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From: Denver Chiropractic Center <denverchiropracticcenter@yahoo.com>
Date: May 16, 2012 10:37:38 AM MDT
To: denverchiro@gmail.com
Subject: What my wife got for Mother's Day & The 1-Page Health News For You
Denver's Back Pain and Sports Injury Treatment Center (TM) 303.300.0424
Hi Glenn,
I (Glenn) woke up early on Mother's Day, emptied the dishwasher, woke the kids up to give Meredith her gift, and promptly abandoned them all for Day 2 of the CrossFit Level 1 trainer's certification course.
I'm not going to lie, I felt bad about it. But in addition to that espresso machine, Meredith got herself a live-in CrossFit trainer to put her through the paces.
While I'm still fully interested in an participating in Xterra Triathlons, there's no denying that CrossFit is on to something: train all 10 aspects of fitness - strength, endurance, stamina, power, speed, flexibility, agility, balance, coordination, and accuracy. "Constantly Varied Functional Movements Done at High Intensity" is how CrossFit gets you there.
Anyway, I'm working out the details, but I'll be doing some CrossFit classes in the near future. We're in talks with Colorado Kettlebell Club to use their space, which is about 1 mile from our office. We're looking at weeknights at 5 PM and 6 PM. So if you're interested, keep an eye out for more info.
And here's this week's 1-Page Health News...
Mental Attitude: Dementia. The number of people globally with dementia is set to rise from its current 35.6 million, to 65 million by 2030 and 115 million by 2050. Currently, $604 billion are spent each year worldwide on treating and caring for individuals with dementia. This toll includes the provision of health and social care, as well as loss of income of the dementia patients and their caregivers, as many caregivers have to give up their jobs to look after a person with dementia. World Health Organization, April 2012
Health Alert: America's Obesity Epidemic. The scope of the obesity epidemic in the US has been greatly underestimated. Researchers found that the Body Mass Index (BMI) substantially under-diagnoses obesity when compared to the Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) scan, a direct simultaneous me
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