The importance of keeping your muscles in balance; Defeating Seasonal Affective Disorder

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Heard On The Larry Meiller Show
Using exercise machines at gym.
Running on a treadmill can lead to underdeveloped muscles in the glutes, hamstrings, calves, hip stabilizers, and adductors and abductors. Image by profivideos from Pixabay 

Physical therapists Lori Thein Brody and Jill-Thein Nissenbaum tell us how to avoid and treat muscle imbalance. Then we talk to psychiatrist and author Dr. Norman Rosenthal about his 40 years of research into Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Featured in this Episode

  • Repeatedly doing the same activity can lead to muscle imbalance — and pain

    Muscle imbalance occurs when physical activity isn’t varied. Our PT experts Lori Thein Brody and Jill Thein-Nissenbaum are here to talk about the symptoms and treatments for muscle imbalance.

  • "Defeating SAD: A Guide to Health and Happiness through All Seasons"

    About 13 million adults in the United States are negatively impacted by the onset of winter’s long nights, and for many the disorder can last up to 40 percent of the year. We talk with Dr. Norman Rosenthal, the psychiatrist and author credited with discovering and naming Seasonal Affective Disorder about the symptoms and possible treatments for SAD.

Episode Credits

  • Larry Meiller Host
  • Lori Thein Brody Guest
  • Jill Thein-Nissenbaum Guest
  • Dr. Norman Rosenthal Guest
  • Jill Nadeau Executive Producer
  • Joel Patenaude Producer
  • Jeff Robbins Technical Director

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