Sustained exercising prevents heart attacks By PAlI DEIE Exaininchtaff Reporter Heart attack Its right up there with cancer as one of the major physcial problems of our socie ty lt elicits fear and panic and depression All too often unfortunately after the fact Its unfortunate that people dont really take exercise con siderations to heart until theyve had coronary reflected Dr Jack lhompson speaker at meeting of the Barrie Chapter of the Ontario Heart Foundation in the Blue Flame Room of the tonsumers Gas building Dr llioiiipsoii medical ad iscr to the Barrie thaptcr emphasistxl that sustained ercise program leads to fitness which turn has cousiructne physzca cc1s such as im intake and lo er is not or football itree weeks he rs about fitness Thompsons their 11 her they them of ll Ill Illlll SHIIII lttl physiotherapist with Itoyal iitoiia Hospital showed itl1 Morton president of how fast Some deteriorate rapidly others slowly Even tually they come to plateau The purpose of exercise is to get them above that plateau said Dr Thompson ONCE MARRIED In our society deterioration of fitness tends to occur once the person has married and or joined the working world he said The big problem of exercise seems to be the different criteria how when how much how often According to Dr Ihompsoii sotnc doctors feel stroneg that persons should have exercise programs prescribed for them taking into account Illnesses and disabilities the have or had When iti doubt your doctor is the one who should be able to tell ou how much exercise you should he doing he told the co persons who attended the meeting Dr Thompson said that the ideal tttttt ltll car diovaseular fitness were the acrohio arict running Jogging cycling swimmng cercises where breathing is consistent and focal ll hope tor cardivosctilai fitness is not lost once person has suffered heart attack Mr Thompson cited the example of the group of Toronto coronary 1tl1111s who as part of L11ltlll1ll expanded exercise the hospital auxiliary how to work the new machine re ccntly purchased by the aux iliary tor the physiotherapy program completed the Boston Marathon in 1973 He conceded that the factor of heredity remains im mutahle If mans father died of coronary his changes of dying of coronary are one and half times greater than the next guys You cant do anything about that risk factor except endeavour to minimirc it We think exercise has some tuttttlln tllttl tlllllfll tthlllllllTtlllS There are other contributors to heart problems besides tiiae l1ll and heredity smoking and weight among others The 01119 tiliii telebratioii screcnmi at the meeting in chided the intoriiiation that death risk increases bv tit per cent for every 10 pounds per son is overwteghl the heart improves tllt training but it must been duraiice training emphasized the film It also made the point that fitness is matter of personal choice No one can dictate it The film showed persons of varying ages partakin arious forms of physica ac tiit and tlljttlllt1 it To counter the apathy typified by the 111lt1tttt who admitted she actually enjoyed exercise but could never motivate herself to action its message to the inactive public was clear get off your overburden department Mrs Smith 10 monstrated the machine at the auxiliary meeting Iues day night Examiner Photo Physiotherapists friends of Olympic Game athletes The ot liic world coiililiit hau niadc thc ttlympiis without tht help ol theti best liJlitls 15o phisioihwraprs and itlili7ii therapists Iiarbatn sniitli ot Harrie was oncot them Mrs Smith showed slides of the Ulympic Tuesday lllLlll at itililttis Eltii the regular mettint of the Royal iitoiia llopital Jill iliarj Mrs Sn III who head of tlic phxsiohcinpj rlipiiitiiitiit ot the limpital also tltllt ttil iiIl new iiilichinc illiiiiictl to NW hospitai by littilllxlllill It was luck break working at the Ulyinpics Mrs Smith said man iiitciic sht worked with the stars of the show and while statesmen made thc Olympics political hassle thr athlctes had oni ohr iictive winning litiliLli and It was tremendous etc prtietici and it niallt tltt proud tobia tanmhon dieaid lis Snot was one oi to physiothciapi ls tlltIllt for lit tilyinpiis Shi appliid with tricnd from lotonto also physiotherapist whose dauglr tcr was on the anadian rowing irew 1hcy applied through the Sports Medicine Interest Group ioth had been to sports iiirdicinc workshop carhcr They found out last April they KUIlLtilllL Forty of Illt therapists at the liillllt worked iii lllt inakcshill clinic 111 the bitcitltnt of tlic illiitit he lllllt was open six liisiitll1111TJt111 to mid iiLilll plijsiottiIiapist and an athletic tliciapist had mini litit on each sidi ATTENTION FREE PARIIING ALL DOWNTOWN SHOPPERS EVERY FRIDAY EVENING AND All DAY SATURDAY DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT BOARD Most of the athletes came in twice day for sprains strains oijtid tired musclcs Interpreters were on hand to provide the necessary transla tion ot background history of theathlctcs Most of the athletes were Very tcllversed on their motor mechanics she said There was lot of kibbitzing between the athletes while physyiothcrapists massaged tinmuscles TITOII was really good feeling among the athletes slitsaid The two weeks before the Ulympics were the most hcctic shcsaid lhc athletes were tense atid the people of Montreal had had it with the Olympics she said This changer at the opening ceremonies Even though some were cynical about the cost of the satudium they all came to githcr once the games started shcsaid Mrs Smith was billctcd with lircnch family Mrs Smith was raised in Barrie one of five children of Mr and Mrs Howard Dyment She attended Barrie Central Collegiate and later graudatcd in 1947 in physiotherapy from the University of Toronto She worked for two years in Toronto and set up private practice in Barrie in 15149 when she and her husband ltoy movr ml to Harrie Shr was the first physio therapist to practise in liarrric Physiotherapy department at the hospital was opened in 1963 by Ilorcnce Itorncr phys iotherapist still with the hospital Today there are six physio therapists at the hospital and Iotir at the medical arts builr ding SALE NOV IX lhc Lathes Loyal Orange Lodge is haying hristmas Bazaar tea and bake sale Nov 18 from tott pm at the Allan dale Orange Lodge Dll JACK IIIDMISDN Itll xpltiiiis the function of it iolesterol wheel to Joe eiich past president of the Barrie thapter of the On tario Heart Foundation dur ing meeting this week in the Blue Flame Room of the Consumers Gas Building Mr Thompson fielded ques tions about the benefits of ex ercise after presentation of film on the subject entitled Celebration Examiner Photo PEOPLE AND PLACES LEAVE WEDNESDAY Barries Mello Blends leave Glen Buteau of 33 Peel SL Jar Wednesday for fourday trip vis Lydia Campbell of 91 Lux to Springfield Mass for the in ternational competition for Harmony Inc Marge Drever Mellow Blend Director is leading the group of 28 singing women for the com petition in barbershopstyle singing The Barrie group competes Saturday night Nov 13 INNISIIL BAZAAR The lnnisfils chapter of the Eastern Star will hold bazaar and bake sale at the Masonic Hall Stroud Saturday from 131to4230 FISII DRAW The Crystal Chapter of the Loyal range Lodge held their tea bazaar and bake sale Oct 29 with Irene Howie and Kae Barton and Jean hown con vening $1500 donated for lacrosse donation of $1500 was given to Barrie Minor Lacrosse Association by members of the ladies auxiliary it was an nounced at the annual meeting at thehome of Linda Won President Mabel Torrie con ducted the business meeting The donation will go to building the Outdoors Lacrosse Box The executive for 197677 was installed Mabel Torrie is past president Simone Mireault president Julia Cadman vice president Barb Weir sec retary Pat wcns treasurer Directors are Alice Warmen Joan McAuley Mary Price and Pat Byers me more set of tournament sweaters and extra goalie sweaters were bought by the auxiliary microwave oven was also bought to be used at the EastView Concession booth Members also ordered socks and shorts for all teams rang ing from tykes to juvenile The auxiliary will meet Nov 17 at the home of Barbara Weir The fish draw was held by ery Ave Bradford was second WAREHOUSE and Mrs Hodgkins of Coll ingwood third is pleased to announce the performance this year of the musical Annie Get Your Gun by the KitchenerWaterloo Musical Productions Directed by Alan und Place Barrie Central Collegiate Auditorium Time Saturday November 27 1976 Curtain Time 815 RM ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY General Admission TICKETS AVAILABLE AT GEORGIAN MALL FRIDAY NOVEMBER AND SATURDAY NOVEMBER BAYFlELD MALL FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12 AND SATURDAY NOVEMBER 13 or at the Box Office on the evening of the performance For further information please call 7282695 7285493 or 7287016 May we suggest that you consider making this Theatre Night for your organtartan The Lady Lions Auxiliary of Barrie Presidents Cup starts in bridge Ralph Brand and John Park were first in Northsouth play for the Presidents Cup at the Barrie Duplicate Bridge Club while John Hazell and Jean Burke were first in eastwest play Second in northsouth play were Sue Graham and Garry Edmonds third were Bill Pur vis and David Lewis and fourth were Joyce Betts and Betty Cunnin am Davi Desjardins and Midge Stubbings were second in east west play Marg Flewelling and Scotty Church third and Vi vian Hamilton and Dorothy Tilley fourth In regular play at the club David Higgins and Bill De Witt were first in northsouth play John Hazel and John Graham second Sue Graham and Garry Edmonds third and Fred Des ardins and Elaine Evans ourth 1n eastwest play Jean Schnarr and Mae Drinkwater were first Joan Bruton and Bar Menezes second Walter and Helen Smith third and Florence Turner and David Kaye fourth The winning team in Swiss TeamofFour tourney at Jeans Club was Dr Postnikoff David Higgins Barb Menzes and Bill De Witt ANNUAL DANCE The 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