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The Importance of Back health
Foothills Training Services

I was at a recent training intensive where we did 3 days worth of training. Day 1 was 15hrs or training with few breaks for meals, day 2 another 15hrs but included more breaks and lecture, and day 3 was much more relaxed consisting of about 7hrs but only 2 of those were intense physical activity.

Mid way through day 1 my back was killing me. More interestingly though is that nearly 50% of the attendees over the age of 30 years old were having the same issue! Back pain was plaguing nearly half of the attendees in my group. It was a real wake up call to me and I decided that this is unacceptable and to do something about it.

What causes back pain? Back pain may be caused by two parts of the same system. It can be caused by soft tissue damage or by spinal damage. Often the two go hand in hand. The spine is pulled out of alignment due to muscle tightness or strain, sport injuries, automotive collisions, slips trips or falls, poor posture, and many other reasons. When this happens the soft tissue attempts to compensate and begins pulling in unnatural and unhealthy ways. The reverse order can occur. Due to a over tightening in one area or a looseness of muscle in another area our back can be spine can be pulled out of alignment. Again the muscles attempt to compensate and the problem gets worse over time.

Why get early treatment? If the problem persists sublaxation can occur and the nerves feeding the spinal column can get pinched and damaged. The spine is the transmitter from the brain to all the major organs and tissues of the body. It is key to the central nervous system. On top of severe pain and discomfort poor back health can result in tissue and organs not functioning properly, not healing, or in immune system issues and sickness. As well back pain can drastically affect quality of life, performance levels, and recreational activities. Nerve tissue is very slow to regenerate so the quicker you can begin to reverse the process the better.

What treatments are available? The good news is that there are a variety of treatments available depending on what’s causing the damage. To relieve soft tissue tightness stretching, massage, and acupuncture are popular treatments. Fitness and exercise is key to obtain homeostasis between the major muscle groups including the hamstrings, gluteus, latissimus, trapezius, and abdominals. To realign the vertebrae of the spine chiropractic care may be necessary.

Where to go for treatment. FTS Inc. Health and Wellness offers deep tissue to hot rock massage as well as fitness and stretching training. For acupuncture or shiatsu massage we recommend Take Dojo (ph. 403 835 1371) and for chiropractic care we recommend our community partner Adio Chiropractic (visit My Site - Home). Of course if you’re experiencing any discomfort or health issues consult your physician before beginning any treatment routine.

Hello everyone we have a new duty bag on the way. The bag is due to arrive in September. The highlights of the bag are:

- Two compartment zip off top to allow embroidery or adding a department logo
- heavy duty zippers for durability.
- Fully adjustable shoulder strap.
- Shoulder strap attaches to bag with large durable (duty belt type) plastic clips.
- Inside Dividers
- 2 mm thick plastic supports on all 4 sides
- Side pockets
- 2 Pockets plus pen area inside of the lid
- Molle attachment loops on front and rear of bag.

Bag will retail for around the $60.00 mark. We currently have Molle attachments for utility pouch, handcuffs, radio, knife / flashlight and a magazine pouch. Future plans are for batons holders phone holders and other assorted pouches. Molle pouches will be priced in the $12 - $20 range.

We are open to suggestions for other pouches. If there si something you would like to see please let us know.

Below is our new video for the duty bag


The 911gear Team

We have added a new social chat on the new Wibiya bar at the bottom of your page. The Wibiya bar is new and allows facebook sharing, translation and a direct link to our facebook page. Below is the info for the new chat.

Admin

The new Live Social Chat web application creates a direct connection with the most popular online social networks of your choice. This new application will allow your users to join a public chat and initiate multiple private chat sessions with any connected user on your website simply by clicking on the user's image..

This unique social layer will enable users to invite friends to chat, both publicly and privately, with multiple chat rooms available simultaneously. They will also be able to view information about each user by hovering over user images, control availability settings, see the exact time a message was sent and much more.

The application is completely dynamic which means that once a user loads a new page it will automatically include all of his open chat sessions.

How to Use Live Chat:

To connect with the Live Chat, a user chooses a network that he wishes to connect with. He can connect via several networks and change between them, but he can only chat using one. Unless chosen otherwise, facebook will be your automatic chat connection.

The user can receive an invitation either to a public chat room or a private chat session. Clicking on 'accept' initiates the chat.

Once the user entered the public chat room he will see a list of 'active users' and 'available users' on the panel to his right. 'Active users' are already chatting in the public chat room. 'Available users' are users who are available to chat on the entire website. To invite users to a public or private chat, the user clicks on the name of another user in the right panel and chooses one of the two options. An invitation will be sent to this user and once he or she accepts you the chat session will start

Each user can control his own availability settings in two ways:

At the top of the right panel, next to the green light icon, choose to be either 'available' or 'invisible'
On the toolbar itself, you will notice the same green light icon.

Choosing an 'invisible' status will make the user invisible to other users.

To view user information, hover over their images. An information bubble will appear with the user's details according to the network he is connected through

Notice that each message has a time stamp on it, telling you exactly when this message was sent. This will help you keep track of the most recent messages.

You may minimize chats and they will remain available on your toolbar.