Challenge Your Mind & Body With Dr. Mike Donohue

"Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities - that's training or instruction - but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed." - Thomas More

An updated schedule of upcoming events, seminars and learning opportunities from Dr. Michael Donohue and Rehabilitation & Spinal Care of Rockford.

May 16th (Every Thursday)

5:30 pm @FitMe Wellness

Core Science: A 30-minute class that focuses on, and emphasizes the most important muscles to exercises when performing "core" exercises. The "core" is a buzzword in health and fitness circles these days, but there is a gross misunderstanding of what core exercises actually are, and their ultimate purpose. Come prepared to learn (a little) and sweat (a little more).

May 18th

10:30 am @FitMe Wellness 

FitMy Back: A proactive approach to back, neck and spine health using the state-of-the-art FitMe Wellness equipment. Dr. Mike Donohue will demonstrate and explain to you a fitness regimen that keep your back muscles and joints in optimum shape.

June 15th

10:30 am @FitMe Wellness

Science of You Core: Core Fitness is a buzz term, but it is also an essential component of overall health. Find out why the muscles of the ore might not be exactly what you once thought, and effective and efficient ways to train them.

June Date TBD:

Functional Assessment & Rehabilitation of Golfers: An event open to the public and golfers in particular, this learning experience will discuss a wide-variety of golfing issues including swing mechanics, common upper and lower body injuries and concepts and techniques for rehabilitation and performance training.

Interested In Preventing Back Pain? Interested In A Free Week At A Local Gym? Interested In Learning New Ways To Exercise?

 Rehabilitation & Spinal Care of Rockford and FitMeWellness are teaming up this weekend to provide an interactive seminar that will explore how the local health club can become, not only a place by which you can achieve fitness related goals, but also lower your medical bills and improve your core fitness levels. 

 This Saturday, 5/18/13 at 10:30 am, come join Dr. Michael Donohue as he teaches and instructs about the proper use of weights, bands and machines in an effort to maintain core muscles and notably the back muscles. 

 The interactive seminar will last 1 hour and is open to the public. Come prepared to learn and move around. 

 http://fitmewellness.com/group.html

Only 20% of Americans Perform To Fitness Recommendation Levels

 In a not-too-stunning evaluation of a fitness levels of Americans, a study performed by the CDC found that only 20% of Americans exercise to recommended weekly levels. The study looked at both cardiovascular and strength-training recommendations and included only non-occupational physical activity.

  Rehabilitation & Spinal Care of Rockford is invested in the health of its patients and takes pride in both the creation and oversight of fitness and rehabilitation plans. However, there is one important question that this study needs to ask their participants - how many people actually KNOW what the recommendations for both cardiovascular and strength-training are?

 For aerobic exercise, the CDC recommends at least 150 minutes/week of moderate-intensity, 75 minutes/week of vigorous exercise, or a combination of the two such that, by multiplying the duration of vigorous activity in minutes by two, the total is at least 150 minutes/week.

 For muscle-strength training, at least 2 separate sessions/week are recommended.

 Another important question not answered by the study is, what constitutes "moderate" and "vigorous" exercise. As a general rule-of-thumb, your heart rate indicates whether the exercise is the former or latter. Here is a fantastic example of exercises that fall into each category....

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/pdf/PA_Intensity_table_2_1.pdf

  Take this opportunity to increase your fitness level by exploring a local gym that is invested in your health and wellness - FitMe Wellness, where you can take obtain a complimentary 1 week pass to learn ways to take your health into your own hands.

Core Tread & Gait Training at Fit Me Wellness

Attention all runners - next Tuesday, March 6th, join the running craze at Fit Me Wellness for Core Tread and have a computerized, digitized printout of your gait pattern examined and explained.

What is gait training you may ask? Well, let me explain. Your gait is your walking pattern, from the moment that your heel strikes the ground all the way through the entire cycle until that same heel hits the ground for your next step. Often times, this can become dysfunctional and this can lead to a large number of problems, not the least of which is back and leg pain.

The test is extremely simple and efficient, but can provide a lot of important information, especially for runners, whose feet take a lot of abuse over the course of a run.

The Core Tread program begins at 7 pm and lasts until 8 pm. Testing will take place for one hour before and one hour after beginning on March 6th.

Upcoming Event! Learn and exercise!

Upcoming Event!

Dr. Donohue will be giving a lecture at FitMe Wellness, located at 2595 N. Mulford Rd. in Rockford, Illinois on March 13, 2012. The content of the lecture will center on neck, back and joint pain, and ways to avoid pharmacological and surgical solutions that often lead to more pain. Learn how to relieve this pain NATURALLY & ON YOUR OWN!

Dr. Donohue has given numerous lectures in the past on this very subject with fantastic results, so come prepared to learn and better yet, interact and exercise.