As our social sciences librarian is retiring at the end of the year, I have been asked to serve as the temporary social sciences librarian through the end of the spring term while SMU Libraries conducts a search for a full-time replacement. I’ll be able to continue my work on Read more…
I have been fascinated by plyometric exercise since I started hearing about it about 10 years ago. Unfortunately, my joint problems mean that I’m not jumping too much, particularly onto boxes or around obstacles. I have a hard enough time not tripping when I’m just walking up a flight of Read more…
One of the things I learned working for a (now defunct) online learning company for physical therapists was how much they can help patients with cancer. Having watched both of my parents-in-law fight lung cancer, I saw first hand how much the treatments affect the patient as much as the Read more…
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…