When you go to sea, whether it’s calm or blowing hard, you are giving your knees a workout. The knee is a bony joint that is a complex collection of bones, muscles, ligaments (soft tissue … Continue reading
Best protection against tick-borne diseases is to be “Tick Wise”
From the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Center forDisease Control and Prevention With warmer weather on its way, Lyme Disease Awareness Month is here again! Health care providers reported 1,508 cases of Lyme … Continue reading
To Your Health: Acupuncture another way to treat pain
It’s not easy to accept, but lobster fishing involves pain. For the young, the pain may be fleeting, something to shake off with a hot shower and some rest. For others, the daily repetition of … Continue reading
To Your Health: A non-invasive way to treat pain, avoid injury
Lobstermen have one of the highest rates of job-related injuries in the country. For most it’s common to work in pain. The bending, reaching, and lifting, repeated over and over again year after year, takes … Continue reading
To Your Health: Depression is not a character flaw
By Melissa Waterman “Depression still has a stigma, ” said River Martin, help line manager at NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Maine. “But knowing that others have it helps normalize it. It’s not a … Continue reading
To Your Health: Change of season, change of mood
River Martin is the manager of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Maine help line. The help line assists Maine residents in finding the resources they need to maintain their mental health. This month, … Continue reading
To Your Health: Sleep apnea may lead to a host of health problems
I snore. My partner snores. I’m sure half of my friends, male and female, snore each night as they sleep. We are a snoring species. But sometimes snoring is more than a regular rumble. Sometimes … Continue reading
To Your Health: Overdose leading cause of preventable death among fishermen
he pandemic has made people much more aware of health and safety over the last year and a half. Understanding health and safety in commercial fishing, however, is not new. In the years 2000-2014, 693 … Continue reading
To Your Health: Simple Techniques to Protect Your Knees
Does it seem like everyone either has knee pain or knows someone who does? A group of 286 lobstermen interviewed every three months from 2012 through 2015 reported new knee injuries at a rate of … Continue reading
New Product Incorporates Lobster Protein To Protect, Improve Skin
Maine history is filled with inventors. Chester Greenwood, as a chilly youth, invented earmuffs to keep his ears warm. Looking for a more hygienic way to clear between his teeth, Charles Forster came up with … Continue reading