Vonda is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who specializes in fitness and sports medicine. She is the creator and director of the Performance and Research Initiative for Masters Athletes (PRIMA) and the author of two books on fitness and healthy aging. 
Healthy, Vital, Active, Joyful
Healthy, vital, active, joyful – these are not typically words associated with aging. And yet, an entire generation of healthy, vital, active and joyful people is changing the very paradigm of aging in this country.
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Reasons to Be Cheerful!
If knowledge is power, then 78 percent of people over 50 say they are empowered with the knowledge that exercise is the key to healthy aging. Yet fewer than 30 percent of all Americans invest a minimum of 30 minutes a day in their physical health. Why this disconnect? We are surrounded by advertisements that sell us every imaginable potion, lotion, pill or surgery to augment the superficial veneer of youthfulness. But the only thing that comes close to preserving true youthfulness is free. It’s exercise.
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Be a Mover and Shaker
As humans, we are designed to move. Look at yourself in the mirror. You have two strong legs, three layers of core muscles wrapping around your middle to stabilize your pelvis and the largest muscle in your body, your buttocks, designed specifically to move you forward. There is a reason why your buttocks cover your backside – and it’s not to provide you with a cushion to sit on.
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At the Heart of the Matter: The True and False of Saving Yourself from Heart Attack
Something is killing women in this country at an alarming rate! It is not bird flu, E. coli, swine flu or many of the other flashes you see everyday on news stands. The number one killer of vital women in this country is heart disease. Our hearts are amazing muscles. They start beating six weeks after conception, while we are still in our mother’s womb, and continue steadily until the day we die.Along the way, they can be assaulted by disease without us ever knowing it.
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