Nick Ng, BA Articles

Aging old stereotypes doing what you love

Challenging “old” stereotypes: 5 stories reframe what aging is about

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Intro” _builder_version=”3.29.3″ text_font=”Libre Baskerville||||||||” text_font_size=”14px” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Hip-hop, breakdancing, and salsa were three of my favorite types of dance in my twenties and even today. I loved them so much that I would take classes and go out

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Twerking May ‘Twerk’ Your Back

  Satire: Apparently, twerking is to Millennials as the Macarena is to Generation X’ers. Thanks to pop singer Miley Cyrus in 2013 and various hip-hop artists in the 2000s, twerking has become more popular and mainstream among Millennials — at parties, clubs, and even the prom. The dance, which involves quick, thrusting

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Disc bulge does not always correlate or cause back pain

A disc bulge does not always correlate to back pain, research finds

Oregon-based Massage educator Whitney Lowe wrote on his blog that intervertebral discs can manage a high compressive load between the adjacent vertebrae. “The idea many people have when they hear about a ‘blown-out disc’ is that some acute force caused a previously normal disc to rapidly protrude to one side

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