Healthy New Albany Magazine March/April 2015

March/April 2015

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March/April 2015 Vol. 4, No.4

departments

7 First Glance Letter from the Executive Editor

8 In & Out What’s happening in and out of New Albany

10 My Story Dr. Bryan Ghiloni

12 Personalities Marathoner Dr. Darrin Bright

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16 On the Path

Lacrosse coach Dave Ferguson

The Friendship Circle – supporting children with special needs

20 Initiatives From the City of New Albany

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38 Foods for Fitness Healthful Mediterranean Cuisine

41 Ask the Expert Dr. Amy Valasek on bone injury prevention in kids

Michael Pollan talks healthful eating

44 Gadgets & Gear 48 Scene in New Albany

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More than Muscle It’s that time of the year again. My jaunts to Downtown restaurants for quiet dinners will be marked by the presence of hundreds of women and men whose muscular biceps, oversized necks, bulging quads and V-shaped abdomens instigate people-watching like nothing else I have seen. The results from consuming a plethora of supplements – protein powder, creatine and glutamine, to name a few – will be on display. It’s time for the Arnold Sports Festival.

In my younger and very naive days growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., I always believed having a sculpted body was a sign of virility that ultimately translated to being attractive in the eyes of others. And so my friends and I would lift weights in a neighbor’s garage and drink milkshakes infused with raw eggs, all for the purpose of creating a great bod.

Truth be told, I never came remotely close to duplicating the image displayed on this page – not then, and certainly not now.

However, thanks to Photoshop, I can be anything I desire, pictorially.

What I find compelling is the belief held by many that having a muscular physique translates to being fit. After spending time around health professionals, including personal health coaches and physical therapists whose job it is to assess a person’s fitness level, I am of the belief now more than ever that most people who are “over-muscled” are not necessarily fit.

When you read the articles in this issue, you will be introduced to the importance of strong muscles, but that’s only one component that makes for a fit individual. A fit person will possess cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility and lean body mass in addition to having the ability to display strong balance skills.

While a book might have an attractive cover, it’s the underlying content that’s of the most value.

Healthfully,

Phil Heit, Executive Editor

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What's happening in and out of New Albany

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March 21

7-8 p.m., Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Performing Arts, www.naarts.org

8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m., Jorgensen Farms, Westerville, www.jorgensen-farms.com

New Albany Winds with the NAHS Bands

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“A Garden for Every Space�

Author Visit and Workshop

March 5

New Albany Chamber of Commerce Business Expo & Job Fair

March 28

2-6 p.m., Church of the Resurrection, www.newalbanychamber.com

8 a.m. 5K, 9 a.m. Little Princess Dash, Easton Town Center, www.ladytutu5k.com

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in & out

Lady Tutu 5K & Little Princess Dash

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Photo courtesy of the New Albany Chamber of Commerce

Get Off Your Can Race to End Hunger 8 a.m., New Albany Links Golf Club, www.premierraces.org

Photo courtesy of In My Life Photography

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Arnold Sports Festival Various locations around Columbus, www.arnoldsportsfestival.com

March 7

Fight for Air Climb 5:30-11 a.m., Rhodes Tower, Columbus, www.lung.org

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March 15

Westerville Parks Foundation Bunny Hop 5K 8 a.m. 5K, 9 a.m. Kids Dash, Alum Creek Park North, Westerville, www.premierraces.org

Photo courtesy of the Westerville Parks and Recreation Department

3 p.m., Church of the Resurrection, www.naarts.org

Photo courtesy of the New Albany Arts Council

Center Stage Singers Spring Concert

April 11

Musical Pairings with the New Albany Symphony Orchestra 8-11 p.m., Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Performing Arts, www.mccoycenter.org

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April 25

8 a.m. 10-Miler and 10K, 8:15 a.m. 5K, Spring Grove North Park, Westerville, www.ultrafit-usa.com

10 a.m., Glacier Ridge Metro Park, Dublin, www.stridesforsobriety.com

Hoover Hustle 10K & 5K

Strides for Sobriety

Youth Music Competition Winners’ Recital 3 p.m., New Albany United Methodist Church, www.naarts.org

Photo courtesy of the New Albany Arts Council

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April 25

Columbus International 5K Run/Walk

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9 a.m. Scioto Audubon Metro Park, Columbus, www.columbusinternational5K.com

Healthy New Albany Community Programs Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, 150 W. Main St.

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April 8

How Diet & Exercise Can Change Your Numbers

Mind-Body Therapies Lunch & Learn

6-7 p.m., Conference Room

Noon-1 p.m., Conference Room

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April 15

Make Your Own Sports Drinks, Fuels & Foods

When is an Injury Really an Injury?

6-7 p.m., Demo Kitchen

6-7 p.m., Conference Room

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April 21

Cooking for Two

Matter of Balance

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my story

By Dr. Bryan Ghiloni

Editor’s Note: “My Story” is a first-person column about health issues that touch New Albany community members. Have a story to share?

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The Far East Side section of Walk with a Doc gathered in August.

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Stepping It Up

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very little bit helps. It’s a saying that applies to many aspects of life, including physical fitness.

Some of the patients I see at Mount Carmel Medical Group New Albany, where I practice as a primary care physician, think becoming physically fit requires spending hours at the gym or running dozens of miles, but that is a misconception. Walking for just 30 minutes a day can start you down the path to better health, something I’ve witnessed firsthand through a great program called Walk with a Doc. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Organization challenges adults to get moving Walking is an easy way to reduce the risk of heart disease because it’s lowimpact, safe and a practical form of exercise for people of all fitness levels.

Dr. Bryan Ghiloni

Walk with a Doc is a national organization created in 2005 by my colleague, Dr. David Sabgir, a cardiologist at Mount Carmel Health System. The organization is devoted to encouraging healthy physical activity in people of all ages with a goal of reversing the effects of sedentary lifestyles.

More than one-third of U.S. adults are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Obesity-related conditions including heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes are some of the leading causes of preventable death. However, people can take their health into their own hands by getting up and moving.

I first began volunteering for Walk with a Doc in fall 2013 and was inspired by the program’s ability to motivate people to become active participants in achieving their best health. The free program invites community members to walk with a doctor for an hour at a local park or rec-

reation center. During the walk, the doctor also answers health-related questions from participants. The program started with one site, Highbanks Metro Park, and now has more than 150 sites across the nation and abroad.

Physical activity doesn’t have to be complicated, and that’s what is great about Walk with a Doc. Every week I encourage and challenge walkers to increase their activity and bring a friend along. Walking is an easy way to reduce the risk of heart disease because it’s low-impact, safe and a practical form of exercise for people of all fitness levels.

One of our East Side walkers was only going to our Walk with a Doc events every other week. The walker has diabetes, and we talked about the condition during each walk. I challenged her to exercise more because it could help treat her diabetes. The walker has accepted the challenge, and I am working with her to increase her exercise.

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During WWAD, one of the walkers talked with me about a sore heel. I was able to give advice on the spot, and he is doing much better.

If you need more reason to get out and walk, according to the American Heart Association, it’s possible to improve blood pressure, reduce the risk of heart disease and improve blood lipid profile by walking for 30 minutes a day. Walking is a simple form of exercise that requires no equipment and is easy to start.

If you’d like to start conquering your fitness goals, I invite you to join me at Walk with a Doc every other Saturday morning, beginning April 11, at 8:30 a.m., at Big Walnut Park and Far East Community Center, or visit www.walkwithadoc.org for a list of walks near you.

Bryan Ghiloni, M.D., is a primary care physician with Mount Carmel Medical Group New Albany.

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Dr. Darrin Bright

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personalities

By Sarah Sole

Running in Their Shoes Doctor’s passion for marathons helps him better care for his patients

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t’s not often that you can find a profession that also incorporates something you enjoy while off the clock, but Dr. Darrin Bright has managed to do just that.

While Bright, a New Albany resident, has completed 50some marathons, he has built his career around treating others with a similar devotion to physical activity. At Max Sports Medicine, an affiliate of OhioHealth with six locations in central Ohio, his patients are fellow marathoners, cyclists and triathlon participants.

Bright’s own love for marathon running had its birth in a pact.

On the day his daughter, Molly, was born, Bright’s father, Terry, had a heart attack. His dad survived, but the scare was a wake-up call for Bright and his older brother, Adam. They made a promise to each other that they would stay healthy, and beyond that, they would run the 2002 Columbus MaraBright, his wife and his daughter at the Disney Princess Half thon together.

“Ultimately, it was a very positive thing for both of us,” says Bright, 43.

Bright’s love for athletics dates back to his school years. The youngest of three, with a sister, Andrea, and a brother, Adam, Bright attended Miami Valley School, graduating with 26 people. He ran cross country and track and played soccer, basketball, tennis and baseball.

Inspired by his brother, who completed a B.S./M.D. program for orthopedics, Bright completed a six-year B.S./M.D. program.

Spending two years at the University of Akron and four at Northeast Ohio Medical University, he graduated in 1997.

Bright specialized in family medicine, and he performed a residency at Riverside Methodist Hospital and a fellowship at The Ohio State University in sports medicine. Through that, he joined a group of doctors at OSU. Eight years ago, the group started Max Sports Medicine, a practice that includes primary and sports-related care.

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Bright says his role gives him the opportunity to get to know his patients over a long period of time.

“That’s something I really enjoy,” he says.

Bright’s experience with distance running helps him better relate to his patients. Since he’s dealt with injuries brought about by running, he has felt some of the pain his patients might experience. He knows how much time

Bright has completed more than 50 marathons.

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and effort goes into training for an event and can help his patients figure out whether an injury calls for time off.

“There are very few injuries now that we need to shut people down for,” he says.

He also knows many of his patients as members of his own community, and he often sees them while running. Many of his patients had at one time never really exercised. After they found that family health issues necessitated exercise, Bright talked them through the process. He’s had a chance to see their evolution over two or three years. Some have lost as much as 100 pounds.

Choosing not to exercise, he says, is almost as bad as choosing to smoke.

“We’ve just got to get people moving,” Bright says.

When Bright started moving himself, back when he and Adam were preparing for their first marathon, he found that setting a goal helped. He ran in high school while playing soccer, but he didn’t run during his college years.

“We had the date on the calendar, and it was getting closer and closer,” he says.

Socialization was also beneficial.

Bright joined Marathoners in Training (MIT), a training group he heard about from a patient; he still runs with the group today and even sees some members at holiday parties. Aside from making sure to exercise with a group, Bright recommends running at a comfortable pace. If you can’t talk to someone next to you, he says, you’re running too fast.

Patience is also important, and runners must remember to increase their endurance gradually over weeks.

Bright usually runs six days per week.

MIT’s program for a marathon is 20 weeks. The half marathon program is 12-14 weeks.

While Bright has tried his hand at triathlons, he ultimately decided to stick with running. The longest race he has completed was 100 miles. He

Bright’s experience with distance running helps him better relate to his patients. Since he’s dealt with injuries brought about by running, he has felt some of the pain his patients might experience. He knows how much time and effort goes into training for an event and can help his patients figure out whether an injury calls for taking time off. also did the IRONMAN in Florida and the Boston Marathon.

Two years ago, Bright completed a run with his daughter, Lexi, his wife, Gwen, and Gwen’s stepmother. The trio participated in a Disney Princess Half Marathon. In honor of the event, Gwen wore a tutu, while Lexi dressed up as Alice from Alice in Wonderland.

Disney characters were everywhere on the course, he remembers, and they continually stopped to take pictures.

There were 17,000 participants in that race, and most were women.

While Bright travels for some of his races, he values the importance of health and wellness in his community.

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Though he values the attention New Albany pays to exercise, his passion for running has also led Bright to become involved in Columbus fitness events. He has served as medical director for the Capital City Half Marathon for 10 years and the Columbus Marathon for seven years. As medical director, Bright works with the Columbus Division of Fire, American Red Cross, Columbus Police Department and U.S. Department of Homeland Security to make sure safety is enforced and resources are adequate. He also recruits medical volunteers; there are usually more than 100 at each race. He also enjoys seeing people he knows cross the finish line.

“It’s my way of giving back to the community,” Bright says.

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ince its beginnings in 2000, the Friendship Circle has been a source of comfort and hope for disabled individuals and their families in the New Albany community and beyond.

Out of 79 locations worldwide, New Albany’s was the second one to open, says Director Esther Kaltmann.

The fastest-growing Jewish organization for children with special needs, the Friendship Circle is open to families of all backgrounds, regardless of faith.

The organization aims to pair up children with special needs and high school and college-aged volunteers, hoping to foster long-lasting relationships that help the children develop their social skills, feelings of belonging and self-confidence.

“All the students will come back and visit their buddies for years after college,” Kaltmann says. “Some kids will specifically come back to visit their buddies.”

The organization, which spreads across the world into various countries, has helped about 5,000 people thanks to the contributions of nearly 11,000 volunteers. The New Albany chapter has assisted about 500 families, with almost

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The walking club is the newest addition to the Friendship Circle’s programming. Left to right: Sari Schlonsky, Khoury Schulze, Carson Daur, Samantha Sharfin, Caroline Raya, Carly Shocket

1,200 teen and college volunteers, Kaltmann says.

The organization is not limited to specific special needs, Kaltmann says.

Anyone – high or low functioning, moderate to severe – is welcome.

Alongside relationship-building, the Friendship Circle and LifeTown, an educational center designed for children with special needs, also help participants prepare for a world outside school. They can learn how to write a resume and participate in mock job interviews.

“Teachers can see their progress in school; they can see them interacting,” Kaltmann says. “LifeTown helps them transfer those skills.”

About five years ago, the organization changed the life of Hilliard resident Kelly Schulze as well as the lives of her family.

Schulze learned she needed to have a spinal fusion. She was teaching at Bexley High School, and many of her students knew she had an autistic son, Khoury. When word of her major surgery got around, Schulze says, a student’s parent recommended the Friendship Circle as a helpful resource.

“Literally two weeks after my surgery, it all happened so quickly,” Schulze says.

“These OSU boys came to the house, and they were with us for three years.”

The two “buddies” would come to the house on Sundays, Schulze says, and would typically help out for an hour or two.

The buddies gave Khoury an opportunity to develop friendships – something he was not exactly accustomed to.

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Schulze says, it wasn’t until her daughter was born that she realized there was something different about her son.

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something so different. The boys really became part of our family.”

Even after the two helpers graduated, Schulze says, they still manage to be a part of Khoury’s life. Last year, on Khoury’s birthday, one of the buddies was in Chicago while the other was in Cincinnati. They conference called and sang Khoury “Happy Birthday.”

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The Schulzes were merely getting their feet wet with the buddies’ home visits.

“I didn’t understand what we were getting into,” Schulze says. “Then I realized the Friendship Circle was pretty colorful.”

As it turned out, her increased involvement would lead to even more benefits. Last year, Schulze began to face even more difficulties as her now 11-year-old son began to grow up.

“As Khoury’s gotten older and getting closer to puberty, I found myself, last year, having a hard time juggling teaching and going to appointments,” she says. Schulze decided to quit her job and stay at home full-time.

But last fall, she had the opportunity to join the Friendship Circle team. Now, Schulze works with parent outreach.

She focuses quite a bit on letting future participants know they don’t have to be Jewish to benefit from the organization.

The Friendship Circle has also helped Schulze rearrange Khoury’s schedule and add more structure to it.

“We’re balancing it more,” she says.

“I really saw that we were spending a lot of time with our daughter, like going to Girl Scouts and soccer. But I realized all of my appointments with Khoury were for counseling or doctors. None of (the appointments) were for fun stuff.”

Khoury participates in the Friendship Circle’s walking club. The walking club includes high school-aged Friendship Circle volunteers who walk with children with special needs every Sunday. The club met during the fall months,

Children take a break from programming to play.

Kaltmann says, but will start meeting again in the spring.

“They would walk on the beautiful New Albany trails,” Kaltmann says. “The parents loved that their children were part of a club and felt a sense of belonging and acceptance.”

When Khoury returned home from the walking club, Schulze says, he had a story to tell.

“He came home, and he said, ‘I met people just like me,’” she says. She added that, at the walking club, Khoury met a girl who had more challenges than he did.

He became something of a cheerleader for her.

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Left to right: Kevin, Katelyn, Khoury and Kelly Schulze

“It was a neat way for the roles to sort of switch, and it allowed him to become a quasi-buddy,” Schulze says.

“For him, (the Friendship Circle) has really changed how we can incorporate things into our lives. It’s easier.”

Attending outings with other Friendship Circle parents brings about a sense of unity. Other parents, Schulze says, simply “get it.”

“There’s safety in numbers,” she says.

Now that Khoury’s original buddies have graduated and moved on, Schulze says, they have new buddies. He’ll probably have the buddies around through high school.

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one to cheer for him if he joins clubs. He’ll have someone to hang out with.”

Schulze says she hopes prospective parents can move beyond the misconception that the Friendship Circle is strictly for Jewish families and benefit from everything the organization has to offer.

“It’s a gift,” she says. “We schedule so much for our kids as far as their appointments … but we forget to schedule the fun things for our special needs child.”

Hannah Bealer is an assistant editor. Feedback welcome at ssole@ cityscenemediagroup.com. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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Initiatives

By Scott McAfee and Patrick Gallaway

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any in the community breathed a sigh of relief late last year when busing changes were delayed until April 7. This new date, however, is fast approaching. The following information will help you better deal with the upcoming changes.

There are now a total of five drop-off points around the school campus: two along High Street, two along DublinGranville Road and one on Fodor Road. Maps showing the five drop-off points are available on the school district website, www.napls.us.

presence of police personnel, equipment or both. These efforts are for student safety.

The city stations two police officers on the school campus throughout the school year. These officers will assist with traffic around campus as necessary after April 7.

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Drivers around the school campus may notice an increased

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Allow more time and patience in reaching the school campus.

Those not dropping off children should try to avoid the campus area from 7:15-9 a.m.

Increased vehicular traffic is expected along Fodor Road, Dublin-

Granville Road and High Street/ New Albany Condit Road. We do not believe roads north of State Rt. 161 or east of campus will be greatly impacted by the implementation of the non-transport policy.

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In the wake of the November levy failure, staff re-evaluated trail priorities in areas where more children will be walking to school. Parents www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

need to determine whether use of leisure trails around their home is age-appropriate, but trails along Central College Road and State Rt. 605/High Street now connect neighborhoods as far east as Tidewater to the school campus. The trail connection between Morgan Road and Mead Way, funded by a Safe Routes to School grant, will go out to bid this spring and is expected to be complete by the 2015-16 school year.

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For those using the new roundabout at Market and Main streets, the city developed a brochure offering tips for drivers, walkers and cyclists. This brochure is available at Village Hall and the library.

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The city worked with school district staff to provide training for volunteer crossing guards. Recruitment is ongoing, and additional training will occur before April depending upon volunteers.

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The city completed a new temporary crosswalk for the Hampsted Heath subdivision. Users are encouraged to exercise caution.

Crosswalks can provide a false sense of security, and this temporary crosswalk does not have working lights.

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The planned High Street/Chatham Green Drive traffic signal near the school campus is expected to be complete prior to the 2015-16 school year but not before April 7. This project was approved as part of the 2015 city budget, but it still needs to be engineered and publicly bid.

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Leading the Pack

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ew high school sports teams in Ohio, boys’ or girls’, have enjoyed the kind of success the New Albany High School girls’ lacrosse team has had in the past five years.

It’s been an impressive run. The team reached the semifinals in 2011 and the finals in 2012 and won the state championship in 2013. At the heart of this success is Coach Dave Ferguson, a New Albany resident intent on building these accomplishments the right way: through commitment, balance and an emerging sense of tradition.

Ferguson first came to lacrosse while playing football for Ashland Univer22

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Lacrosse coach grows girls’ hearts and minds

The 2013 New Albany High School girls’ lacrosse team is pictured after its Regional Championship win.

Later that year, it also took the State Championship.

sity, when his football coach asked him to play. His coaching began when his children started playing lacrosse, something he and his wife, Kristin, support wholeheartedly.

“My wife and I are big advocates of athletics. We believe it’s a great balance for anybody in school. We just think it’s important for any kid to participate on a team sport for their own development,” Ferguson says.

All four of the Ferguson family’s children – 23-year-old Murphy, 21-year-old Mac, 19-year-old Wesley and 14-year-old Blythe – have partici-

pated in sports while attending New Albany Plain-Local Schools.

Ferguson’s background and commitment to lacrosse go beyond playing and coaching. He has served as president of the youth-focused New Albany Lacrosse Association (NALA), president and board member of the Ohio Schoolgirls Lacrosse Coaches Association (OSLCA), vice president of the OSLCA Central Region and member of the AllAmerican Selection Committee. First and foremost, though, he is Coach Ferguson.

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Ferguson has coached girls’ lacrosse at New Albany High School since 2007.

coach for the girls’ team in 2007, Ferguson knew it would be a good opportunity because of the success the middle school and youth leagues were having.

His oldest daughter, Murphy, was a freshman at New Albany at the time and was a bit more apprehensive because she’d seen how her dad coached boys.

“She told me that girls are different, and so I needed to focus on some of the differences of girls, which is true,” Ferguson says.

Nine years later, his daughter’s sage advice has served Ferguson well.

“I really love coaching the girls. I get a lot of fun out of it. I find that they are very passionate about the sport,” he says.

The girls’ passion, and Ferguson’s, requires significant amounts of time and energy. Ferguson knows this means it’s necessary to seek the right balance between school and sports.

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The New Albany girls’ lacrosse team seniors proudly display their Regional Championship trophy.

One way Ferguson differentiates himself in this regard is by always giving his players spring break off, telling them “go recharge your batteries, go with your family for spring break, then come back and be ready to play for the season.”

He also encourages his players to participate in sports other than lacrosse, which, in an increasingly specialized high school sports scene, is nearly unheard of today. Luckily for Ferguson, and New Albany High School, the coaches here are like-minded in this regard.

Despite the multi-sport leniency, the girls’ lacrosse team is extremely competitive, and Ferguson spends quite a bit of time finding ways to keep the girls motivated without burning them out and engaged without disrupting the schoolsports balance.

Taking a cue from the great “Carpe Diem” scene at the beginning of the mov-

ie Dead Poets Society, he tries to get his players to look at some of the pictures and accomplishments in the trophy case at the high school, asking the girls, “Do you want to be there? Do you want to have your team picture there?”

He hopes, of course, that the answer is a resounding “yes,” but not simply for the lacrosse success it might bear. Part of his mission is to build a legacy, a tradition that these girls want to be a part of in high school and beyond.

Ferguson cites Upper Arlington as a model.

“What we see in other communities, like Upper Arlington, is we see a lot of those kids who grew up in Upper Arlington, they want to move back, and they want to raise families in Upper Arlington.

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Ferguson with daughter Murphy during her senior year at the University of Georgia, where she played lacrosse in the 2014 NCAA Division I Tournament.

kids who were in our program come back, they raise their family here in New Albany and then they want to be part of that,” he says.

For him, the fruits of these efforts are Ferguson’s reward. He specifically enjoys watching his players grow.

“We’ve had a lot of athletes come into the program who’ve never played lacrosse, and watching them develop their skills and becoming a starter and an impact player, I get great joy out of watching that happen,” Ferguson says.

Ferguson has also found New Albany to be a great community in which to live.

“It has a great balance of health, arts, schools, and anybody who wants to get involved in the community can, too. People give incredible amounts of time to our community and bettering it,” he says.

New Albany residents may also know Ferguson because of his role on the Plain Township Board of Trustees.

His wife is a board member and director of marketing and operations for Healthy New Albany.

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Snacking Smarter Vending machines get a nutritional update

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rabbing a handful of quarters and heading to the vending machine doesn’t have to include an added serving of food guilt.

When people, be they schoolchildren or office workers, are driven away from the well-stocked fridge at home and brought in close proximity to potentially sugar-laden vending machines, they face threats to their healthful diets.

But just as nutrition has become a higher priority for restaurants and grocery stories, so, too, has it become a higher priority for the people who stock the vending machines. Instead of the standard fare of chips, pretzels and assorted candy bars, some vending machines are expanding to better meet today’s nutritional standards.

Offering an alternative to the nutrient-barren wasteland that has become a vending machine stereotype, healthful vending machine entrepreneurs hope to combat rising obesity levels in America with healthful snack options in both school and office facilities.

“Consumers are eating healthier these days and are now realizing how bad junk food really is, especially with the new health care laws that require posting of nutritional and calorie content,” says Melodye Demastus, founder of the central Ohio startup

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Healthy Vending 4U. “While we can’t be the food police, we can provide healthier options to help people make better food choices.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 36 percent of Americans are considered

obese, putting them at an increased risk for heart disease, stroke and other obesity-related health concerns. First Lady Michelle Obama’s campaign for fitness and nutrition in young children struggling with obesity has caught the attention of a super-sized nation.

Those highly-processed snack foods such as candy bars, cakes and chocolates are convenient both in size and cost, giving them a seductive appeal to the time-pressed consumer. The goal for Healthy Vending 4U and its contemporaries is to present comparable options without all the added preservatives and artificial sweeteners.

Hilliard-based Healthy Vending 4U has already provided a number of central Ohio office buildings, medical facilities and business colleges with healthful juices and organic sodas, such as San Pellegrino sparkling waters and V8 Low Sodium and V8 Fusion juices, along with microwaveable, low-sodium soups and heart-healthy almond snacks.

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Shaping the Future Epigenetics changes the way we understand ourselves

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ost of us have a very basic understanding of how genetics work.

If you have brown eyes, you know that color was determined by your parents’ DNA. Perhaps you can point to a photo of a great-grandmother on your father’s side and say that’s where your red, curly hair came from.

These genes “run in the family,” says Jay Hollick, associate professor of molecular genetics at The Ohio State University. DNA is a blueprint – a guideline – that helps create who we are.

While our DNA is passed down to us at birth, our gene expression may be influenced by the present day. What if our unique decisions – whether or not we eat breakfast, go for an evening jog or live in a heavily polluted city – can influence not only our own genes, but possibly the genes we pass along to our future children and grandchildren?

Epigenetics is the study of changes in organisms (mammals and plants) caused by changes in gene expression, rather than changes in the genetic code itself.

Or, as Hollick explains, some of our traits are determined by information that is independent of DNA, but can still be copied and transmitted through cell divisions.

Picture this: “Let’s eat Grandma” is the information encoded in the DNA. But when you add a comma – or the epigenetic mark that alters the DNA’s instructions, for the sake of this example – the message is changed entirely: “Let’s eat, Grandma.”

“Unlike DNA, which is a remarkably stable form of information, epigenetic sources of information are often unstable, and they may behave in an unexpected fashion,” Hollick says.

Another example would be body parts such as skin, eyes and teeth. Your skin, eyes and teeth all share the same

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DNA, and genetically you can’t tell them apart, but their cell types perform very different functions.

The concept of epigenetics might not be as new as you think. Hollick says inheritance patterns of specific traits that don’t fall in line with how DNA operates have been noted for more than 100 years. The term “epigenetics” was coined in 1942 by fruit fly geneticist and developmental biologist Conrad Waddington.

There are plenty of aspects of epigenetics that are still the subject of much debate, such as whether the environment has any impact when it comes to inheritance of traits in mammals.

In plants, Hollick says, sperm and eggs are produced well after the plant has been subjected to any environmental insults. So, while few clear examples exist, plants can transmit a memory of that experience to their offspring.

But in mammals, sperm and egg precursors are set aside early in fetal

development. Their exposure to the environment is limited to in utero.

“Several epidemiological and animal model studies provide support for the idea that under-nutrition during gestation results in heritable consequences to the metabolism of offspring and grandchildren,” Hollick says. “So, it is certainly an issue in need of more investigation.”

To give an example, it could very well be possible that someone who can’t gain weight easily might have had a malnourished ancestor.

There’s still a lot that can be learned about epigenetics, like how specific instructions in the DNA of individual cell types are either interpreted or ignored, Hollick says.

“We still have much to learn about these fundamental processes occurring during development and in response to environmental influences,” Hollick says.

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partly due to the experimental requirement for well-pedigreed materials.”

Hollick says more information is also needed to understand how proper nutrition and exposure to pollutants, drugs and alcohol affects epigenetic processes.

“Whether or not the environment is responsible for heritable changes in health and agriculture is certainly an important concern for our future well-being,” he says. “We should be investing in the research and tools needed to understand the extent of this connection.”

Hannah Bealer is an assistant editor. Feedback welcome at ssole@ cityscenemediagroup.com. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

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Forward Motion Fitness center’s group classes offer a myriad of ways to move at the Heit Center

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ancing, jumping, strength training, endurance, balance – patrons can find a bit of everything in the group classes offered at the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany’s fitness center.

“We’ve gotten great comments on all of our instructors,” Group Exercise Coordinator Danielle Novotny says.

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Health and Fitness Center based the group class schedule on member feedback, and Novotny says the staff is still adjusting the schedule based on class popularity. The top three classes now are BODYPUMP, Yoga Tune Up and aquat30

Attendees of the Total Body Cycle class warm up at the beginning of their class.

ic classes. In fact, Novotny says, in the two weeks the facility was open during December, pool classes were more popular than “land” classes were. Currently, Novotny is working on finding instructors to fill the need for additional evening and weekend classes.

With the exception of a few intermediate and advanced classes, the hour-long sessions are made to be accessible to all fitness levels. Beginners can still attend the more advanced classes, Novotny says, as long as they let the instructor know their skill levels in order to receive modifications.

Weights and mats are available on

site, though class attendees can also bring their own.

All the cycling classes, along with BODYPUMP and Total Body Barre Conditioning, require a sign-up 24 hours in advance, either via the front desk or phone. Individuals must sign themselves up for class.

Aqua Classes

Aqua Pilates: This is a combination of ballet, Pilates and yoga that focuses on core and balance. “It is a lower impact water class compared to some of the other ones,” Novotny says. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Participants in the BODYPUMP class begin their workout with squats using barbells.

Go Hydro & Aqua Zen: This class is divided into two 30-minute periods. The first is a high-energy session, while the second includes yoga and tai chi. Both activities are conducted in the pool.

H20 Bootcamp: High-intensity interval training (HITT) is included in this intermediate level class.

Cardio Endurance Classes

Cardio Dance: This is designed to be a fun class featuring all sorts of dance music. The class is a great way to burn calories, Novotny says, because it focuses on cardiovascular fitness. This is a higher intensity level than the hip-hop class.

Cardio Kickboxing: This interval, cardio-based class includes kickboxing, high-intensity drills and plyometric movements. Participants use their own body weight to burn calories and perform many arm movements, Novotny says. The class sometimes incorporates hip-hop moves or music.

Hip-Hop: This class combines various street dance styles of hip-hop from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

Moves include popping, locking and breakdancing.

Step: A step aerobics class that emulates the classes popular in the early 80s, this class includes choreographed step routines with a platform.

The focus is on body sculpting, and weights and jump ropes are used.

Zumba Fitness: This class strives to have a party-like atmosphere, Novotny says. It features Latin-inspired music and dances such as salsa and merengue. “People have a really great time,” she says. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com

Back to Basics

Low-impact classes focus on building strength and improving balance for everyday tasks

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trength and balance play into daily activities such as picking up groceries or children and performing daily chores, yet exercises to improve them are sometimes left out of our fitness regimens.

In reviewing member assessments, the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany’s fitness center found that many need to focus on strength training and balance improvement, and it has designed classes accordingly.

“These are really good classes for all our members in particular,” says Danielle Novotny, group exercise coordinator for The Ohio University Wexner Medical Center Health and Fitness Center.

While taking their physical assessments, members who were physically fit were sometimes frustrated to find they struggled with the balance test, Novotny says. It is, however, nearly impossible to earn a perfect score in balance and strength. Instead, the fitness center bases its evaluations on benchmarks for age, gender and fitness level. During the balance portion of the assessment, evaluators look for symmetry so that body weight is distributed evenly.

“None of our members have gotten a perfect score,” she says.

The two classes, Fit for Life and Functional Fitness, address poor habits that people often develop, which result in using the wrong muscles for lifting or even getting up off the floor.

“These classes are trying to tackle those things,” she says.

Instead of focusing on cardiovascular activity, sessions serve as an introduction to strength training. This, in turn, will help members learn how to properly use equipment when they are working out alone, Novotny says.

Functional Fitness is designed as a basic strength class, Novotny says, for those who have not used weights before. The instructor is a physical therapist.

Hand weights are primarily featured in exercises, though equipment may also include mats, stability balls and resistance bands. While the Fit for Life class incorporates the same type of equipment, exercises are a bit more advanced than those featured in Functional Fitness.

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Indoor Cycling Classes

The BODYPUMP class features many repetitions for a full-body workout.

Advanced Cycle: This class is per body. “People have really enjoyed designed for those who have been that class,” Novotny says. cycling for at least one year. Many attendees have participated in triathlons or other biking challenges. “We can give them a little bit more intensity,” Gentle Yoga: This class takes Novotny says. Classes feature inter- advantage of floor and standing poses val training with different speeds, focusing on relaxation, breathing and the settings are designed and flexibility. “It’s really kind of to simulate outdoor terrain.

Yoga 101,” Novotny says.

More class Cycle: This basic Total Body Barre information cycle class includes inConditioning: Based is available at tervals of strength and on ballet and Pilates, healthandfitness. cardiovascular training movements in this class osu.edu. and is for those who are focus on strengthening new to cycling. and stretching the muscles Powerhouse Cycle: through isolated movements A bit harder than the cycle class, and core work at the barre and on though not considered an advanced the mat. Light weights and resistance class, Powerhouse Cycle features in- bands are also incorporated. terval, strength and endurance trainPilates Mat: Stability, strength, ing. Strength is developed in the lower flexibility and balance are the focus legs and also in the core. Participants for this class, which uses precise and are encouraged to push themselves concentrated movements. “This is a physically. “It’s intense, but it’s all lev- really good strengthening and stretchels,” Novotny says. ing class, mostly done on the floor,” Total Body Cycle: Even though Novotny says. this course focuses on arms as well as Vinyasa Yoga: This advanced legs, those new to cycling can attend, class is recommended for those who Novotny says. At different intervals have more experience with yoga. light weights are incorporated while However, beginners can attend and cycling to strengthen and tone the up- receive modifications from the instruc-

Mind/Body Classes

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Instructor Molly Linek leads her Total Body Cycle class on a Tuesday morning at the Heit Center.

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The Total Body Cycle course targets arms and legs.

Strength/Muscular Endurance Classes

BODYPUMP: This strength training class uses light to moderate weights with barbells. A full-body workout is achieved through many repetitions.

Bootcamp: This full-body workout with interval training focuses on strength-building and cardiovascular activity. Equipment can be used, though attendees can also just use their own body weight. The class is designed to give military-style training in a way that’s accessible to a variety of fitness levels.

HITT: This class consists of alternating periods of short, intense anaerobic exercise followed by less intense recovery periods. The intense periods get smaller each round, and the intensity increases as time goes on. Lunges, squats and plyometric activities can be featured, along with floor work such as planks.

Fit for Life: Though it is low-intensity, this class is designed to be appropriate for all fitness levels and helps improve functional strength, balance and coordination.

Functional Fitness: This class includes low-intensity standing exercises to improve mobility, flexibility and stamina. The class also teaches basic strength training.

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onfusion. We feel it in the supermarket. We feel it when we’re analyzing nutrition labels for sugars, fats and nutrients.

The pitfalls of the Western diet, along with guidelines for healthful eating, were some of the subjects best-selling author and journalist Michael Pollan discussed during his presentation Jan. 29 at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts.

Pollan began the program by unpacking two grocery bags full of overprocessed supermarket snacks. The sole nutritious items? A handful of strawberries.

“You can really go wrong (at the supermarket),” Pollan says.

The food industry, Pollan says, sells its products based on convenience, novelty and health claims. Often, the

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“loudest” foods in the grocery aisles are the least healthful. And while recently, Americans have become obsessed with the nutrients foods contain, four of the top 10 killers are chronic diseases brought about by diet, Pollan says.

Why the paradox? Some of it may have to do with the murky messages delivered by the food industry and the U.S. government, Pollan says.

Pollan has a name for the obsession some people have over individual foods’ particular nutrients: nutritionism.

And since nutrients can’t be easily seen, the public becomes dependent upon the food industry to learn which foods are best to eat.

The “good” and “bad” nutrients are always changing, Pollan says. At one time, fats were bad. However,

Omega-3 fatty acids are now seen as healthful. Carbohydrates used to be good, and now they’re unpopular.

And sometimes foods can be deceptively billed as healthful. Some yogurt, for example, has the sugar content of a bottle of soda. And low-fat milk may have considerable sugar.

The key could be abandoning the Western diet, along with embracing exercise. In this way, Pollan says, the effects of this diet can be reversed.

“Our bodies are very resilient,” he says.

While traditional diets across the world include a variety of foods, they tend to avoid processed foods.

“The wisdom of these traditional diets is worth paying attention to,” Pollan says.

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norms to determine what to eat, Pollan says. This method can still be used today. Traditional bits of advice, such as eating a colorful variety of vegetables, are rooted in healthful living.

The bottom line could be deceivingly simple.

“Eat food, not too much, mostly plants,” Pollan says – his guiding philosophy.

Cooking is key, he says, to taking back control of one’s diet. In this way, it becomes easier to avoid the overprocessed foods with a large quantity of ingredients.

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Foods for Fitness

By David Allen Photos taken by Sarah Sole at Mykonos Taverna

I’ll Be Baklava Mediterranean meals merit inclusion in well-rounded diet

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hough the Mediterranean area is known as a tourist destination, the culture’s cuisine is also popular – and with good reason.

Mediterranean food is associated with the lowest incidence of chronic inflammatory disease in the world, according to an article titled, “The Immune Protective Effect of the Mediterranean Diet,” published in the journal, Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets.

At Mykonos Taverna in Gahanna, owner Christos C. Poulias is well aware of the healthful advantages of his Greek dishes.

“The Mediterranean diet is mainly based on eating more fish, less meat and a lot of vegetables,” he says.

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While inclined to provide nutritious dishes, Poulias goes to great lengths to make sure his customers enjoy the food as well.

“On the menu, we use all natural ingredients; everything is made from scratch. We don’t use any additives, fillers, food colorings or any kind of food enhancers,” he says. “We’ve been here in Columbus for almost 20 years. It’s a family owned business. It takes a lot of work; that’s why we are here at 6 a.m.”

Olive Oil

A big problem with some modern diet crazes is the theory of avoiding fat. Actually, one of the big reasons it is hypothesized

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that Mediterranean food is so healthful is due to the very generous portions of olive oil that are used in a variety of dishes.

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Served with grilled chicken, the Greek Village Salad includes tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, feta cheese, Greek olives and Greek peppers drizzled with an olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing.

A Greek lasagna, moussaka features a layer of potatoes, zucchini and eggplant, and seasoned ground beef. The dish is topped with a bĂŠchamel cream sauce.

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Olive oil contains a bioactive fatty compound called oleocanthal. This compound, along with many others found within olive oil, has been shown to have beneficial effects on cancer, joint-degenerative diseases and brain health, according to a review published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

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A mainstay of Mediterranean diets, according to www.mayoclinic.org, is the habit of replacing salt with alternative spices.

Salt has been shown to increase risk of hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and stroke, according to a review published in Nutrients in July 2014. Utilizing herbs and alternative spices allows for a decrease in salt intake and an increase in interesting (and possibly beneficial) compounds that are found naturally within the herbs and spices.

Poulias appreciates this and makes sure that his food is up to par with Greek culinary standards.

“We don’t use any salts, butters, anything to that effect. Everything that we make is just like you would make at home,” he says.

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It’s hard to say no to desserts, so luckily, Mediterranean options favor natural ingredients chosen for flavor instead of processed ones.

As many are aware, honey is a much better alternative to refined sugar. According to WebMD, honey has been associated with lower incidence of harmful food pathogens in vitro. Also, honey has been connected with lower severity of allergies.

“The desserts we have here are made with less sugar and more honey products. They are made with less butters and less corn syrups and more real lemon flavors and more cinnamons.

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Bone injuries are a notable – but preventable – risk among active children Amy Valasek, MD, MSc Amy Elizabeth Valasek, MD, MSc is a physician for Nationwide Children’s Sports Medicine and an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She is fellowship trained and board certified in sports medicine.

Valasek completed medical school at the University of Maryland in 2005. She completed her residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the Department of Pediatrics in 2008, and her sports fellowship at University of Maryland Family Medicine Department in 2009. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Sports Medicine and American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.

She has been at Nationwide Children’s since August. She is also team physician at Bishop Ready High School in west Columbus.

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There are few sights sadder than the image of a child sporting a cast while his or her friends play unfettered.

Especially among children who play sports, there are a variety of potential maladies, from standard bone breaks to stress fractures. At best, they’re the cause of pain and temporary debilitation; at worst, they can have effects reaching later into the child’s life.

Fortunately, adequate preparation can significantly cut the odds of injury. Dr. Amy Valasek of Nationwide Children’s Hospital explains the risks and means of prevention.

What are some examples of activities that parents might not know put their kids at risk for bone injury?

Though any type of activity could cause bone injury or fracture, activities with more contact or impact, such as football or jumping on the trampoline, are a risk factor. Furthermore, repetitive activities increase bone injury risk. Children who are overcommitted in a single sport, meaning they play on multiple teams

in the same season or annually, have increased stress on the same joint or bone. Repetitive exercise causes bone imbalance, leading to more breakdown than repair.

What behaviors and activities are particularly risky for the most-broken bones: wrist, clavicle and fingers?

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sport with a risk of falls on an outstretched wrist/arm/hand can commonly lead to wrist, forearm or clavicle fractures.

Because ankles are also among children’s most-broken bones, are there types of footwear that are safer than others in terms of bones?

Research has not shown a specific shoe to prevent bone injury. Rather, properly fitting and laced shoes are the keys to success.

How common are stress fractures in children? How can they be recovered from, or at least prevented from causing further problems?

The incidence reported in the medical literature varies from 0.7 to 20 percent of athletic injuries in children under 18 years. Girls have higher rates of stress fracture than boys. The most common sports involved are cross country, tumbling and gymnastics. The most common sites are the lower leg, foot, hip and spine. The time missed

from sport can be weeks or months; it can even be career-ending.

All stress fractures can be prevented. Fitness activity with variety and balance is the key to success. The medical recommendations to prevent stress fractures in children are: 1) No more than five days a week of the same activity.

2) Two days per week of rest from specific activity.

3) Avoid multiple team participation in a single season.

4) Avoid single sport/activity focus until at least 12 years of age.

5) Aim for 2-3 consecutive months off from a specific sport focus annually.

6) Eat healthfully. The goal is adequate caloric, calcium and vitamin D intake to fuel the body for daily activity.

How does care for an incomplete fracture differ from care for a complete one?

Complete fractures produce a fracture line through the entire bone cortex, whereas incomplete fractures do not. Children can develop either a complete or incomplete acute frac-

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What organized sports seem to cause the most bone injuries?

Contact sports increase the risk of acute trauma or fracture. A few examples are football, soccer, basketball, softball and baseball, gymnastics, lacrosse and hockey. Repetitive sports also increase the load on the bone and can lead to stress injury. A few examples are running sports, gymnastics, tumbling and repetitive throwing.

What is a growth plate injury, and what should parents know about the inherent risks?

Growth plates are very important structures in young bones. Growth plates appear as gaps in bone on Xrays. To the untrained eye, the gap might be mistaken for a fracture. Instead, the growth plate is where new cells transform from cartilage to bone.

The growth plate continuously works to allow bones to lengthen until maturity. At times of rapid growth – growth spurts – the growth plate works extra hard and is weakened. Therefore, growth spurts are susceptible time periods for growth plate injury.

What are some new developments in the treatment of bone injuries?

Casts have become more tolerable thanks to waterproof lining. This waterproof lining lessens the itch and enables children to bathe without needing to cover the cast. However, not all fractures are stable enough for waterproof casts and require the oldfashioned type. Removable braces and boots are useful for stable injuries and are very convenient, too.

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How does one get one’s children to consume enough calcium if those kids don’t like milk?

Calcium intake of 1,200 to 1,500 milligrams per day is recommended during the preteen years and continuing through adolescence. This can easily be accomplished with a well-balanced, calcium-rich diet. If children do not like milk, other sources are white beans, broccoli, cheddar cheese, lowfat yogurt, spinach, almonds, calciumrich orange juice and 100 percent fortified grape juice. If calcium intake is still dismal, a supplement could be considered under the discretion of your child’s health care provider.

What if they’re lactose intolerant?

Many children with lactose intolerance can drink small amounts of milk without discomfort. Otherwise, families can choose lactose-free milks and yogurt available at local grocery stores.

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