Marc Modica is a doctor of physical therapy at Community CarePartners' west clinic in Asheville, NC. I ran across his quote in an article written by Karen Chavez at Citizen-Times.com about the benefits of ice skating.
The topic caught my eye because I grew up in Minneapolis in a speedskating family. My niece, Rebekah Bradford, is the only one of us still skating, but she's doing a bang-up job of it as a member of the U.S. National Long Track Team, an Olympic hopeful.
Modica says:
“One benefit from ice skating is that we should all be looking to do new activities,” Modica said. “Learning new activities helps keep the brain young.”I like that, and I agree. Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it's the basic ingredient for lifelong learning and long life period.
Check out the new kinetic ice breakers. Moving promotes learning in the classroom, too.
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I agree with you, Deb. I think learning new activities is one reason my parents have stayed relatively young – up until this year. My mom is a career educator and my dad just can’t sit still. They’ve been on the move for so long that to have to curtail their activities due to my dad’s cancer is hard on them. I love learning and experiencing new things. I started learning to run (as in the shoes, the stance, etc. – though not competitively yet) last year – still working on that one. Thanks again for your blog!
Hi Zickbee,
I’m sorry to hear about your dad’s cancer. I lost my dad, and it leaves such a big hole in your heart. I’ll be thinking about you.
I have a friend who “learned to run.” She was amazed by how many technicalities there are in the sport that most of us don’t realize. Good for you that you sought advice on running the correct way.
Cool!