Connections Create Magic for Health and Wellness
Changing the culture around health and wellness in the fire service takes time, patience, partnership, action, and trust.
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HEALTH
Firefighters are aware of the statistics linking firefighter deaths to preventable diseases and illnesses caused by unhealthy lifestyles. One of the leading causes of firefighter deaths is heart attacks. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Bringing answers to the modern firefighter’s burning health questions, we aim to help firefighters identify and put into practice better health choices to increase your chances at a healthier wellbeing with disease and illness free careers and retirements.
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Wellness Wednesday – How to Consume Caffeine to Burn Fat
Caffeine consumption can disrupt nighttime sleep in most people. So, why would consuming caffeine at 5 p.m. be a good idea? We unpack the nuance.
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Train Your Brain Like You Train Your Body: Consistently
Training your brain starts with knowing where you are. Know your emotions, tendencies, and options to move forward.
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6 Sleep Strategies Especially for Firefighters
Discover six key ways to help yourself optimize your sleep as a firefighter, whether you're on or off shift.
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‘Mindset’ and ‘Resilience’ Mean Different Things to Different People
Pick up a book with the word 'resilience' in the title, and you may find a varying amount of actual resilience discussed inside.
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Training Exercise: EQ Bar Horizontal Row
The EQ Bar Horizontal Row exercise will help you pull hoses and lift equipment like it's second nature.
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Wellness Wednesday – Calling all “Desk-athletes”
Virtually everyone reading this is a "desk athlete," meaning that even if you are a regular exerciser, you most likely spend multiple hours per day at a desk looking at screens, doing some version of 21st-century work. Which stimulates an interesting question, should a distinction be made between sedentary and non-active? I would argue yes.
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Yoga Therapy Completes Holistic Approach to Firefighter Well-Being
Yoga therapy’s strength is that it acknowledges the interconnectedness of the mind and body.
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Wellness Wednesday – Foot Health
Intuitively, we all know that the strength of a structure starts at its foundation. That is certainly true of the human structure as well. Our feet are the complex foundation on which everything above it is built. Among the many things that have compromised the health of our feet is the footwear most of us use daily. The narrow toe boxes, ultra-supportive insoles and higher-than-necessary heels have significantly diminished the strength and functionality of our feet, leading to both acute and chronic issues, including:
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How Trauma Survivors Can Benefit From Individual Therapy
In a one-on-one setting, therapists streamline treatment to your distinctive goals, the challenges you’re facing, and the traumatic situations.
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