Shoulder Surgery Outcome and A Three Day/Week Workout Plan
On 9/5 I had shoulder arthroscopy to remove a 9mm loose body. It turned out that the loose body was a big chunk of cartilage off the end of the humerus, and not the only chunk. It seems that nearly all of the cartilage had fallen off and collected in the axillary...
Frank’s Arthroscopic Surgery of 9/5/06 and breasts for men?
Many months ago I wrote of shoulder injuries and healing, using Wobenzyme to get this strange injury to feel much better over a few months time. But I did have a 9 mm loose body in the joint, and while I recovered almost full range of motion and most of the strength,...
Update on Digestion, Heartburn, Belching, Reflux and the Impact of Aging on Such.
Two people I know, one a friend at work, and my brother, have both had rather remarkable changes in this whole heartburn - acid indigestion problem. I had repeatedly tried to explain that the cause was reduced stomach acid production, and the ensuing inability to...
New Features on the Senior Fitness.com Site and Some Exciting News on Heavy Metal Chelation
We have added a couple of new features on the site readers should find interesting: We put up a Gift Shop specializing in one-off, personalized, somewhat high-end gifts for people you love, want to impress, or just hope will remember you as a great gift giver. I'm...
A New Personal-Best Lift, and a New Supplement that Rocks!
I hope you will check out the latest video clip of me playing in the gym. It represents a personal best at 66 years of age. I have never made 5 reps with 8 plates per side before. The last time I attempted 720 lb was about 8 years ago, and I made 4 reps and knew I...
Life Extension Foundation – Your Top Resourse In Health Information
I have been a busy boy for the last month with Easter's approach and celebrating Holy Week; too wrapped up in it to write Frank's Column. I have spent a great deal of time trying to understand how Senior Fitness.com suddenly lost search engine favor and traffic from...
Women, Fitness and Weight Training
Women, Fitness and Weight Training As an observer of the aging process, I have noticed that women seem to take it differently than men. Particularly, men seem more attentive to their bodies, while women (big generality here) seem to attend more to their faces. I note...
Wobenzyme to the Rescue?
Wednesday, 2/22, I hit the gym to do legs again. The right knee stll had a little sting to it and some tenderness, but I had had it with patience. I started with 10 minutes on the stationary bike to get the joints up to temperature and to dull the pain sensors. Then...
More Joint Healing Mysteries
When last I wrote, I was expecting (hoping for) a healing miracle. I had started taking Wobenzyme-N on Saturday and the following Wednesday morning I awoke pain-free; couldn't believe it could work that fast. I went to work, started using the stairs again, walking...
Joint Health and Joint Healing
It seems I have been granted a dose of humility; at a time in my life when I am graciously passing on the experience of staying fit into advanced age, I have been falling apart. Last time I wrote of the MRI of my shoulder revealing a loose body in the joint, and the...
Immune Power and an Update on Shoulder Healing
We added another category this week, focused on various elements of the immune system and foods and supplements that support and enhance its function. What good is it to look good, seem fit, and yet be sick all the time . The category will feature articles on the...
An Aging Mechanism you can minimize easily – Glycation!
An Aging Mechanism you can minimize easily - Glycation! Today I loaded an article from Life Extension Foundation titled "How Carnosine Protects Against Age-Related Disease". If you are not aware of this important reason we get disabled as we grow older, this is an...