Wednesday, June 9, 2010

We each take different kinds of risks every day on and off the job:  pruning a tree without being tied off, not wearing a seatbelt, smoking, eating too much or eating the wrong things.  Even we know there are consequences for these actions; we are willing to accept the risk for short term gain, convenience or pleasure.  This presentation will discuss how we go about making the decisions to accept certain risks and how this thinking is carried over into the work place.

This presentation will focus on the need for spinal care and the benefits of preventive care.   The importance of education in proper training to achieve and maintain core strength for stability for injury prevention will be stressed. The presentation will include a discussion on home care for acute injuries to musculoskeletal systems.

Our life span has increased dramatically in the last six decades. Rather than living only to the fourth or fifth decade, we now on average live seven or eight decades. These years can be spent in good health if we make better choices now! The lifestyle choices we make today will impact our health in the future.

If you ask someone in the later years of life what they value the most, being in good health is at the top of the list. Prolonging life without prolonging health and vitality is not the goal for most people. People are interested in finding ways to “add life to their years” and not just years to their life. 75 percent of an individual’s health after age 40 is dependent upon what the person has done to his or her genes, not to the genes themselves.” Press Unit Something Happens (PUSH) will provide each of you with fitness and lifestyle information that is educational and focused on helping you understand the value of integrating healthy habits for success into your life by:

• Getting health and fitness results
• Providing solutions for fitness success in a busy world
• Assisting you in transforming your body in record time

Remember to PUSH until you see your results.

We all need a healthy diet. It can benefit it us in many ways as well as ensuring that we live a long and healthy life. But many are not sure as to what constitutes a healthy diet, which is why there are some simply yet important steps that can be taken.

By eating a healthy mix of all of the food groups you can avoid many illnesses, the most prolific of which being obesity. Every year, being overweight or obese causes many deaths and the number of people getting in such condition is on the rise. As well as this there are other conditions such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

Another way to become healthy is through plenty of exercise, and as we will see a healthy diet can go a long way in helping you change your lifestyle into one that is more active.

A healthy diet constitutes eating a variety of food groups, but in an appropriate amount. It does not mean going on a crash diet and cutting out all snacks, in fact such dieting can be more harmful as starving oneself has its own health risks. Plus many people revert back to their own habits once they have finished with the diet. Instead you should make sure you eat fruit and vegetables as well as meats, fish, starchy foods and dairy products. Starchy foods can include potatoes, bread and rice whilst dairy products can include cheese and milk. The World Health Organization also recommends limiting how much sugar one consumes, limiting how much fat one consumes (particularly avoiding saturated fats and consuming unsaturated fats instead) and cutting down on the amount of salt and sodium one takes into the body.

As well as these, people should try to achieve an energy balance. This involves balancing how much energy we consume through food with how much energy we expel through exercise. If we take in too much energy and then do not burn it off by keeping active, the body will instead store it as fat.

Exercise will be greatly improved with a healthy diet as calcium, magnesium, vitamins, minerals and some iron are all needed to prepare the body for such activity. By making sure you consume enough magnesium and calcium you can avoid muscle cramps while a healthy amount of iron will avoid anemia.

If these steps are taken, then you can be well on your way to enjoying a healthy lifestyle. Not only will this help you fight the mentioned conditions, but it will also improve your general state of mind.

Most of the pain that occurs in the body (non-traumatic in nature) generally is caused by dysfunctional muscles and a lack of structural integrity of the postural alignment of the body. We are not born that way, and that structural integrity can be regained when we address the dysfunctional muscles and balance the body’s alignment. Learn the concepts of trigger points in dysfunctional muscles, postural imbalances and how to solve these problems. Combine this concept with ergonomic assessment and achieve a pain-free workforce.