Most Americans do not move enough. The good news is that regular physical activity is one of the easiest ways to reduce your risk of chronic disease and to improve your quality of life.
Make physical activity a priority in your life to: • Improve your memory and brain function, for people of all ages groups. • Protect against many chronic diseases. • Aid in weight management. • Lower blood pressure and improve heart health. • Improve your quality of sleep. • Reduce feelings of anxiety and depression. • Combat cancer-related fatigue. • Improve joint pain and stiffness. • Maintain muscle strength and balance. • Increase life span.
Physical therapists are movement experts who improve quality of life through hands-on care, patient education, and prescribed movement. PTs treat people of all ages and abilities and empower you to take an active part in your care. After an evaluation, PTs create treatment plans based on your specific needs and goals. Want to learn more about overcoming barriers to physical activity? Click to download –
Physical therapy can help you improve your quality of life by improving your mobility, reducing pain, and managing chronic diseases. Physical therapists are movement experts, playing a key part in your healthcare team by working together with you and others to develop strategies and personalized treatment plans to achieve your health goals.
Whether you’re recovering from an injury, managing a chronic condition, improving your overall health and fitness, or achieving job or sport-specific goals, physical therapy can help you reach your goals.
Click below to learn more about the benefits of physical therapy and how it can help you improve your quality of life.
Every October, PTs, PTAs, and physical therapy students celebrate their profession during National Physical Therapy (PT) Month and encourage Welia Health staff and our communities to choose more movement, choose better health, and choose physical therapy.
For the next four weeks, the PT department will share information on how physical therapy can improve your quality of life, topics include: benefits of PT, moving more, managing pain, and the specialties provided by Welia Health PT staff. Stay tuned!
Monday-Thursday, 10/2–10/5 and Monday, 10/16 7:30 am – 4:00 pm in Meeting Rooms 3 and 4 Be sure to pick up a FREE cookie!
• Vaccinations Flu, Covid-19* and tetanus vaccines available at no cost.
*Updated supply information about COVID-19 boosters will be shared as soon as it is made available.
• Blood draws Metabolic and lipid screenings available at no cost. Look for a sign-up sheet in the hospital lab.
• Covid-19 test kits Pick up at-home Covid-19 tests at no cost.
• FIT Testing It is an annual requirement from OSHA that has fallen off our schedule on an annual basis. Welia Health’s policy states: FIT testing will be provided to a core group of Hospital and Clinic Nurses (RNs/LPNs), Health Care Providers, Facility Operations, Anesthesia, Radiology, Ambulance, Pharmacy, Laboratory, and Respiratory Therapy personnel.
No designated times. • Ask a nurse to administer vaccines. • Ask lab staff for blood draws. In Hinckley and Pine City, free cookies will be available on Tuesday, 10/3.
Anyone vaccinated outside of clinic times will receive a coupon for a FREE cookie!
And we have our winners, congratulations to Natasha Swanson (Quality/Utilization Review Specialist) in Mora and Angela Nelson (imaging) in Hinckley!
Update, September 11:
We had one winner from Pine City, congratulations, Tiffany Mohr (clinic nursing)!
Check your tickets for —–
Mora – 988069
Hinckley – 988047
Again, if no one turns in the winning tickets, we will do one more random drawing with all employees.
Good luck!
Update, August 29:
No one turned in the winning numbers, so the redrawn numbers are:
Hinckley – 988057
Mora – 988095
Pine City – 988106
If no one one turns in winning tickets again, a random drawing will be done for all employees by Thursday, August 31.
For those who participated in the events during Welia Day and put their ticket in for the drawing, we have a winner at each campus for one of these SUPER COOL summer bags!
Please submit your ticket to Chris Newton for your prize.
Hinckey – 988048
Mora – 988064
Pine City – 988115
If no one turns in their ticket by Friday (August 25), another will be drawn.
Join us in observing a moment of silence at 7:46am on Monday, September 11th.
The time signifies when the first plane hit the Twin Towers, honoring the memory of those first responders and Americans who lost their lives.
Twenty-two years later, we gather in a renewed spirit of unity, resilience, and strength.
We invite all community members, the Kanabec County Sheriff’s Office, Mora and Ogilvie Fire Departments to meet us in the front parking lot off Highway 65.
