Health calendar 1/30/03

Today

Grief Support Group meets from 7 to 9 p.m. in Conference Room A in the St. Francis Education Center. For more information, call Denise at 651-4617.

Dr. Lori Moyers will discuss about the upper respiratory on "Ask Your Doctor." The call-in medical show airs at 8 p.m. on channel 5 and is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Area Medical Society, St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital. Viewers can call 334-3095 with questions.

Monday

St. Francis Universal Health and Fitness Center is offering chair exercise classes through its Vitality Health Program. The chair classes are designed for people who are uncomfortable with floor exercises or are unable to participate in conventional exercise classes. The exercises focus on improving strength, flexibility and range of motion through different forms of resistance. The class meets from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The class also meets on Wednesday at the same time. For more information, call 335-3355.

FitKids for ages 6-12 will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. at Southeast Missouri Hospital's Main Street Fitness Center in the Community Room. It includes a variety of activities including sports, scooter games, parachute games, and walleyball. The class meets every Monday in February. Call 243-2211 to pre-register.

The Brain Injury Resource Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. This support group is for people who have experienced brain injury and for their families. This month the program will be presented by Sharon Hogan, who is a brain injury survivor. For more information, call 651-5825.

Tuesday

Chair exercise classes will meet at Southeast's Main Street Fitness in Jackson from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. This class is taught by Jane Greening and is designed for people who have difficulty standing for a long period of time and/or difficulty balance, weakness, arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes, low endurance or other medical problems. For more information, call 243-2211.

The several annual Appreciation Banquet for Mended Hearts members will be held in the Harrison Room at Southeast Missouri Hospital at 6 p.m. The program will be presented by Debbie Leoni, manager of Fitness & Wellness at Southeast. For more information, call 651-5824.

Explorer Post 4077 will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Southeast Outpatient Rehabilitation at 60 Doctors' Park for a program on "Inpatient and Outpatient Rehab Services." Explorer Post 4077 is for ages 14 to 21. It gives them the opportunity to explore the many career options available in the health field. For more information, call 651-5825.

Wednesday

Main Street Fitness in Jackson will hold '70s Fitness Workout at 6 p.m. for a one-hour dance workout to the songs of the 1970s. Call 243-2211 for more information.

-- From staff reports