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Students return
to in-person

learning Jan. 4

BY TOM BARTLEY ment of Health records, an in- Dr. Mary Fowkes
CONTRIBUTING WRITER crease of seven in six days.
PHOTO COURTESY
In an abundance of pre- e seven new cases since OF THE MOUNT SINAI
Christmas caution, Katonah- schools reopened in September HEALTH SYSTEM
Lewisboro schools went to a full- brought KLSD’s infection total
remote learning mode this week to 57, representing 1.72 percent Katonah physician had lasting
to guard against potential holiday of all students, teachers and sta , impact on coronavirus research
disappointments. based on calculations by e Ka-
tonah-Lewisboro Times. BY JESSICA JAFET e 66-year-old worked at Mount Sinai Hos-
e move, combined with CONTRIBUTING WRITER pital in New York as director of Neuropathol-
snow closings, meant students Six of the new cases were re- ogy and Autopsy Services and was a professor
would be o -campus for a full ported at John Jay High School. As the family of Dr. Mary E. Fowkes, along of pathology at the Icahn School of Medicine
week before starting an 11-day with her friends, colleagues and neighbors in at Mount Sinai.
holiday break today. Students re- at brought the total to 28, or Katonah, copes with her sudden passing in mid-
turn Jan. 4 to their hybrid learn- 2.4 percent of the total popula- November, the impact and signi cance of her Early in the pandemic, while performing
ing regimen, under which most tion. e remaining positive work continues to have a profound e ect in the autopsies on COVID victims, Fowkes noted
of them attend classes in-person came at the middle school, bring- medical world.
at least two days a week. ing the total to 12, or 1.5 percent. SEE FOWKES PAGE 4

School Superintendent dis- e elementary schools report-
cussed the holiday scheduling ed no new cases. ey remain:
at the school board’s Dec. 17 Increase Miller, 7 (1.33 percent);
Zoom-only meeting. He spoke Katonah, 8 (1.75 percent); and
as the school district was report- Meadow Pond, 2 (0.56 percent).
ing another jump last week in
positive tests for the coronavirus. COVID-19 concerns dictated
this week’s remote-learning deci-
As of Wednesday, Dec. 16, sion, Selesnick said. “ e deci-
KLSD had recorded 57 positive sion really was made with health
tests, according to state Depart- in mind and not wanting to be

SEE KLSD PAGE 4

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Lewisboro budget to include funding for additional police

Controversial line item drew weeks of debate

BY TOM BARTLEY improve police response times, Sarah Landis of Goldens Bridge whatever comes out of that.” Eating Disorder Treatment

CONTRIBUTING WRITER double the number of o cers said, “I don’t pay for things I Welsh said that with a $1.2 Center of New York LLC will

on patrol and provide backup to don’t have money for.” million allocation for the po- board up to a dozen young peo-

Lewisboro’s Town Board ad- improve their safety. Parsons acknowledged the - lice, “We’re not talking about ple, ages 12 to 18, at the home,

opted a 2021 budget last week Unlike at last month’s o cial nancial strain. something that I would consider located in a house at 171 Main

that increases police spending by budget hearing, when Parsons’ “Quite honestly,” he said, “it’s extravagant. is is not some St.

15 percent and property tax rates proposal encountered public a tough year for every town. And bloated police budget.” Jody T. Cross, a lawyer with

by almost 2 percent. resistance, most speakers at the it’s a question of how the town Before the roll-call vote, Coun- the White Plains rm Zarin

e tax cap-compliant $12.4 Dec. 14 Zoom meeting backed nances its way through it.” cilwoman Jane Crimmins and & Steinmetz, represented the

million budget reduces overall bee ng up the police force. Councilman Tony Goncalves the supervisor exchanged words. group home at the Town Board’s

spending by more than 3.5 per- “Our chief of police has been compared Lewisboro’s outlay As Crimmins was expressing Dec. 14 meeting.

cent. But responding to a 1.7 running his department on a for police protection with those some generalized misgivings “Despite there being an es-

percent cut in anticipated rev- shoestring budget and yet con- of neighboring Pound Ridge about the appropriation, Parsons timated 3,900 adolescents af-

enue, it hikes the tax levy from tinues to do a great job,” Simone and Bedford. On a per capita cut in, demanding, “Well, Jane, icted with eating disorders in

$7.03 million to $7.16 million. Petromelis of South Salem said. basis, he said, the town annu- what do you want to do?” Westchester County, there is

Tax rates will rise by 1.94 per- “If he says that they need more ally spends about $95 a person “Express my concerns now,” only one CREDIT [Communi-

cent to $24.37 for each $1,000 funds to run e ciently and safe- for policing vs. $293 by Pound she answered. “I want to at least ty Residence for Eating Disor-

of assessed property value. ly, they [the Town Board mem- Ridge and $479 by Bedford. be a part of the conversation.” der Integrated Treatment] Pro-

Acting just days ahead of a bers] need to give it to them.” As Parsons called for a vote on Crimmins continued, “And gram in the county with 12 beds,

state deadline, the board adopt- Another South Salem resi- the budget, Councilman Dan- the people who I feel like I rep- located in Briarcli Manor,” she

ed the $12.4 million spending dent, Lenny Esposito, said, iel X. Welsh said he had heard resent, who are coming here, feel said in a letter to the town. “ e

plan unanimously, even as some “Public safety and the safety of “passion and reason for both di- represented. at’s what I want. Briarcli Manor adolescent pro-

members expressed reservations. our o cers are paramount.” rections” in the debate. He sug- Is it OK for me to speak and gram...has a waiting list for cli-

e board’s vote followed But others, citing the pan- gested the board could approve raise my concerns?” ents requesting admission.”

more than an hour of conten- demic’s economic pressures the department’s increase but In the end, Crimmins joined For an hour and a half, nearby

tious public comment, most of among other concerns, opposed not spend the additional monies, the board’s other four members residents told the board that the

it focused on the police. Twen- the police hiring, at least for now. pending advisory input from the in voting to approve the budget. proposed home would be a visu-

ty- ve residents argued for and “ ere is a commission al- Police Reform and Reinvention al intrusion, generate unwanted

against a proposed addition of ready studying whether or not Committee. GROUP HOME IN SOUTH tra c and introduce strangers

two part-time police o cers to we really need this money [for at panel, like others state- SALEM into the tightly knit neighbor-

augment the department’s three additional policing],” said Sam wide, is conducting a state-man- Neighbors complained, but hood.

full-timers, one of them the Rubin of Vista. “Why don’t we dated review of local policing. Its the Town Board, with essentially But the home is protected by

chief, David Alfano. wait until we get the data before report is due early next year. no choice, approved a group the so-called Padavan Law, a

Lewisboro Supervisor Peter we make any decisions?” Goncalves, noting the com- home in South Salem to treat state statute that sharply limits

Parsons defended the additions’ Pointing to the need in the mittee’s work, said, “What we’re adolescents with eating disor- the power of town o cials to re-

cost—$155,365—saying it will proposed budget to borrow, doing here will complement ders. ject the application.

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KLSD FOWKES on Nov. 22 focusing on COVID “long-haulers,”
a term which refers to those who su er myriad
FROM PAGE 1 FROM PAGE 1 symptoms long after recovering from the disease.

calling families and sta once the holidays had begun [with news serious damage in various organs that pointed to Fowkes’s groundbreaking work and tireless
that might mean quarantine],” the superintendent said. microscopic blood clots in the lungs, heart, liver commitment to conducting these critical post-
and brain. Her team’s revelations led to changes mortem investigations is central to the legacy of
“ at was the thinking on that decision,”he said,“and we appreciate in how patients should be treated. her career, one in which she continuously high-
the cooperation and support we’ve had as we move in that direction.” lighted the value of autopsies for medical educa-
In May, at a time when New York City was an tion.
Meanwhile, the rst signi cant snowfall of the season closed epicenter of the disease caused by the coronavi-
schools on ursday, Dec. 17, and triggered a decision to keep rus, a Mount Sinai press release explained the “We knew how valuable her research was, and
them closed on Friday. Combined with this week’s all-remote implications of Fowkes’s research: “COVID-19 we knew how much she enjoyed the research she
learning, that created the week-long absences from school build- was initially conceptualized as a primarily respi- was doing on COVID because it was so novel and
ings going into the Christmas break. ratory illness, but the Mount Sinai analysis laid so important—but I don’t think we realized how
out in detail that it also causes damage to the thin important it was to so many other people,” her
Selesnick said the district had ruled out a delay in returning layer of cells that line blood vessels (endothe- son said. “And how big of a loss it was to the sci-
after the holidays. “We fully intend to open on Jan. 4,” he said. lium), which underlies the clotting abnormalities enti c community that she would no longer be
“We certainly hope we’ll be able to do that. We plan to do that.” and hypoxia observed in severely ill patients who performing that research.”
develop multi-organ failure that leads to death in
School o cials were concerned that “if people are going to some patients.” Her impressive resume includes earning a
be traveling, they may have gathered with other people over the Bachelor of Science degree from the State Uni-
break,” Selesnick said. Consequently, higher doses of blood thinners versity of New York College of Environmental
were used in treatment; following these protocols Science and Forestry, as well as MD and Ph.D.
“ e thinking there is that the more you extend the vacation is said to have helped improve health outcomes in degrees from the State University of New York
period, the more you extend the possibility for that kind of travel- some patients. Upstate Medical University. In addition to her
ing and gathering to happen,” he said. training at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Born in Clayton and raised in Syracuse, the Center of Harvard Medical School, she worked as
“If we were to announce now that students wouldn’t be coming mother of two had lived in Katonah for the last a medical examiner and became board certi ed in
back until Jan. 11,” Selesnick said, “ we think we might face more seven years, commuting daily to New York City. neuropathology, forensic pathology and anatomic
issues on the 11th than we’d face on the 4th. pathology.
“Katonah, for her, was just a beautiful retreat.
He wished everyone a happy holiday break but urged them to She loved living here—the nature around her Sophie Ruttenberg, a longtime Katonah resi-
“follow the guidance” on masks, social distancing and hand wash- house, working out in her garden—it was her way dent and a neighbor of Fowkes, said she had ad-
ing. “It’s going to be that much more tempting over the holidays of relaxing,” said her son, Derek Treatman. mired the devotion of her friend who had worked
to get a little more lax,” the superintendent warned. sel essly since the beginning of the pandemic.
“She could walk to the train, she had really great
neighbors and loved being central to the shops “Dr. Fowkes texted me photos of herself, decked
and town,” her daughter, Jackie Treatman, added. out in the full PPE that she needed to wear to
work on the cadavers—I told her it looked like a
Her children said she loved to cook and relished spacesuit,” Ruttenberg said. “And when she came
planting around her property and being outdoors. back home to Katonah, she was very approach-
able, always smiling, always busy—an absolutely
Just a few weeks before her death from a heart lovely person.”
attack, Fowkes was interviewed for the CBS news
program, “60 Minutes,” by correspondent An-
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PHOTO: OFFICE OF STATE SEN. PETE HARCKHAM / CATHERINE FERRIS State grants awarded
to local land trusts
Lewisboro Councilwoman Jenn Castelhano, Sen. Pete Harckham Green Way Markets owner Robin Estevez
and store manager Tony Dispaltro. Four major state grants from phragmites (an invasive plant)

Green Way Markets the Conservation Partnership and treating the land to prevent
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State Sen. Pete Harckham presented an Empire Award last week to Robin Estevez, owner of Green
Way Markets, in recognition of extraordinary service to the community. Partnering with residents and a to land trusts based in the 40th • $30,000 Capacity Grant
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include Friends of the Great for the Pound Ridge Land

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It’s Christmas Eve; tell me a story

MY advances, we have strayed tear from her eye, she told me a else for that matter. Instead, she this year. As a community, the
PERSPECTIVE from what once was our story about her childhood and is taken by surprise when she is virus has been hard on us on
primary and most e ective how she and her family used to asked by one of the interviewers many levels. Our economy is
love Christmas. I could see how to simply “tell me a story.” su ering, and our optimism is
JAMES method of communication. much she enjoyed telling me strained; yet, there is still room
MARTORANO Yet, we all have our own about herself and I was happy In response, Mia imme- for dreams or as Mia sings:
stories to tell; we’re just that I had made the e ort to diately tells the story of her
listen to her. e next time I aunt: “My aunt used to live in “Here’s to the ones who dream
waiting for the opportunity visited mom in the nursing Paris. I remember, she used to Foolish as they may seem
home, Agnes’ bed was empty; come home and tell us these Here’s to the hearts that ache
This year, I am thrilled to to share them. she had passed. stories about being abroad and Here’s to the mess we make…”
address you on Christ- I remember she told us that We certainly do make a mess
mas Eve. To mark this My mom was in a nursing e importance of storytell- she jumped into the river once, sometimes. No one leads a per-
home for almost four years ing has not been lost on the barefoot…” fect life. Neither does the artist
before she died in 1998. For arts. create a perfect painting. But
Mia continued, but now sing- our life, like the artist’s creation
special occasion, I am going to the rst two years, she shared Scriptwriter Damien Cha- ing (song by Hurwitz, Pasek, is uniquely ours. Sharing our
zelle is not known for his pro- and Noble): life’s experiences with future
ask something of you. Please a room with a woman named fundity but there is one particu- generations is the best way that
lar scene in the award-winning “Leapt, without looking our brief time on earth can leave
take the time, this holiday Agnes, who sadly never had any movie, “La La Land,” that And tumbled into the Seine its mark:
shines a light on this important “She captured a feeling
season (perhaps even on this visitors. Every time I visited topic. In the scene, one of the e water was freezing Sky with no ceiling
two main protagonists, Mia She spent a month sneezing
special night) to tell your fam- mom, I would see her room- (Emma Stone), is auditioning But said she would do it e sunset inside a frame
for a movie for the umpteenth again…” She lived in her liquor
ily and friends a story about mate, alone, with her oxygen time. She has done what all We all have stories to tell And died with a icker
struggling actors do: audition, and it’s important that they not I’ll always remember the
your life. Equally important, I tank, lying quietly in her bed. audition, and audition! After get lost in the fast-paced times ame…”
countless failures, and with her we nd ourselves in today. So, Not all of us have the cour-
ask that you take a moment to Not once did I see any fam- career at the breaking point, she this holiday season, turn o the age to live life with the reckless
makes one last attempt at land- television, cellphones, comput- abandon that the song suggests.
listen to one of theirs. ily or friends with her. One ing a leading role. Nervously ers (unless you’re gathering by But every story, whether bold or
appearing at what could be her Zoom), and tell a story about tame, deserves to be told. Mia’s
Storytelling is as old as hu- Christmas, I decided to break your life to someone in your
nal audition, she is prepared family; equally as important, SEE MARTORANO PAGE 15
mankind itself. Ancient civiliza- the silence. I pulled up a chair to recite script lines or anything listen to theirs.
We’ve been through a lot
tions promoted their view of the and asked Agnes to tell me

universe by passing down stories about herself. Her eyes lit up as

from generation to generation. she launched into a story about

ere is nothing more intimate, her life. It turns out that she

or more thrilling, than a good actually knew my parents from

tale told by someone who truly years gone by. She had a son

understands the art form. Un- in California and a daughter

fortunately, this age-old practice nearby in Connecticut. But she

is in serious decline. Since the and her daughter were not on

invention of the printing press speaking terms and her son was

followed by television and, of preoccupied with his family and

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FROM PAGE 8

e best gift you can give Kim, however her journey turns
out, is to help her learn how to deal with rejection without
feeling like a failure. Rejection is a part of life—we all su er
rejection in one way or another. If you take these rejections
as indications that you somehow failed, Kim will feel like a
failure too, when, in fact, none of you did anything wrong.

ere’s no point in wasting your time going over and over
the disappointment. Instead, rejoice in the acceptances.
Once the acceptances come in (and they will if she applied
to “safety” schools, too), visit those colleges before making a

nal decision. If you’ve already been, visit them again. Make
sure Kim knows that if after she chooses, she feels she’s in
the wrong college for her, she will always have the option of
transferring to another college. And as long as she’s doing
well academically, as I would expect she will, she can reapply
to Cornell—and have a much better chance of getting in as
a transfer student.

Remember that for most students and most majors, what
you do at college, what you do after college and what gradu-
ate school you attend matters much more than the name
of the undergraduate college you attend. is is backed by
much research. In addition, the research does not say that a
high-level college will necessarily help you get a better job
and earn more. It’s all up to the individual and things he or
she can control.

As everything else in life, timing and luck often get in the
way of the best laid plans. So be sure your daughter learns
that if things don’t go as she planned, she needs to get up,
dust herself o and regroup.

Happy holidays,
Dr. Linda

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vides many opportunities to take actions to Buy a real organically grown cut tree
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During the holiday season, household ping for and wrapping holiday gifts. e Each year, 72 billion pounds of food goes not recyclable and are made of plastic
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Rethink the materials you use and
Reducing waste and carbon emissions come wrapped in paper instead of plastic. donate excess food. Check with your local those you throw away. Get crafty and
is a necessity as we experience a stag- make some presents yourself. It can be a
gering increase in the quantity of trash. When purchasing online, be sure to re- food bank or use Feeding America’s food good family activity and your recipient
will appreciate the personalized e ort.
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waste (MSW) in 2018 was 4.9 pounds material goods. Post-COVID-19 gifts
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percent of it was recycled or composted. charity donations and movie or concert
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and avoid motorized or fan-driven deco- from this year to reuse next year. (Note

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FROM PAGE 9

song suggests, like the existen-
tialists assert, that authenticity,
even with a bit of madness, is
the key to a meaningful life:

“A bit of madness is key
To give us new colors to see
Who knows where it will lead
us?
And that’s why they need us”
So my friends, this holiday
season I salute each of you, no
matter what your life’s story has
turned out to be…
“So bring on the rebels

e ripples from pebbles
e painters, and poets, and
plays
And here’s to the fools who dream
Crazy as they may seem
Here’s to the hearts that break
Here’s to the mess we make.”
As we end this di cult year, it
has been my honor and privilege
to share my thoughts with you.
I wish you and yours the hap-
piest, safest, and most joyous of
holidays. See you in 2021!

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What are some options for taking CBD?

Along your health jour- Who do you believe? Well, you get started but please don’t Last month, we looked at GUEST
ney, you may nd many that’s not an easy answer. Take let that stop you. Just listening what CBD actually is. It is the CORNER
con icting and confus- doctors, for example. ere may to the list of “side e ects” on any most well-known of more than
ing claims and studies. Today, be di ering opinions among drug commercial can reinforce a hundred cannabinoids found CATHY
one study says something is many credentialed professionals your commitment to helping in both the hemp and cannabis PARLITSIS
good for you, but next month a in the same eld of medicine. your body naturally help itself. plants. Hemp derived CBD
study comes out that it is “bad” Like everything else, you start Mother Nature is so awesome! (less than .3% THC) has many gland by holding it there for
for you. (Most of us will never with a reputable company and Healthful food and plants are bene ts and does not get you 60-90 seconds. It takes a little
forget the Oat Bran craze of do a little research. a great starting point in your high. ere are many options longer to upload into the body
yesteryear!). health journey. for taking CBD. so you may not see a result for
It can be overwhelming when days or weeks, but it can stay
While the hemp plant has CBD can be used in you in the body 8-10 hours. is
been around for thousands of internally and on you externally. is referred to as a foundational
years, CBD is fairly new to the product that is taken as a twice
market and is largely unregu- ere are many products you daily regimen.
lated. As with anything you can ingest in a variety of ways
are putting into your body, you along with topical creams and Water-Soluble CBD: is is
should be careful that your lotions, etc., that you can put on a product that has been emulsi-
CBD product is free from your body. CBD products are
pesticides, solvents, microbials usually sold as Full Spectrum ed to allow better bioavail-
and toxins. How do you know? (containing .3% trace amount of ability into the body. It can be
Make sure to consider products THC), Broad Spectrum (THC used as a foundational product
with a QR Code on them so is removed), or Isolates (only 2-3 times per day or on an “as
that you can actually verify that the CBD is extracted). ere needed” basis. It is generally
it is tested by an independent are many cannabinoids, terpenes fast-acting (5-7 minutes) and
lab. But, be careful to make and other yummy plant matter can stay in the body about 4-6
sure that the lab report you are that work together synergisti- hours. e CBD is dropped
looking at is current and that cally, so I always opt for a Full into water or juice and ingested.
it corresponds to the batch/lot or Broad Spectrum. Here are a Some people like to put it into a
number of your product. (A few of the most popular: water bottle and sip it through-
friend brought me a lab report out the day while others prefer
that was posted on one website, Tinctures, Hemp Supple- to take it in a “shot” of liquid.
but it was actually “swiped” ments: is is probably the most
from another manufacturer’s well-known delivery system. SEE PARLITSIS PAGE 20
website!) It’s a jungle out there,
people! ere are a few di erent names
to describe the oil that you put
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Exercise those glutes Did you know?

We are in the third month of re- GUEST leg and even feet and ankle pain. When the According to the World Health Or-
viewing tips to help our bodies CORNER glutes are weak, we also overuse the tight Psoas ganization, an estimated 250 million pre-
during the Covid-19 slump and back muscles that put extra stress and load school children are vitamin A de cient.
of physical inactivity. From elongate our LIZE on the lower spine because of poor alignment of
LUBBE at’s a signi cant concern, as children
spine and “box up” with our abdominal the pelvis. who are not getting enough vitamin A
muscles, to release the Psoas muscle with How can we strengthen the glutes? are at greater risk for severe visual im-
pairment and blindness. Vitamin A
deep diaphragm breathing, and now ad- Get up frequently from sitting and engage the de ciency also increases a child’s risk of
severe illness, and even death, from com-
dressing the weak glutes. glute squeezes each time you get up from sitting: mon childhood infections, including di-
arrheal disease and measles. e WHO
An overview of the glutes • bend from the waist; notes that breast milk is a natural source
of vitamin A and urges mothers of in-
ree gluteal muscles make up the buttocks: • keep your ribcage lifted away from your diaphragm; fants to breastfeed to ensure children get
ample amounts of vitamin A. Parents of
1. Gluteus Maximus: the largest of the three glutes and • keep your back at; and older children can look to various healthy
foods to make sure youngsters are getting
also the largest muscle of the 639 muscles in the human • squeeze the buttocks tight to get to the upright position. enough vitamin A. e National Insti-
tutes of Health notes that foods such as
body. e functions of the glute max are to a) support the Each time you ascend steps, tighten your glutes and your sweet potatoes, carrots and forti ed cere-
als typically contain substantial amounts
weight of the body in bending and lifting; b) assist the Psoas thigh muscles to lift you up to the next step. Walking is an of vitamin A. e U.S. National Library
of Medicine reports that various animal
to maintain a good upright posture; and c) push the leg excellent exercise for the glutes. When in motion, make a products, including meat, sh, poultry,
and dairy products, also contain signi -
straight back from the body. conscious e ort to squeeze your glutes with every step and cant amounts of vitamin A. Parents can
speak with their children’s pediatricians
2. Gluteus Medius: a fan shaped muscle on the side of our propel the body forward as you extend the leg backwards to determine the healthiest, most e ec-
tive ways to ensure their youngsters are
hips, which controls the sideways movement of our legs and (that is a major function of the glute maximus). getting enough vitamin A.

act as the major stabilizer for the hip and pelvis when we Also, during the day, stand and balance on one leg, for ex- is article is provided by Metro Creative
Connection.
walk and carry weight on our legs. ample, when you brush your teeth or do some cooking. Stand

3. Gluteus Minimus: the smallest of the three glutes and with the weight bearing leg slightly bent, which will helps to

assist the gluteus medius to rotate and stabilize the pelvis strengthen the glute medius and minimus (that is crucial for

and hip when we walk. balance and pelvis stability).

What causes the glutes to become weak? Also important in the strengthening of the glutes, is the

e most prominent cause of weakness is lack of activity, a mind muscle connection. In other words, actively think

sedentary lifestyle and…yes again sitting too much. Dur- about tightening the glutes - using your mind to consciously

ing the Pandemic, most people sit for long periods of time connect with your muscle. at will help to activate and re

and far more than they normally do, resulting in tightness of the muscle to initiate and be used when we need the muscle

the Psoas and deactivation and weakness in the glutes. e in our daily lives for regular use like walking, getting up from

glutes do not function when we sit. As a result, atrophy of sit to stand, ascending steps.

the glutes, combined with tightness of the Psoas, alter the So join me in squeezing your butt when you get up from

posture of our pelvis, hips and lumbar spine. sitting, standing, walking, ascending steps. Get your mind

Our thigh muscles—the front of the thigh called the muscle connection to re the muscles all together in breath-

Quadriceps and the back of the thigh the Hamstrings—over ing with your diaphragm, elongate your spine, boxing up

compensate for the weak glutes that can result in back, knee, and squeeze your glutes.