L.A. Fitness, Crunch, You Fit, Planet Fitness… All these gyms have one thing in common: they’re known as Big Box Gyms. Owned by large companies, and spread all over different corners of large cities, these gyms have people flocking to them to start new fitness goals, continue a fitness routine, or simply start a new…
Category: Health, Fitness & Wellness
Chen Medical Center: Where Seniors Come First
“My doctor seems rushed and doesn’t have time for me” is a common complaint in today’s American health care model. But Chen Senior Medical Center takes a more caring, time sensitive and personal approach with its patients. The company started in 1985 by Dr. James Chen after he was diagnosed with a curable type of…
Garden Drug: Oakland Park’s Hometown Pharmacy
By Beth Cooper | content@livinginoaklandpark.com “The greatest medicine of all is to teach people how not to need it”. This quote seems contradictory to the basis of pharmacology, yet Garden Drug owner Aneesh Lakhani embraces a mindset of “the less medication the better”. Lakhani owns Garden Drug and Garden Restaurant, nestled on the northeast corner…
5 Actions to Take When You Feel Overwhelmed
By Désirée Ávila | editor@livinginoaklandpark.com When you are overwhelmed, it can feel like the walls are closing in on you and that you simply won’t be able to get done what you have planned. Feeling this way is certainly a modern condition. We have more to do than ever before and there are not more…
How to Keep a Positive Mindset During an Economic Crisis
By Désirée Ávila | editor@livinginoaklandpark.com Many people believe that how you feel and your state of mind has a straightforward effect on your actions and your career. During an economic crisis our ability to keep that positive mindset can be tested. Despite the trying circumstances it can be done. So how does one, in an…