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It will also launch the initiative to promote outdoor physical activity "Your parks healthy, come to them" |
The Councilor for Policy of the Mayor of the City of Lorca, Fátima Mínguez, has announced the implementation of a complete agenda of courses adapted to seniors that will be held during the months of April, May and June throughout the municipality.
Mínguez has announced that "more than 500 majors will participate in the 26 courses that we put in place with the objective that they can benefit from the healthier exercise and all the advantages that the periodic practice of physical activity implies".
La Edil has indicated that "19 social sites and 3 sports pavilions will host the different courses, specifically local Lorca districts and districts of the whole municipality as La Tova, Purias, La Paca, Coy, Zarcilla de Ramos, Ramonete , La Escucha, Marchena, Torrecila ..., in addition to the pavilions of San José, Alamedas and Almendricos ".
"This year we are going to develop again a fall prevention campaign within the different gerontogimnasia courses." Falls are the most frequent form of accident in the elderly, in fact they represent the main cause of accidental death in this age group Falls are very important in geriatrics to the point that between 5 and 25% of falls in the elderly represent relevant injuries that require hospital admission.This campaign will develop a practical workshop in each course on how to get up We will also distribute informative infographics in the different social centers with pensioners' clubs on the performance before falls.The campaign entails the dissemination of information of interest in the web www.lorcamayor.es so that all the Interested parties may have the same and the elaboration of a video with students of the Faculty of Nursing Campus Lorca.
Mínguez has announced that "within this ambitious agenda of promoting physical activity among adults, we will launch the initiative" Your healthy parks, come to them "taking advantage of the sports facilities installed by the City Council in recent years and especially , During the last months in open air spaces such as La Isla Park, in the Central Round next to the Alameda Pavilion or the San Diego Petanque Park, which have been joined to those already built in La Viña Park Or in the Virgen de las Huertas.These parks offer the possibility of performing healthy exercise in an entertaining and outdoor way thanks to the different modular elements that allow exercises of pedaling, waist twisting and mobilization of arms and legs. Know the different machines and their correct use we will develop a series of outings and workshops in which monitors will teach them to take advantage of these resources. In addition, thanks to the participation of the cyberbulls is performing different functional material such as leaflets and explanatory posters on the Different parks, in order that the elderly can enjoy them and benefit from the healthier physical activity outdoors. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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