Archive for category: Youth Sports and Fitness

Opening Day Musings: Avoiding Sideline Rage

0 / April 6, 2009 11:38 am

“Play Ball!” Will soon be exclaimed at Fenway Park and MLB parks across the country. Some of my best family memories have happened at Fenway Park. We’ve had some fantastic times cheering on our favorite MLB team, eating Fenway franks [...]

Youth Sports Opening Day Words of Wisdom

1 / March 30, 2009 8:00 am

  Open day for MLB is a week away and fans young and old are dusting off their cap, gloves and team shirts to get ready to root for their home team! I may even wear my favorite pink red [...]

A Dose of Dr. Gwenn Show #3 Companion Page: Youth Sports with Bob Bigelow

0 / March 20, 2009 8:00 am

I want to thank Bob Bigelow for joining me on this week’s show. It was an amazing hour discussing a whirlwind of youth sports topics. This was a bit of a potpourri of youth sports topics and while we covered [...]

A Dose of Dr. Gwenn Show 3 Today: Youth Sports with Bob Bigelow

0 / March 19, 2009 10:27 am

Join me today as I welcomes former NBA player and youth sports expert Bob Bigelow to the show. You can learn more about Bob on his web site Bob-Bigelow.com. Bob has some of the most practical and down to earth [...]

Richardson’s accident reminds us how fragile life is and how important helmets may be

0 / March 18, 2009 12:56 pm

At the health club today, Natasha Richardson’s ski accident earlier this week was the talk of the pool and locker room. From wondering if reports of her brain death were true to expressing sympathy for her family, people were clearly [...]

Little Leagues should have schedules reasonable for little players

2 / March 16, 2009 5:25 pm

Last year when my nephew was in kindergarten he played T-ball and fell in love with a sport he wasn’t so sure about initially. By the end of the first practice, though, he was hooked! His favorite shirt was his [...]

Pediatrics Now March Update: Focus on Family Fitness

0 / March 10, 2009 8:20 am

The Pediatrics Now March update is live with a special focus on family fitness and youth sports. Highlights include: Returning to play after a concussion (Dr. Gwenn Is In monthly column): updated guidelines that every parent with a child in [...]

A modern family’s view of fitness…and finances

0 / February 25, 2009 7:04 am

Exercise bike: $399-$1500 at NordicTrack.comTreadmill: $699 – $2969 at NordicTrack.comWii Fit: $89.99 after $249 for the gaming system Price to get Adam’s entire family in shape: priceless! Adam is right about the Wii Fit’s abilty to help folks stay in [...]

Richard Simmons on Jessica Simpson’s Weight Issues and What Today’s Kids Need In School

0 / February 20, 2009 8:55 am

On Entertainment Tonight, Richard Simmons talks about weight issues and, true to form, hits the nail on the head 100%. From celebrities dealing with weight issues in the public eye to kids not having enough recess, Simmons tells it as [...]

True athletes know there’s no short cuts to good health and fitness

0 / February 16, 2009 5:42 pm

Universal plugs are the best little gizmo ever – they allow the right kind of energy to flow in your electronic devices any where you are in the world. Of course, sometimes that energy flows the wrong way or surges [...]