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Eagle spotting before they head north

LMQC’s outdoor blogger, Teri Stickler, and her faithful companion, Kaia, head out to the historical Hennepin Canal to look for Bald Eagles before they head back home for the warmer months of the year. It turns out there’s a lot to see and do at the canal.

Bustin’ diet myths about carbs, fruits and gluten

LMQC Nutritionist blogger, Jeni Tackett, busts the ten of the most common diet and nutrition myths to help you focus in on how to select and eat healthy foods without going crazy.

Great winter workout – spinning spares joints and torches calories

ORA Orthopedic’s Dr. Andrew Bries spends most of his early mornings at the Scott Count Family Y’s Sunrise Spin Class. He says it’s a great way to start the day and gives four reason why he keeps on spinning.

A mid-winter diet pep talk from the Professor (who will be taking his own advice)

Finding himself up a couple of pounds at the end of January, LMQC blogger, Alan Sivell, escalated his own fitness battle … and now, maybe yours, too. In this pep talk, he tells readers to not let a couple of pounds derail long-term fitness, weight, and healthy living goals!

It’s snow time: tips to prevent back injury when you remove the white stuff

A heavy snowfall can lead to serious back and shoulder injuries for those trying to shovel it off their sidewalks and driveway, according to  ORA Orthopedics’s spine surgeon, Scott Collins. 

Presents for pooches

LMQC’s outdoor blogger, Teri Stickler, celebrates the holidays with her faithful Samoyed, Kaia, and some new friends as they check out what kind of toys Teri should be putting under the tree this season.

Welcome to Let’s Move Quad Cities, an online news magazine dedicated to keeping  you moving. The publication is updated weekly and published by ORA Orthopedics for the Quad City area community as well as the patients, family, friends and staff of ORA and its partners. 

Looking for something that moves you?

Search the Quad City area’s definitive events and activities database by clicking the button below.

Have fun!

Eagle spotting before they head north

LMQC’s outdoor blogger, Teri Stickler, and her faithful companion, Kaia, head out to the historical Hennepin Canal to look for Bald Eagles before they head back home for the warmer months of the year. It turns out there’s a lot to see and do at the canal.

Bustin’ diet myths about carbs, fruits and gluten

LMQC Nutritionist blogger, Jeni Tackett, busts the ten of the most common diet and nutrition myths to help you focus in on how to select and eat healthy foods without going crazy.

Great winter workout – spinning spares joints and torches calories

ORA Orthopedic’s Dr. Andrew Bries spends most of his early mornings at the Scott Count Family Y’s Sunrise Spin Class. He says it’s a great way to start the day and gives four reason why he keeps on spinning.

A mid-winter diet pep talk from the Professor (who will be taking his own advice)

Finding himself up a couple of pounds at the end of January, LMQC blogger, Alan Sivell, escalated his own fitness battle … and now, maybe yours, too. In this pep talk, he tells readers to not let a couple of pounds derail long-term fitness, weight, and healthy living goals!

It’s snow time: tips to prevent back injury when you remove the white stuff

A heavy snowfall can lead to serious back and shoulder injuries for those trying to shovel it off their sidewalks and driveway, according to  ORA Orthopedics’s spine surgeon, Scott Collins. 

Presents for pooches

LMQC’s outdoor blogger, Teri Stickler, celebrates the holidays with her faithful Samoyed, Kaia, and some new friends as they check out what kind of toys Teri should be putting under the tree this season.

Welcome to Let’s Move Quad Cities, an online news magazine dedicated to keeping  you moving. The publication is updated weekly and published by ORA Orthopedics for the Quad City area community as well as the patients, family, friends and staff of ORA and its partners. 

Looking for something that moves you?

Search the Quad City area’s definitive events and activities database by clicking the button below.

Have fun!

Battle of the Bulge
Eat Smart with Jeni
Success Stories
QC Outdoors
Eagle spotting before they head north

Eagle spotting before they head north

LMQC’s outdoor blogger, Teri Stickler, and her faithful companion, Kaia, head out to the historical Hennepin Canal to look for Bald Eagles before they head back home for the warmer months of the year. It turns out there’s a lot to see and do at the canal.

read more
What Moves Me
ORA Health Tips
Success Stories
Nuts about Nutcrackers!

Nuts about Nutcrackers!

Davenport resident, Sally Hanson, is back to decorating her house, dusting off her small army of nutcrackers, and getting to work making her family’s holiday bright – thanks, in part, to her new knee from Dr. Peter Rink at ORA Orthopedics.

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Get Fit
Battle of the Bulge
QC Outdoors
Presents for pooches

Presents for pooches

LMQC’s outdoor blogger, Teri Stickler, celebrates the holidays with her faithful Samoyed, Kaia, and some new friends as they check out what kind of toys Teri should be putting under the tree this season.

read more
Eat Smart with Jeni
ORA Health Tips
What Moves Me
Get Fit
This holiday, give the gift of fitness

This holiday, give the gift of fitness

This time of year, everybody has an excuse for not getting to the gym – but that doesn’t mean you can’t work out. LMQC Fitness blogger Cody Lichthardt suggests four, essential (and low-cost) fitness tools you can keep around the home or apartment to help get you in shape this winter.

read more
What Moves Me
ORA Health Tips
Even Santa has back pain.

Even Santa has back pain.

There’s more to life than cookies, hot cocoa, and making little girls’ and boys’ wishes come true for everyone’s favorite jolly, old elf. Delivering presents to billions of kids around the world can be a real pain in the back.

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Battle of the Bulge
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QC Outdoors
Teri and Kaia go underground. Exploring the ancient caves of Maquoketa.

Teri and Kaia go underground. Exploring the ancient caves of Maquoketa.

Kaia, one of LMQC’s outdoor bloggers, looks like she’s had a day’s worth of hiking already when she stops at the famed “land bridge” at Maquoketa Caves State Park. Teri Stickler and Kaia share their report on what they found on the trails and in the caves at one of Iowa’s premier parks earlier this month.

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Beware of the snowblower!

Beware of the snowblower!

Snowblowers can be a terrific convenience and also quite dangerous if you get fatigued by the cold or distracted while operating the equipment, says ORA Orthopedic’s, Dr. Justin Munns.

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Mr. QC Marathon shares his love of running

Mr. QC Marathon shares his love of running

Meet the Quad Cities’ own “Marathon Man,” Joe Moreno, the race director for the TBK Quad Cities Marathon and other local runs throughout the year. We asked Joe to not only talk about his passion for running but also how he’s overcome his own health challenges and what it’s like to manage so many popular road races in the Quad Cities.

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ORA Health Tips
How NOT to fall off your ladder

How NOT to fall off your ladder

Thinking about climbing that ladder this fall or winter to put up or take down the lights on your house? You better watch your step – it could be your first one on the way to the emergency room!

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QC Outdoors
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge
Eat Smart with Jeni
Success Stories
Nuts about Nutcrackers!

Nuts about Nutcrackers!

Davenport resident, Sally Hanson, is back to decorating her house, dusting off her small army of nutcrackers, and getting to work making her family’s holiday bright – thanks, in part, to her new knee from Dr. Peter Rink at ORA Orthopedics.

read more
What Moves Me
QC Outdoors
Presents for pooches

Presents for pooches

LMQC’s outdoor blogger, Teri Stickler, celebrates the holidays with her faithful Samoyed, Kaia, and some new friends as they check out what kind of toys Teri should be putting under the tree this season.

read more
Get Fit
This holiday, give the gift of fitness

This holiday, give the gift of fitness

This time of year, everybody has an excuse for not getting to the gym – but that doesn’t mean you can’t work out. LMQC Fitness blogger Cody Lichthardt suggests four, essential (and low-cost) fitness tools you can keep around the home or apartment to help get you in shape this winter.

read more
ORA Health Tips
Battle of the Bulge
Eat Smart with Jeni
Success Stories
What Moves Me
QC Outdoors
Teri and Kaia go underground. Exploring the ancient caves of Maquoketa.

Teri and Kaia go underground. Exploring the ancient caves of Maquoketa.

Kaia, one of LMQC’s outdoor bloggers, looks like she’s had a day’s worth of hiking already when she stops at the famed “land bridge” at Maquoketa Caves State Park. Teri Stickler and Kaia share their report on what they found on the trails and in the caves at one of Iowa’s premier parks earlier this month.

read more
Get Fit
ORA Health Tips
Even Santa has back pain.

Even Santa has back pain.

There’s more to life than cookies, hot cocoa, and making little girls’ and boys’ wishes come true for everyone’s favorite jolly, old elf. Delivering presents to billions of kids around the world can be a real pain in the back.

read more
Battle of the Bulge
Eat Smart with Jeni
Success Stories
What Moves Me
QC Outdoors
Get Fit
ORA Health Tips
Beware of the snowblower!

Beware of the snowblower!

Snowblowers can be a terrific convenience and also quite dangerous if you get fatigued by the cold or distracted while operating the equipment, says ORA Orthopedic’s, Dr. Justin Munns.

read more
Battle of the Bulge
Eat Smart with Jeni
Success Stories
What Moves Me
QC Outdoors
Get Fit
ORA Health Tips
How NOT to fall off your ladder

How NOT to fall off your ladder

Thinking about climbing that ladder this fall or winter to put up or take down the lights on your house? You better watch your step – it could be your first one on the way to the emergency room!

read more
Battle of the Bulge
Eat Smart with Jeni
Success Stories
What Moves Me
Mr. QC Marathon shares his love of running

Mr. QC Marathon shares his love of running

Meet the Quad Cities’ own “Marathon Man,” Joe Moreno, the race director for the TBK Quad Cities Marathon and other local runs throughout the year. We asked Joe to not only talk about his passion for running but also how he’s overcome his own health challenges and what it’s like to manage so many popular road races in the Quad Cities.

read more
QC Outdoors
Get Fit
RAGBRAI DAY 4 and 5 – Beating the heat (before it beats you)

RAGBRAI DAY 4 and 5 – Beating the heat (before it beats you)

This year’s RAGBRAI has been rough on riders. Record heat and plenty of hills have made this year’s ride one for the record books – and LMQC’s biking blogger Gabe Lareau has been gathering stories along the way. But the heat the past day has been too much for even Gabe who files this dispatch following a day of rest before he rides into Davenport on Saturday, July 29.

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Battle of the Bulge
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Low-cal substitutes for full-taste holiday menus

Low-cal substitutes for full-taste holiday menus

LMQC Nutritionist blogger, Jeni Tackett, says as long as you’re in control of your grocery list, you can ward off those unwanted pounds that seem to find us during the holidays by making a few simple ingredient substitutions.

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Dancing through high school without missing a beat

Dancing through high school without missing a beat

Isabelle Sneath has been dancing with her teammates from Davenport North High School for three years – but that almost came to an end when a back flip resulted in a shoulder injury requiring surgery by Dr. Suleman Hussain of ORA Orthopedics. 

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QC Outdoors
Boo-tiful QC cemetery walks

Boo-tiful QC cemetery walks

Wade Ellett explores the cemeteries of the Quad Cities to find some interesting (and at times spooky) monuments at the grave sites of some of the people who put our community on the map.

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RAGBRAI Day 1 – Greetings from Storm Lake, Iowa!

RAGBRAI Day 1 – Greetings from Storm Lake, Iowa!

With the first day of RAGBRAI in his rearview mirror, native Quad Citian, Gabe Lareau, shares some of his first observations, stories of veteran riders, and why “there are no hills in Iowa” might be a slight understatement. Ride with Gabe as he participates in RAGBRAI’s 50th ride and shares his adventure on Let’s Move Quad Cities.

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