Mid-State Wellness

02/11/2022

Avery Bullock, our WellSafe Coach, provided employees of TRBC a lunch-n-learn to review proper body mechanics & movement and tips to avoid injury while at work or off! Move right then move often is the goal for a healthy thriving life! Caleb Irish attended the lunch-n-learn and provided some great feedback-Thanks Caleb!

https://youtu.be/oeFbM_h6poE

Avery Bullock conducted a Lunch-N-Learn at Thomas Road Baptist Church on proper body mechanics and movement to help prevent injury doing everyday tasks such ...

01/18/2022

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01/01/2022

From everyone at Mid-State Wellness, we wish you a wonderful new year!!! See you in 2022!

12/25/2021

Hopefully sugarplums aren’t the only things dancing this Christmas (since dancing is such a fun way to work off that Christmas dessert)!

No matter what your holiday looks like, we hope it’s wonderful!

Merry Christmas everyone!

12/18/2021

Did you know that your heart actually CAN grow? However, it's not actually a good sign if it does.

In honor of the 55th anniversary of the wonderful Christmas story How the Grinch Stole Christmas, we thought we would share with you some insight from a physician!

Click the link below to find out why your heart might grow as well as some history behind the original story!

https://tinyurl.com/ye8b59mz

12/11/2021

A friendly reminder to eat your vegetables!

Vegetables are more than just good vitamins in our diet, they actually feed our brains!

Research has found that people who ate 1-2 servings of leafy vegetables a day had cognitive ability to someone 11 years younger.

If that's not a reason to eat more greens, we don't know what is.

12/03/2021

Here's something you probably don't know:

People who sit for hours and hours who stay sedentary for more than 12.5 hours a day have the HIGHEST RISK FOR DEATH, says a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

The Columbia University Medical Center studied 8,000 people (all 45 or older) and found 77% of their waking hours sitting or being otherwise inactive-the equivalent of being sedentary more than 12 hours out of a 16-hour waking day, according to Today.com.

Sitting for long hours coupled with inactivity patterns indicated a higher risk for death. However, taking a break every 30 minutes and moving (as vigorously as possible) really helps!

SOLUTIONS: Set an alarm (phone, fitness gadget, etc.) to alert you every 30 minutes that it's time to get moving. Get your heart pumping for at least a minute. Walking works, or any exercise—the longer and the more intense the better. Standing desks aren't enough. Get up and move around! Keep the Reaper away today!

Call Mid-State Wellness at 434-528-1001 for personalized workplace, group, or individual fitness coaching.

11/25/2021

Turkey Trots aren't the only way to have a healthy Thanksgiving! Here are some other ways to keep your body happy:

1. Have breakfast. By making sure you still have breakfast (even a small one) you can set your body up for a good day.

2. Add an extra scoop of veggies. Even if it is green bean casserole, some extra veggies can help give us the fiber to digest our food.

3. Go for a walk. Before everyone passes out from tryptophan, take a few minutes to go on a walk with your loved ones and count your blessings this year.

4. Go easy on yourself! It's Thanksgiving! Feeling guilt about what you eat is never a good thing, so if you decide to indulge a little, that's ok! In fact, it can even be a good thing. Giving yourself the freedom to relax can be just as good for your cortisol levels, so take it easy on yourself and don't sweat having a piece of pie.

From everyone at Mid-State Wellness, happy Thanksgiving!

11/20/2021

In honor of World Children's Day, we wanted to encourage all of us to get outside and play with our kids!

There is no exercise more fun than play, so we hope you make a point today to get outside and have some fun! Bonus: it's so good for your health and wellness!

11/19/2021

11/19/2021