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WELLNESS

The document discusses different aspects of medical wellness including regular checkups, self-care, and lifestyle factors like smoking that can impact health. It also covers pharmaceutical drugs for conditions like seizures, insomnia, and pain, as well as guidelines around moderate alcohol intake. Nutrition wellness involves a balanced diet, portion control, and limiting processed foods and sugar. Muscular fitness wellness is described in terms of strength, endurance, power, and flexibility. Body composition wellness relates to maintaining a healthy ratio of lean body mass to body fat. All topics are said to be detailed further in later lessons.

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WELLNESS

The document discusses different aspects of medical wellness including regular checkups, self-care, and lifestyle factors like smoking that can impact health. It also covers pharmaceutical drugs for conditions like seizures, insomnia, and pain, as well as guidelines around moderate alcohol intake. Nutrition wellness involves a balanced diet, portion control, and limiting processed foods and sugar. Muscular fitness wellness is described in terms of strength, endurance, power, and flexibility. Body composition wellness relates to maintaining a healthy ratio of lean body mass to body fat. All topics are said to be detailed further in later lessons.

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Medical Wellness

- That includes regular medical and dental examinations and regular gynecological
examinations for women and periodic prostate exams for men, and medical self-care.
- (ex 1) a younger man who smokes cigarettes and ignores the risks of developing
diseases linked to smoking, but who has not yet developed disease, is medically unwell.
- (ex 2) Another example is a man with hypertension who advances his knowledge level
about hypertension by researching it on the internet, maintaining a commitment to
leading a healthy lifestyle, and regularly exercising and engaging in stress reduction
exercises.
Pharmaceuticals and Drugs | Drug Wellness
- Clonazepam is used to prevent and control seizures. This medication is known as an
anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug.
- Temazepam This medication is used to treat a certain sleep problem (insomnia). It may help
you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and lessen how often you wake
- Oxycodone is used to relieve moderate to severe pain.
- (ex 1) no more than one drink per day for women and no more than one to two drinks
per day for men (with one drink equal to 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1 1⁄2
ounces of hard liquor)
- “Cannot restrict their alcohol intake, pregnant, lactating women, individuals taking
medications that can interact with alcohol, and those with specific medical conditions”
- Caffeine abuse occurs when a person exceeds a moderate intake, generally regarded as
300 mg per day
Nutrition and Nutritional Wellness
- Balanced Diet, Mindful Eating, Portion Control, Processed Foods and Sugars, etc…
- Nutrition and nutritional wellness are detailed in next lesson
Muscular Fitness and Muscular Fitness Wellness
- Muscular strength is determined by the ability to move a heavy weight a limited number
of times (e.g. bench pressing 80 pounds eight times).
- Muscular endurance (e.g., performing 100 abdominal curls).
- Muscular power is determined by the ability to move the heaviest weight possible (e.g.
bench pressing 120 pounds one time).
- Elastic strength is determined by the ability of the muscles to overcome a resistance
with a fast contraction and thereby enable the patient/client to compete in a sport (e.g., a
basketball game) without injuring the joints or muscles.
- Muscle Fitness Wellness are detailed in next next lesson
Flexibility and Flexibility Wellness
- For example, a man may continually learn about flexibility and flexibility wellness, be
committed to stretching, and regularly engage in stretching, but he may present with a
slightly impaired range of motion.
- Flexibility and Flexibility Wellness are detailed in next next lesson
Body Composition and Body Composition Wellness
- Lean body mass is all tissue that is not fat—that is, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and
the skeletal system.
- For example, a woman may know a lot about body composition and body composition
wellness, be committed to living a lifestyle that promotes a healthy body composition, eat
healthfully, and exercise regularly but still be overfat due to hypothyroidism.

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