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WELLNESS PROGRAMS
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Never get too busy making a living that you forget
to make a life ”
Globalization.
Unprecedented Economic growth. IT boom. India has made
dramatic progress. Along with this commendable forward
journey comes to light another digressive journey in
the area of healthcare. A movement from communicable
diseases to lifestyle diseases.
What is
meant by Lifestyle diseases?. You are your lifestyle.
You are what you eat. Your health is what you make of
it. Character is destiny…Remember Shakespeare?! .Yes
your health has everything to do with how you
live your life.
This aspect
of health, or modifying your lifestyle for a healthier
life is part of the Preventive Healthcare activities
initiated by Sagar Apollo Hospital.
The Corporate
Wellness Programme is one such endeavor. A package
designed by Dr Tina Alva, an expert in Preventive
Healthcare, Yoga and Stress Management.
A practical
package which will create awareness among your personnel
and gravitate them towards healthier lifestyle.
The capsule
contains the following ingredients……...
Life
Style Modification
Cardio
vascular fitness
Self
Management of Excessive Tension (S M E T)
Power Yoga
Women Health
Anti Ageing by Alternate Therapy
Health Scan
Life
Style Modification
Apart from
periodically & regularly releasing stress within
us it is imperative to move towards a stress free life,
retaining all the powers & capabilities of a sensitive
mind & sharp intellect vital for day to day functioning
in the present hi-tech era. This requires appropriate
Life Style Modification which includes
- Diet,
watch your weight
- Exercise
- Coping
with stress
- How
to quit smoking
- Moderation
of alcohol intake
Cardio vascular Fitness
Reversal
and prevention of Cardiac diseases by lifestyle modification,
healthy diet, FITT (Frequency, Intensity, Type &
Time) exercise prescription. Knowing your maximum heart
rate and working out to your heart rate. ‘You’ specific
workshop and lectures to a healthy heart are conducted.
A survey conducted recently by Bandolier, an
agency specializing in World Health surveys, reports
thus - The more low risk factors you have in your lifestyle, the lower your
risk of heart attack or stroke (Figure and Table). The
implications are that in women 82% of heart attacks
(95% CI 58% to 93%) and 74% of heart attacks or strokes
(55% to 86%) are preventable by having a good lifestyle.
An
illustrative example of how Lifestyle Modification
Program
works
Figure and Table: Effect of low
risk factor lifestyle on risk of coronary or cardiovascular
events (heart attack plus stroke)
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Relative
risk (95% CI) |
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Group |
Percentage
of women |
Coronary
events |
Coronary
events or stroke |
| Three
low risk factors |
Good diet Nonsmoking
Enough exercise |
12.7 |
0.43 (0.33
to 0.55) |
0.46
(0.37 to 0.55) |
| Four
low risk factors |
Good diet Nonsmoking
Enough exercise Body mass index low |
7.2 |
0.34
(0.23 to 0.52) |
0.38
(0.28 to 0.51) |
| Five
low risk factors |
Good diet Nonsmoking
Enough exercise Body mass index low Enough alcohol |
3.1 |
0.17
(0.07 to 0.41) |
0.25
(0.14 to 0.44) |
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Self
Management of Excessive Tension ( S M E T )-
This is
a simple & easy course based on yogic principles
for coping with stress. it is specially designed to
suit modern day executives, Management experts etc.
S M E
T programme includes
- Easy
postures with slow rhythmic breathing
- Cyclic
meditation, which is based on the principle of alternate
stimulation & relaxation through postures &
relaxation techniques
- Breathing
practices
S M E T
practice promotes positive health at physical. Mental
, emotional level & improved efficiency at work.
It is an excellent stress buster.
Observe
the figure above. It shows a marked decrease in systolic
pressure with intervention of stress management techniques,
such as SMET, anger & anxiety management .
Courtesy
Boudolier survey.
Stress Busters
Advanced
relaxation techniques using Pranayama, Progressive relaxation
techniques, Ujjayi, Candle Breathing, Yoga Nidra, Savasana,
Mental Imagery and other such time tested stress busting
techniques are taught.
Lectures
are also conducted on how to cope with stress in everyday
situations.
What
is Power Yoga?
It is the western version of the
Indian Ashtanga yoga.It creates a more dynamic and
physically
demanding work out. One moves from
posture to posture much more swiftly than in other
styles of yoga. So you can get an
aerobic pay off as well as a thorough burn in just about
every muscle in your body.
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It bolsters strength stamina and flexibility
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Helps in weight loss and body toning
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Good way to remove bodily toxins
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Women Health :
Yoga an ancient science can help
women cope with health issues and help them develop the
state of their body and mind. It helps to alleviate the pain that goes with menstruation,
manages stress and ensures an easier delivery
Yoga poses are designed to tone and exercise the
muscles of the body and to burn the
excess fat and make it more flexible and stronger.
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Anti Aging Therapies
Anti Aging Therapies slow down the
aging process by giving elasticity to spine , firming up
the skin, removing tension from the body,
strengthening the abdominal muscles, eliminating possibility of double chin ,
improving tone of flabby muscles, and correcting poor
postures. This health package includes
Various yoga techniques –
Laughter yoga
Ayurvedic
massage with Reflexology and stimulating acupressure
points.
Steam Bath
Antioxidant Diet .
T he
health scan gives you an individualized computerized
corrective prescription to eliminate lifestyle, medical
and health risks,
including:
Your personalized exercise plan according to age, sex,
body,
health condition & physical capability.
Your personalized nutrition plan identifying metabolic
rate, individual calorie plan and therapeutic diets for
blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, pregnancy,
arthritis etc.
Your
personal stress prescription, tailor made to help you
cope and manage psychosomatic stressful states.
Advice on how to manage and quit dependencies like
alcohol, smoking, drugs, paan
etc. as required by you.
How
to manage cardiac risk, high blood pressure, diabetes,
hyperlipidemia, cancer’
Also
advice on AIDS risk risk in
a holistic
healthy way
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Doc’s
Do’s and Don’t’s-
Tips
By Doc’s Desk
(Preventive
Health- Sagar Apollo Hospital)
- Eat
whole grain foods (bread, or rice, or pasta) on four
occasions a week. This will reduce the chance of having
almost any cancer by 40%. Given that cancer gets about
1 in 3 of us in a lifetime, that's big advice.
- Don't
smoke. If you do smoke, stop. Nicotine patches, gum
or inhaler won't help much. Try to reduce your smoking, as there
is a profound dose-response (the more you smoke, the
more likely you are to have cancer, or heart or respiratory
disease). So cut down to below five cigarettes a day
and leave long portions of the day without a cigarette.
- Eat
at least five portions of vegetables and fruit a day,
and especially tomatoes (including ketchup), red grapes
and the like, as well as salad all year. This protects
against a whole variety of different nasty things:
• It reduces the risk of stroke dramatically
• It reduces the risk of diabetes considerably
• It will reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer.
- Eat
fish. Eating fish once a week won't stop you having
a heart attack in itself, but it reduces the likelihood
of you dying from it by half.
- Take
a multivitamin tablet every day, but be sure that
it is one with at least 200 micrograms of folate.
The evidence is that this can substantially reduce
chances of heart disease in some individuals, and
it has been shown to reduce colon cancer by over 85%.
It may also reduce the likelihood of developing dementia.
Folate is essential in any woman contemplating pregnancy
because it will reduce the chance of some birth defects.
- If
you are pregnant or have high blood pressure, coffee
is best minimized. For the rest of us drinking four
cups of coffee a day is likely to reduce our chances
of getting colon cancer and Parkinson's disease.
- Get
breathless more often. You don't have to go to a gym
or be an Olympic marathon runner. Simply walking a
mile a day, or taking reasonable exercise three times
a week (enough to make you sweat or glow) will substantially
reduce the risk of heart disease. If you walk, don't
dawdle. Make it a brisk pace. One of the benefits
of regular exercise is that it strengthens bones and
keeps them strong. Breaking a hip when elderly is
a very serious thing.
- Check
your height and weight on a chart to see if you are
overweight for your height. Your body mass index is
the weight in kilograms divided by the height in meters
squared: for preference it should be below 25. If
you are overweight, lose it. This has many benefits.
There is no good evidence on simple ways to lose weight
that work. Crash diets don't work. Take it one step
at a time, do the things that are possible now, and
combine some calorie limitation with increased exercise.
The good news is that in a few years time we may have
some appetite suppressants to make it easier.
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Have three A s in life ADJUST ADOPT ACCOMMODATE to
the situations.
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Understand, the change is acceptable so the focus must
be on developing yourself .
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Slow down your breath to calm down the mind
YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
THE SLOW YOU BREATH THE LONG YOU LIVE
For details please contact :
Dr. Tina Alva, Yoga Therapist (Corporate & Community
Health Services Development) Sagar Apollo Hospital -
9945194712
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