Health Risk Report

Health, Fitness and Wellbeing Results

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	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
2.	Lack of energy and vitality	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
3.	Candida - jock itch, thrush, tinea ...	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
4.	Poor sleep. If on tablets score 10	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
5.	Snoring &/or sleep apnoea. Score 10 if using a mask	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
6.	Crook back, stiff neck, sore shoulders, dicky knee RSI ...	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
7.	Frequent colds, flu, sinus	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
8.	Unsettled stomach, reflux (Score 10 if on medication)	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
9.	Overweight - 1 point for every 2Kg	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
10.	Irritable bowel, constipation	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11.	Asthma	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
12.	Low level of aerobic fitness	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
13.	Chest pain, palpitations	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
14.	Rashes, itchiness, skin outbreaks, psoriasis ...	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
15.	Mouth ulcers, cold sores	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
16.	Elevated blood pressure. Score 0 on pills	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
17.	Elevated blood cholesterol. Score o if on pills	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
18.	Elevated blood glucose. Score 0 if on medication	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
19.	Shakes, nervous ticks, mannerisms	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
20.	Grinding teeth	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
21.	Alcoholic drinks per day (2 pts/drink)	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
22.	Smoking. (1 pt/cigarette/day)	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
23.	Caffeine (1 pt/cup per day)	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
24.	Anxious about life, insecure, apprehensive	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
25.	Sad or depressed (On medication, score 0)	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
26.	In wrong job for now	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
27.	Under-appreciated at work	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
28.	Have poor work/life balance	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
29.	Unhappy with family life	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
30.	Unhappy with financial status	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	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

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