Wellness Wednesdays + Community Events 8/16/2017

Simon Says – Do your squats

Often when we’re progressing a low back pain patient’s home exercise program we refer back to an old memory game called Simon. Simon is a game where this electronic board lights up four different colors and you have to remember the pattern. The Simon games comes to mind whenever we’re helping someone recover from back pain.

People with back pain usually have poor control over their spine and hip. And one of the most useful motions we have is hindered; that movement is squatting. After a thorough assessment we offer the right interventions for the person’s back pain. Once the patient is better, we like to make sure they can squat.

Now, most people think of air squats (without weight) or back squats, with a barbell on their shoulders. Those are two great functional tests and exercises. But the spine and it’s supporting muscles are complex and we like to load the spine in different quadrants.

Please watch our Facebook Live post for further explanation.

Free Goal Setting Class on Wednesday, August 23 from 6-7 pm at COOR Wellness.

Community Events

Farmer’s Market

- - Downtown GJ – Thursdays 5:30pm-8:30pm
  - Fruita – Saturdays 8:30am – 12:30pm
  - Palisade – Sundays 9:00am – 1:00pm

Palisade Peach Festival Friday August 18- Saturday August 19
- https://palisadepeachfest.com/
- Book It for Reading 5k, 10k, &1k Kids Saturday August 19
  - 7:30am Riverbend Park/Trail
  - http://www.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=6862
96.1 KSTR Chrome and Brews Car Show Saturday August 19

- - Lincoln Park at 10am -3pm
  - http://www.visitgrandjunction.com/events/961-kstr-chrome-brews-car-show

Grand Junction Rockies Saturday August 19-Tuesday August 22

- - Saturday, August 19 vs. Idaho Falls – Game time: 6:40 PM
  - Sunday, August 20 vs. Idaho Falls – Game time: 5 PM
  - Monday, August 21 vs. Idaho Falls – Game time: 6:40 PM
  - Tuesday, August 22 vs. Idaho Falls – Game time: 6:40 PM
  - http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t4364

Western Colorado Senior Games Monday August 21- Sunday August 27

- Annual western Colorado Senior games for 50+ year olds
- Track and field, swimming, pickleball, golf, billiards, basketball, run/walk, cards, bowling and more
- http://www.gjcity.org/