You probably already know that it’s the small habits to help with long-term health that often make the biggest difference over time. While major lifestyle changes certainly matter, it’s the everyday choices that quietly shape our wellbeing and are often the easiest to overlook. The same is true for parts of the body that rarely get much attention until something starts to hurt — like your knees. It’s common to hear people over 50 complain about knee pain, and while some wear and tear comes with age, the small habits you develop throughout your life can also play a significant role in how healthy and comfortable your knees remain.
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Best Essential Oils for Varicose Veins and Tired Legs
Tired, heavy legs and visible varicose veins are common concerns for people who spend long hours standing, sitting, or walking throughout the day. While some individuals mainly notice cosmetic vein changes, others experience aching, swelling, throbbing, or fatigue that becomes more noticeable in the evening. Because of this, many people explore comfort-focused routines that include massage oils, circulation support, and lifestyle changes.
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Modern Art Monday Presents: I’m Wearing Little High Heels, I Have Child’s Feet By Mari Katayama
Photo By Gail
Japanese multimedia artist Mari Katayama (b. 1987) uses her body and the materials she finds around her to make self portraits, embroidered objects and living sculptures. Playing with conventions of the self-portrait, Katayama creates hand-sewn sculptures and photographs that prompt conversations and challenge misconceptions about our bodies. Born with the developmental condition congenital tibial hemimelia, Katayama chose to have her legs amputated at the age of nine.
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Louise Bourgeois, Suspension at Cheim and Read
Untitled Aluminum Coil Sculptures (2004). All Photos By Gail.
Cheim & Read has a must-see exhibit up through January by one of our favorite artists, renowned French-American sculptor Louise Bourgeois. The sculptures in this exhibition, which, appropriately, is called Suspension, all hang from the ceiling, which was lots of fun to experience at the very crowded reception on October 30th. The show also includes a group of drawings from the 1940s, in which pendulous forms are delineated in black ink, the selection of works traces the theme of suspension throughout Bourgeois’s long career.
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