Feeling Your FitBit 

by Juliana Gildesgame, DPT

As of 2013, approximately one in 18 Americans owns an activity tracker like a Fitbit band, according to an Endeavor poll.1Word of my curiosity with these activity trackers got out and I received one as a birthday present. I consider myself a pretty active person unless a new season of House of Cards is on. I was excited to see how active I was each day, and I imagined it would validate my insatiable appetite for string cheese and animal crackers.

"Don't slouch." "Sit still." "Don't hunch your back."
"Stand up straight." "Stop fidgeting."

At some point in almost everyone's teen years, a well-meaning parent or teacher tells us to correct the way we're standing or sitting. The advice comes with no explanation. And yet, perfect sponges that we are as teens, 

New Year’s Resolutions:  7 Tips to Achieve your Goals

by Juliana Gildesgame PT, DPT

The New Year is a time for reflection on the past year and gearing up our hopes for the coming year. The best way to keep a New Years resolution is to set meaningful, realistic goals. 

Play turns on the brain

We now have many technical tools that show brain activity and ways to foster new connections with learning. Through these tools we have been able to study such things likePlay. Play has shown we can help wire new neural pathways. Enjoy this blog from Michael Sigman on Play.