seniors reported they tremendously enjoyed the program, Krampe said. The results were so positive that the sessions are going to become a regular part of the activities at TigerPlace. To Read the full article please visit: www.columbiamissourian.com |
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Healthy-Steps Marketing Job Opportunity
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If you're an energetic, motivated, and caring individual who wants to build a future for themselves while helping others, Healthy-Steps has an opportunity in sales and marketing for you! This is a commission only position for someone with sales and marketing experience working from home on the phone.
Please send resume to info@lebedmethod.com along with cover letter calls will not be accepted.
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Lymph Node Study Shakes Pillar of Breast Cancer Care. Question & Answer Atricle
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An Article in
Wednesday's New York Times
describes how a routine procedure for the treatment of early breast cancer - the surgical removal of cancerous lymph nodes from the armpit - has been found unnecessary for many patients. The finding turns 100 years of standard medical practice on its head.
Q. From what I understand, removing even only one or two lymph nodes can result in chronic swelling of the arm. How certain is it that taking fewer nodes will result in a measurable reduction in the risk of developing lymphedema?
- Claudia Boyle, Mount Prospect, Ill.
A. There is still a risk of lymphedema even after only a few nodes are taken for sentinel biopsy, but the risk is much lower than when many nodes are removed.
To Read the full article please click the link below:
http://nytimes.com
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Announcement: Online Training
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We now have our training online! We also have online/one day land trainings, watch for them on the calendar! Great way to make extra money and not work for it! Below is feedback we are getting on the course!
* Wow you guys are quick. That is unbelievable thanks a million. Even though this is online I feel like we are together
* Really enjoying the course, it is so inspiring. Thank you for the gift of your program.
* I finished the course. it was fun and moved quickly. Never boring!!!
* I very much enjoyed the program! I learned so much and I can see why Healthy Steps is such a success!
* I did get on and am enjoying you so much. I can see why your program has been a success. You have a great presenter personality. Lovin' it. It (the exercises) are also helping my arthritic shoulders so much I am sleeping w/o pain!!!!!
* I loved the online course because I could do it when I wanted.
* I found the whole programme thoroughly inspiring and motivating. At times I was very moved to tears, because of how much JOY I was feeling, going through the training. I felt like I was there in the room with the ladies, everyone was very warm and likeable. I know I am going to thoroughly enjoy teaching this programme. During the training I have redecorated my home dance studio to free up the walls which were covered in decorations. I can't wait to start!! Thank you so much to Sherry and the lovely ladies for making this course so wonderful online.
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| Message from Dr. Joel Lebed |  The program reviewed American College of OB/GYN recommendation and contraindications for exercise during pregnancy and post-partum. The Healthy Steps program was presented based on these recommendations both in lecture form and then by completely reviewing the practical performance of these exercising steps. Healthy-Steps program is a great exercise program for pregnant women and helps knowledge to aid our patients. Sincerely, Dr. Joel Lebed |
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Message from Dr. Mark Lebed
Chronic Disease and Healthy-Steps
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Chronic disease impacts almost 90% of Americans over 65 years of age (the most expansive portion of our population), and is a significant cause of distress for those younger, as well. Fortunately, and as foundationajly developed, Healthy Steps minimizes the risk of complications associated with exercise and Chronic Illnesses. Chronic disease is classified as an infirmary lasting more than 3 months that cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medications or surgery, nor do they disappear. Chronic disease can often be controlled but not cured! Chronic diseases are associated with persistent and unremitting symptoms dependent on their etiology (cause), including, but not certainly limited to fatigue, wheezing, pain, coordination issues, and edema of all types. It can be associated with any bodily component: skeletal, body fluid and organ; it is categorized as a disease, disorder or injury and may be single system or multi-system based; it may be stable, worsening or improving but never resolving. Medical literature has demonstrated that appropriate exercise programs, such as in Healthy Steps, aides not only in the treatment of Chronic Illnesses, but on its prevention. Such programs can significantly impact the risk for cancer, cardiovascular disease and hypertension, pulmonary disease, arthritis and developmental skeletal disorders, fluid disorders, diseases of unknown etiology, obesity, and diabetes. Appropriate exercise, as modeled in the Healthy Steps Program, is associated with conditioned aerobics; warm up and cool down activities, movements that are associated with passive stretch, stabilized flow, slow and steady activities; tone based exercises, structured rest conditions and avoidance of trauma and avoidance of overuse conditions. In summary, Chronic Illnesses are becoming so frequent that it is changing our population pool for all exercise programs. Appropriate exercise for this population is critical both for prevention and treatment and Healthy Steps is such an appropriate program for all Chronic Illness patients. |
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Think Before You Pee
Weird but true: That totally uncomfortable feeling you get when you have a full bladder may give you the ability to make more rational, less impulsive decisions, a new study published in the journal Psychological Science suggests. That's because the self-control that keeps you from exploding before you can make it to the ladies' room can also extend to whatever else you're doing at the moment-whether you're window-shopping, debating dessert, or wondering whether to take a new job, says lead author Mirjam Tuk, PhD.
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Article: Exercise May Limit Weight Gain During Pregnancy
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being physically active while pregnant may help women gain a little bit less weight, according to a new review of recent research.
Pooling the results of 12 studies, researchers in Munich, Germany, found that women who exercised while pregnant gained an average of 1.3 fewer pounds than women who didn't.
That alone is probably not much of an incentive for women who are considering exercising while pregnant, but there are other reasons to do it, said Dr. Michael Kramer of McGill University in Montreal who reviewed the findings for Reuters Health.
Research shows that exercise can have positive effects on mood and insulin sensitivity in people overall, and appears to have no negative effects on women during pregnancy, noted Kramer, who is also scientific director of the Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Exercise can also help women maintain their pre-pregnancy conditioning.
"Women who have been physically active can continue, and women who haven't can start," Kramer said. "But they shouldn't expect major outcomes for them or their baby."
To see the research results click:
www.link.reuters.com
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Article from IDEA Fitness Journal
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Weightlifting and Lymphedema
Debate Continues
Many breast cancer survivors worry that excessive arm use will lead to lymphedema, or swelling caused by a buildup of lymph fluid. As a result, many eschew resistance exercise-or opt for lifting very light weights. However, recent research suggests that resistance training may not necessarily lead to arm swelling. Published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (2010; 304 [24], 2699-2705), the study included 154 breast cancer survivors 1-5 years post unilateral breast cancer-134 of whom completed the follow-up. Each participant had had at least two lymph nodes removed and presented with no signs of breast cancer-related with no sign of breast cancer-related lympheda. The subjects were split into two groups; a supervised, slowly progressive resistance exercise group and a non-exercise control group.
Those in the exercise group met with personal trainers twice weekly for 13 weeks and then exercised unsupervised for the remainder of the year. They performed 3 sets of 10 repetitions of upper-and lower-body movements using dumbbells or resistance machines. The level of resistance was increased by the "smallest amount possible" after two sessions with no change in arm symptoms. At the end of the intervention, "clinically significant" arm swelling proved less common in the exercise group (8 of 72) than in the control group (13-75). "the findings of our study remove concerns that slowly progressive weight lifting will increase risk of lymphedema onset in breast cancer survivors."
Sherry Lebed Davis, president of Healthy-Steps (TM) and herself a breast cancer survivor, was excited about these results. When the study was released, she enlisted the help of a personal trainer and physical therapist who was very knowledgeable about lymphedema. However, Davis's outcome did not mirror the study's generally positive results. "We found that I could not do many repetitions at all, and I was unable to lift more than 15 to 20 pound weights before my arm began to swell." Despite her experience, Davis believes that some survivors can successfully participate in a resistance exercise protocol. "It is very individual, and weightlifting must be started in moderation at a very low, slow pace," she says. "Many men and women with lymphedema will be very successful, while others-like me-will not. As a person living with lymphedema, I do everything: I golf, ski, kayak, bowl, dance my heart out, but I always monitor my body."
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| Article from IDEA Fitness Journal |  Exercise = Reduced Risk of Colon Cancer Death
Here's another addition to the long list of the benefits of exercise. Researchers at the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Jewish Hospital in St Louis have found that colon cancer patients who exerciesed regularly were less likely to die from the deisease. The data, gleaned from the American Cancer Society Prevention Study II, involved more that 150,000 men and women. "We examined the association of 10-15 year change in physical activity with risk of colon cancer incidence and mortality in the Cancer Prevention Study II," the authors said. " Those consistently at or about median physical activity levels over 15 years had half the risk of colon cancer death [compared with] those consistently below the median." |
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A Message from Juzo
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 Juzo is proud to announce its 2011 spring/summer DreamSleeve Collection -available colors are Pink, Sunflower, Lavender and new 2011 colors Coral, Ocean, and Kiwi.
Be colorful, be fun, be you with the Juzo DreamSleeve compression garment product line. Dreamsleeve colors are available in both lower and upper extremity garments, plus many styles and compression ranges.
Patients suffering from Lymphedema* who wear DreamSleeves can feel less self-conscious about their condition by wearinga product that looks like a fashion accessory, rather than a medical garment. Making high quality compression products fashionable and comfortable has been Juzo's focus for the past 100 years.
For more information about Lymphedema or Juzo products, go to www.juzousa.com or www.mylymphedema.com.
*Lymphedema is the swelling of the body's upper extremities that can occur after certain medical treatments or procedures, such as a mastectomy, lumpectomy, radiation treatment, lymph node removal, surgeries, infections, or trauma to the limbs
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A Message from Amoena
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Amoena: A Women's Wellness Company
Amoena has always been a women's wellness company, and now more than ever we strive to champion her lifelong well-being. Even in the early days of diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer, when the body does not seem "well," other components like emotional health can still be maintained through good friendships and support. Here are a few of the many ways Amoena hopes to be a friend through our products and service -- inspiring the path to wellness:
Innovative Solutions: Our product range includes forward-thinking solutions: As the originator of the silicone breast form, we've used our decades of experience to produce the most durable, skin-friendly, lifelike breast forms in a variety of shapes, sizes and comfort features to fit every individual's needs.
Strong Partnerships: Our retail partners connect us to the women who wear our products, so we collaborate mindfully with them. Events like our POWER Symposium and Fit Specialist education courses ensure the consumer truly benefits from our knowledge and experience. We take pride in our leadership role in the community of women we serve.
Service and Sharing: Our educational website, TheBreastCareSite.com, is resource for people who are touched by breast cancer, and our commitment to giving back is singular. Efforts like the annual Breast Cancer Awareness pin and other charitable endeavors bring even more meaning to the work we do.
For more than 35 years, Amoena has focused its efforts on supporting the mind, body and soul of women worldwide, combining technology with supreme comfort to offer bras, swimwear and breast symmetry products to fully address the needs of any woman. Amoena's mission is to strengthen self-esteem, build self confidence and accentuate femininity; the company has helped millions of women enjoy fuller lives. For more information or to locate a retailer near you, visit www.amoena.us.
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