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| A variety of programs for people who want to achieve a healthier lifestyle. |
Taking Control: A Lifestyle Program to Manage Stress
Exercise For Life: Understanding Your Exercise Prescription
Living Well: Understanding Vascular Disease and How To Prevent It
HealthQuest: A medically supervised exercise program
Weigh To Go: A weight management program
Stretch & Flex: Low-impact aerobics
Moving On: An exercise class for cancer patients
Steppin' Out: A mallwalking program |
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Taking Control: A Lifestyle Program to Manage Stress.
This class addresses the physiological, psychological and social impact of chronic and acute stress on the individual and the family. Discussion includes identification of personal stressors, including how they affect us and how they relate to heart disease. Various stress management strategies are presented with the opportunity for practice.
Free; registration required.
Martha Jefferson Health and Wellness Services, Albemarle Square Shopping Center, Charlottesville
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Exercise For Life: Understanding Your Exercise Prescription.
The first part discusses proper posture and body mechanics during exercise and lifting, and protecting the back from injury. The second part of the class provides the "nuts and bolts" of an exercise program by defining the exercise prescription for the cardiac patient and presenting the expected health benefits and necessary information about exercise conditioning.
Free; registration required.
Martha Jefferson Health and Wellness Services, Albemarle Square Shopping Center, Charlottesville
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Living Well: Understanding Vascular Disease and How To Prevent It.
Taught by Cardiopulmonary Rehab staff, this is a comprehensive class that discusses coronary artery disease and other forms of heart and vascular disease and atherosclerosis. Interventions such as exercise, angioplasty, bypass surgery and medications are presented with the opportunity to have individual questions answered. Discussion includes cardiac risk factors and ways to reduce their impact.
Free; registration required.
Martha Jefferson Health and Wellness Services, Albemarle Square Shopping Center, Charlottesville
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HealthQuest.
A program providing medically supervised and individually tailored exercise for up to 12 weeks. HealthQuest is ideal for people just beginning an exercise program or for persons experiencing a health problem who require supervision. This program is jointly conducted with ACAC and is designed to progress participants toward independent exercise as tolerance improves and a safe maintenance level is reached.
Fee; physician referral is required.
Please call for information.
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Weigh To Go.
A 12-week exercise and education program for people interested in attaining and maintaining a healthy weight. This course emphasizes healthful lifestyle changes in exercise, nutrition and eating habits within a supportive group environment.
Fee; physician referral is required.
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Stretch & Flex.
A low-impact aerobic exercise program led by certified aerobics instructors. Classes are small, and movements are modified for individuals as needed.
Fee.
Offered Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10-11 a.m. at the Senior Center, 1180 Pepsi Place, Charlottesville.
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Moving On.
An exercise program for people who have or have experienced cancer. This course uses low-impact aerobics to improve physical stamina, strength and well-being. Classes are small and held in a private setting to assure confidentiality and greater comfort.
Free to all cancer patients and former cancer patients.
Please call for information.
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Steppin' Out, a mallwalking program.
This program is for anyone interested in walking in the safe, climate-controlled indoor environment of Charlottesville Fashion Square. Our staff is there every Wednesday from 7-9 a.m. to take blood pressures and answer your questions.
Free.
Please call for information.
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