Phyllis Ketring Dr. Joseph Vaglio is a cardiologist who specializes in heart rhythm disorders. The heart is a remarkable organ that can generate its own electrical impulses and allows the heart to beat uninterrupted over the course of a lifetime. Cardiac rhythms are an elegant ballet of intracellular ion movement, coordinated electrical conduction and cardiac…
Want to get fit and relieve pain at the same time? Joe Pinella, a SaddleBooke resident and 50-year+ practitioner of Chi Gong and Tai Chi, now offers two classes at SaddleBrooke Ranch that help to do just that. It can be a real challenge to get into shape while facing issues like chronic pain, arthritis,…
Linda Shannon-Hills What is the difference between Health and Wellness? Health originally meant absence of disease, both physical and mental. Wellness, on the other hand, is the state of living a healthy lifestyle. At SaddleBrooke Ranch many of us want to live a healthy lifestyle and moved here to improve our lifestyles. Wellness is the…
On Monday, November 23, the Health Night Out team will welcome Dr. Wendy Miller, Physiatrist (not Psychiatrist!) of Mountain Osteopathic, to SaddleBrooke. The title of her presentation tonight is “Doc, Is There Something Besides More Pills and Surgery?” And she will be talking to us about just that, non-medicinal and non-surgical treatments, OMT and Acupuncture.…
By Bridget Bonner, Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT) There are many ways to describe yoga and its meaning. When practitioners are asked what their own definition is, each would have a different answer, and surprisingly each would be correct. Following are some of my own personal views, which I should mention actually grow and morph…
Linda Shannon-Hills In August the SBR Thursday Talks hosted Dr. Kim Tucker, Orthopedic Surgeon with Northwest Allied Physicians in Oro Valley. Dr. Tucker focused on how we can take better care of our knees to “Keep the Spring in Our Step.” She covered the anatomy of the knee, common causes of joint pain and some…
Good health and continued wellness are important for us as we age, and living in SaddleBrooke Ranch, an Active Adult Resort Community with many activities and sports, enhances our lives and adds to our overall wellness. Physical is one dimension for overall wellness, but emotional, environmental, intellectual/cognitive, vocational, social and spiritual are also key dimensions…
Phyllis Ketring The time for the annual SaddleBrooke Health Fair is approaching on Saturday, October 17, 9:00 a.m. to noon at the HOA One clubhouse. Parking will be at the MountainView parking lot with two luxury coaches shuttling fairgoers continuously between MountainView and HOA One. Shuttles will operate until 1:30 p.m. to allow people time…
Don Jensen On Monday, August 24, the Health Night Out team will welcome Drs. Thomas Kang, Amanda Kester and Jonathan Lara of Sonoran Ear, Nose and Throat to SaddleBrooke. Sonoran ENT is Tucson’s newest Otolaryngology (ENT) practice. They offer the full range of diagnostics and medical/surgical treatment options in Otolaryngology. Surgeries, when necessary, are performed…
Carol Emerson Practiced for hundreds of years in China, Tai Chi has always been a key component of Chinese health and fitness practices. With its gentle movements and meditative aspects, Tai Chi is a perfect way to open the mind and body to a new, healthful, balanced way of being. Recent medical studies are now…