Saturday 8 June 2013

Rehabilitation with elliptical machine

Gym instead sickroom

REUTLINGEN. Addiction does not move. Many addicts live from day to day, navels off from the outside world. Silke Gogolok them in motion. And to feel her body again - sometimes in the form of muscle soreness: the active center of Psychiatry Südwürttemberg occupational therapist has developed a fitness program for patients of addiction outpatient clinic in Reutlingen. The special feature: Training is not in the hospital's own premises, but in a gym.

 The occupational therapist and fitness trainer Silke Gogolok goes with the patient's daily addiction clinic in a normal gym. This not only strengthens the back, but also the psyche.
The idea for the project is not by chance. Silke Gogolok is a trained fitness elliptical machine instructor and worked from 1999 to 2003, major studios. Then she retrained for occupational therapist. Even during training the request by the former medical director came Zwiefalter Clinic Professor Dr. Gerhard Längle whether she could imagine to build a fitness project for addicts. They could. "I thought that was really exciting to combine the new knowledge to the learned."

Special programs allow setting up a gym with elliptical machine

Children can train now
Special programs allow setting up a gym

Oerlinghausen. The new fitness room in the children and youth center "Combination" of the Workers' Welfare Association (AWO) in the southern part is complete. The equipment was already there. Only lacked the sports ground. Which has now been laid.

At just under 30 square meters in 2012 acquired two elliptical machine and ergometer rowing machine, a Snaix bike, the mini trampoline and wall bars can now be used. "Before that happens, we will have a briefing from a sports scientist, the technician health insurance get", so says the head of the children's and youth clubs, Jörg Wedderburn's will for his people. Two years ago, had made an application to the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe as part of a special program to strengthen the open doors in North Rhine-Westphalia Wedderburn will and colleague Vanessa Harring. With success. The youth center was a decent investment grant. Of the money at the time a Bulli, a music and technology system were purchased. When the project was once again open pot, put on the Oerlinghauser, presented a new request. "We could not afford to miss," says JZ-wire to the financial situation, where the youth center is embedded. The application once again convinced. Again, there was a positive decision. "And we are very proud."

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