Monday, August 07, 2000
FIT BITS
Ways to stay active and healthy
EXERCISE TIPS
Outdoor gym: Treat the pool as a cross-training playground that cools you while you burn calories. Deep-water running burns about 11.5 calories or more per minute, compared with eight calories per minute for a 130-pound person running an 11-minute-mile pace, according to Julie Twynham, educational director for Speedo Canada. — ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
NUTRITION NEWS
Change habits: Achieving an ideal weight and reducing your chance for developing heart disease means changing your eating habits.
Try these tips to help keep you on the right track toward a healthy diet:
• Choose fresh, frozen or canned vegetables prepared plain or with lemon juice, broth or small amounts of unsaturated oils or margarines. Aim for at least three servings of vegetables per day.
• Choose fresh, frozen, canned or dried fruit and fruit juice. Aim for at least two servings of fruit per day. Look for canned fruit in water or in its own juice. — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BE ACTIVE
Clicking ankle: Nine times out of 10 people who develop a clicking noise in their ankles when they walk have a peroneal dislocation, said says Dr. Joseph Hall, a podiatrist at Seattle Foot and Ankle Clinic.
When an ankle is sprained, a peroneal ligament can be torn. Over time it can flop out of position, causing a clicking sound, often when the ankle is flexed, as when going up or down stairs.
Usually patients can reproduce the sound on request, and sometimes you can see the tendon pop around the ankle joint. If it isn't painful and doesn't bother you, you don't need to do anything about it, but if it becomes painful you should look into it before the tendon becomes irritated or even degenerates. Surgery can put it back in its place.
In any case, Dr. Hall recommends seeing a podiatrist for an exam or X-ray so you're certain of the diagnosis. — SEATTLE TIMES
IN-SITE
Online therapy: Need to talk? Have a computer? The use of online shrinks has increased 300 percent in the last two years, according to author John Grohol in the August issue of Glamour magazine. Though popular, online diagnosis might not be accurate. Be sure to find out the analyst's credentials. Check out these sites and type away your pain.
• www.therapyoffice.com, $40 for a half-hour session
• www.concernedcounseling.com, $35 per e-mail
• www.drmathis.com, $100 for a month of unlimited e-mail exchanges.
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