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F or more than a year, Ma-ry Pelton, 80, has experi-enced vertigo, a spinningsensation accompaniedby nausea and unsteadi-

ness. Her episodes are short (aminute or less), but the effectson her balance and her confi-dence are detrimental. Peltonhas experienced 10 falls in the

past year.“A fall in March caused a loss

of consciousness, an emergencyroom visit and a concussion,”said Pelton’s son, Don. “A previ-ous fall resulted in a brokenhip.”

There’s a common miscon-ception that falls are a normalpart of aging, but this minimizesthe seriousness of falls. Accord-ing to the CDC, one in threeseniors fall every year, but only

half discuss it with their healthcare provider even though fallsare the leading cause of injuryand death for those 65 and older.

To compound the issue, theconsequences of untreatedchronic dizziness and balanceproblems often lead to de-creased self-confidence, a de-cline in functional abilities, anda tendency to adopt a sedentary

WELL-BEING

LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM

After a fall, Nancy Markey of Fort Myers works with therapists at Lee Memorial Health System to build her strength andregain her confidence using the Alter-G, a treadmill that was designed by NASA to reintroduce astronauts to gravity byusing differential air pressure to manipulate the amount of weight put on the lower extremities. Falls are a seriousconcern for seniors and the Alter-G supports patients to keep them safe while therapists observe their walking pattern.Viewing the legs and feet on a monitor, in real time, from three different camera angles allows for immediate,on-the-spot corrections.

FIND THE RIGHT

BALANCEFalls can be prevented, and therapy, technologycan help you recover and regain your confidence

By Kat WelchLee Memorial Health System

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Increase intensity,decrease time

As an essential part of stayinghealthy, the American Heart Asso-ciation recommends 30 minutes ofmoderately intense exercise daily.Recent research finds you canspend less time exercising as longas the intensity is increased.

The goal of exercise is to be-come fitter, stronger and to havemore endurance. That means yourexercise routine should bechanged over time to allow you togain strength and endurance.Increasing the intensity of theexercise over time will allow forimprovement in your overall fit-ness level. Before you do this,please check with your physicianor health care provider to be sureyou are healthy enough to in-crease the exercise intensity. Peo-ple with health problems may besafer maintaining what they arealready doing or may need astress test before making changes.

Once you are cleared to in-crease the intensity of an exerciseroutine then you can work withyour exercise specialist to designa progressively increasing pro-gram that will improve your over-all fitness at regular intervals.

Stay fit and strong and pleasesend questions and comments toDr.Sal@Leememorial.org

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While making changes in ourbehavior is hard at any age,there likely is a linear rela-

tionship between increased ageand increased reluctance tochange.

I know many in their 60s andolder who exercise regularly.That’s good news. The bad news isthat many are reluctant to deviatefrom the activity and methodsthat got them started. If they’rewalking, they stick with the samedistance and speed; if strengthtraining, the same exercises withthe same weights.

Recently I was cycling with afriend in his 60s and suggested adifferent route than our normalone. His response was, “I’d rathergo the way I know.” His habit is

FITNESS BEYOND 50

You must continueto challenge yourself

Harry H. Gainesis the author of“Fitness Beyond50: Turn Back theClock.”

See BEYOND 50 » D4

The best way is to consumewhole foods and whole grains andstay away from anything proc-essed. All the processing stripsessential minerals and vitaminsfrom the food. What we are leftwith appeals to our taste buds,but leaves us starving for nutri-tion.

Make sure to eat enough car-bohydrates and calories. Peopletrying to lose weight tend to de-crease caloric intake too much.When we don’t give our bodiesenough fuel, it causes the metabo-lism to slow in an effort to con-serve what we do have. To loseone pound, one has to decreasecaloric intake by 3,500. So if youdecrease calories by 500 eachday, you lose one pound in one

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

How do I increase my metabolism?

See QUESTION » D5

RebeccaRoberts is aphysicianassistant

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Free classes markYoga Month

To celebrate NationalYoga Month in Septem-ber, Flowing with GraceYoga founder and certi-fied Ananda yoga teacherGrace Ballenger is of-fering free 60-minuteweekly yoga classes at 11a.m. Sept. 17 and 24. Reg-istration is underway andrequired, as space islimited. Sign up by call-

ing Flowing with GraceYoga at 821-8400 or emailflowingwithgrace@earth-link.net.

If you are unable toattend any of the freeclasses in September,Ballenger offers threeweekly classes: AfterHours Yoga & MeditationFlow will be 6:15 p.m.Monday nights, designedfor the working person tobe able to come in after afull day, get in a great

workoutand feellike you’vejust comefrom arestorativespa treat-ment.

AfterHours

Release Into Peace Yogatakes place 6:15 p.m.Thursday evenings and agentle Chair Yoga class,from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m.

every Friday for seniorsand those with limitedmobility.

Group classes cost $10each and range from onehour to one and a halfhours long, consisting ofa combination of breath-ing exercises (pranaya-ma), yoga postures (asa-nas), deep relaxation(savasana), meditation,and yogic philosophy.Call for pricing on pri-vate classes.

Flowing with GraceYoga & Meditation Studiois a small boutique yogastudio at 6480 Sandal-wood Lane in Naples.

Physician expandsnonsurgical services

Dr. Douglas M. Ste-vens and Facial Plasticand Reconstructive Sur-gery in Southwest Flori-da have added more non-surgical procedures to

their list of services.With the growing de-

mand for nonsurgicalskin solutions, Dr. Ste-vens wants to provide hispatients with new op-tions. The newest ofthese services includesVISIA complexion analy-sis, Vectra, 3D-facialimaging, and laser hairand tattoo removal.

For more information,call 481-9292 or visitdouglasstevensmd.com.

Estero Rotary aidschildren’s hospital

Lawrence Byrnes,past president of theEstero Rotary Club, re-cently presented a checkfor $2,000 to Susan Ryck-man, vice president ofpatient care services atGolisano Children’s Hos-pital of Southwest Flori-da, and Tracy Connelly,senior director of devel-opment for Lee MemorialHealth System Founda-tion.

The donation supportsthe Gift of a Lifetimecapital campaign to builda children’s hospital fa-cility connected toHealthPark MedicalCenter that will provide128 private pediatricbeds, and, upon openingin 2017, consolidate in-patient services of Gol-isano Children’s Hospital.

For more informationabout Golisano Children’sHospital or the Gift of aLifetime capital cam-paign, call 343-6950 orvisit ChildrensHospitalGoal.org.

Cardiologist joins staff

Lee Memorial HealthSystem announced Dr.Catherine Law recentlyjoined the professionalstaff of Lee PhysicianGroup — Cardiology.

Dr. Law earned hermedical degree fromWright State UniversityBoonshoft School ofMedicine in Dayton,Ohio. She completed aninternal medicine resi-dency at the Universtiyof South Florida in Tam-pa, where she also com-pleted a cardiovasculardisease fellowship.

Law is board certifiedin internal medicine and

is a mem-ber of theAmericanCollege ofCardiolo-gy.

Law’soffice is at1682 NEPine IslandRoad,

Cape Coral. Appoint-ments can be scheduledby calling 424-1660.

Local author writes book

Laurie Martin, lifecoach, yoga instructorand local columnist, hasreleased her third book,“Language of the Heart:Unconditional Love.”

Martin wrote an inter-active book as a practiceguide and road map forhow to live in uncondi-tional love and full em-powerment.

The book is availableat SmileAcrossYour-Heart.com/blog/shop andon amazon.com.

HEALTH BEAT

GraceBallenger

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week (7 days x 500 calo-ries=3,500).

Eat smaller, morefrequent meals. Eachtime you eat, it turns onyour metabolism. Byeating smaller portions,multiple times a day, yougive your body enoughfuel to do your activitiesof daily living, withoutoverburdening it.

Choose healthy op-tions — fresh vegetablesand fruits. And remem-ber, you don’t have to be“full” all the time, oreven at each meal. It isOK to be a little hungry.

— Rebecca Roberts, P.A., is a physi-cian assistant with Physicians’Primary Care of Southwest Floridain the Cape Coral Family Practiceoffice at 1255 Viscaya Parkway. Call574-1988. ppcswfl.com

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