Healthy. Vital. Active. Joyful. These are not typically adjectives associated with aging and yet an entire generation of healthy, vital, active and joyful people are changing the very paradigm of aging in this country.

This group is YOU and the amazing athletes over 40—from weekend warrior to elite competitors—who fill my office looking for ways to maximize their performance and stay injury free. YOU are not bound to age in the same way as your parents were. Today's athletes are unique; they are not merely sequels to their 20-year-old selves. You are highly active and motivated to stay at the top of your game.

It never occurred to me that aging meant slowing down. I get a thrill of competition and a rush of adrenaline when standing on the infield during a Masters track meet as powerful athletes surge by, the only indication of their age being their faces. Maybe I don't believe that aging destines us to the sidelines because nearing my 40's I trained harder and am faster than I have ever been.

It is my goal to spread the word that aging is not an inevitable decline from vitality to frailty and that instead we are designed to be mobile...we just have to be smarter about it as we age.

In this blog I will share with you the ways I keep my masters athletes healthy and the fascinating research findings that shed new light on musculoskeletal aging.

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