A Brief History of Gymnastics

Ethel Gonzales

Gymnastics is a graceful and artistic sport that requires a combination of strength, balance, agility, and muscle coordination, usually performed on specialized apparatus. Gymnasts perform sequences of movements requiring flexibility, endurance, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings, handstands, split leaps, aerials and cartwheels. Gymnastics as we know it dates back […]

What Can a Gymnast Do at Home?

Ethel Gonzales

What can a gymnast really do at home? Well, every coach will say conditioning and stretching. I agree. Maintaining strength and flexibility is very important. The skills will be there if the gymnast continues to perform general strength and sport-specific conditioning through this difficult time. Nearly all gymnasts remember most […]

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Homeopathy

Ethel Gonzales

Carbon monoxide poisoning seems so outdated, doesn’t it? Yet there are incidences of it every year in winter when folks try to keep warm with combustible engines. I live in Buffalo, where the snow can pile up over a tail pipe in no time. Every year during a storm, there […]