What is Parkinson’s Disease? Parkinsons is the second most common Neurodegenerative disease, second after Alzheimer. The neurological system includes the brain, spinal cord and all the nerves throughout our body. Parkinsons disease is the deterioration of the receptors that accept dopamine. Within our body, we have specific receptors for particular cells. Those receptors job is […]
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Mobility drills are a great way to warm your body up prior to a big workout and is actually quite important to ease in to it with these type of movements. Bridget Nash, Exercise Physiologist, shows are through some of the common ones we use here in the gym to get our clients bodies moving
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So, what is the Rotator Cuff? Our Rotator Cuff is comprised of 4 muscles surrounding the shoulder: Supraspinatus, Subscapularis, Infraspinatus and Teres Minor. All these muscles work together to move the shoulder in all different ranges of motion. If we injure one of these muscles, it will affect how we move our shoulder as a
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Do you want to improve your skills during your netball game? Just starting to play netball and don’t know where to start? We currently have spots in our Netball Program from 6 am – 6:45 am or 6:45 am – 7:30 am. S&C Coach Elyshia Polkinghorne will run these with over ten years of experience
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Elyshia, S&C Coach, takes us through a variety of different jump and land techniques such as: – 2-2 Jump– 2-1 Jump – Rebound Jumps– Broad Jumps– Lateral JumpsThese can all be used throughout different sports and in day to day life to aid in balance and coordination!
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We are often used to hearing about the many ways the sun can be harmful to our skin. Although there are risks when it comes to over-exposure to the sun, the right balance can actually have multiple benefits to our general health Sunlight can trigger the release of hormones in our brain. This exposure in particular
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Balance skills and speed and agility were the go to today, seeing children trying new things and accomplishing exercises they didn’t think they could is why we are doing this! Two more days to go!!
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Men’s Health Week is here, and we want to talk about Prostate Cancer. What to be aware of and when to go get checked; 40 years old’s with high risk, and any 50 years old should get checked. These seem to be the ages where it appears the most, so you want to make sure
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Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer occurs when abnormal cells develop in the prostate, forming a malignant tumour (cancerous growth). These abnormal cells can continue to multiply and may spread outside the prostate into nearby or distant parts of the body. Prostate cancer is generally a slow-growing disease, and the majority of men with prostate cancer can
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Within the human body, our bones are constantly absorbing and replacing tissue. With Osteoporosis, the new bone creation doesn’t keep up with the old bone removal leading to having low bone mineral density or weak and fragile bones. In addition, hormones play a massive role in our physiological makeup, especially in women. As women reach
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Here at Vector Health, we are big on keeping people’s independence for as long as possible. Whether that is their balance and ability to make it up and down the stairs or safely get onto the floor and back up. Making sure to incorporate exercises and stretches that aid in fall prevention allows us to
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Training around your Menstrual Cycle As women, getting to know our bodies is an integral part of living to our best potential. Once we are in tune with our bodies, we can accomplish things we didn’t think possible. Each week during our cycle, we change moods, hormones, strength and mental headspace; why not use this
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There is a lot of great research around at the moment of the benefits of group classes for Cancer Rehabilitation. We are offering these classes to those going through treatment or are post treatment to be able to come together outside of those normal settings and be able to have a positive space to workout
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