Here is a new word for you: “Pandiculation”. It has no connection to panda bears, but comes from the Latin “pandiculari” – to stretch oneself. Pandiculation means stretching one’s body after sleep. You may have not known the word, but you know the concept and have been doing it instinctively every morning while still in bed. And, by the way, Microsoft Word has never heard of it either and highlighted it in red in my text. Pandiculation is what animals do in the spring after h

Look at this bear high up in a tree, taking a break from the stresses of daily life, so peaceful and deep in thought. What the poor animal doesn’t realize is that he is about to get a heck of a pain in his sit bones. The “sit bones”, or “sitz”, is a common name of bony bumps at the bottom of our buttocks, which bear (pun intended) most of our weight when sitting. The medical term for sitz is “ischial tuberosities”, and they are some of the most common locations of pelvic pain