Empower: Be Healthier, Stronger & More Active

Health & Fitness The Newsletter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body

Move As If You Are An All Star Athlete! BEHEALTHIER, STRONGER&MORE ACTIVE

Everyone desires to be healthier, stronger and more active. However, you can often feel like it is difficult to attain these goals because of pain, injuries, or failed diets. What does it take to be healthier? Health is a relative term. It means that your body is operating at a high normal range in all the different systems from circulation, breathing, digestion, and more. It doesn’t mean you have to look like a supermodel. Anything you can do to help your body achieve more of an ideal state is a step towards a healthier you. (continued inside)

Inside: • Be Healthier, Stronger & More Active • Fall Recipe • Relieve Back Pain In Minutes • Patient Success Spotlight

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A Healthier You Benefits Everyone You Know! BEHEALTHIER, STRONGER&MORE ACTIVE Health & Fitness The Newsl tter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body

Strength and flexibility There are approximately 642 skeletal muscles in the body. This means that your strength and flexibility play an important role in your health. Your muscles not only help you move, but they supportyourcirculatoryandbreathingsystems.A stronger and more flexible you, means a healthier you. Relieving joint or muscle pain and guiding you on proper exercise is part of our specialized physical therapy treatments. Call us to learn more. Aches, pains, and injuries All of these contribute to an unhealthier you. Pain increases bad chemicals in the body and increases stress. This affects your endocrine system, which regulates the hormones in your body and controls almost everything. Most muscle and joint pains can easily be treated by our specialized physical therapists. Our experts have the right knowledge and the time to listen, evaluate and guide you towards a pain-free, healthier lifestyle. Call us today to learn more and start a new chapter on a healthier you!

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7 TIPS TO A STRONGER &MORE ACTIVE YOU

1. Take care of aches and pains. Don’t let these long-term problems linger. Get professional help at Empower Physical Therapy & Fitness. 2. Limit your sitting. Get up every 30 minutes and walk around at work and home.

3. Get out and move. Exercise regularly. At least walk every day.

4. Nutrition and portion control. Keep your intake of food nutritious and at a comfortable level. Chew your food more thoroughly and you won’t feel like you have to eat so much. 5. Drink more water. Water keeps your body systems functioning at an optimum level. 6. Breathe! Work on your deep breathing to increase oxygen intake and get your lymphatic system moving. 7. Get enough sleep. Sleep at least 8 hours a day. It is best to get into a routine so you go to bed and wake up on a regular cycle. This helps your endocrine system.

HEALTHY RECIPE

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• 1/2 cup oat flour ground • 1/2 cup almond meal • 1/2 tsp baking powder • 1/2 tsp baking soda • 1/8 tsp salt • 2 tsp Vietnamese 5% Oil • Cinnamon • 1/4 tsp Frontier allspice • 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips • 1/2 cup dried cranberries and cherries

INGREDIENTS • 1 ripe banana mashed • 1/2 cup pumpkin puree • 2 large eggs • 1/2 cup peanut butter • 3 tbsp coconut oil melted • 2 tsp vanilla extract • 3 tbsp maple syrup • 1 1/2 cups gluten-free rolled oats

DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease or line a baking sheet with parchment paperorasiliconebakingmat.Setaside. Inamixingbowlstir together mashedbanana,pumpkin,eggs,peanutbutter,coconutoil,vanillaand maple syrup until well combined. Add in oats, oat flour, almond meal, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, chocolate chips and dried fruit; stir to combine. Refrigerate for 5 minutes to harden. Drop cookies by spoonfuls on prepared baking sheet. They won’t expand much, so feel free to press them down, slightly, and make them as uniform as possible to ensure even baking. Bake for about 12 minutes until lightly browned.

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Patient Success Spotlight

“I’msograteful toEmpower forhelpingmeovercomemybackpainand for teaching me how to live pain-free. They understood my personal needs, instead of lumping me into a group and hoping the treatment would work. My plan was specific to me and my issues. Today, a simple thing like sneezing or coughing is pain-free! Not too long ago, I would have been brought to my knees with pain. Thanks Empower. I will recommend you to everyone I know.” - Alice S. They understood my personal needs! THIS CAN BE YOU! CALL TODAY TO SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT! METROPOLITAN PARKWAY (586) 228-7000 HALL ROAD (586) 868-7000

• Move without pain • Bend & move freely • Balance confidently & securely

• Sit for long periods comfortably • Walk for long distances • Live an active life

HAVE THEM CALL US AT (586) 868-7000 TODAY! THEY WILL THANK YOU & SO WILL WE!

DISCOVER HOW TO LIVE PAIN-FREE

PRAYER STRETCH - EXERCISE BALL While kneeling with an exercise ball in front of you, slowly lean for- ward and roll the ball forward until a stretch is felt. Repeat twice. Relieve Back Pain In Minutes Try this movement if you are experiencing back pain.

At Empower Physical Therapy & Fitness, you will receive hands-on therapy treatments by our friendly, caring health experts during focused and individualized sessions.

Strengthens Lower Back

It’s time to get to Empower Physical Therapy & Fitness if: • You’re tired of living in pain • You want to feel better and move better • You have been in an auto accident or injured on the job • You want to prevent injury 1. Call and talk to your therapist 2. Discover why your pain has come back 3. Get your custom recovery program

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