Balance-Based Torso-Weighting® is an assessment and treatment method that results in a BalanceWear custom made, strategically weighted orthotic. BalanceWear is made to the exact specifications for the patient’s counter-balancing requirements, providing supplementary sensory information to the nervous system, and helping to improve balance and stability in all directions of movement.
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Still, the 37,000-member American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons today is launching a new online awareness campaign, A Nation in Motion, to remind  consumers that they are the go-to specialists for a wide range of musculoskeletal issues.
These range from broken bones and congenital deformities to injured muscles, ligaments and tendons; and knee and hip replacement.
For more than a decade, Gretchen Reynolds has been writing about the science of health and fitness. Her weekly column, Phys Ed, is one of this paper’s most popular features, regularly appearing on top of the “Most E-mailed†list. Now Ms. Reynolds has distilled the knowledge gained from years of fitness reporting into a new book, published last month.
It’s difficult for children and teens to be healthy today, but not impossible. As parents, grandparents, guardians, teachers, health professionals and other concerned adults, we can help them navigate through a world of unhealthy pleasures.
