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Watkins and other top specialists employ a program of "trunk stabilization" exercises for professional and amateur athletes. The idea is simple: put the spine in a safe, neutral position; then run it through a series of rotational exercises designed to increase overall range of motion and strengthen the supporting muscles of the spine. (A description of these trunk-stabilization exercises can be found at www.spinecenter.org...
Then there's the swing itself. Today's back-friendly swing is more upright, with the hips and shoulders more level throughout the swing, to promote easier rotation. Even the idea of keeping your head down throughout the swing is on the way out, says top teaching pro Darrell Kestner. Superstars David Duval and Annika Sorenstam, he notes, have both taken to letting their head and eyes leave the ground at or even before impact, rather than lagging behind as the body comes out of its turn and releases toward the target. "That's the newest back-friendly swing change...
...Americans have the wrong idea about their kids, it may be because of the very disturbed and anomalous kids who make headlines. "We should be very concerned about those kids, but they are a small minority," notes Johns Hopkins sociologist Andrew Cherlin. Adults also tend to read too much into children's superficial gestures. A five-year-old who wants to dress like Posh Spice still wants to be a kid; after all, only kids get to play dress-up! And if kids seem to be growing up faster than they used to, the fault may lie partly with adults...
...Little kids playing with [the toys] get a very unrealistic idea of the male body image," he said...
...Little kids playing with [the toys] get a very unrealistic idea of the male body image," he said...