Health

Little moves for big rewards: Do strength training without heavy weights

The Chatelaine team picks September's best new health products.

When 16-year-old Vinzenz Priessnitz was injured after a fall from his horse, he used a cold compress to heal his wounded chest. Inspired by a doe he’d seen mending an injury in a cold stream, the successful technique drew praise, and hydrotherapy was born.

I am always mindful of how everything I'm going through impacts my daughter Sydney. Never more so than when I'm thinking of my own mortality.

The jury's still out, but I'm going to give it a shot.