Several studies have shown social isolation can negatively affect your health. This National Institute on Aging primer notes that loneliness can lead to high blood pressure, depression, and put you at greater risk of illness. That could mean more doctor’s visits and higher health care costs. And what if you or your loved one takes a fall with no one around? Beyond the physical pain, the financial implications could be high. And then there’s the emotional toll of social isolation, which can be even more devastating. These are all things to consider when deciding whether you or your loved one spend the next chapter of life at home or in a senior living community.
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Abs of Steel or Jelly Belly?
Your pelvis is a ring of bones held together by ligaments and muscles. These muscles engage every time you walk, sit, stand, run, or even breathe! Weak stabilizing muscles cause your pelvis to move too much and surrounding muscles contract to control the excess movement, leading to chronic muscle tightness. By strengthening the core, our bodies are able to withstand these forces without muscle spasms. Some of the best exercises for core involve maintaining a neutral spine position and resisting forces. Your physiotherapist can give you specific exercises to improve your strength, while relaxing other muscles through manual therapy techniques.
Clean Eating Recipe: Chocolate Coconut Overnight Oats
Overnight oats are a no-cook oatmeal that you make by letting them rest overnight. Enjoy this decadent (but healthy) recipe! Ingredients: 1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup (heaping) rolled oats, 2/3 cup full-fat coconut milk, 1 tablespoon chia seeds or ground flax meal, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, Pinch of salt, 1-2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup, 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, 1/4 cup unsweetened flaked coconut. Instructions: Whisk together all ingredients in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Spoon into a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Close and refrigerate overnight.
Community Event:
The Victoria Health Show is a two-day consumer event for the health-conscious individual, on January 25 & 26, 2020 at Pearkes Recreation Centre. Are you looking for the latest products and services on the market? Are you just beginning your journey of achieving a healthier lifestyle? Do you have specific health issues that you need help with? The Victoria Health Show offers you health products, services, health experts, demonstrations, seminars, food sampling and the convenience of having it all under one roof for one entirely awesome weekend of shopping and education. Bring your questions, leave with answers!
Are you looking for the latest products and services on the market?
Are you just beginning your journey of achieving a healthier lifestyle?
Do you have specific health issues that you need help with?
The Victoria Health Show offers you health products, services, health experts, demonstrations, seminars, food sampling and the convenience of having it all under one roof for one entirely awesome weekend of shopping and education.
Bring your questions, leave with answers!
Meet the people who know what it takes to create a home that loves the planet. Discover the best new products on the market that will inspire every room in your home to be clean and green, fresh and organized, harmonious and functional.
From nutritional supplements to alternative therapies to fitness trends to food products, The Victoria Health Show features a diverse array of health options for you to explore.
Come armed with your questions, and let the experts share their knowledge with you.
HealthShows.com
Community Event:
The Victoria Health Show is a two-day consumer event for the health-conscious individual, on January 25 & 26, 2020 at Pearkes Recreation Centre. Are you looking for the latest products and services on the market? Are you just beginning your journey of achieving a healthier lifestyle? Do you have specific health issues that you need help with? The Victoria Health Show offers you health products, services, health experts, demonstrations, seminars, food sampling and the convenience of having it all under one roof for one entirely awesome weekend of shopping and education. Bring your questions, leave with answers! HealthShows.com
Words to Live By
“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” – Helen Keller
Community Event
Join Sources Community Resources Society on February 22nd for a evening time walk in solidarity with White Rock’s homeless hungry, and hurting community. Sign up for an engaging evening of social action to help the people in your society who need it the most. The evening will include a light delicious meal, and a chance to meet and connect with the community you’ve come to support. This is a family friendly event, appropriate for all ages! For event details or to volunteer, walk by yourself, join a team or start a team at CNOY.org/location/whiterock
Community Event
Christina Reinke BA, MA Life Coach, is hosting a Workshop to help you better manage your financial stress. Join her on January 19 from 1-4pm for “Your Money Story. Lifting The Veil Off Money Stress”, which is being held at The Yoga Barre, 200-6640 Roblin Blvd. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at www.platformsforpeace.ca
Words to Live By
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. – Helen Keller
Words to Live By
There are greater things to be achieved in every New Year, and each and everyone must prepare themselves to be great, not by words of the mouth, but by a lot of sacrifices. – Michael Bassey Johnson
Words to Live By
If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am. – Cyril Cusack
