Steptoe & Johnson Health & Well-Being Day - November 2011
We hope that you enjoyed the Health & Well-Being Day that was held at Steptoe & Johnson on 1st November 2011. If you have any comments about the day, we would love to hear from you - you can email us by clicking here.
As part of our on-going support to Steptoe & Johnson, BlueSkies have made the following information freely available to you. The links below will allow you access to up-to-date guidelines & information to help you make any changes to your lifestyle that you wish to make following the Health & Well-Being day.
Reduce Risk of Heart Disease MoveBetter & Improve Posture
Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease
If you had a BlueSkies Health MOT, you've already taken the first important step towards reducing your risk of heart disease - you know your numbers.
Your Health MOT may have idenitified factors that you can improve to reduce your risk of developing heart disease in the future and this information will help you do this. However, even if you are perfectly healthy now, this information is worth a read as it provides tips to help you stay this way.
To visit the Reduce Your Heart Disease Risk homepage, click here. From this page, you will be able to access sound, evidence-based advice on:
- Reducing your weight, BMI & waist circumference
- Lowering your blood pressure & your risk of hypertension
- Improving your cholesterol profile & information on hypercholesterolemia
- Reducing your risk of diabetes & hyperglycemia and managing these conditions if you have them
Further information is provided in the Member's Area. To get through to the Member's Area, you will need the username & password that you were give during your Health MOT.
MoveBetter & Improve Your Posture
If you participated in the MoveBetter seminar at lunchtime and are interested in how you can improve your movement efficiency, you can remind yourself of the 'mobilisers' using our interactive handout. To get through to the handout, click here - you will need the username & password that you were given during your Health MOT to access it.
There is more information on posture - why it's important, what good posture involves and how to achieve it - on our website and you can access this by clicking here.
We have also put some stretching exercises online for you which are useful for alleviating posture related aches & pains and many of them can be performed at your desk - click here to find out more about these.