Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Health,

 Fitness and Diabetes Program

"Exercise is Medicine!"

Staff:   Program Manager: John Christopherson 

 Fitness Center Coordinator: Brenda Uses Arrow

Administrative Assistant: Pauline White Thunder

Fitness Staff: Casey Renville, Bud White, Kathleene Heminger, James Neconish, Todd Kampeska

Data Entry: Valerie Renville

Building Maintenance: Seville Flute, part-time

Hours of Operation for Spring/Summer/Fall: Monday-Thursday: 7 AM to 8PM

                                                                                    Friday: 7 AM to7 PM

                                                                                    Saturday and Holidays: 9 AM to 3 PM

                 Hours of Operation for Winter:                         Monday-Thursday: 7 AM to 9 PM

                                                                                    Friday: 7 AM to7 PM

                                                                                    Saturday and Holidays: 9 AM to 3 PM

            Operation hours will change as needed to meet the needs of clients.

Phone number: 698-3922    Fax number: 698-4341

            SERVICES OFFERED                 

Blood Pressure Checks, Blood Glucose Monitoring, Personal Fitness Assessments, Personalized Exercise Plans, Nutritional Counseling, Weight Loss Programs, Cooking Classes, Food Preservation Workshops, Strength and Endurance Training, Health Education, Youth Programs, Cholesterol Checks, Outdoor recreation, Massage Therapy, Therapy Pool rehab, Aerobics and much more.

Outreach Services Offered

Corporate Fitness for Tribal Programs: According to recent studies of the American Journal of Medicine, people who exercise and eat healthy tend to get more sleep and get fewer illnesses along with positive outlook on life than those who don’t. Briefly, the outcome is due to the improved basal metabolism in the body and socialization with others. We encourage program managers to get their program involved in this wellness program with hopes to find their staff having better work habits, increased energy, and positive attitudes. Set up an appointment with us today and we will provide you with a health screening to see if your staff is at risk for diabetes. In addition to the health screening, we can provide you with exercise classes, diabetes education, nutrition education and much more. Just ask!

Our Program:

Before a person starts any exercise program it is essential to have a complete physical by physician. The fitness professional then does an extensive evaluation of the client’s current fitness level. Our staff is trained and educated in developing fitness and nutrition programs tailored to meet your personal goals.

Brenda Uses Arrow, Fitness Coordinator, is a certified fitness trainer and is CPR/AED certified. All staff at the fitness center is CPR/AED certified. Any effective exercise program demands dedication and consistency to be successful. Consistency means committing a minimum of three days a week to a program. This minimum effort will assist the body in strengthening muscles, burning excess sugar in the blood and burning body fat. The bottom line is you have to move it to lose it!

What’s New?

Fitness

SWO Fitness Center Running Club- The SWO Fitness Running Club was created as a means of promoting wellness in the community. The club was started in September 2009 and as of this date it has 13 members. The running club has chosen the motto of “Running for a Healthy Community” and the goal of the club is to encourage and support wellness through physical activity. The club attends charity and wellness runs throughout the area. Club members encourage and support one another as they run for wellness. They log their miles each week and earn incentives for their dedication to wellness.

Contact Brenda Uses Arrow for more information.

Nutrition

Wiconi Wicozani 8^th grade Wellness and Diabetes Prevention class at Tiospa Zina Tribal School. This class is a hands on course which provides exercise, nutrition and diabetes education to increase diabetes awareness in our adolescent teens. 

Wiconi Wicozani family wellness and diabetes prevention classes at WWK Memorial Health Care Center and fitness center which is on-going. This class is a 4-12 week program that will discuss one or two topics per month and provide exercise, nutrition and diabetes education to increase diabetes awareness to individual families. 

Dieting with all the diets beginning January, 2010. Participants will be going over several diet plans and actually be on specific diets for a period of time to see if they actually work. 

Contact John Christopherson for more information.

Your wellness profile

The Stages of Change. Where do you fit in?

Pre-Contemplation (resisting change): This is either a denial of the problem, or an awareness of the problem with an unwillingness to change. (I don’t need it!)

Contemplation (change on the horizon): There is an awareness of a problem, an understanding of the pros and cons of change, yet there is a fear of change. (Well maybe!)

Preparation (getting ready): There is a clear awareness of the problem and the need to learn how to change. I am going to try to make the time because I think I am ready!

Action (time to move): The person starts to terminate unhealthy behaviors and develop new, more positive behaviors. I am starting my wellness program at the fitness center today!

Maintenance (staying there): action behaviors are practiced and continually reinforced until they become automatic and last for an extended period of time. (I am going out to the fitness center 3-5 days a week or going for daily walks, eating healthier)

Progress: I am making progress to living a healthy lifestyle