Tickling is good for Low Back Health!
As part of our rapidly expanding Community Outreach Program we have set up a series of wellness-oriented talks and seminars in the communities surrounding each of our clinics. Over the last couple of months we have presented on half a dozen occasions at senior centers, retirement communities and Recreation Departments. This is the latest in a series of posts describing some of those presentations.
City of Surprise Senior Center: Through the good offices of Leslie Rudder, the Center manager we have established a strong connection with the Surprise Senior Center and presented two very successful talks in February.
Successful Aging – what is it and how can we experience it? February 11th was our first visit to the Senior Center and we were immediately impressed at how much was going on there – the place was buzzing and, it seems, this is what it was like most days! We set up in the cafeteria and went on just after lunch. The audience was very receptive and there were a lot of great questions both during and after the talk. Coincidentally, the topic Leslie had requested was one of the articles in our inaugural newsletter “The Second Fifty” (Same name as this blog!), which turned out to be a valuable and informative hand out, not only for the Successful Aging topic, but for several other relevant wellness issues.
Balance, Stability & Low Back Health: On Feb 25th we were back at the Center for the second of the topics Leslie had requested. This again was something of great interest to seniors – who among us, after all, has not suffered low back pain at some time? At ActiveRx we incorporate cutting edge practical research into our practice and including techniques for maintaining and improving low back health and stability. This session was designed to be more interactive since many of these techniques are easy to learn. We were able to bring several people up from the audience to demonstrate and also involve the whole ‘crowd’ in one of the techniques. This is a quote from Bill Rowen, one of the Center staff and ‘official photographer’ of the session.
“The talk around the center after was very positive and appreciative of the knowledge and types of exercises you demonstrated to our members.”
One of Bill’s pictures is displayed above. It shows Dr. Phillips working with a volunteer from the audience on one of the simple back protective techniques he talked about. As you can see – fun was had by all! Thank you Leslie!
We are looking forward to our next ‘gig’ at the Center – watch this space!
