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Figure Skating Standards Foster Eating Disorders Too Many Unhealthy Practices Are Sanctioned By Sports Officials And Coaches by Jacquelyn Ekern Posted Thu 18 Feb 2010 8:37am Press Release Media Contacts: Danielle Bickelmann, Susie Lomelino, Michael Burns & Associates 214-521-8596 dbickelmann@mbapr.com slomelino@mbapr.com Figure Skating... on DailyStrength.org, where she serves as a medical expert. Dr. Dennis takes a fresh look at the sport of figure skating from a medical perspective, citing comments from a former national Read on »
running, fashion and figure skating! by Celia K. Posted Fri 19 Feb 2010 2:03pm a great person too. Really humble and appreciative and serves on the Figure Skating in Harlem Advisory Board. And P.S. poor sportsmanship during the medal ceremony because you just... After writing my whiney entry about not knowing what was going on with my running it would happen that I have one of my best runs. Figures. I escaped from work just before Read on »
Figure Skating Men by Leah K. Patient Expert Posted Tue 16 Feb 2010 9:08pm the Olympicsmen's figure skatingto be exact.  I really don't get it.  They're good...even when the announcer says they screwed up their jumping cow or whatever it's called (yes I know it's... are there to WIN.  You can have fun skating on the pond back home.  I am all for good sportsmanship.  Seeing competitors shake hands after a race is awesome.  I love that shit.  But I also Read on »
Skating/blading Tips - Pick your skates by Skaters .. Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:33pm Aggressive skates. These are durable recreational skates with small wheels and grind plates to protect the skate when doing aggressive stunts Artistic skates. These have boots like those on figure skates, and as few as 3 small wheels for maximum maneuverability, smoother turns, and spinning Avoid cheap skates. If you want to enjoy Read on »
Fabulous Fun- Ice Skating by Sara B. Health MavenFacebook Posted Thu 02 Feb 2012 12:18am For those of you who don’t know, I was a very competitive figure skater for over fifteen years. A week ago, I decided to grab my figure skates from my closet and hit the ice for the first time in years.  Erica, our head of marketing, who will soon be writing a fabulous fashion blog [...] Read on »
Third Annual Skate for a Friend: Raising Awareness and Funding for Lupus Research by Duane P. Patient Expert Posted Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:22pm The Third Annual Skate for a Friend recently took place in Bayonne, New Jersey, with all proceeds from the event being donated to the Lupus Foundation of America and Hospital for Special Surgery. How did the Skate for a Friend come to be? Four years ago, Una-Marie Antczak, a member of the Bayonne Figure Skating Club, was diagnosed Read on »
What Health Care Can Learn from Skating by Anita and Stephen .. Patient Expert Posted Tue 08 Nov 2011 12:07pm When performance measurement fails, bad things happen. Figure skating learned that lesson the hard way. Its performance measurement system has evolved from an arbitrary... for health care to learn from its travails. Here is a brief history of figure skating fiascos.  First there was the obsession with compulsory figures – the ability to trace patterns Read on »
Ice skating, like all sports can be improved with Chiropractic care. by Carol Grant Posted Mon 31 Jan 2011 7:54am the ice to jump in the air and then try to land without hurting yourself is pretty scary. So when Mao Asada, Silver Medalist in Ladies Figure Skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics, landed three triple axels in the competition, a feat no competitor had done before, I was pretty impressed. There are no easy figure skating jumps, spins, or technical elements Read on »
Skating/blading Tips - Reasons to skate by Skaters .. Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:33pm 1 Comment Reasons to skate 1: Its invigorating, and provides mental serenity. Reasons to skate 2: It firms up your buttocks and thighs. Reasons to skate 3: For the love of it. Reasons to skate 4: Becaues it frees you. Reasons to skate 5: Inline skating is social. Reasons to skate 6: It clears the air. Reduce your carbon footprint when you skate Read on »
Skating/blading Tips - At the skate park by Skaters .. Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:33pm of the way as fast as you can Let your skating do the talking. At the skate park, don't brag about how great you are! Try a skate park. Find a skate park that has other... for the fast ones. Some skaters may practice one line over and over, getting faster each time Watch the other skaters. They will have typical patterns of skating - anticipate where Read on »