A free public service workshop focused on the critical health issue of building and keeping healthy bones among children and adults will be held at Seminole State College on Thursday.
This special bone health event, which also will discuss early detection and prevention of osteoporosis, runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Enoch Kelly Haney Center on the SSC campus.
Registration is free and will be accepted at the door.
To be sure of receiving free chef samples and exercise bands, those interested in attending are asked to reserve a spot by calling 1-888-951-2277 or 951-2277.
For additional information, contact Carol Hartman at Seminole State College, 382-9246.
Panelists on bone health include nurse practitioner Kathie Machado of Paradigm Health Care at JD Wood Clinic, physician’s assistant Jeannie Simpson of Seminole Family Medicine Clinic and nutritionist Karen Massey of INTEGRIS Health in Oklahoma City.
Workshop participants will receive free exercise bands, calcium-rich food samples, and a voucher for a discounted DEXA bone density scan with certified radiologist evaluation from INTEGRIS Seminole Medical Center.
During the workshop, medical and health professionals will provide information on osteoporosis, the critical years of bone building in childhood through young adulthood, and tips on how to build strong bonds, avoid bone loss and brittle bones in later life.
The most common fractures due to osteoporosis in women over 50 are to bones in the vertebrae, hip and wrist.
Chef Jon Hammerstrom of INTEGRIS Health will demonstrate food preparation and menus that use calcium, potassium, magnesium, Vitamin A and Vitamin D rich nutrients essential to building strong bones.
Chef Jon will prepare tasty calcium-rich treats participants will be invited to sample and recipes to use at home.
Nutritionist Karen Massey will talk about how people can obtain the calcium, Vitamin D and other nutrients essential to develop peak bone mass before age 25 and to preserve bone mass through the remainder of life.
Easy chair and stretch band exercises that can help strengthen bones will be demonstrated in an audience-participation setting by Rita Story-Schell, SSC Health and Physical Education Division Chair, with assistance from Seminole State College Nursing Association students.
Participants will all be given free exercise bands to take with them.
Those serving on the “Bone Health and U” Public Service Planning Committee organizing this event from INTEGRIS Seminole Medical Center are Matt Henderson, Sherri Kemp and Brad Stephens; from the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women are Rebecca Kennedy and Adeline Yerkes; and from Seminole State College are Donna Chambers, Carol Hartman, and Rita Story-Schell.
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A free public service workshop focused on the critical health issue of building and keeping healthy bones among children and adults will be held at Seminole State College on Thursday.
This special bone health event, which also will discuss early detection and prevention of osteoporosis, runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Enoch Kelly Haney Center on the SSC campus.
Registration is free and will be accepted at the door.
To be sure of receiving free chef samples and exercise bands, those interested in attending are asked to reserve a spot by calling 1-888-951-2277 or 951-2277.
For additional information, contact Carol Hartman at Seminole State College, 382-9246.
Panelists on bone health include nurse practitioner Kathie Machado of Paradigm Health Care at JD Wood Clinic, physician’s assistant Jeannie Simpson of Seminole Family Medicine Clinic and nutritionist Karen Massey of INTEGRIS Health in Oklahoma City.
Workshop participants will receive free exercise bands, calcium-rich food samples, and a voucher for a discounted DEXA bone density scan with certified radiologist evaluation from INTEGRIS Seminole Medical Center.
During the workshop, medical and health professionals will provide information on osteoporosis, the critical years of bone building in childhood through young adulthood, and tips on how to build strong bonds, avoid bone loss and brittle bones in later life.
The most common fractures due to osteoporosis in women over 50 are to bones in the vertebrae, hip and wrist.
Chef Jon Hammerstrom of INTEGRIS Health will demonstrate food preparation and menus that use calcium, potassium, magnesium, Vitamin A and Vitamin D rich nutrients essential to building strong bones.
Chef Jon will prepare tasty calcium-rich treats participants will be invited to sample and recipes to use at home.
Nutritionist Karen Massey will talk about how people can obtain the calcium, Vitamin D and other nutrients essential to develop peak bone mass before age 25 and to preserve bone mass through the remainder of life.
Easy chair and stretch band exercises that can help strengthen bones will be demonstrated in an audience-participation setting by Rita Story-Schell, SSC Health and Physical Education Division Chair, with assistance from Seminole State College Nursing Association students.
Participants will all be given free exercise bands to take with them.
Those serving on the “Bone Health and U” Public Service Planning Committee organizing this event from INTEGRIS Seminole Medical Center are Matt Henderson, Sherri Kemp and Brad Stephens; from the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women are Rebecca Kennedy and Adeline Yerkes; and from Seminole State College are Donna Chambers, Carol Hartman, and Rita Story-Schell.
