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Gruninger: Yoga Therapy … Stretching Trapezius Muscle

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By JACCI GRUNINGER MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos

All of yoga works with the ideas of strength, flexibility, balance and skill.

Last month’s yoga therapy column discussed having weak lower and middle traps. Did you know you can be tight and weak?

This month we will look at two postures to help release tightness in the middle back: restorative fish posture and yin heart bench.

Both postures stretch the muscles of the abdomen, chest, shoulders and thoracic muscles, but one is passive and one is more active.

You also may discover an opening in your psoas (hip flexor) muscles as well. Both are also considered Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update March 10: 384 New Cases, Totaling 514,901 With 14 Deaths & 483,235 Recovered

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico state health officials today announced 384  additional COVID-19 cases.

Los Alamos County reported 4 new cases today, bringing the total to 2,686 people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.)

This update includes 14 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19 and a 7-Day positivity rate of 4.8 percent.

Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

  • 107 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 1 new case in Catron County
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Chart 622: Los Alamos Now Green On CDC COVID Map

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Today, the CDC released its weekly update to the COVID-19 community level map. The CDC framework designates community level based on diagnoses and hospitalization levels (link). Masks are recommended indoors in counties with the highest (red) community level. Masks also are recommended for at-risk (for example, immunocompromised) individuals in counties with the intermediate (yellow) risk level. Los Alamos (link) moved from yellow to green thanks to a decline in the number of diagnoses from 248 weekly cases per 100,000 to 124 per 100,000 (the CDC threshold is 200). The fraction of inpatient Read More

Leonard: The 5 Things All Centenarians Have In Common

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By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic

I came across a YouTube video this week that featured an interview with George Jedenoff, one of the oldest skiers to ever shred the slopes of Alta in Utah.

The last video I could find was made in 2019 when he was just a mere youngster at the ripe old age of 101. This man is filled with plenty of sage advice for how he is still hitting the slopes and an inspiration to those of us who want to stay active for as long as possible.

Alas the topic for this week’s column was found following a rabbit trail of videos and articles for much longer than I care to admit. Fortunately, it Read More

Scenes From Ribbon Cutting Ceremony At Satori Healing

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The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday for Satori Healing now open at 3500 Trinity Dr. Ste C-3. Kevin Schoenberger PT, Tracy Martin PA-C, Patrick Martin, MD and Kristin Barnes, RN. Satori Healing is an infusion clinic that works very closely with a patient’s therapist and psychiatrist to tailor effective treatments. An environment that is private, discrete, safe and supportive with a hospital quality oversight. Private rooms designed for self-reflection and comfort. Learn more here. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com

Kristin Barnes, RN Read More

Senior Life: The Transitions Of Aging

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Courtesy/Robert Dryja

By ROBERT DRYJA
President
Los Alamos Retirement Community

Life involves a series of transitions. The most apparent transitions occur as children grow from pre-school to elementary, to middle school, and finally high school. Their understanding of the world and relating to one another grows with their physical maturation.

Another important transition at the opposite end of life emerges when people enter old age. However, American society doesn’t educate us about what we need to do as to successfully age toward the end life. We are not like grown children transitioning Read More

Local Curative COVID-19 Testing Delayed Until 10 AM Today

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COUNTY News:

Curative COVID-19 PCR testing in Los Alamos is delayed due to weather.

Officials with Curative indicate they will arrive by 10 a.m. at the Mari Mac Village Shopping Center parking lot at 759 Central Ave. 

Pathology Consultants of New Mexico is conducting COVID-19 PCR tests at Overlook Park in White Rock as of 8 a.m. today and no appointment is necessary. Read More

LAVNS Hosts Daffodil Sales In Los Alamos And White Rock

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LAVNS News:

Due to weather this week, Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service will sell daffodils 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday at 109 Central Park Square.

Also, daffodils will be sold 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Thursday at the Smith’s in White Rock.

Proceeds from the sale support the LAVNS Hospice program for terminally ill individuals. Read More

Library Partnership Provides Sensory Friendly Programming

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A Mesa Library and Las Cumbres Community Services collaboration provides a new Sensory Friendly Movement and Music program to children newborn to 6 years old and their caregivers at no cost. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Through a collaboration between Mesa Public Library and Las Cumbres Community Services, a new Sensory Friendly Movement and Music program is being offered to children from newborns to 6 years of age and their caregivers at no cost.

The program is 9:30-10 a.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month beginning March 9.

The program will be hosted at the new Las Cumbres Community Read More