BSHN Midterm

Wellness

Optimal health and vitality, encompassing all dimensions of well-being. 

Physical wellness

your fitness level and your ability to care for yourself. 

Emotional wellness

your ability to understand and deal with your feelings. 

Intellectual wellness

an active mind that is able to detect problems and find solutions. 

Interpersonal wellness

ability to develop and maintain satisfying and supportive relationships. 

Cultural wellness

the way you interact with others who are different from you, and includes accepting, valuing, and celebrating different cultural ways. 

Spiritual wellness

the guiding beliefs, principles, or values that give meaning and purpose to your life.

Environmental wellness

the livability of your surroundings, including the health of the planet. 

Financial wellness

is the ability to live within your means and manage your money in a way that gives you peace of mind. 

Occupational wellness

the level of happiness and fulfillment you gain through your work. 

Environmental

clean nat. resources, sustainable dev, recycle, less pollution and waste 

Physical

eating well, exercising, checkups, no injuries 

Emotional

trust, self-esteem, self-confidence 

Financial

avoid debt, live within ones means, know how money works 

Occupational

enjoy what you do, feel valued by manager, build relationships with coworkers 

\#1 cause of death in the U.S

Cardiovascular disease. 

target heart rate zone

The range of heart rates that should be reached and maintained during cardiorespiratory exercise to obtain optimal training effects. Use RPE scale. 

Another way that you could assess how hard you are working? 

RPE= Rate of Perceived Exertion 

Benefits to “warming up” and “cooling down”

Post exercise stretching may help prevent muscle soreness and is a good way to work on flexibility. 

Static stretching

a technique in which a muscle is slowly and gently stretched and then held in the stretched position. 

Ballistic stretching

a technique in which muscles are stretched by the force generated as a body part is repeatedly bounced, swung, or jerked. 

Dynamic stretching

a technique in which muscles are stretched by moving joints slowly and fluidly through their range of motion in a controlled manner; also called functional stretching. 

Female Athlete Triad

A condition consisting of three interrelated disorders: abnormal eating patterns (and excessive exercising) followed by lack of menstrual periods (amenorrhea) and decreased bone density. 

Highest accuracy?

DEXA- measuring tissue absorption of high- and low-energy X-ray beams.