Monday, January 16, 2012
Art of Walking in El Cerrito
Art of Walking sessions are beginning every Monday at the Freedom Performance Art Center, 10016 San Pablo Avenue close to the El Cerrito Plaza BART station. Donation: $0-10. Your presence is the most important donation. For more information call Bob Marsh at 510-932-9268.
The Art of Walking at Yerba Buena Gardens
Weekly sessions of the Art of Walking can be found at the Yerba Buena Gardens every Saturday at 1pm. Join Bob Marsh and Andre Custodio for a session, weather permitting. The Art of Walking is an easy to learn and practice of walking patterns based on traditional Qi Gong and contemporary movement practices. Cal Bob at 510-932-9268 for more information. Meet in front of the Children's Creativity Museum by the store.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Resources for Veterans with Disabilities.
A good summary of the multifaceted issues that veterans with disabilities face in the workplace can be found in the Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities.
California Health Incentives Improvement Project (CHIIP) is an organization which aims to remove barriers to employment and self-sufficiency of people with disabilities. It has links to a wide variety of benefit programs, background information and other resources.
More information is available on this blog under "Helpful Links".
California Health Incentives Improvement Project (CHIIP) is an organization which aims to remove barriers to employment and self-sufficiency of people with disabilities. It has links to a wide variety of benefit programs, background information and other resources.
More information is available on this blog under "Helpful Links".
Greenercise
Faster walking speed may signal longer life
The role of walking speed as a meaningful marker of function in older people was addressed in a study reported in a previous issue of ICAA Research Review (9[43] 2009) that linked slower walking speeds to increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease. A new study used a larger pool of people to discover if walking speed could be used as an indicator of potential longevity.
STUDY: A pooled analysis of nine studies included 34,485 community-dwelling adults ages 65 years and older who were followed for 6-21 years. Participants had an average age of 73.5 years, 59.6% were women and 79.8% were white. Gait speed of the individual’s usual walking pace was calculated using distance in meters and time in seconds.
FINDINGS: The overall 5-year survival rate was 84.8%; the 10-year survival rate was 59.7%. As gait speed increased, the predicted years of survival also increased. Gait speeds of 1.0 meter (3.3 feet)/second or higher consistently demonstrated survival that was longer than expected by age and sex alone.
COMMENT: “In every population—no matter how old they were, what sex they were, what kind of health conditions they had—there was a strong relationship between walking speed and survival,” said first author Stephanie Studenski, MD, MPH, of the University of Pittsburgh. “This kind of information might be useful and valuable to the health care system, to doctors, families and patients in giving them a sense of their own vitality and longevity.”
The role of walking speed as a meaningful marker of function in older people was addressed in a study reported in a previous issue of ICAA Research Review (9[43] 2009) that linked slower walking speeds to increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease. A new study used a larger pool of people to discover if walking speed could be used as an indicator of potential longevity.
STUDY: A pooled analysis of nine studies included 34,485 community-dwelling adults ages 65 years and older who were followed for 6-21 years. Participants had an average age of 73.5 years, 59.6% were women and 79.8% were white. Gait speed of the individual’s usual walking pace was calculated using distance in meters and time in seconds.
FINDINGS: The overall 5-year survival rate was 84.8%; the 10-year survival rate was 59.7%. As gait speed increased, the predicted years of survival also increased. Gait speeds of 1.0 meter (3.3 feet)/second or higher consistently demonstrated survival that was longer than expected by age and sex alone.
COMMENT: “In every population—no matter how old they were, what sex they were, what kind of health conditions they had—there was a strong relationship between walking speed and survival,” said first author Stephanie Studenski, MD, MPH, of the University of Pittsburgh. “This kind of information might be useful and valuable to the health care system, to doctors, families and patients in giving them a sense of their own vitality and longevity.”
Monday, December 20, 2010
Coming Soon! Music while you GREENERCISE!
Turning on the tunes while you exercise could help you avoid falls, a recent study suggests. A small study from the University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva, detailed in a HealthDay News article, shows that moving to music might actually help older adults with balance and lower their risk of falling down.
The study looked at 134 adults with an average age of 75.5 years. Researchers divided the adults into two groups. One group followed an exercise program focused on multi-tasking with music. The control group did normal exercises.
At the end of a year, people in the music-based program fell fewer times than those who did normal exercises. Researchers found that moving to music did more to improve participants’ gait and balance.
“Our findings suggest that this program may be useful for fall prevention and rehabilitation in community-based settings such as senior centers,” wrote Dr. Andrea Trombetti and her colleagues in a report on the study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
The study looked at 134 adults with an average age of 75.5 years. Researchers divided the adults into two groups. One group followed an exercise program focused on multi-tasking with music. The control group did normal exercises.
At the end of a year, people in the music-based program fell fewer times than those who did normal exercises. Researchers found that moving to music did more to improve participants’ gait and balance.
“Our findings suggest that this program may be useful for fall prevention and rehabilitation in community-based settings such as senior centers,” wrote Dr. Andrea Trombetti and her colleagues in a report on the study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Wednesday October 20, 2010 at Noon
We will continue our weekly Urge to Emerge Earth/Sky Greenercize sessions this Wednesday at the Yerba Buena Gardens. We meet inf ront of the Urge sculpture for warm-ups then proceed to the other side for the walking meditation forms. The Urge is next to the Carousel on the corner of fourth and Howard.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Wednesday October 15 at noon
Our next Urge to Emerge session will be this Wednesday, October 15 at noon. We will meet in front of the Urge sculpture which is next to the Carousel which is on the corner of Fourth and Howard. After doing warm ups there we will move to another location. Please join us for a moving green meditation.
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