Much as the family dinner is one of the best ways to stay connected with your kids, being active together as a family provides an equally powerful bonding experience with the added bonus of making sure everyone in the family is getting some healthy exercise. Know that the best possible way to encourage your child to exercise is to set a good example yourself – your child wants to do and be like you. Your level of activity will dictate how active he or she is now and will help your child establish healthy exercise habits for life.
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We Walk… Because We Can’t Walk Away
My work as an oncology rehabilitation specialist at PAMF has allowed me to become a part of patient’s lives as they navigate the complicated journey through cancer treatment. I work with patients from their time of diagnosis, through surgery, chemotherapy and radiation and beyond. Our department within the Cancer Care Center addresses important issues such as pain, musculoskeletal and neurological side effects of treatment and surgery, fatigue, and swelling. Our main objective is to work as a team with patients and their families to improve their quality of life and return patients to their pain free prior level of function.
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Get me up on my weight management soap box and you’ll hear me forcefully proclaim that successful weight management has very little do with willpower, it’s actually much more about something we call skillpower: having enough strategies, tips and strategic planning to develop new skills to support ongoing lifestyle change.
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Much as the family dinner is one of the best ways to stay connected with your kids, being active together as a family provides an equally powerful bonding experience with the added bonus of making sure everyone in the family is getting some healthy exercise. Know that the best possible way to encourage your child to exercise is to set a good example yourself – your child wants to do and be like you. Your level of activity will dictate how active he or she is now and will help your child establish healthy exercise habits for life.
