Overcoming Emotional Eating By Cristina Sutter, SportMedBC RunWalk Dietitian Do you enjoy food and eating in a balanced way? Or do you have strong cravings for certain foods when you are upset, stressed or depressed? We may comfort ourselves with emotional eating when we don’t want to face uncomfortable feelings like anger, anxiety or sadness. This is a common pattern that many of us learned in our youth when we didn’t know how to handle these tough emotions. Emotional eating does bring comfort and relief to our difficult feelings, so it actually does make us feel better...
TRAIN RIGHT, EAT RIGHT! Just about two months away until the 2017 Vancouver Sun Run! Don’t miss this FREE SportMed RunWalk Webinar! So your training is going great, but that’s just one of the steps. You have to be sure to eat the right food at the right time. Join SportMedBC RunWalk Coach Lynn Kanuka and SportMedBC RunWalk Dietitian Cristina Sutter as they discuss healthy eating and nutrition goals through Vancouver Sun Run InTraining 2017. REGISTER NOW Title: Train Right, Eat Right! Date: Thursday, February 16th, 2017 Time: 12:00pm - 12:30pm SPACE IS LIMITED SportMedBC will help...
By Diane Rizzardo, Physiotherapist Winter isn’t coming, winter has arrived. If you’re brave enough to get outside and tackle the trails, you won’t be disappointed. Here are my top 5 tips to keep you safe and healthy while running this winter. Prepare, Prepare, Prepare! Take safety seriously. That means take precautions such as telling someone where you’re going. With the days dark and visibility reduced, wear lights and a headlamp. Make sure to bring a bus pass or credit card. If you have a pocket then pack a phone. Expect your pace to be slower and your distances to...
VANCOUVER, BC (January 19, 2017) – Headcheck Health Inc. (HeadCheck), a Canadian company that has created a reliable and objective sideline concussion testing and management app for sports teams, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sport Medicine Council of British Columbia (SportMedBC). HeadCheck and SportMedBC are aligned in their missions to provide best practices for concussion care and management. The purpose of this partnership is to provide all levels of British Columbian sporting organizations and medical professionals access to an innovative, evidence-based...
LET’S GO! Check out our first webinar of 2017! SportMedBC RunWalk coach Lynn Kanuka gives you the information you need to make the most of the Vancouver Sun Run InTraining program!...
SIGN UP NOW AND GET AN ALANIC LIGHT WEIGHT POLYHEX ELITE SERIES TECH SHIRT Vancouver, B.C. (January 19, 2017) – The holidays are behind us so it’s time to get into shape and start running again. Join one of The Vancouver Sun Run’s InTraining Clinics presented by Sun Run Stores beginning January 21 and get the ball rolling. InTraining Clinics have been around for over 21 years helping over 60,000 people achieve their running goals and represent a great way to help people get ready for the Vancouver Sun Run happening Sunday, April 23, 2017. The 13-week guided clinics at over...
SportMedBC RunWalk Nutrition Tips – Part I Where Do You Get Your Nutrition Information? By Cristina Sutter, SportMedBC RunWalk Dietitian As you read my weekly nutrition articles in The Vancouver Sun beginning next Monday, January 23rd, you will learn about why we eat, how we eat, how we feel about food, and how this impacts our nutrition, health and fitness. In this information age, there is a new diet, new super food and a new super vitamin every day. There is an ever-growing list of nutrients that we should not eat: salt, fat, sugar, carbs, gluten, the list goes on. The most...
LET’S GO! If you have thought about training for the Vancouver Sun Run but didn’t know where to start, SportMedBC has you covered! Don’t miss the first SportMed RunWalk Webinar of 2017! If you want to Walk or Nordic Walk, LearnToRun10K or Run10KStronger, don’t miss this SportMed Webinar! Join SportMedBC’s Lynn Kanuka for information on what you need to make the most of the Vancouver Sun Run InTraining program. REGISTER NOW Title: Let's Go! Date: Thursday, January 19th, 2017 Time: 12:00pm - 12:30pm SPACE IS LIMITED SportMedBC will help you to a safe and...
On Saturday, October 15th, 2016, SportMedBC held its Annual General Meeting at Fortius Sport & Health in Burnaby. After the AGM, Olympic gold medalist Maëlle Ricker joined us for a Q & A! SportMedBC staff presented their program reports for the 2015-16 year. SportMedBC’s Board of Directors for 2016-17: · Dr. David Cox (Chair) · Anthony Findlay (Vice Chair) · Dr. Joseph Stern (Treasurer) · Dr. Dory Boyer · Kim Cormack · Kate Milne · Marc Rizzardo · Anita Wilson View the 2015-2016 SportMedBC Annual Report As mentioned above,...
- Story from CBC News For those suffering from Olympics withdrawal, another big sports competition is just getting underway in Vancouver. More than 5,000 athletes from 52 countries are here to take part in the Americas Masters Games. SportMedBC is a partner of the Americas Masters Games, assisting in coordination of the medical services team. The athletes all have to meet a minimum age requirement of 30, but some go well beyond that. "We have a 100-year-old sprinter from India, and we have a number of swimmers over 90," said Tom Jones, event director for the games. However, he says...
