Mere M

Physical Therapist, University of Michigan Alum, collector of postcards, lover of sports and outdoor adventures!

[Kristie Leong M.D. @DrKristieLeong]

How a simple 15-minute walk after dinner alters your cellular mechanics. 🚶‍♀️

Most people crash after dinner and scroll. Big mistake.

Here’s the hidden machinery at work when you move right after eating:

Your skeletal muscles contract → trigger GLUT4 transporters to the cell surface → act as a powerful “glucose sink.”

Blood sugar gets rapidly pulled into working muscles without needing a huge insulin surge.

Result? Stable energy, no late-night crash, better overnight fat burning, and lower inflammation.

This free habit is one of the most powerful tools for metabolic health.

Action Plan:

After your next dinner, lace up and walk 10-15 minutes.

Make it non-negotiable.

How soon after eating do you usually move? 👇

#BloodSugar
#PostMealWalk
#MetabolicHealth

[Chris Beardsley @SandCResearch]

There are many ways to increase motor unit recruitment relatively rapidly if not instantly. They can be classified in various groups depending on their mechanism of action.

[Physio Meets Science @PhysioMeScience]

Just published 🔥

𝗛𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗔 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗥𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆

https://t.co/uJd76uJhaQ

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Discipline is about continuity.

[— @heykastrah]

I’ve been consciously walking like this and honestly, it’s a world of difference. It engages the hips, lower back, and thighs wayyy more.

Better hip extension → improved pelvic stability → more core/lower back activation → upright posture.

[Running-Physio @tomgoom]

What happens when we run faster?🏃‍♂️
1. Peak muscles forces increase, especially for the hamstrings & hip flexors
2. Acceleration is largely achieved by increasing step length at low speeds & step rate at high speeds
3. Runners may change foot strike but individual response varies

[aether @bluewdrift]

My therapist dropped a gem: you can't spend your life avoiding heartbreak or bad things from happening. You have to condition yourself to have appropriate emotional responses but learn to keep moving forward.

[British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) @BJSM_BMJ]

⚠️ Lower extremity injury prevention in female, woman, and girl athletes

This recent #BJSMBlog focuses on neuromuscular training programs and their benefits including relatively low resource demands ✅

Read 👉 https://t.co/0QZejvqCcT

[Gym Fiesta @GymFiesta]

Anxiety Relief Breakthrough System.

[Paul Gross @GrossWeather]

Smoke not nearly as bad as in recent days, but still a smokey sun going down over Lake Michigan on this Sunday evening.

[𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗡𝗼𝗲𝘆 @TrendFor_NNN]

EP หน้า สนุกแล้วสิ😚

ไปต่อที่พี่อ้าย iQIYI กันค่ะทุกคนนน ใครชอบซีนไหนแวะมาบอกด้วยน้าา 🫣 ฟินกันต่ออค่า

THE FIRE SPARKING FEELINGS
#โซ่รักอัคนีตอนที่2

[American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) @APTA_official]

The CMS Proposed 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is out, and APTA staff have completed an initial review.

• CMS estimates a 3% increase for physical therapy, but this is mitigated by a system-wide 1.68% conversion factor reduction

[Austin @MrAustinPredict]

🚨 BREAKING: Michigan officially has the WORST air quality on the PLANET — outpacing India, China, and the Republic of Congo — by A LOT.

A 518 AQI because CANADA can’t get their wildfires under control.

💨 This level of micro dust causes LONG-TERM irreversible lung damage.

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

BREAKING: Detroit now has the worst air quality of any major city in the world

[Cham_Cham @bbkhongphii]

They literally share the same braincell 😂

🗣️: I heard it’s very chaotic. The timing, no need to rehearse, everything is so natural.
Namneung: Like siblings born one after the other.
🗣️: How so? PLease explain
Namneung: It’s because Freen and I are close in age. Maybe, our social feed probably consume the same things. When we’re in a scene and have to improvise, we don’t rehearse. It’s more like, you speak, I catch it. You set it up, I top it off

#srchafreen

[TOGETHXR @togethxr]

In the words of @JJWatt, put some respect on @KealiaOhai’s name 🙂‍↕️

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Cape Verde had the best performance of the World Cup.

They took the eventual champion and second place finishers to a tie and a 3-2 loss in extra time.

Unbelievable.

[Curious Minds @CuriousMindsHub]

How Your Brain WOrks

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

A study found a 60% reduction in Alzheimer's risk for people who did at least 4 of the following:

-150+ min of exercise
-Didn't smoke
-Didn't drink heavily
-Ate a Mediterranean-style diet
-Regularly engaged in cognitively stimulating activities (reading, playing games, etc.)

[r (itsbecfreen_ real) @rsrchaf]

little rascals forever 🤟🏻

yesss they are the best duo to ever exist, our lomfai 🫶🏻

#srchafreen #NamneungMilinD