Congrats! Finding someone you want to share your life with is a big deal!
Rather than being something to "get through," your First Dance is one of those moments you will remember for the rest of your life. You want all of your friends and family to have a good time. YOU want to have a good time. And you definitely want your BRIDE to enjoy herself. This is going to be your First Dance as man and wife. The first of many.
Just imagine how many weddings, parties, birthdays, nights out, anniversaries, quiet nights at home, and vacations are in your future. Now imagine feeling comfortable leading your wife around the floor every single time. Imagine her looking into your eyes, smiling and feeling like the most important person in the world while dancing in your arms.
That is something every husband should get to experience as often as possible. That is why we at Arthur Murray's love getting the bride and groom ready for their First Dance.
So what can a groom expect at Arthur Murray's? We are going to find out what both of you want out of your time with us. Even though your first answer may be "whatever she wants," this is your dance too.
As the bride usually plans the entire wedding, the First Dance is your biggest contribution. It is the one thing that you ABSOLUTELY need to help plan. And at Arthur Murray's, your lessons will be FUN and EASY!
You will be amazed at how quickly your instructor will get you moving around the floor. So go ahead and call us today! We will set up your wedding consultation and design a customized program that fits exactly what you want. And you get to be the cool guy taking care of your bride-to-be!
Ray Sheridan
Owner
Arthur Murray Dance Studio
501-753-1050
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Dancing for stroke recovery
A nice little article about using dancing for stroke rehabilitation from strokerehabonline.com.
Posted by admin on June 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It is important your stroke recovery is not a dragging and burdensome task. I always encourage patients to find activities they enjoy, it is a very easy way to increase compliance. One fun way to help your stroke recovery is dancing.
Dance is a great stroke rehabilitation tool. Once your are mobile enough you should incorporate it into your rehab program. It involves the movement and co ordination of many groups of muscles. It also works on balance and flexibility, which are health assets that are very important as we age. Also the use of rhythm and timing is very important for the brain and has been shown to be very beneficial in stroke recovery. So now is the time to get back on the dance floor.
Dancing for stroke recovery
Freestyle dancing is good for beginners to learn to keep their balance and develop their rhythm with the music. Once you feel comfortable with your balance, you can move on to learning more choreographed steps. This will help to challenge your co ordination and improve memory recall.
The great thing about dance is that it can be enjoyed at home. You may rent or purchase a video instructional or just put on your favourite musical piece and improvise. You could also hire a dance instructor or take dance classes.
The Baltimore Veterans Affair Medical Center conducted a study on aerobic dance classes. Aerobics was a popular form of exercise in the 1980s and this form of dance may focus more on an area of the body.
The study used isolated, repetitive, goal-orientated movements similar to those applied in a regular aerobic dance class except that their aerobics exercise program for stroke patients included only two isolated movements a lower-limb workout and upper extremity exercises. The results indicated that aerobic exercises helped stroke patients improve mobility and physical functioning.
With an increasing body of inspiring stories of recovery from new and innovative therapies, gone are the times that stroke survivors are given little or no hope. So what are you waiting for? Share your inspiring story below in the comments.
Posted by admin on June 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It is important your stroke recovery is not a dragging and burdensome task. I always encourage patients to find activities they enjoy, it is a very easy way to increase compliance. One fun way to help your stroke recovery is dancing.
Dance is a great stroke rehabilitation tool. Once your are mobile enough you should incorporate it into your rehab program. It involves the movement and co ordination of many groups of muscles. It also works on balance and flexibility, which are health assets that are very important as we age. Also the use of rhythm and timing is very important for the brain and has been shown to be very beneficial in stroke recovery. So now is the time to get back on the dance floor.
Dancing for stroke recovery
Freestyle dancing is good for beginners to learn to keep their balance and develop their rhythm with the music. Once you feel comfortable with your balance, you can move on to learning more choreographed steps. This will help to challenge your co ordination and improve memory recall.
The great thing about dance is that it can be enjoyed at home. You may rent or purchase a video instructional or just put on your favourite musical piece and improvise. You could also hire a dance instructor or take dance classes.
The Baltimore Veterans Affair Medical Center conducted a study on aerobic dance classes. Aerobics was a popular form of exercise in the 1980s and this form of dance may focus more on an area of the body.
The study used isolated, repetitive, goal-orientated movements similar to those applied in a regular aerobic dance class except that their aerobics exercise program for stroke patients included only two isolated movements a lower-limb workout and upper extremity exercises. The results indicated that aerobic exercises helped stroke patients improve mobility and physical functioning.
With an increasing body of inspiring stories of recovery from new and innovative therapies, gone are the times that stroke survivors are given little or no hope. So what are you waiting for? Share your inspiring story below in the comments.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
This is a nice article about the benefits of dancing from medscape.com. Another reason we love Arthur Murray's.
From Medscape Medical News
Tango May Help Patients With Parkinson's
Megan Brooks
Authors and Disclosures
June 18, 2010 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) — Tango lessons may be a novel rehabilitation strategy for patients with Parkinson's disease, according to a study presented here at the Movement Disorder Society 14th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders.
"One of the critical stages of Parkinson's disease is the flexion of the trunk, which is frequently associated with starting of loss of postural reflexes," neurologist Giovanni Albani, MD, from the Department of Neurosciences and Neurorehabilitation at the University of Turin and Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Piancavallo (Verbania), Italy, noted in an email to Medscape Neurology.
After this point, he added, patients begin to fall down, exposing them to risks for bone fractures and hospitalization, with long recovery times.
Reduction in Flexed Posture
An improvement in posture was one of the benefits of 5 weeks of Argentine tango lessons Dr. Albani's team noted in a study of 10 patients with middle-stage Parkinson's disease. The lessons included 2 hour-long group classes per week with 2 tango instructors and home practice using a tango DVD.
"The DVD includes a series of tango dancing movements believed useful for patients, selected by a scientific committee of neurologists, teachers of tango, patients, bioengineers, physiotherapists, and psychologists after a 1-year study," Dr. Albani noted.
After 1 month of this protocol, in addition to improvements in self-esteem and mood, there was an amelioration of motor scores on the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, "especially for those items less responsive to dopaminergic therapy or neurosurgery: speech, posture, and gait," Dr. Albani said.
"In many of these patients," he noted, "during the 3-dimensional kinematic gait analysis in our lab, we registered significant improvement of cadence of step cycle and a reduction of hip and pelvis flexed posture" (for all, P < .05 pre- vs postintervention).
Rhythmic and Unpredictable
Christopher G. Goetz, MD, director of the Movement Disorders Program at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, and member of the Movement Disorder Society, who was not involved in the study, said these findings support "several observations on the benefits of dance therapy in Parkinson's disease. In Chicago, Illinois, the Hubbard Street Dance Company has a fully developed dance program for Parkinson's disease patients and caregivers.
"The value of physical therapy that has both rhythmic and unpredictable moves embedded in the therapy," Dr. Goetz added, "suggests that benefits seen are not specific to one dance form or another but, rather, to the composite neurological, muscle, joint and emotional activation of various modalities of intervention that can be adapted to a given environment or culture."
Dr. Albani and Dr. Goetz have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Movement Disorder Society (MDS) 14th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders: Abstract LB-20. Presented June 16, 2010.
From Medscape Medical News
Tango May Help Patients With Parkinson's
Megan Brooks
Authors and Disclosures
June 18, 2010 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) — Tango lessons may be a novel rehabilitation strategy for patients with Parkinson's disease, according to a study presented here at the Movement Disorder Society 14th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders.
"One of the critical stages of Parkinson's disease is the flexion of the trunk, which is frequently associated with starting of loss of postural reflexes," neurologist Giovanni Albani, MD, from the Department of Neurosciences and Neurorehabilitation at the University of Turin and Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Piancavallo (Verbania), Italy, noted in an email to Medscape Neurology.
After this point, he added, patients begin to fall down, exposing them to risks for bone fractures and hospitalization, with long recovery times.
Reduction in Flexed Posture
An improvement in posture was one of the benefits of 5 weeks of Argentine tango lessons Dr. Albani's team noted in a study of 10 patients with middle-stage Parkinson's disease. The lessons included 2 hour-long group classes per week with 2 tango instructors and home practice using a tango DVD.
"The DVD includes a series of tango dancing movements believed useful for patients, selected by a scientific committee of neurologists, teachers of tango, patients, bioengineers, physiotherapists, and psychologists after a 1-year study," Dr. Albani noted.
After 1 month of this protocol, in addition to improvements in self-esteem and mood, there was an amelioration of motor scores on the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, "especially for those items less responsive to dopaminergic therapy or neurosurgery: speech, posture, and gait," Dr. Albani said.
"In many of these patients," he noted, "during the 3-dimensional kinematic gait analysis in our lab, we registered significant improvement of cadence of step cycle and a reduction of hip and pelvis flexed posture" (for all, P < .05 pre- vs postintervention).
Rhythmic and Unpredictable
Christopher G. Goetz, MD, director of the Movement Disorders Program at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, and member of the Movement Disorder Society, who was not involved in the study, said these findings support "several observations on the benefits of dance therapy in Parkinson's disease. In Chicago, Illinois, the Hubbard Street Dance Company has a fully developed dance program for Parkinson's disease patients and caregivers.
"The value of physical therapy that has both rhythmic and unpredictable moves embedded in the therapy," Dr. Goetz added, "suggests that benefits seen are not specific to one dance form or another but, rather, to the composite neurological, muscle, joint and emotional activation of various modalities of intervention that can be adapted to a given environment or culture."
Dr. Albani and Dr. Goetz have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Movement Disorder Society (MDS) 14th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders: Abstract LB-20. Presented June 16, 2010.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Come Dancin' Benefit a Success!
Thanks to everyone that came out on Saturday night for a fun-filled evening of dancing and dance lessons courtesy of Lisa Sheridan, Franchisee of Arthur Murray Dance Studio here in Little Rock. The dance floor was packed the entire night and made the event a resounding success! Thank you to all of the volunteers and donors that helped Ballet Arkansas, a pillar of the arts community in Little Rock. Leave a comment and let us know what you would like to see different next year!
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