Albany Medical Center's
Diabetes Health Fair

Overcoming Limitations:
Designing a Fitness Plan
Presented by Brendan Sullivan, PT, CSCS

The 4th Annual Goodman Diabetes Health Fair is being held at Hudson Valley community college this weekend May 1st 8:30-2 PM. Our very own Brendan Sullivan PT and Owner of Empire Health and Wellness will be presenting on Overcoming Limitations: Designing a Fitness Plan in the Bulmer Telecommunications center at 1 PM. All are invited to attend and registration is allowed the day of the fair.

For more information about the Goodman Diabetes Health fair or getting ready for a pain free and active spring feel free to contact us at 518-690-4406, visit our website at www.empirehwc.com or email us at ehwc7@nycap.rr.com.

William R. Milhizer PT, DPT

Winter Sports Injury Recovery

Snowboarder On the Mend

Thank you once again for your questions during the past few weeks. This week I would like to take the time to comment on a concern from a reader who has injured themselves over the winter snowboarding. This individual is an avid snowboarder and concerned that they will loose some of their balance and conditioning by being unable to train and ride.
My advice to this person is to: first work with medical professionals and allow time for healing and rehabilitation. Second it is possible pending your injury healing to improve your balance and stability through training and conditioning without being on the mountain. If you are still healing and under medical care you should work with your medical professionals to reach your goals. Also we at Empire Health and Wellness are in the process of creating a balance tool that may help in an ordeal such as this. Look toward our Blog in the up and coming weeks for more information regarding balance and stability training.

For more information about getting ready for a pain free and active spring feel free to contact us at 518-690-4406, visit our website at www.empirehwc.com or email us at ehwc7@nycap.rr.com.

William R. Milhizer PT, DPT

Resuming outdoor activities

Thank you for all your great responses and questions in the last 2 weeks. As spring is approaching and the weather is getting nicer, many of us are shedding our winter coats and heading outdoors. It is important to realize that if you may be more sedentary over the winter months not to jump into full sports or recreational activity right away. Whatever your outdoor activities may be whether gardening or running; here are a few tips to allow you to start injury free.

• Set realistic goals.
o i.e. Do not try to run 5 miles on day one if you have not done so over the winter.
• Train for your activity
o During the colder months allow time to practice the tasks that you will need to perform
• Take breaks.
o If you feel yourself getting tired. Take a break and then continue. When your body is fatigued it becomes more prone to injury.
• Keep hydrated
o Since your body made up of water it is important to re-hydrate in the hot weather to prevent dehydration and fatigue.
• Talk to a physical therapist or trained health professional
o A health professional can add insight into reinitiating outdoor activity and proper goal setting.

For more information about getting active this spring feel free to contact us at 518-690-4406, visit our website at www.empirehwc.com or email us at ehwc7@nycap.rr.com.

William R. Milhizer PT, DPT

Hello to everyone reading this week on our Empire Health and Wellness fitness blog. We at EHWC are dedicated to answering your fitness questions and concerns. The next few weeks on our Blog we are opening up for your questions and topics that you may be interested in. Please email myself at EHWC7@nycap.rr.com with all the topics and questions that you may have relating to health and wellness and i will do my best to answer them

William R. Milhizer PT, DPT