Photo of the Week – Retirement Media: Active Adult Living

Slippery When Wet, the Bon Jovi Tribute Band performed at our clubhouse last Friday. Tribute bands are very popular at 55+ communities. In the past year, we have seen tribute bands for Journey, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis and others.

Most of these tribute bands have been very good and we enjoyed the shows. But these concerts are too loud for many.

My friend Leon, who worked as stage manager on Broadway, told me to get some acoustic ear plugs to solve this noise problem, so I went shopping for a pair on Amazon. I was amazed to learn about these and see the selections. Live and learn still applies.

I got to use my new Acoustic Ear Plugs for the Bon Jovi Tribute concert and they saved the day for me. They are good for concerts and loud restaurants. Acoustic Ear Plugs replicates the natural response of the ear, so sound quality is the same as the original, only quieter. Music and speech are clear, not muffled. So you still get to hear, just at a softer level.

Etymotic Research ER20 ETYPlug Hearing Protection Earplugs, Standard Clear Stem with Blue Tip (Clear) Costs $13.00 on Amazon

Background noise at busy restaurants, especially the ones with cement floors and walls, really is irritating to me. I can’t wait to try my new acoustic ear plugs at Rico’s World Kitchen at high noon with an energetic lunch crowd.

If you have a problem like I do with loud concert noise or irritating background noise when in a crowd of people, you may want to look into Acoustic Ear Plugs.

Thanks for the tip, Leon.

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Pickleball A Team Shows Us How It's Played — Pickleball A Team Shows Us How It’s Played

As with other Active Adult Communities, Pickleball is a popular sport activity here at Village at Deaton Creek. Beforehand, most of us players prepare by “dinking”, volleying the ball just over the net into the “kitchen” and that does provide all the “warm up” we usually do.

Many of us are new to the sport and may not be aware of the proper warm up activities to do before jumping right in to a competitive game.

A proper warm up will increase the blood circulation throughout the body providing oxygen to your muscles. This will help reduce injury and aches and pains after the game. Cold muscles are not very flexible and can tear.

The Longstreet Clinic, who provided a generous contribution towards the recent construction of our new pickleball courts, send over Elizabeth Hawkins, a Physical Therapist to provide proper warm up instructions.

Elizabeth told us a good way to start a warm up is to just walk for about 5 minutes. Maybe walk on the sidewalks up past the softball field and back. Next Elizabeth handed out a couple of sheets of stretchering exercises to do.

Elizabeth led the group in some stretchering exercises focusing on the limbs: the arms and legs. None of these hurt and actually feels good. It seems to give a mental boost as well as a physical one.

Now if we can just take the time to actually do a proper warm up, this might save some injuries.

Thanks to The Longstreet Clinic!