Tag: training

  • Wellness Means Training Your Body & Brain

    Tai chi is a great way to incorporate strength, movement and breathing, aligning your mind, body and spirit while helping the body heal itself. Through a balanced mix of exercise and ancient Eastern medicinal philosophy, tai chi and qigong training can help seniors improve fitness and gain deeper insight to mastering the mind and emotions, which can help lower blood pressure and create meaningful longevity.

    Most pain is caused when energy gets blocked, creating inflammation. When energy flows again, pain decreases. Tai chi offers natural stretching and controlled slow movement to open meridian channels throughout the body, allowing energy to flow and improving blood circulation to the heart and brain.

    Qigong is another gentle healing practice very similar to tai chi that emphasizes meditation and energy accumulation for self-healing. It helps to move energy to the chakras (energy centers in the body) that release energy for the brain and organs. Both practices can improve mental and physical health.

    Check out group classes to enjoy the company of other health-conscious seniors.

    BODY & BRAIN YOGA/TAI CHI
    Honolulu 808-596-9642
    Aiea 808-486-9642
    Kaimuki 808-738-5522
    Manoa Energy Healing Center 808-691-9642
    www.bnbenergyhealing.com
    www.bodynbrain.com

    Tai chi is a great way to incorporate strength, movement and breathing, aligning your mind, body and spirit while helping the body heal itself.

  • Center Helps Seniors Get Back to Work

    From being a home caretaker, Nene went back to work for extra income. Her job as an Aloha Ambassador enabled her to spread aloha, meet people and make new friends.
    From being a home caretaker, Nene went back to work for extra income. Her job as an Aloha Ambassador enabled her to spread aloha, meet people and make new friends.

    Meaningful employment is one of the best ways to keep fit in every way as we age — socially, mentally and even physically. But some of Waikīkī Community Center’s clients had difficulty finding employment. Retirees also found that the way people look for work has changed significantly. Others felt employers didn’t want to hire them due to their age. Many wanted to change career paths entirely. Therefore, WCC started Back-to-Work Force, a free service employment program focused on adults 50 and over.

    After retiring, John decided to take on a job—in addition to his honey-do list at home. He is now an Elite parking host and loving it.
    After retiring, John decided to take on a job—in addition to his honey-do list at home. He is now an Elite parking host and loving it.

    The program helps match older workers with employment by updating their skills and by working with employers. The program provides a range of services for older workers — creating and updating resumes, online job search and application assistance, interview preparation and training referral. The program then matches clients with one or more of its 25-plus employer partners.

    WAIKĪKĪ COMMUNITY CENTER (501(c) 3 nonprofits)
    310 Paoakalani Ave., Honolulu, HI 96815
    Jill Okimura, Projects Manager: 808-923-1802
    jokimura@waikikicommunitycenter.org
    www.waikikicommunitycenter.org
    FaceBook & Instagram: @waikikicommunitycenter

    Meaningful employment is one of the best ways to keep fit in every way as we age — socially, mentally and even physically. But some of Waikīkī Community Center’s clients had difficulty finding employment. Retirees also found that the way people look for work has changed significantly. Others felt employers didn’t want to hire them…

  • Tighten Your ‘Internal Belt’

    Core training is one of the most popular concepts in the field of fitness and physical therapy. Core stability training is often associated with strengthening your abdominal muscles — the “abs.” The ab muscles play a very important role, but the core also includes multiple muscles in the mid-lower back, pelvic floor, hips and buttocks.

    This ring of muscles, or the “internal belt,” holds us up during the day, reducing falls, decreasing back pain and improving posture and even bladder control.

    Whether you are lifting your grandchild or playing your favorite sport, your core muscles help maintain the body in proper alignment to avoid injury.

    I often see patients who fall victim to the latest fitness trends that train the core improperly, leading to spine or leg injuries. Crunches, side-bends and rotational exercises with weights or kettlebells are not bad, but as we age, they often create more problems than benefits.

    Exercises that engage the muscles by bracing the entire trunk — as though you are wearing an internal belt rather than sucking the stomach in and flexing forward — are more effective in improving core stability.

    If you have poor posture and a weak core, try this simple, effective exercise to begin developing core control:

    • Start by finding an open wall.
    • Stand at the wall facing outward. Then place your heels about 6 inches away from bottom portion of the wall.
    • While keeping your foot planted, lean back against the wall with your back flush to the wall.
    • Pull your shoulders and arms back so they touch the wall.
    • Push your shoulders down with your palms facing out.
    • Tighten your abdominals so your lower back touches the wall — as if a force is sucking your back up against it.
    • Stand tall and breathe, hold
      for 30 seconds and then relax. Repeat 10 to 15 times.

    This simple exercise will tighten your internal belt and help you avoid injuries.

    Moon Physical Therapy LLC
    320 Ward Ave., Ste. 107, Honolulu HI 96814

    Aquatic, Land-Based and Manual Therapy, and
    Cardiopulmonary Rehab Programs

    808-597-1005 | www.moonpt.com
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    Core training is one of the most popular concepts in the field of fitness and physical therapy. Core stability training is often associated with strengthening your abdominal muscles — the “abs.” The ab muscles play a very important role, but the core also includes multiple muscles in the mid-lower back, pelvic floor, hips and buttocks. This ring…