Resources
/Find everything you need here to optimize your personal wellness. There is everything from links to websites describing how to do guided imagery, cooking and nutrition apps for your smart phone, where to get the best deals on a gym membership, and who to consider for a PCP. Yes, that is a doctor for YOU!
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on 2013-01-14 15:13 by Megan Rich
Shape up!
Choose to do it yourself or exercise as a part of the group such as with the Flying Pig marathon relay: Faculty vs Residents!
Cincinnati Sports Club: Christ Hospital employee can get discounts on initiation fees and monthly rate or opt out of a membership and just pay $10 per day that you do want to use the facility.
YMCA: Christ employees can get an additional 30% off already low monthly fees. Check out their website to find a branch near your home. The branch closest to Christ Hospital is at Elm and Central Parkway and opens at 5 am Monday through Friday.
Urban Active in Hyde Park: Many of your colleagues opt to work out here due to the affordable rates and month-to-month plans available.
VirginMiles program: If you are a Christ employee, you can partake in this program. Pick up your podometer and start clocking your miles which can be redeemed for prizes. Now for a small fee, spouses can be added on too! Visit The Christ Hospital employee benefits page for more info (only available on intranet. You must be logged on to Citrix or using TCH computer to access page, we can't provide the link).
Flying Pig: Now an annual event that by harnessing a competitive spirit encourages both walkers and runners within the residency to get moving. Typically organized by the chief and senior residents, look for their emails in early winter.
Looking for other running/racing events? Check out the Runners Club of Greater Cincinnati.
Running Spot: Excellent website with info on training for various distance runs (5K through marathon), lists of running routes in Cincinnati, information on equipment needed for training, and has various group runs during the week. Very knowledgeable staff and a way to meet other runners.
C25K: Are you a beginner runner? No problem! Check out this website which has training program to get you from the couch to running a 5K (3.1 miles) in 9 weeks. Motivation is what is important, not experience!
Apps: There are many different apps that allow you to track mileage, design routes, keep a training diary, and calculate pace, calories expended, ascent, etc. Here a few you can try: runkeeper, walkjogrun, strava, Nike trainer, or skimble.
Update
on 2012-10-10 20:54 by Megan Rich
Play with your food
Join the UCFM/TCH discussion on food, nutrition and wellness on Facebook. Remember, you don't have to be "friends" with Drs Rich or Yeager in order to join the conversation.
Track your nutrition:
- sparkpeople.com: this website takes the power of social media and provides a way to track your health (including your nutrition, calories consumed and expended, exercise, weight loss, etc). Recommended by such health experts as People Magazine and the Today Show. There IS a lot to their website - make the most of it by taking the tutorial. And it's free!
- livestrong.com: Also is a center for tracking your health. Go to the myplate section to track your daily nutrition. Has many resources available on the website. Also free.
Apps
- Dirty Dozen: The Dirty Dozen are the 12 foods where you will get the most bang for your buck by purchasing organic varieties regularly. The Clean Fifteen are the 15 that you need not worry about buying organic. Put this app on your smart phone for easy reference when at the grocery store. And it's free!
- Low glycemic index diet: There are several apps out that can calculate your glycemic index for the day or help you to plan your shopping trip. The link attached is a free app that is best used as a reference for what the glycemic index value of various foods is.
- There are many apps out there for storing and searching recipes. Here are a few of the free ones: Food Network, Epicurious, and Cooks Illustrated. Cook Light has an app, too, for just $3.99.
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on 2013-07-30 15:06 by Megan Rich
Think outside the box
Massage: Get a 50 min massage for $35 at the Cincinnati School of Medical Massage. They are open on weekends too! Visit the website or call (513) 469-9550.
Acupuncture: Check out the list of recommended resources from the not-so-mixed-up files of Dr. Montiel T. Rosenthal.
Guided Imagery: A form of meditation, this relaxation technique uses the power of the imagination to aid in the healing process. The heading link will take you to a webpage that describes this more thoroughly. Ohio State has some free audio files or ou can click here for free written scripts of imagery targeting many different things: grief, headaches or other types of pain, test taking, self esteem, etc. The audio files are available but the majority cost about $3. One alternative: you could record yourself reading aloud the free script and then play it back any time you want to guide yourself.
Meditation: There are many different types of meditation (such as guided imagery). The beauty is it can be done for a few minutes anywhere that is quiet and allows you to be in a comfortable position. Having a crazy morning in the office? Find an empty exam room and take a few minutes to relax and center yourself before starting the afternoon session.
Mindfulness: Also a type of meditation, mindfulness encourages you to focus without judgement and can reconnect you with your environment, relax you and decrease your stress level.
Deep Breathing and other relaxation techniques:
Update
on 2013-07-30 13:46 by Megan Rich
Your Health
As physicians we often neglect our own health especially when it comes to seeing a doctor. Here you may find a list of PCP's, mental health providers, pediatritians, dentists and obstetricians. These are all physicians who are NOT associated with the residency or the department in any way. Some are personal recommendations from people within the residency, others are less well known but have a good reputation in the community or a word-of-mouth recommendation. Needless to say, if you don't connect well with a physician on the list, the residency is in no way responsible.
- PCP's (family medicine, internal medicine, med-peds, and pediatrics)
- Dentists
- OB/gyn
**Please check with your insurance ahead of time to ensure the provider is included in your plan