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16 THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturiny April 1 1989 Sheridan prove good sports of a uni que and challenging program at Sheridan College Cam pus are helping to fill a workplace- void by finding positions in a host of sports medicine clinics across the country According to faculty member Evert van more than athletic therapists have graduated from the twoyear fulltime Sports Injury Management Program at Sheridan since it began in 1975 But while the programs first graduates found employment with professional or semiprofessional sports teams more recent graduates are moving into posi tions with sports medicine clinics Its really a reflection of the shift to clinical sports medicine and the rapidly changing job market There are community clinics and sports injury climes now said van Beek adding more and more physicians are filling the void in the health care system by opening up sports medicine clinics directed at treating people who have sustained sports injuries These doctors who have opened the clinics need our graduates said van Beek noting the program boasted a 100 per cent placement of its graduates last year The only one of its kind in Canada Sheridans Sports Injury Management Program is directed at meeting the demands of the changing job market by stressing the rehabilitative nature of in juries sustained in sports Courses include team management psychology of sport anatomy physiology and sports injury assessmentrehabilitation as well as a demanding field place ment Every year the Division is forced to turn down prospective students from the rigorous program which combines a heavy workload in both academic and clinicalfield areas Last year 300 students vied for just 30 spots in the program A teachinglearning sports In jury clinic at the Oakville Campus serves the dual purpose of serving the students at the College and peo ple in the surrounding community Staffed by faculty and up to five students at a time the clinic has evolved into a community referral clinic from one originally design ed to serve the needs of the Sheridan sports teams With more and more people ac tive and into sports we have had to change as well and both our pro gram and clinic reflect these changes said van Beek Nordic Track promotes fitness MNSome recent newspaper articles have heralded the end of the exercise boom citing the sharp decline in the number of North Americans who jog regular ly But NordicTrack innovator of crosscountry ski exercise machines says that people arent abandoning exercise theyre simply turning to those that dont cause pain and injury The exercise boom has not gone bust its just in transition says Ed Pauls inventor founder aid CEO of the Chaskar Minnesota- based company A recent Wall Street Journal article claimed that the exercise boom is waning But from our point of view its not that people dont want to exercise its Just that they dont want to get in jured says Pauls Running often causes painful and harmful injuries to the knees and shin splints while high unpad aerobics add ankle low back and feet problems to the of likely injuries Research at the Institute for Biomedical Engineering at Lehigh University in Bethlehem Penn sylvania showed that running and jumping result In three to four times the increase in pressure on bones and soft tissues as com pared to normal walking People arent abandoning aerobic exercise rather theyre turning to walking and Indoor exer cise equipment such as dicTrack notes Pauls Nor dicTrack duplicates the smooth RECREATION PARKS DEPARTMENT Leisure Lines New programs The Halton Hills Recreation and Parks Department has an in teresting variety of programs for you to choose from this spring in cluding Songwriters Serenade special guestinstructorperformer Bryant Learn to write pro duce and promote those songs bottled up inside you Green Acres heres a chance to get some tips on how to spruce up your flowerbeds and gardens from our Nurseries expert Ballroom Dancing Lessons learn to have more fun and look 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as running and you burn the same number of calories walking a mile as you do running it says Douglas A Godfrey Godfrey a Minneapolis in ternist who recommends walking to many of his patients agrees that people want to find exercises that are safe and nonpainful Runn ing marathons really isnt beneficial its something you do because you want to do it But if you do run a marathon quit after one he advises New research has also found that people dont need to exercise as long as was formerly thought in order to receive the benefits dicTrack is particularly beneficial for those who find it difficult to fit exercise into their busy lifestyles Using NordicTrack just 20 minutes a day three times a week will tone your body allow you to achieve cardiovascular fitness and help maintain your weight says Pauls SPRING TUNEU Auto- Reverse Tape 24 Stations AM Electronic Station Seek FrontBack Fader Control Separata Bass Treble Controls Dolby Noise Reduction Music Search MetalChrome Tape Selector KeyOff 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