Story by Shawna Culleton, photos by Nicole Smith If you’re like most North American adults, the good old days of plopping down onto the floor and bouncing up again ended in your twenties or thirties. Today, your hips are tight, your knees are creaky, your ankles are stiff. Each of those 10 lbs that most Canadians gain per decade of …
Deer Lodge Centre’s Parkinson’s choir blends music, therapy By Ryan McBride “Happy trails to you,” the voices sing, “until we meet again.” But it doesn’t sound like goodbye. As the choir slowly disperses—some members in wheelchairs or leaning on walkers, others hanging on a friendly elbow—you sense pride in a song well sung. The last notes linger in the air …
Health News from Deer Lodge Centre Life.Times We grew up thinking doctors knew everything about everything. We expected (and usually received) minimal information about our diagnosis and treatment and we obeyed doctors’ orders unquestioningly. But as we age, health issues become more complex. Many of us find ourselves managing multiple conditions. Ensuring we receive and understand the information we need …
Health news from Deer Lodge Centre Life.Times A few years ago, the health gurus declared, “You must drink at least 8 glasses of water daily for optimum health”. We all dutifully tried forcing down a litre or more of H2O every day, but many of us soon gave up, deciding we didn’t want to spend even more of our precious …
Health News from Deer Lodge Centre Life.Times It’s been proven that meditation can boost health and well-being by reducing stress, relieving insomnia, and lowering blood pressure, among other benefits. New research now reveals that meditation can also slow down the shrinking of our brain’s gray matter as we age. “Less gray matter in some [brain] regions is associated with less …
Health News from Deer Lodge Centre Life.Times Massage therapy can help to manage several age-related conditions, yet many seniors avoid it because they’re concerned about discomfort, or they’re unaware of the potential benefits. The good news is there are therapists who specialize in serving seniors, adapting the massage to each client’s health, mobility, and comfort level. Most will visit people …
Health News from Deer Lodge Centre Life.Times Vitamin D is essential for good health, but it’s hard to get enough. “Vitamin D is not in many foods,” says Dr. Donald Hensrud, medical director of the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program. “It’s challenging to get all we need.” We get some vitamin D through exposure to sunlight, but people in northern …
By Shawna Culleton November brought winter to Winnipeg hard and fast. Most of us were caught stuffing our faces with leftover fun-size candy bars when the reality of freezing temperatures and blankets of snow ended fall overnight. So here we are, a month later, ready to crawl under the covers to binge-watch, read, and eat until spring is in the …
By Michael Badejo You’re always drowsy. Your head nods when you try to focus. You can’t seem to remember the simplest details about the conversation you just had. Your diet isn’t working. The problem might be the amount of sleep you’re getting. Which means learning how to get enough sleep is the solution. That’s right—enough sleep might even help you …
By Lindsay Mykes In that same way that a character home gets snapped up the instant it hits the real-estate market because it has “good bones”, good bone health as we age can be a solid indicator of our overall health, quality of life and longevity. “But bones do not exist in a stable state,” says Deer Lodge Centre physiotherapist …
By Michael Badejo Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the nervous system that affects movement. It starts gradually and worsens over time. It affects one in every 500 people in Canada. More than 6,000 new cases are diagnosed each year in Canada. Tremors and shaking of the hands are the first symptoms most people think of when they hear the …
(Left to right: Daryl Dyck, Doug, Ivan Garcia, Cara Windle) By Eugene Plischke Researchers at Deer Lodge Centre have used an innovative therapeutic technique involving electrical stimulation to successfully treat a hard-to-heal wound, opening up new possibilities for the future of wound care. Electrical stimulation, or e-stim, is also known as High Voltage Pulsed Current. The research team used the technique …