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Cape acupuncturist brings help to Haiti

When Cape resident Daphne Jochnick went to Haiti last month as part of Acupuncturists Without Borders, she saw people still suffering stress-related pain months after January’s devastating earthquake, even if they weren’t physically injured.

Jochnick, licensed by the state and by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, is proprietor of Hyannis Community Acupuncture on School Street. She treats several patients together in a room full of recliners to keep costs at less than half the $80-per-hour fee she charges for people who prefer private treatments.

If you go

What: Slide show and talk about Acupuncturists Without Borders’ work in Haiti

• When: 7 p.m.

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Managing Sore Muscles and Aches and Pains

You work hard all week, so when the weekend finally rolls around you want to play just as hard. There’s nothing like a few rounds of golf, a hike in the mountains, or an intense workout at the gym to reinvigorate you.

Weekend warriors be warned, though — Saturday and Sunday activities can lead to Monday soreness.

What’s Causing My Sore Muscles?

It’s normal to have sore muscles after you work out, play sports, or even do housework, especially if:

• You did an activity you’re not used to (like running a marathon when you normally jog just a few miles).
• You suddenly kicked up your exercise intensity level or increased the length of your workout.
• You did eccentric exercises, in which you lengthened instead of shortened your muscle (like walking downhill or extending your arm during a bicep curl).

These changes to your exercise routine can lead to tiny injuries called microdamage in the muscle fibers and connective tissue.

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Is Your Workout Too Wimpy?

No matter how hard you exercise, you can always find people who are exercising harder. As they speed past you on foot or bicycle, and lift seemingly superhuman amounts of weight at the gym, it’s only natural to wonder: Am I taking it too easy?

“It all depends on your goals,” say exercise physiologists James Hagberg, PhD of the University of Maryland, and Philip Clifford, PhD, of the Medical College of Wisconsin.

If your goal is to improve your health, you probably don’t need to exercise as hard as people who are trying to lose a large amount of fat, gain a large amount of muscle, or train for competitive sports.

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My Top 10 Favorite Books For Fitness, Nutrition, Health, and Life

Notice I didn’t say these were the “best”, I said they were my favorite.  Different strokes for different folks as they say. . . and that being said, let me also say that these are in no particular order.

1. Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe. You haven’t read this book and you’ve picked up a barbell in the last month?  Stop.  Do not pass Go, do not collect two-hundred dollars.  Go directly to your local book retailer and get Rippetoe’s Starting Strength now!
2. The Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain. We can debate diet all damned day.  The Paleo method just makes sense to me and even better, has never failed to give myself or my clients desired results when followed.  Don’t knock it ’til you try it.
3. Th

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