Coffee Break with Sharp Best Health

Sharp Best Health team members discuss useful resources available at Sharp HealthCare to support your physical, emotional, and mental well-being during these times.
Wellness resources during COVID-19

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In this episode, Sharp Best Health's guest, Kathryn Riggs, Manager of the Sharp Employee Assistance Program (EAP), shares lots of great information about Sharp EAP - a free benefit that offers Sharp team members confidential, voluntary counselling and advice to assist with many challenges that may be impacting you and your families during these unprecedented times:

• Depression and anxiety
• Fear and isolation
• Stress
• Substance use disorder
• Sleeplessness
• Grief
• Child-care and virtual schooling issues
• Elder-care issues
• Financial challenges (e.g., wage reductions, student loan repayment, debt, investment losses)
• Family issues (e.g., marriage/partner conflicts, parenting challenges)
• Workplace concerns (e.g., sudden work-from-home, job stress, co-worker communications)

Same-day virtual appointments are available via Zoom Conference Services.
To schedule an appointment or to obtain more information about EAP, please call (619) 681-0022 during business hours, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm, Monday through Friday.
For more information and the list of EAP locations, please visit http://sharpnet.sharp.com/eap/

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While staying at home during the pandemic is a crucial part of stopping the spread of the virus, it may disrupt many of our usual routines and make it harder to maintain healthy habits. But even when you're spending most of your time at home, there are still lots of ways you can weave wellness into your daily activities.

On today's episode Sharp Best Health is sharing a few essential tips to enhance your health while teleworking to make sure working from home works for you!
Additional Resources:

• Simple stretches to add to your day (SharpNET page)
• How To Activate Your Stretch Break Timer (SharpNET page)

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In this episode, Sharp Best Health's guests -Dr. Jocelin Friedman, a physical therapist at Sharp Memorial Rehabilitation Services, and Chris Pryor – Director of IT at Sharp HealthCare, and a certified group exercise instructor/personal trainer and a member of your Sharp Best Health Committee - discuss body balance and why balance is an important part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
NOTES
Dr. Friedman's Balance Test:
In a corner of the house, stand on a 3-inch foam cushion or a pillow, feet together with ankle bones touching and eyes closed. Hold for at least 20 seconds.
Tai Chi Classes at Sharp Memorial:
Every Wednesday, 4-5 pm
Sharp Allison de Rose Rehabilitation Center East Gym
2999 Health Center Drive
San Diego, CA 92123
Sharp Rehab's Balance and Vestibular Program
Sharp Rehab's Balance and Vestibular Program provides comprehensive rehabilitative therapy for individuals who have difficulty with balance, equilibrium or complaints of dizziness. Dedicated teams of therapists work together under the direction of a physician to return each person to their highest level of independence, productivity and well-being. Find more information on sharp.com:
https://www.sharp.com/services/rehab/balance-vestibular.cfm
Type I and Type II Muscle Fibers
There are two important types of skeletal muscle. Type I, also called slow-twitch, is composed of small fibers. They fire more slowly than fast twitch fibers and can go for a long time before they fatigue. For that reason they are used primarily for long-endurance feats such as distance running or cycling.
Type II muscle fibers, also called fast-twitch, are large muscle fibers that that fire rapidly but fatigue faster. They are used in powerful bursts of movements like sprinting where one needs to quickly generate a lot of force.

On average, people have about 50 percent slow twitch and 50 percent fast twitch fibers in most of the muscles used for movement.

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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect our lives as we know. During this time of uncertainty, it is more important than ever to nurture our mental and emotional well-being.
On this episode, Sharp Best Health sits down with Kim Eisenberg, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker at Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital, to talk about the impact of the pandemic on mental well-being and to offer tips to help us manage our mental health during these trying times.
Additional Resources

• Cultivating Joy Series: visit SharpNET and type in "Cultivating Joy Series" into the search bar. Or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://sharpnet.sharp.com/hr/benefits/sharpbesthealth/joy-cultivation.cfm
• Whil: Free digital mindfulness and yoga app for Sharp employees. Visit https://connect.whil.com/sponsor/SharpHealthCare to get started. All you need is your Sharp email address.
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation technique (video)
• Grounding Exercises (PDF)

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