A transformative new technology called the WalkAide is improving the lives of people whose neurological deficits had severely hindered their ability to walk, get up from a chair, climb stairs and take other simple actions

Registration has begun for Tease Workout’s summer/fall session which runs August 17 through October 11. Tease Workout’s Signature Pilates & Pole Dancing classes are held in eight-week sessions; each session includes eight classes (one class per week on a designated time and day). Each Signature Workout runs 90 minutes. There are seven levels through which students can advance. All students, regardless of previous experience or training, begin at level one. To move to the next level, the previous levels must first be successfully completed.

Bethany Bawel, a member of the Five Seasons Sports Club in Northbrook, leads her life on her feet.

Despite the ‘doom and gloom’ stories currently being heard as a result of a difficult economy, Naperville-based Tease Workout continues to grow and thrive. The business, which originally started in owner Kristin Hubbard’s basement, has outgrown three locations and is now located in a studio on Wehrli Road in southeast Naperville. The business recently held a ribbon cutting event through the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the success of the new location.

The 9th Annual Handzel Open is under way at Five Seasons Sports Club in Northbrook, with more than 150 tennis players and 20 sponsors working to support fighting cardiac diseases in the Polish-American community in the Chicago area.

For more than two decades, Marie Pearson has been helping people with arthritis find relief, but to hear her tell it, she receives most of the benefits.