Latest Newsletter - May 2012
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Mens Health
Recently a young Christchurch boy died after inhaling butane from an aerosol can. Tragic as it is we need publicity around events such as this to serve as a warning to others of the dangers of misusing hazardous substances. In 2000 Butane was reported as the substance implicated in over 50% of solvent related deaths in the UK. It is we adults who have the responsibility to inform and educate our young people about these known hazards to health, and to intervene when we become aware of their risk-taking behaviour is their tendency is to ignore us. Protecting our children often involves protecting them from themselves and their peers when they lack the knowledge to make good decisions.
April 2012 Newsletter
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The anatomy of breathing
How Breathing Works
Fresh oxygen is exchanged in the lungs for carbon dioxide. This function is vital to life. Breathing oxygenates every cell in the body, to and from and every vital organ including the brain. Sometimes during pain, anxiety, or during deep thought, people can begin to breathe in a shallower manner. This results in less oxygen being exchanged for carbon dioxide, making less oxygen available to vital tissues and organs of the body. According to healthdiscovery.com, without enough oxygen, the body becomes susceptible to health problems.
How Breathing Affects our Bodies
Breath is literally our life force. Oxygen feeds every part of the body. Breathing deeply and slowly will relax you, while instantly sending powerful doses of oxygen to the brain and every single cell of the body. Deep breathing raises blood oxygen levels stimulating the digestive system, improving fitness and mental performance.
Three Breathing Exercises
The stimulating breath is taking several quick breaths in a row through your nose. Only do this for up to 15 seconds. For the relaxing breath (4-7-8) exercise, exhale through your mouth, close the mouth, inhale through the nose to a count of 4, hold the breath for a count of 7, and exhale through the mouth for a count of 8. This is one breath cycle.
A third relaxation exercise is breath counting. Count "one" to yourself as you exhale, "two" on the following exhale, "three" on the next exhale, and so on up to five. Don’t count past five. To begin a new cycle, start at one again.
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Sarah O'Connell-Jimmink — TriEx Wellness Manager and Yoga Teacher
Safety Article - April 2012
Air Quality “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” as the saying goes.
March 2012 Newsletter
Have a read of our March 2012 newsletter here - lots to absorb, including Dehydration, Foods you NEEDNT eat and lots more!
Health Article - March 2012
A list of non-essential foods has been released in an effort to curb the country's ever-expanding waistline. Forty-nine foods made it onto the no-no list, compiled by University of Otago researchers and entitled 'NEEDNT' foods.
January 2012 Newsletter
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December 2011 Newsletter
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TriEx Sponsors 2011 Occupational Health Nurse Awards
TriEx's Karen Woolf (Clinical Nurse/Adult Educator and Trainer) and Diana Hanafin (Health Manager) attended the Occupational Health and Safety Industry Group conference in Wellington in October. As sponsors of the Young Achiever Award for Occupational Health Nurses, Diana and Karen were thrilled to present this award to Jessica Clout from Summitt Health in New Plymouth. TriEx are passionate about encouraging young people into the occupational health profession and Jessica was a worthy winner of this inaugural award given her youth, qualifications and energy she brings to all areas of her work.