S A N T A B A R B A R A

UCSB Wellness Yonie Harris, Dean of Students

Wellness Campaign and Mediation & MassageSabina White, Director, Health Education, Student Health

Bike UCSBBarb Beainy, Fitness Director, Recreation Center

Research: Links between Lifestyle and Brain Fitness

Yonie HarrisDean of StudentsUC Santa Barbara

Bike UCSBBarb Beainy

Fitness DirectorUC Santa Barbara Recreation Center

BIKE UCSB

Our Campus. Our Campus. One Goal. One Goal. Our Health.Our Health.

What is Bike UCSB? Promotion tool of health and wellness

– Reduction of injury, health care costs, absenteeism

A way to track fitness behavior– Odometers

Incentive-based program– Rewards for milestones

No-impact fitness alternative

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WHAT IS BIKE UCSB?

Promotion tool of health and wellness– Reduction of injury, health

care costs, absenteeism

A way to track fitness behavior– Odometers

Incentive-based program– Rewards for milestones

No-impact fitness alternative

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WHAT IS BIKE UCSB?

Way to recruit new Way to recruit new participants:participants:– Current bikersCurrent bikers– Non-walkersNon-walkers– Post-rehabPost-rehab– Adaptive Adaptive

Recreation/Special Recreation/Special PopulationsPopulations

Alternative Alternative Transportation:Transportation:– Environmentally Environmentally

soundsound– Cost-effectiveCost-effective

Advantages of BIKE UCSB Adding another mode of

exercise– Non-impact alternative– Cross-training– Injury prevention– Odometers– Incentives– Special Events

Adapted Recreation– Creating opportunities for

special populations– Hand bikes, wheelchairs,

beach buggy, tandem bikes, etc…

– Wheelchair basketball, soccer

Provide a fun form of exercise Provide a fun form of exercise for individuals of all levels of for individuals of all levels of fitnessfitness

Recruit faculty and staff to Recruit faculty and staff to participate in a healthy and participate in a healthy and low-impact activitylow-impact activity

Improve wellness and fitnessImprove wellness and fitness

Encourage faculty and staff to Encourage faculty and staff to use biking as an alternative use biking as an alternative form of transportationform of transportation

Lower workmen’s Lower workmen’s compensation claimscompensation claims

Goals of BIKE UCSBGoals of BIKE UCSB

OutdoorOutdoor– Beautiful sceneryBeautiful scenery– High developed and accessible High developed and accessible

bike pathsbike paths– Convenient and safe bike storage Convenient and safe bike storage – Over 300 sunny days a yearOver 300 sunny days a year– Free bike rentals and repairs at Free bike rentals and repairs at

UCSB Recreation CenterUCSB Recreation Center

IndoorIndoor– Spin Classes offered at the Spin Classes offered at the

Recreation CenterRecreation Center– Stationary Upright and Stationary Upright and

Recumbent Cycles for use in the Recumbent Cycles for use in the Recreation CenterRecreation Center

– Stationary bikes provided by Stationary bikes provided by UCSB Recreation located in UCSB Recreation located in departments campus widedepartments campus wide

Why Santa Barbara is the perfect place for BIKE UCSB

UCSB Wellness Programs

Sabina White, Director UC Santa Barbara Health

Programs

“Wellness is making proactive choices to balance your physical, mental, and social life.”

Representatives from 18+ campus departments work together to provide the following wellness services to students:

wellness.sa.ucsb.educonnects students to wellness

resources receives over 3000 visits per

day

Drop-In Centers

Provide students opportunities to meet with wellness resource professionals at three high-traffic locations: – The University Center– Francisco Torres– Carrillo Dining Commons.

Over 200 weekly contacts

Programs

Provide weekend and evening wellness activities

10 per quarter 300 participants

Passports to Wellness

provide incentives for attending wellness events

Over 600 registered students

UCSB Meditation and Massage

our newest wellness services:MEDITATION & MASSAGE

Highlighted– at the Wellness Center– in the UCSB Stress Services

Directory

Meditation drop-in groups Modeled after Mindfulness Based Stress

Reduction Offered free of charge to students Led by health educator

Mondays: 3:30 – 4:30 7 - 12 students

Tuesdays: 4:15 – 4:457 – 9 students

Fridays: 3:30 – 4:0012 – 20 students

Licensed Massage Therapist

Offers Chair Massage to students by appointment at Student Health 3 hrs/wk

$10 for 10 minutes on a fee for service basis

Schedule is full Full body massage is being considered

for Fall

Free brief chair massages

available at no charge at the Wellness Drop-in hours at the UCEN

10 – 16 students weekly