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40. Showgrounds October 2015

 

John Miller conducted the Musculo-skeletal Health Seminar for The Group in October 2015.

 

10 participants (5 women and 5 men) completed the

 

Health, Fitness and Wellbeing profile.

 

The results are presented in graphic format, with commentary.

 

Health, Fitness and Wellbeing Profile

The Health, Fitness and Wellbeing profile provides people with a very good idea of how well the various systems of the body are functioning, particularly the

 

•      the mind

•      autonomic nervous system

•      immune system

•      digestive system

•      circulatory system

•      elimination system

•      musculo-skeletal system.

 

On this profile a good score is a low score.

 

 

 

Symptom

None

Not much

A fair bit

A lot

 
 

1.

Headaches including migraines

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10

 
 

2.

Lack of energy and vitality

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10

 
 

3.

Candida - jock itch, thrush, tinea ...

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10

 
 

4.

Poor sleep. If on tablets score 10

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10

 
 

5.

Snoring &/or sleep apnoea. Score 10 if using a mask

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10

 
 

6.

Crook back, stiff neck, sore shoulders, dicky knee RSI ...

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10

 
 

7.

Frequent colds, flu, sinus

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10

 
 

8.

Unsettled stomach, reflux (Score 10 if on medication)

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10

 
 

9.

Overweight - 1 point for every 2Kg

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10

 
 

10.

Irritable bowel, constipation

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10

 
 

11.

Asthma

0

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9

10

 
 

12.

Low level of aerobic fitness

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9

10

 
 

13.

Chest pain, palpitations

0

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10

 
 

14.

Rashes, itchiness, skin outbreaks, psoriasis ...

0

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10

 
 

15.

Mouth ulcers, cold sores

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10

 
 

16.

Elevated blood pressure. Score 0 on pills

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10

 
 

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Elevated blood cholesterol. Score o if on pills

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Elevated blood glucose. Score 0 if on medication

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10

 
 

19.

Shakes, nervous ticks, mannerisms

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10

 
 

20.

Grinding teeth

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10

 
 

21.

Alcoholic drinks per day (2 pts/drink)

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10

 
 

22.

Smoking. (1 pt/cigarette/day)

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10

 
 

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Caffeine (1 pt/cup per day)

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10

 
 

24.

Anxious about life, insecure, apprehensive

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10

 
 

25.

Sad or depressed (On medication, score 0)

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26.

In wrong job for now

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27.

Under-appreciated at work

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Have poor work/life balance

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Unhappy with family life

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30.

Unhappy with financial status

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10

 

  Score

   
 

The score of a normal, fit and healthy human being is less than 20. Higher scores are symptomatic of dysfunction of one or more body systems. People with low levels of fitness and high levels of stress usually score well over 100.

 

For people with a score of more than 80, the ‘background noise’ of their life is becoming louder and louder. It is hard to concentrate on your work when body systems are dysfunctional. We know a fit and healthy group when we see the majority of scores below 40. This was not the case with this group.

 

By and large higher scores are usually a reflection of

 

• low levels of fitness

 

• an inability to deal with what life and work are serving up to people.

 

Remember, it is not what happens, but how we deal with what happens that determines our level of stress. 

 

 

Classification of average scores: Excellent - less than 40. Good - 41 - 50. Reasonable 51-60. Poor - over 60.

 

This profile is described as poor. The average score was 86. Anyone scoring more than 80 is putting up with a lot of 'background noise'.

 

When I see an average score of around 60, I know I'm dealing with a fit and healthy group of people.  In this case, the average score has been skewed by the two scores of 198 and 137. So, that aside, I met with a fairly healthy group of people.

 

Health Climate Survey

Based on scores received in the Health, Fitness and Wellbeing profile we've compiled a Health Climate Survey. Scores on each item have ranked - the higher the score the worse the problem.

 

If people scored an item as 5/10 or more, I rated that as issue, symptom or concern.

 

The results appear in the table below.

 

  Symptoms/ issues / concerns % of people scoring over 5 No. of people scoring 10  

Stressed financial status

70 4  

Work-life balance

60 3  

Headaches

50    

Lack of Energy

50 1  

Anxious

50 3  

Depressed

50 1  

Poor sleep

40 1  

Snoring, sleep apnoea

40 1  

Musculo-skeletal dysfunction

40    

Grinding teeth

40 1  

Wrong job

40 3  

Under appreciated at work

40 1  

Frequent colds, flu, sinus

30    

Reflux, unsettled stomach

30 2  

Overweight

30    

Low level of fitness

30    

High alcohol intake

30 1  

Irritable bowel, constipation etc

20    

Chest pain, palpitations

20    

Shortness of breath from asthma

10    

Mouth ulcers

10    

Elevated blood pressure

10 1  

Elevated cholesterol

10 1  

Shakes, nervous mannerisms

10 1  

Caffeine

10    

Unhappy family life

10    

Candida

0    

Itchy, rashes, psoriasis

0    

Elevated glucose

0    

Smoking

0    

 

So what can you do?

 

We what can you do?

 

It's difficult to bring about an immediate change to the climate and one's financial status.

 

BUT, in the midst of what's going on around you, the best thing you can do is keep yourself fit and healthy. That's one thing you can control.

 

 

Miller Health

In association with Integrated Health Systems

7 Salvado Place Stirling ACT 2611

(02) 6288 7703