Now that I’ve finished my LIS degree, I’m applying for jobs and looking for projects across SMU Libraries. Encouraged by my supervisor, I reached out to the Business Library to see if they needed help teaching workshops; we knew that they were swamped with the start of the fall term. Read more…
This is an interesting post to publish today, as I’ve been released from physical therapy… again. Suffice it to say that more sitting and less movement during the pandemic led to tendonitis. Combined with all of the work I’ve had done on my right knee and hip, this meant my Read more…
It’s strange to see that the Fall 2021 semester has been billed as back to normal while, well, not everything is. As with so many others on and off campus, we are doing our best to help students adapt to life on campus, whether they are first-time students or returning Read more…
I have met a lot of people who fear the pain of physical therapy or, even worse, surgery. So they avoid seeing a doctor, thinking that ignorance is bliss. (Given my last name, it’s not surprising that I disagree.) The challenge with waiting is that the ways that your body Read more…
Growing up as a dancer in a studio where the style was to almost always dance in unison, I didn’t have a high risk of collisions with other people, and I only remember one concussion, earned in high school when I collided with a very large door hinge while leaving Read more…
Dancers have seen the ups and downs of discussions for and against stretching alongside those for warming up one’s body dynamically. I learned early on never to “bounce” in a stretch, particularly early in a class, to avoid pulling a muscle. And later dance classes in my adult years embody Read more…
Today is my last first day of a session for graduate school. Given all of the road bumps that have been in my path over the last two years, it’s hard to believe that the end is in sight. I have been lucky to have peers to work with outside Read more…
I’ve been rather fortunate in all of my injuries to have not injured a foot along the way. As described below, the feet are complex structures, and foot pain truly slows you down, making it difficult to get anything accomplished. Our members gave some excellent information on what to know Read more…
As another challenging school year comes to a close at Southern Methodist University, we continue to discuss ways to help students not just survive but thrive as their final projects are turned in and they prepare for another finals week where many are not on campus. Finals week events used Read more…
I have recently returned to golf after a 15-year absence, somewhat voluntarily. My son is getting older and more capable of the attention span a 9-hole round requires, and given our never-ending pandemic, we wanted something that all three of us could do together outdoors that’s more strenuous than walking Read more…