Health and Fitness

We in Telluride hold these truths to be self-evident: Move it or lose it. If we want to live longer and well, we need to exercise more than previously thought. Writing for the Huff Post, Suzy Strutner tells us how much and how. It’s official: If you want...

According to an article by Tara Swart in Fast Company, yes you need to drink more water. But you might also like to try some magnesium salts. What else? Read on. [caption id="attachment_69119" align="aligncenter" width="600"] [Source photos: Kubkoo/iStock, marilyna/iStock][/caption] What did you eat for breakfast this morning? It...

Although there are no overnight beds at the Telluride Regional Medical Center, there are nights when one particular person never leaves. [caption id="attachment_69152" align="aligncenter" width="432"] Eric Adolphi is the Man Behind the Curtain at the Telluride Medical Center.[/caption] Since 2002, Eric Adolphi has served the local Medical...

This week, the BootDoctor in the House focuses on a perfect fall day in and around Telluride. Which makes it a perfect day for biking. Especially with BootDoctors’ bike mechanic extraordinaire, Sarah Ender. (All images are by Melissa Plantz.) [caption id="attachment_69380" align="aligncenter" width="401"] Sarah Ender, BootDoctors’ bike mechanic...

We first met Dr. Haley Perlus at the Telluride WOW Festival. We asked if she would share her pearls with our readers. Haley’s advice tends to apply equally to sports and to life in general. Broncos head coach Vance Joseph shared what the team did during their long delay...

Staff at the Telluride Regional Medical Center work closely with each other; the are also very close to their patients. But according to Medical Center staff and their CEO, that’s not exactly ideal. Since 2007, patient visits have grown 166 percent, according to the Med Center’s Financial Director, Julie...

I wrote previously about the codependent and dependent personalities. We find that codependency is created by the family system. Codependency is a set of behaviors and attitudes that form a diagnosable complex: codependent people are overly responsible; they want and try to please everyone; they are...

The terms “codependent” and “dependent” have relatively new meanings in the vocabulary of personality and mental health issues. While the “dependent personality disorder” is an actual diagnosis for mental illness from the diagnostic and statistical manuals we use today, in the jargon of dependency and...

We first met Dr. Haley Perlus at the Telluride WOW Festival. We asked if she would share her pearls with our readers. Haley’s advice tends to apply equally to sports and to life in general. This week, the sport and exercise psychology shares a tip she uses for herself and...