tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75272113520448990872024-03-05T22:01:57.908-08:00Health in a Minute. Your Health, Your Team.LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comBlogger407125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-838526654727709152022-11-01T09:19:00.001-07:002022-11-01T09:19:08.307-07:00Our blog has moved!<p> Our blog is now hosted on our website. Please visit https://lbdpcn.com/about-us/blog/</p><p><br /></p>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-31253267944366304462022-10-03T14:17:00.004-07:002022-10-03T14:17:32.498-07:00Mental Health Support Options in the Leduc region<p> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px;">Self-management</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem;">– Connect with friends, family members, clergy-persons or other supports that already exist for you.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px;">Supportive Listening</span> – if someone just needs to talk…</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding-left: 40px;">Leduc Regional Hub: Tues to Fri 2-6pm (780) 739-LHUB (5482)- can help with access to community, social, health and government services</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding-left: 40px;">Distress Line (780) 482-HELP (4357)- can offer supportive listening for any distressing issue you might be dealing with – you don’t need to be suicidal to call.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px;">Counselling</span> – For those who want to access a counsellor.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px;">LBD PCN Mental Health team</span> – This program offers mental and emotional health assessment and assists patients in finding the most appropriate mental health service in the community. Access to this program is through referral from a PCN family physician.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px;">FCSS (Family and Community Support Services)</span> offers a subsidized counselling program. Services are provided by psychologists, provisional psychologists and counsellors. They use a sliding scale fee schedule ($20-$50) based on annual income. They provide short-term individual, couples and family counselling.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding-left: 40px;">FCSS – Leduc FCSS – (780) 980-7109</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding-left: 40px;">Beaumont FCSS – (780) 929-1006</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding-left: 40px;">Devon FCSS – (780) 987-8325</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding-left: 40px;">Leduc County – (780) 979-2385</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px;">Leduc Addictions & Mental Health Clinic</span> – for those who have a formal mental health disorder such as major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc. People in crisis can also go to Leduc Mental Health (780-986-2660).</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px;">Local Private Psychologists</span> – Most charge full fees ($190/hr). Some provide sliding scale fees – you can always ask. You may be able to utilize Employee Family Assistance Programs and Health Insurance to pay for services (Contact your EFAP or insurance provider for info).</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding-left: 40px;">Karunia Counselling (780-628-3939)</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding-left: 40px;">Connelly Counselling (780-237-3510) Family Counselling Centre (780) 612-8577</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding-left: 40px;">IASIS Psychological Services (780-739-0707)</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px;">24/7 Crisis support:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding-left: 40px;">24hr Addiction & Mental Health Crisis Response Team (780-342-7777)</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding-left: 40px;">The Support Network: 211 (info & referral), Distress Line (780-492-4357(HELP))</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1.65em; padding-left: 40px;">RCMP – 911</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.15rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px; padding-left: 40px;">Leduc Community Hospital Emergency (4210-48 Street)</p>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-14153200099248419972022-07-11T11:33:00.002-07:002022-07-11T11:36:10.721-07:00Meal Planning<p> On Wednesday, July 13th, the Edmonton O-day'min PCN is hosting a Meal Planning class, so I thought this was the perfect time to share a popular post I wrote back in 2014 about the wonders of meal planning:</p><p>Ninety-two weeks ago, one of our LBD PCN Registered Dietitians changed my life for the better. I am the Communications Coordinator at the Leduc Beaumont Devon Primary Care Network where Andrea, the aforementioned Dietitian works. She had been teaching our Weight Wise classes for a few years and had listened to me complain about how much I hated planning dinner every night. Finally, she had enough of my complaining and for that, I am so grateful!</p><p>Sound a bit dramatic? Maybe, but planning meals and going to the grocery store every day was grinding on my last nerve. Without fail, my day was always the same. Get up, get the kids off to school, and go to work. Realize at about 3:45 that I had not even thought about supper or taken anything out of the freezer. Does my son or husband have hockey that night? Do I have a class at the gym? Is my oldest going to the ski hill? Did I have to get take-out or run to the grocery store? It was the same routine every day and it was grating on me. I seriously hated it!</p><p>One day, Andrea was prepping for the Weight Wise #6 class – Meal Planning and Shopping Tips, when she decided today was the day. She came into my office and simply said, “Come with me.” I had no idea what she was up to but I went with her and because of that, my life changed. I found myself reluctantly sitting in the front row of her meal planning class.</p><p>In the class, we learned how to create a weekly meal plan, and building off the meal plan, we could create a grocery list. We learned tips on how to plan meals where we could cook enough of the protein (beef, chicken, etc.) one night so that it was enough for two meals, thus, eliminating the need to cook meat again the next day. We also learned about which vegetables had a shorter lifespan than others and used this knowledge when creating the meal plan. Very helpful information, it reduces the problem of getting to the end of the week and finding out the tomatoes have gone bad and having to run to the grocery store just for that one ingredient.</p><p>I went home that night and created this <b><a href="http://lbdpcn.com/Health/Documents/Meal%20Plan.pdf">weekly meal plan</a> </b>template in Excel (feel free to right click and save it to your own computer for use.) I do not include breakfast on my meal plan because my husband and I do not eat breakfast at home, but we ensure the weekly grocery list always has breakfast options for our kids. Lunch is included because we both like to take leftovers to work for lunch and this plan will give you a quick visual to see if there will be leftovers or if we will have to take something else, like a sandwich. The “Prep for tomorrow” column is for notes like “Take chicken out of the freezer”. Reminders like this eliminate the issue of getting home from work at 5:00 pm, only to find out that I forgot to take the chicken out the night before and having to head to the grocery store.</p><p>Sunday is meal planning and grocery shopping day. It just works best for my family but you are free to do it whenever works for you. I picked Sunday because by then, I have my kid’s schedules for the week ahead and can plan that right into the week. One of our boys is in hockey which means anywhere from 2-4 ice slots in a typical week. Those nights used to mean take out or fast food meals, but since learning how to meal plan and planning for those kinds of nights, we rarely have to resort to take out anymore and only have it if we plan it in. Sometimes take out just works best, like if we have to be at a hockey game at 6pm on a Wednesday in a town an hour away - that is just fine. Take out food has its place, but using it as an excuse not to cook on a busy night doesn't have to become the norm (which is was in our house.)</p><p><b>How to meal plan:</b></p><p>1. The first thing I do is write our family’s scheduled events right on the plan.</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAEjFge2yHtO1_wdjZg-DamQWWr-Eh7AOJ2p3xTuPOI0KSQmzPB7a4TAnmxhwt3StG1jGnuJHnhnANPnpi9Jey216FFuxNYr5ul4KLNS0Wj4oCorsD_PtLDoH825V58HxvvZjAfwS4l0/s1600/Meal+Plan+with+schedule.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAEjFge2yHtO1_wdjZg-DamQWWr-Eh7AOJ2p3xTuPOI0KSQmzPB7a4TAnmxhwt3StG1jGnuJHnhnANPnpi9Jey216FFuxNYr5ul4KLNS0Wj4oCorsD_PtLDoH825V58HxvvZjAfwS4l0/s1600/Meal+Plan+with+schedule.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>2. Next, I ask each kid and my husband to pick 1-2 meals that they would like to have that week. On the back of the meal plan page, I write the meals they have selected. Don’t worry if they can’t all be accommodated that week, there is always next week to plan for!</p><p>3. Now, look at the week ahead and add the meals on nights they would work best. For example, we have nothing happening Sunday night but my younger son has hockey practice at 6:35 Monday. We don’t get home from work until 5:00 or 5:30 so this leaves me little time to prepare a meal from scratch. I cook enough protein for both meals, eliminating the need to cook meat again the next night. Big time saver!</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7_IcKIjgCDppmgv-WHL1gZB53FWFdUE-poDP2wKVAgFm9ZFAIuud7oSCAqCmBVzrY9fX1HMWW1S2uXTdc-NrUnkkwpIGFZ3m1B4RiDsuyBiULDnha0Tvsij8X3PQ8YV11_afgVIHWvg/s1600/Meal+Plan+with+meals.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7_IcKIjgCDppmgv-WHL1gZB53FWFdUE-poDP2wKVAgFm9ZFAIuud7oSCAqCmBVzrY9fX1HMWW1S2uXTdc-NrUnkkwpIGFZ3m1B4RiDsuyBiULDnha0Tvsij8X3PQ8YV11_afgVIHWvg/s1600/Meal+Plan+with+meals.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>4. Now, I write down all the ingredients I need for each of the meals.</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoVLCN1cduS-OcI1LPVx1uIr4AwO9oB1XQfOBvsBeh8bh5BQC5clyYcjgWtlR5oWLLT-lWRw79y-w44M22pxBF-TKW71KTRzH0ONeyX1UJ_Gic9r4ZGs-pScdHyolXm2M7YTfBCTYBFg/s1600/Meal+Plan+with+ingredients.jpg"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoVLCN1cduS-OcI1LPVx1uIr4AwO9oB1XQfOBvsBeh8bh5BQC5clyYcjgWtlR5oWLLT-lWRw79y-w44M22pxBF-TKW71KTRzH0ONeyX1UJ_Gic9r4ZGs-pScdHyolXm2M7YTfBCTYBFg/s1600/Meal+Plan+with+ingredients.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>5. Then, I go to the pantry and fridge and see which of those ingredients I already have.</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAZ3-uUj22ZhDbP7G5pwTrJO6nP1RRTI5MGI5JKVy-Th9x37lbq0UomOcdk4_pyoqVcGdrhPg-dntEKTxTgK1qiE5VkEDNXt7b6B9T2oBhMsHDEUCnC3MzqSL7o_pj3I7DEBstSJA-2I/s1600/Meal+Plan+with+pantry+ingredients.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAZ3-uUj22ZhDbP7G5pwTrJO6nP1RRTI5MGI5JKVy-Th9x37lbq0UomOcdk4_pyoqVcGdrhPg-dntEKTxTgK1qiE5VkEDNXt7b6B9T2oBhMsHDEUCnC3MzqSL7o_pj3I7DEBstSJA-2I/s1600/Meal+Plan+with+pantry+ingredients.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>6. If I already have the ingredients, it gets cross off the list.</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhET51U8xXVVj3srFUiOnvTqbxTQHNfAKBXUEMQEU5tnioEJyWjRxngEljXf9nhD32ZSivQ38O6YVZEwHUGbkY7hbzuGMKthB4EhX_9b7b1jU8l9tQHrtXM3-yqhk2_LPwWVkPDcjJe1io/s1600/Meal+Plan+with+grocery+list.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhET51U8xXVVj3srFUiOnvTqbxTQHNfAKBXUEMQEU5tnioEJyWjRxngEljXf9nhD32ZSivQ38O6YVZEwHUGbkY7hbzuGMKthB4EhX_9b7b1jU8l9tQHrtXM3-yqhk2_LPwWVkPDcjJe1io/s1600/Meal+Plan+with+grocery+list.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>7. Voila! There is my grocery list for the week! By doing this, I have now ended the guessing game at the grocery store, “Do we have avocados at home?” and ending up with extra food that might end up spoiling before you get around to eating it.</p><p><b>Bonuses of meal planning:</b></p><p>1. By creating a meal plan, I have eliminated the stress at the end of my day of not knowing what to cook. I know what we are going to cook ahead of time; no guess work is necessary. I now feel relief and as if I have been liberated!</p><p>2. By creating a meal plan, I have eliminated the need to stop at the grocery store every day on my way home from work. That easily frees up 20-30 per day, at my busiest time of day when I am usually tired from work and just want to get home.</p><p>3. By creating a precise grocery list, I have eliminated accidentally doubling up on items we already have at home. It also stops me from impulse buying items. If it’s not on the list, I don’t buy it. This has saved huge amounts of money off my grocery bill.</p><p><b>Lessons learned and how to make meal planning even easier:</b></p><p>1. While I am 95% of the time pretty strict with my meal plan, life happens. Sometimes at 3:00 pm we will get a text from the hockey coach that an extra ice slot opened up and we are now expected to be at the rink in 3 hours. We need to be flexible.</p><p>2. A friend once asked me, “what if you get to that night and all of a sudden you don’t feel like the meal you've planned?” Honestly, in the 92 weeks since I've been meal planning, I've never had that happen. I’m so grateful that I don’t have to think about it everyday, the last thing I want to do is throw a wrench in the plan! Just stick with it as best you can.</p><p>3. Let everyone have a say in the meals. If each person in the house gets to pick a meal, it gets everyone involved in the meal selection which is a positive way for your children to build healthy lifestyle habits. It also takes the stress off me of having to decide 7 suppers a week.</p><p>4. Make extras. I double up when making spaghetti sauce and put the extras in individual meal sized containers for quick suppers another time.</p><p>5. Cook proteins in larger batches for multiple meals. For example, look at the list of meal choices for the week ahead. I see my younger son picked tacos and my older son picked spaghetti. Perfect! If we make tacos on Sunday night, I will just double the amount of hamburger, cook it all as the same time and separate out the amount I need for spaghetti before adding the taco seasoning. Now on Monday night when I am pressed for time, I don’t have to worry about cooking hamburger for spaghetti sauce. Continue planning like this through the rest of the week.</p><p>6. Meals don’t have to be elaborate to be planned ahead. Yes, I do plan for soup and sandwich nights!</p><p>7. Sometimes even thinking of meals is tedious. Save your meal plans so that you can quickly look back on them for ideas. 92 weeks of meal planning is a lot of sheets of paper! I don’t save them all but have save most as they show the variety of meals we make depending on what is going on that week. I got in the habit of numbering the sheets so I could see how many weeks we’d been doing this. It’s a great reminder that Meal Planning is very do-able and it also makes me feel good to have kept with it for so long. After a few weeks, it will become part of your weekly routine.</p><p>8. Keep your meal plan in plain view, like on the coffee table or on the kitchen counter so that you see it daily. That way, you won’t forget to take the chicken out of the freezer and find yourself having to run to the grocery store that day.</p><p>9. There a tonnes of free apps for smartphones that can assist with your meal planning, specifically with your grocery list. They are great for those who don't like working off a paper list or, like me, have a tendency to forget the list at home. As soon as complete my grocery list, I then enter all the items into an app so it is with me at all time. I also sometimes take a picture of my completed meal plan so I can take a glance anytime if I forget what's for dinner tonight.</p><p><a href="https://lbdpcn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Meal-Plan.pdf"><b>Weekly Meal Plan Template </b></a></p><div><p>VIEWER COMMENT:</p><p><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-keep-original-tag="false" data-reactid=".3y.1:3:1:$comment10152371322501280_10152371744836280:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body">I love this clear, simple approach to meal planning. I have never done meal planning before! I have found since doing this, with my family's input, we are eating much more healthy. There is also less impulse shopping. Even if I shop while hungry, I'm not straying from the list.</span><br /><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-keep-original-tag="false" data-reactid=".3y.1:3:1:$comment10152371322501280_10152371744836280:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body">~ Kristine. M, </span><br /><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-keep-original-tag="false" data-reactid=".3y.1:3:1:$comment10152371322501280_10152371744836280:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body"><br /></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-keep-original-tag="false" data-reactid=".3y.1:3:1:$comment10152371322501280_10152371744836280:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-keep-original-tag="false" data-reactid=".3y.1:3:1:$comment10152371322501280_10152371744836280:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0">Register for the meal planning class here: <a href="https://lbdpcn.com/event/meal-planning-3/2022-07-13/?reg-id=">https://lbdpcn.com/event/meal-planning-3/2022-07-13/?reg-id=</a></span></span></p></div><div> </div>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-18291023750542499032022-06-01T09:44:00.004-07:002022-06-01T09:54:10.494-07:00June 2022 LBD PCN Newsletter<p> Our <a href="https://mailchi.mp/9a9dbeb69224/od33o664r0-13842890?e=aadaa0ff1b" target="_blank">June 2022 LBD PCN Newsletter </a>is here! 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color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It's </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/nationalnursingweek?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWtT0V2-w4yfWDuXAlmz9bFbNn6-7HhaRGmoPhwX_sz3rANmn9s_Ols7qQj0roMv1XIEh6nnuvDRIC-wl5Q4kMp7KEsW4Pg3jjl6DdzZNM92vQdAwPodt-z9uodwaX3hIJpVct4jdKPx3x6aF74xnZbWwFLlKSptKmw7d4yLNOutT-qDp-Bf-0y09-5M30TpK0&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; 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color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When someone is struggling, they don’t need you to fix it. They need you to understand. 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PCNs offer a variety of free <a href="https://lbdpcn.com/events/">workshops</a> to help you create a healthy eating plan. Talk to your PCN Registered Dietitian for nutrition support, healthy eating tips, classes, and more.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NGQzcxaYVeYSkYE7xit8PMtW5e0IFEgNuOqcuGvbq-qw0glWppWmF2QaJn_Xr25GLp2MRveQDL6bKza6IM_iqWnjfgKO77EQol7us1gIxdSseS6meJpsSF-ztZKGk2QwLc7WsyuqIRo5HzzpXoXiONAEEuZo5O8tPVlRBcsmyxU9Fr8NwYyN3FPy/s634/MINM%20banner.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="634" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NGQzcxaYVeYSkYE7xit8PMtW5e0IFEgNuOqcuGvbq-qw0glWppWmF2QaJn_Xr25GLp2MRveQDL6bKza6IM_iqWnjfgKO77EQol7us1gIxdSseS6meJpsSF-ztZKGk2QwLc7WsyuqIRo5HzzpXoXiONAEEuZo5O8tPVlRBcsmyxU9Fr8NwYyN3FPy/w640-h358/MINM%20banner.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-79593052836955691512022-03-01T10:39:00.001-08:002022-03-01T10:39:12.235-08:00COVID-19 and the LBD PCN<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLEJJgkn5ZwlYfyLThEkU0EB4d0PAHjRUcxuDZHFyRMTdvJbJqkUxX3ACQruWvHI2U30Nwbjo3ULEd922Xl8f4lWLxRWU_doP4F8FeVva5ZUORoFR22Z9MC3c6EPzaIQAQkoFLST5Kzhog_D1JRbIYXHitFacEbmGr3mar6TIdGEdh0yjxbp7fzxm0=s940" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLEJJgkn5ZwlYfyLThEkU0EB4d0PAHjRUcxuDZHFyRMTdvJbJqkUxX3ACQruWvHI2U30Nwbjo3ULEd922Xl8f4lWLxRWU_doP4F8FeVva5ZUORoFR22Z9MC3c6EPzaIQAQkoFLST5Kzhog_D1JRbIYXHitFacEbmGr3mar6TIdGEdh0yjxbp7fzxm0=w640-h536" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Even though Alberta has lifted indoor masking requirements, masks are still required in a healthcare facility. All patients, guests, and staff will be provided with a new medical mask when they enter the PCN office.<p></p>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-80264859329752907432022-03-01T10:36:00.004-08:002022-03-01T10:36:45.023-08:00March 2022 Leduc Beaumont Devon PCN Newsletter<p> Our <a href="https://mailchi.mp/d2f0e3bb2bbf/od33o664r0-13712814?e=aadaa0ff1b" target="_blank">March 2022 Leduc Beaumont Devon PCN Newsletter</a> is now available!</p><p>Don't forget to subscribe to this quarterly newsletter so you can stay informed of everything happening at the PCN.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf3E6JlApHy4CDptwp_MQ6GbhL1ZBDqNwkedLRSZO98yJZKZbhwYZuWEzhAb_3NK1KhRzpwzn8envMN6fx64doa5VvWbTEg5S0hFqQc7DScGnUUQBwuO91pLzILwqAmsLLtz2iDcacEBrbCAJAsUYT32eE8hdaSHlSdKHiJNPKD2_el7NXcq9ywm2t=s978" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="978" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf3E6JlApHy4CDptwp_MQ6GbhL1ZBDqNwkedLRSZO98yJZKZbhwYZuWEzhAb_3NK1KhRzpwzn8envMN6fx64doa5VvWbTEg5S0hFqQc7DScGnUUQBwuO91pLzILwqAmsLLtz2iDcacEBrbCAJAsUYT32eE8hdaSHlSdKHiJNPKD2_el7NXcq9ywm2t=w640-h300" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-42734504267405046682021-12-20T10:10:00.004-08:002021-12-20T10:10:48.340-08:00Season's Greetings!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzGqFQ5EJ2XyT5Y2u4HQk9bggrsQ5F0gtVYe1l852STwDGXA4n0Dzmn0IOKSN47YvSib5QqUc_F4ThQptzewKZMyFJWHWQbpSowyG7-u8_4Pgx-x17nEfzFHaPIo2iAl3Z9WJbinVMWSPsf9wmyuBW-9gTSWEeTKbrw4IvXUxsmq8SmYz0lL9mogvD=s2304" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2304" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzGqFQ5EJ2XyT5Y2u4HQk9bggrsQ5F0gtVYe1l852STwDGXA4n0Dzmn0IOKSN47YvSib5QqUc_F4ThQptzewKZMyFJWHWQbpSowyG7-u8_4Pgx-x17nEfzFHaPIo2iAl3Z9WJbinVMWSPsf9wmyuBW-9gTSWEeTKbrw4IvXUxsmq8SmYz0lL9mogvD=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-25078094143363083942021-12-01T09:38:00.004-08:002021-12-01T09:39:21.765-08:00December 2021 LBD PCN Newsletter<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our December newsletter is out! Read about:</span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Edmonton Zone Health Education</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">- How to access our providers</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Team-Based Care Program</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Prescription To Get Active</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Alberta Seniors’ Centre Without Walls Program </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDq7iRUUCk4nYlWlipobozX-rOMqwQyyUqRMJt_CuVKKbUIVTsfWZS-KWp-psMe7Fj7J9Z-gH-S7qvSdLrUjEvYdfd3oSuCKi-g1ClAGjz0I-x8lDuUCkMNEEq0cCxgCBYXEC7cMRbHc/s839/Christmas+sign.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="839" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDq7iRUUCk4nYlWlipobozX-rOMqwQyyUqRMJt_CuVKKbUIVTsfWZS-KWp-psMe7Fj7J9Z-gH-S7qvSdLrUjEvYdfd3oSuCKi-g1ClAGjz0I-x8lDuUCkMNEEq0cCxgCBYXEC7cMRbHc/w640-h396/Christmas+sign.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Read the newsletter here: <a href="https://mailchi.mp/906877cd5096/od33o664r0-5486332?e=aadaa0ff1b&fbclid=IwAR1HnQ15PjnRj81fj2CYT_4wuGOGvzn_ulGY7tWKdbukKI3JMipYSLCQAXQ" target="_blank">December 2021 LBD PCN Newsletter</a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-31635576189927674862021-11-24T10:36:00.001-08:002021-11-24T10:36:17.936-08:00November is Falls Prevention Month <p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Could a fall change your lifestyle?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Every year, many older adults fall. After a fall, many people are unable to live the way they want. They may lose their independence or live in fear of falling again. Falls are not a natural part of getting older.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>Here are some at-home exercises that will help:</span></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7F5LM1VOWA" target="_blank">Falls Prevention Workout 1 Seated</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGxKkfCvlYY&t=115s" target="_blank">Falls Prevention Workout 2</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1fHv5B73u0" target="_blank">Stand Up To Falls Week 1</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU6chXv5Ge0" target="_blank">Stand Up To Falls Week 2</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEhs5YN2Kuo" target="_blank">Stand Up To Falls Week 3</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cfNEKfo7Nk" target="_blank">Stand Up To Falls Week 4</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdSlZEWw_-o" target="_blank">Stand Up To Falls Supplementary Exercises</a></p><p>For more support, please visit <a href="http://www.findingbalancealberta.ca">www.findingbalancealberta.ca</a> or ask your family doctor for a referral to see the <a href="https://lbdpcn.com/programs-2/team-based-care-program/" target="_blank">Exercise Specialist at the Leduc Beaumont Devon Primary Care Network. </a></p><p><br /></p>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-2020754080877068242021-11-23T10:54:00.001-08:002021-11-23T10:54:16.534-08:00National Kinesiology Week<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Df6wf0ah6MKG9L8KaPkNwZn0DIPs3h9FfjA8ak_ATM74L6OoY5rWSxcpV9wlM4e_YAZ1fjfCmMuAaqtFYKZ84ZQTanNI9FTgAg34Wy80CBA8hZkKtgZro6pmcxDVyyvF9NKRZ3zaJVk/s1671/banner2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1671" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Df6wf0ah6MKG9L8KaPkNwZn0DIPs3h9FfjA8ak_ATM74L6OoY5rWSxcpV9wlM4e_YAZ1fjfCmMuAaqtFYKZ84ZQTanNI9FTgAg34Wy80CBA8hZkKtgZro6pmcxDVyyvF9NKRZ3zaJVk/w640-h238/banner2.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>The Exercise Specialist (kinesiologist) at the Leduc Beaumont Devon Primary Care Network can help you with cardiorespiratory health, cognitive capacities including mental health, ergonomics, functional abilities, weight gain and obesity, and safe return to sport. To access their services, ask your family doctor for a referral. <p></p><p>https://lbdpcn.com/programs-2/team-based-care-program/</p>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-23709460737577182752021-11-16T10:03:00.007-08:002021-11-16T10:03:42.974-08:00November is Falls Prevention Month<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, sans-serif;">In Canada, falls are the leading cause of injury among older adults.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">According to Fall Prevention Month statistics, over one-third of older adults will be admitted to long-term care after being hospitalized for a fall. Falls in older adults account for $2 billion in annual direct healthcare costs.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Every year, 1 in 3 Alberta seniors will fall.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Take action to reduce your risk.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Falls are the leading cause of injury among older adults. The older we get, the greater the risk of falling becomes. Our bodies naturally change with age, and these changes affect the way we feel, move, and behave. </span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUAxXTd47JjhpK6B2UWpNPtERlftDy23fw9GKcaIjTq28kC5PmagTTl6_W9reMeiI9seOuzwheRJ9lOokKJFaiRT9u9axDohQRcxehif5hjhyybKsUWeF2HQZynsY6Zh8f5aaFK-l7uGE/s1200/FB-Active-Social-Media-2017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUAxXTd47JjhpK6B2UWpNPtERlftDy23fw9GKcaIjTq28kC5PmagTTl6_W9reMeiI9seOuzwheRJ9lOokKJFaiRT9u9axDohQRcxehif5hjhyybKsUWeF2HQZynsY6Zh8f5aaFK-l7uGE/w640-h320/FB-Active-Social-Media-2017.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Older adults with muscle weakness are 4-5 times more likely to fall.</span></span></div></li><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Try to do 30 minutes or more of physical activity at least 5 days each week.</span></span></div></li><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Walking, dancing, Tai Chi, and cross-country skiing are a few great ways to be active.</span><br /></span></div></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A fall can have a devastating and lasting impact on an individual resulting in injury, chronic pain and reduced quality of life. Even without an injury, a fall can cause a loss of confidence and a reduction in activities for older adults.</span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></span></div><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span><b style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></b><i style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></i><u style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></u><sub style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></sub><sup style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></sup><strike style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></strike><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"></span><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGYE6iJJ30sLp9vxrElU0cWhpg6Y5FEvO4E5Dz4UEKz5Aik9nF2db85X4tC0Ks119yp5NgpOvRoUHkeU97XOQUiMC-FsNCsGq42k_viED-zyG9uNkDwtZxqWdqCFahLg7cr9NJR1o_D8/s1200/FB-Vision-Check-Social-Media-2017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGYE6iJJ30sLp9vxrElU0cWhpg6Y5FEvO4E5Dz4UEKz5Aik9nF2db85X4tC0Ks119yp5NgpOvRoUHkeU97XOQUiMC-FsNCsGq42k_viED-zyG9uNkDwtZxqWdqCFahLg7cr9NJR1o_D8/w640-h320/FB-Vision-Check-Social-Media-2017.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Older adults with low vision are 2.5 times more likely to fall.</span><br /></span></div></li><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A comprehensive eye exam will test your vision and look for issues like glaucoma and cataracts.</span><br /></span></div></li><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alberta Health Care covers the cost of eye exams for adults 65 and older.</span><br /></span></div></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Some medications can also put you at risk of a fall.</span></div><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"></span><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjaLKOSUx0_KRMZbIWQVp3ECRwvxbPfaZ9qcsUMkr_D0gPt-y__ZEszPU8h7Rf8uAp34t6UJ2mAXZMnYorqCJG7434Bje50svuM3SlyuMAcc0bj-Civ0fvoPQy5wUdYJAY-ZVx-veQZxU/s1200/FB-Meds-Check-Social-Media-2017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjaLKOSUx0_KRMZbIWQVp3ECRwvxbPfaZ9qcsUMkr_D0gPt-y__ZEszPU8h7Rf8uAp34t6UJ2mAXZMnYorqCJG7434Bje50svuM3SlyuMAcc0bj-Civ0fvoPQy5wUdYJAY-ZVx-veQZxU/w640-h320/FB-Meds-Check-Social-Media-2017.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seniors taking more than 3 - 4 medications are at a higher risk of falls.</span><br /></span></li><li><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, vitamins, and herbal supplements can increase your risk of falling.</span><br /></span></div></li></ul><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">These actions can help you prevent a fall and stay independent:</span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Learn more about how to lower your fall risk to prevent yourself from falling or falling again.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Talk with a physiotherapist to get the best walking aid for your needs.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Exercise to improve your strength and balance.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Talk with a physiotherapist or our PCN Exercise Specialist about exercise to improve your balance.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Talk to your health care provider if you are worried about falling, especially if it stops you from being active.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Do 30 minutes of physical activity five days a week strengthening your muscles can reduce your risk of falling - our PCN Exercise Specialist can provide guidance and exercise routines.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Keep active to improve strength and balance. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Talk with your doctor or health care provider about managing the need to rush to the toilet. Rushing could increase your risk of a fall. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Talk to your podiatrist or doctor if you have numbness in your feet; numbness can cause a fall.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Review your medications, vitamins, and supplements with your pharmacist or doctor yearly or if your prescription changes or new medications are added. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about medication side effects or causes of light-headedness. Sometimes an adjustment of dosage or type of medication can help.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Are you sad or have concerns about anxiety or depression? Talk to your health care provider or doctor about how you are feeling.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Visit an eye doctor yearly to check your eye health. Poor vision or a change in vision can increase the risk of a fall.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Wear proper shoes, especially outside. Take extra care when walking on snow or ice-covered sidewalks or parking lots. Learn the "<a href="https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/page12619.aspx" target="_blank">Penguin Walk</a>".</span></li></ul><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Take this online <a href="https://findingbalancealberta.ca/risk/" target="_blank">assessment quiz</a> to see if you are at risk of a fall.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Health care providers can print paper copies of this quiz, <a href="https://findingbalancealberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/FB-Falls-Risk-Assessment-2017-Poster.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Learn more at <a href="https://www.fallpreventionmonth.ca/">https://www.fallpreventionmonth.ca/</a></span></span></p>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-7900954752077059962021-11-15T10:04:00.008-08:002021-11-15T13:24:45.359-08:00November is Diabetes Awareness Month<p><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;">Diabetes and the Effectiveness of Regular Physical Activity</span></b></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-326917243001228153" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 600px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Regular physical activity is very beneficial to those living with diabetes. The short-term benefits of increasing physical activity are: </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.6pt; text-indent: -18pt;"></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lowers your blood glucose within one hour.</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Increases your energy and strength during the day</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Decreases stress, anxiety and fatigue</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Improves relaxation and sleep</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Improves overall well being </span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">The long-term benefits if activity is sustained: </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;">Improved blood glucose (sugar) control</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;">Helps with maintaining weight management when healthy eating is involved.</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;">Lowered blood pressure</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;">Stronger bones and muscles</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;">Lower risk of diabetes complications such as eye, heart, and kidney disease</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;">Improved quality of life</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, sans-serif">One of the most effective aerobic activities with the lowest dropout rate is walking. It can be as simple as going for a brisk walk in your neighbourhood. Here is a <a href="https://lbdpcn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Sample-Walking-Program.pdf" target="_blank">sample walking program</a> for your use.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Both aerobic and resistance exercises are important when it comes to decreasing the risk of developing or advancing Type 2 Diabetes as both help to improve the body’s insulin sensitivity.</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.6pt;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.6pt;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Make sure to interrupt sitting at least every 30 minutes by getting up and walking, standing or stretching.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.6pt;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.6pt;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a very effective form of exercise at a higher intensity for shorter durations, as an option for those who are able to tolerate it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.6pt;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.6pt;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tracking your activity/steps throughout the day is another way of monitoring the amount of time you are active and for some, it is a strategy for reducing sitting time by staying accountable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.6pt;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Canadian Diabetes Association information: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.6pt;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><o:p><a href="http://www.diabetes.ca/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.diabetes.ca</span></a></o:p></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Low physical fitness is as strong a risk factor for mortality as smoking.</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Higher levels of physical activity and fitness level is one of the strongest predictors of all-cause mortality in people with diabetes.</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Physical activity can be as powerful as glucose-lowering medication… with fewer side effects.</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Regular physical activity, in conjunction with healthy eating and weight control, can reduce type 2 diabetes incidence by 60 percent.</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-indent: -24px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #232122;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-indent: -24px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> If you require help with getting started on an exercise or physical activity plan, ask your family doctor for a referral to the Exercise Specialist at the Leduc Beaumont Devon Primary Care Network.</span></span></div></div>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-37401054695765387562021-11-08T08:51:00.001-08:002021-11-08T08:51:13.762-08:00Nurse Practitioner Week<p> November 7-13 is Nurse Practitioner Week!</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It's Nurse Practitioner Week! Our PCN has two amazing Nurse Practitioners to celebrate - Marilyn, who provides care to the patients at Calmar Medical Clinic, and Michelle, who runs both the Warburg Nurse Practitioner Clinic and Thorsby Nurse Practitioner Clinic. Thank you both for all you do for the PCN, your patients, and the communities you serve!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKrFLua1tf1N7QkiXCeuy6B8y7FSNOucCHpEJOSSkl87qN0BubeogP24C0WD7Gm2hn3nob4cZzqXHeVvHbQGfU4p7CHk4JC0KYBDb_TSbYv7O2scDWZb46i-5gv_czqXOAh7Ke5olsYVY/s849/Nurse+Practitioner+Week.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="849" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKrFLua1tf1N7QkiXCeuy6B8y7FSNOucCHpEJOSSkl87qN0BubeogP24C0WD7Gm2hn3nob4cZzqXHeVvHbQGfU4p7CHk4JC0KYBDb_TSbYv7O2scDWZb46i-5gv_czqXOAh7Ke5olsYVY/w400-h388/Nurse+Practitioner+Week.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-16593610239749806092021-11-03T08:40:00.002-07:002021-11-03T08:40:15.044-07:00November is Diabetes Awareness Month<p><b style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">November is Diabetes Awareness Month! </span></b></p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Did you know that 1 in 3 Canadians are living with diabetes or prediabetes? So many lives are touched by this chronic disease, yet so few Canadians know they are at risk for developing diabetes. </span></h2><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What is Diabetes?</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">It’s a chronic disease where the body cannot make enough insulin or cannot use insulin properly. Insulin is a hormone that helps to control blood sugars. A high amount of sugar in the blood can damage organs, blood vessels, and nerves over a long period. </span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Are you at risk?</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Not much is known about definite risk factors for Type 1 Diabetes, but there are quite a few risk factors for developing Type 2 Diabetes. Some we can have some control over, but some we cannot. </span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Here’s a list of risk factors for developing Type 2 Diabetes:</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Have a parent, brother, or sister living with diabetes.</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Member of a high-risk group (Indigenous, Hispanic, South Asian, Asian, African descent)</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Have given birth to a baby weighing more than 4kg or 9lb</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Have had gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy)</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Prediabetes diagnosis</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Have high blood pressure</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Have high cholesterol or high blood fats</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Have extra weight around the abdomen, overweight</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) diagnosis</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Have acanthosis nigricans diagnosis</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Have obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Have diagnosed psychiatric disorders: schizophrenia, depression</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">Ask your doctor to test if you have diabetes if you are over 40 years old or if you have several risk factors after taking this risk test: </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/en/canrisk">https://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/en/canrisk</a></span></span></span></h2><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Don’t have a doctor? Find one here: <a href="http://www.albertafindadoctor.ca">www.albertafindadoctor.ca</a></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Fight the Risk</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Here are some healthy habit ideas that can help lower your risk of </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">diabetes</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">:</span></span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Eat a high fibre breakfast every day</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Eat 1 cup of vegetables at each of your meals</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Eat 2-3 servings of fruit each day (1 serving =0.5 cups or tennis ball size piece of fruit) </span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Go for a 10-15 minute walk at lunch every day</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">• Try deep breathing or visualization technique to manage your stress or check out other stress management techniques at <a href="https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/tests-treatments/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=rlxsk&">https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/tests-treatments/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=rlxsk&</a></span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Your Team</span></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">You have a team of Registered Dietitians, an Exercise Specialist, Registered Nurses, Behavioural Health Consultants and Mental Health Therapists that can support your health journey through the Team-Based Care program at the PCN. You can access this team for support by asking for a referral from your family doctor. </span></h2>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-61829550402519932642021-07-20T13:28:00.003-07:002021-07-20T13:28:36.329-07:00Soccer Injury Prevention<p>By Dr. Keith Barry </p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">As summer finally arrives so too does the soccer season. Soccer is now the most popular sport amongst Canadian children. With the sharp twists and turns of soccer comes an increased risk of lower extremity injuries. Young girls in particular have a significantly increased risk of ACL injuries. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">An ACL tear is a season-ending, potentially surgical knee, that can lead to permanent knee damage. Several exercise programs have been developed to help prevent ACL injuries and I encourage all young athletes (not just soccer) to take part in one. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">A physiotherapist can assist with such a program. FIFA 11+ is an exercise/warm-up program designed to help prevent soccer injuries. This is applicable to all soccer players but is particularly important for adolescent females given their elevated risk. The program can be found here: </span><a href="https://www.fifamedicalnetwork.com/lessons/prevention-fifa-11#:~:text=The%20FIFA%2011%2B%20is%20an%20injury-prevention%20programme%20which,efforts%2C%20including%20the%20PEP%20programme%20and%20FIFA%2011.">FIFA 11+ – FIFA Medical Platform (fifamedicalnetwork.com)</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkFp5gLfj88iANLvlnJRx0xjRTreKGbqhRVq9pQIU4LV5zubeVFOkkQF39uJjEZbdSHpDEay6jMecFi0DLeJZqWQdbF9Wzu5fuRaquVBlxOtvNwmHOAsnw5IuWfa8gjKMjLzcNlFXuRI/s1026/FIFA.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="1026" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkFp5gLfj88iANLvlnJRx0xjRTreKGbqhRVq9pQIU4LV5zubeVFOkkQF39uJjEZbdSHpDEay6jMecFi0DLeJZqWQdbF9Wzu5fuRaquVBlxOtvNwmHOAsnw5IuWfa8gjKMjLzcNlFXuRI/w640-h402/FIFA.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">Reference: Pimlott, N and Carson, J. Canadian Family Physician. Vol 60. May 2014. Page 404</span></p>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-86802323090004697562021-06-22T09:32:00.004-07:002021-06-22T13:43:39.502-07:00Rethinking the Annual Physical Exam - by Dr. Keith Barry<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">In years past, having patients come in for an "Annual Physical" was commonplace in any family medicine practice. As evidence has evolved, we have realized that the time and cost of this practice can be better used elsewhere. The actual physical examination component of a yearly visit has never been shown to be of utility. What is more debatable, is the need for routine testing or screening. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">Screening is the practice of looking for disease in people without any symptoms. The idea is to find a disease or a modifiable risk factor for disease early on, where early intervention can prevent complications or offer an easier cure. Many screening tests are current recommended in Canada. Examples include but are not limited to: </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">pap smears</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">mammograms</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">FIT testing (fecal immunochemical test)</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">bone density</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">PSA (prostate-specific antigen)</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">cholesterol testing</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">diabetes screening</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">You may be surprised to learn that for even these commonly recommended tests, the evidence of benefit is often questionable and almost no one needs them yearly. In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ATZ9I8K_Gc" target="_blank">this video</a>, Dr. Mike Evans discusses some of these tests along with some others which are generally not recommended. The key with screening is making it individualized, based on your specific history, risk factors and values. This is why it is important to have a good relationship with your family doctor. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">Although an "Annual Physical" may not be necessary, you should touch base regularly with your family physician, who knows you and your health history, to discuss and decide which test's you may benefit from. How often this discussion or "preventative health exam" should occur needs to be individualized. You can use the same opportunity to work on improving your lifestyle, which is usually much more beneficial to health than any test. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">I see a common practice still occurring in some physician offices, where a receptionist gives a patient a lab requisition as soon as they book for a physical. This is bad medicine. Which tests to do needs to be a discussion between you and your physician. A single list of tests for every patient is not appropriate. This is an unnecessary cost to the system; but more importantly will lead to unnecessary testing, false positives and harm. More information about various screening tests and their indications can be found at </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://choosingwiselycanada.org/"><span style="font-family: Roboto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: unset; background-origin: initial; background-position: unset; background-repeat: unset; background-size: unset; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 0.2em;">choosingwisely.ca</span></span>.</a></span> </p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a49; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px;">Below is information from <a href="https://actt.albertadoctors.org/pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Towards Optimized Practice</a> about a change in the way we think about Cholesterol/Cardiovascular risk reduction. No one needs their cholesterol checked every year! 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border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #bbbbbb; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 3px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="post-author" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="small" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By</span> <a href="https://lamedical.ca/author/keith/" rel="author" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts by Dr. Keith Barry">Dr. Keith Barry</a></span> </p></header><div class="entry" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #43484d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="post-content" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When a patient is faced with a serious illness or disability 80%-90% of their care is proved by family and friends.</p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Being a caregiver to a loved one, though immensely valuable, is not easy and can have a significant impact on the caregiver's mental and physical health.</p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Support for caregivers in Alberta is available through the Alberta Caregivers Association.</p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Alberta Caregivers Association can be contacted at 780.453.5088 in the Edmonton area, or toll-free 1.877.453.5088. Information is available at <a href="http://www.albertacaregivers.org/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #03138f; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.albertacaregivers.org</a>.</p></div></div>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-17501186323075190822021-03-22T10:12:00.006-07:002021-03-22T10:12:51.954-07:00Diet For Depression <p> </p><header style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #43484d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Diet for Depression</h1><p class="post-meta" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #bbbbbb; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 3px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="post-author" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="small" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted by</span> <a href="https://lamedical.ca/author/keith/" rel="author" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts by Dr. Keith Barry">Dr. Keith Barry</a></span> <span class="post-date" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 26, 2017</span> <span class="post-comments" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="screen-reader-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline;">on Diet for Depression</span></span></span></p></header><div class="entry" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #43484d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="post-content" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A recent study, published in BMC Medicine, has shown that diet counselling and modification can help 1 in 4 patients with Major Depression improve and achieve remission.</p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What dietary advice did they give?</p><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Increase diet quality with the consumption of 12 key food groups</li></ol><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Whole Grains 5-8 servings per day</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Vegetables 6 servings per day</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Fruit 3 servings per day</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Low fat/unsweetened dairy 2-3 servings per day</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Legumes 3-4 servings per week</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Raw and unsalted nuts 1 serving per day</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Fish at least 2 servings per week</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Lean red meat 3-4 serving per week</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Chicken 2-3 servings per week</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Eggs up to 6 per week</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Olive oil 3 tablespoons per day</span></li></ul><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Things to REDUCE</li></ol><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Sweets</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Refined cereals</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Fried food</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Processed meats</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit;">Sugary beverages</span></li></ul><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></ol><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: outside none none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Eliminate alcohol except for red wine with meals (maximum 2 standard-size drinks per day)</li></ol><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The patients in this study modified their diet with quite intensive support and counselling from a dietitian. This makes it difficult to say if self-imposed changes to the diet will provide the same benefit, but it can’t hurt. They also found improvement on anxiety scores however this was not the primary outcome they were looking at.</p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There is other evidence that supports a link between a “healthy” diet and mental health. This, however, was a randomized controlled trial so can actually establish that the dietary intervention caused the improvement seen (within the limitations of the study.)</p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reference: Jacka et al. A randomized controlled trial of dietary improvement for adults with major depression (the ‘SMILES’ trial.) BMC Medicine (2017) 15:23</p></div></div>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-43596550870432723662021-03-01T13:17:00.002-08:002021-03-01T13:17:31.794-08:00 The LBD PCN March newsletter is out!<p> <span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our March newsletter is out! Topics include:</span></p><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="" dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_9o" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 4px 16px 16px;"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="color: var(--primary-text); display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- Free patient education</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- New programs</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- Resources</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">- COVID-19 support</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Read it here:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/d220a9182d05/od33o664r0-4754703?e=aadaa0ff1b&fbclid=IwAR2eekdYCoAGsOlOKNEy7syqafAF8tBXtvxZCvrvbTFr9VhpRrR8VfY8Aeo" target="_blank">Leduc Beaumont Devon Primary Care Network March 2021 Newsletter</a></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="stjgntxs ni8dbmo4 l82x9zwi uo3d90p7 h905i5nu monazrh9" data-visualcompletion="ignore-dynamic" style="border-radius: 0px 0px 8px 8px; font-family: inherit; overflow: hidden;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="ozuftl9m tvfksri0" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px;"><div class="rq0escxv l9j0dhe7 du4w35lb j83agx80 pfnyh3mw i1fnvgqd gs1a9yip owycx6da btwxx1t3 ph5uu5jm b3onmgus e5nlhep0 ecm0bbzt nkwizq5d roh60bw9 mysgfdmx hddg9phg" style="align-items: stretch; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-flow: row nowrap; flex-shrink: 0; font-family: inherit; justify-content: space-between; margin: -6px -2px; padding: 4px; position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div class="rq0escxv l9j0dhe7 du4w35lb j83agx80 cbu4d94t g5gj957u d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz rj1gh0hx buofh1pr n8tt0mok hyh9befq iuny7tx3 ipjc6fyt" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0px; font-family: inherit; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; padding: 6px 2px; position: relative; z-index: 0;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527211352044899087.post-84633595438151021502021-02-22T14:46:00.000-08:002021-02-22T14:46:45.812-08:00Heart Disease Risk Reduction<div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 38px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><b>Heart Disease Risk Reduction</b></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial;">by Dr. Keith Barry</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #43484d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Alberta Health has developed an online tool to help you calculate your “heart age". This represents your risk of future heart disease and cardiovascular events. It is accompanied by information on how you can reduce your risk.</p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #43484d; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: inherit; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #43484d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The Heart Disease Risk Calculator can be found at: <a href="https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Alberta/Pages/Heart-Disease-Risk-Calculator.aspx" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #03138f; font-size: 100%; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-delay: 0s; transition-duration: 0.1s; transition-property: all; transition-timing-function: linear; vertical-align: baseline;">https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Alberta/Pages/Heart-Disease-Risk-Calculator.aspx</a></p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #43484d; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: inherit; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #43484d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Further information on reducing your vascular risk can be found at: <a href="http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/scns/page10585.aspx" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #03138f; font-size: 100%; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-delay: 0s; transition-duration: 0.1s; transition-property: all; transition-timing-function: linear; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/scns/page10585.aspx</a></p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #43484d; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: inherit; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #43484d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The tool does ask for your blood pressure. You can check your own blood pressure at most pharmacies or buy a home monitor. We recommend everyone check their blood pressure on a regular basis (i.e. yearly however the optimal frequency is currently unclear.) If your blood pressure is elevated persistently, write down the readings and bring them in to see your family physician for review. It is helpful to have a few different readings from a few different days as our blood pressure can fluctuate quite a bit; you cannot make much out of one single reading. When you check your blood pressure, you should have been at rest for 5 minutes prior and should not have had any caffeine or nicotine recently. More information on measuring your blood pressure can be found at the <a href="https://guidelines.hypertension.ca/patient-resources/" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #03138f; font-size: 100%; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-delay: 0s; transition-duration: 0.1s; transition-property: all; transition-timing-function: linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Canadian Hypertension Education Program</a>.</p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #43484d; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: inherit; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: currentColor; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: currentColor; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: currentColor; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #43484d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The tool also asks for your cholesterol. Not everyone needs their cholesterol checked and no one needs it checked yearly. If you are on cholesterol medication (Statin) you do not need your cholesterol checked ever again (the benefit is the same regardless of cholesterol levels or reduction.) This is often a test that is done too frequently and can drive healthcare costs. Most people should have their cholesterol checked starting at age 40 and then every 3-5 years thereafter. If you have certain risk factors (i.e obesity, diabetes, smoking, family history or many others) your cholesterol and cardiovascular risk should be assessed earlier. You can see your physician to determine if you should have your cholesterol checked or have had it checked in the past. </p><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></span></div>LBD PCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11589117749294346847noreply@blogger.com