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18 Health & Fitness Wednesday, August 14, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Water does wonders for wellness By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief Water is wondrous. For many people dealing with injuries, aging joints or neu- rological problems, activities in a pool or swim spa can make all the difference in their ability to enjoy life. Rick Trammell of Aqua Hot Tubs in Sisters recalls, <I have this one customer who does a ton of work out in the woods, and he picked up a swim spa before we bought the store.= The man has a morning routine that starts in the swim spa. Due to the nature of his work, he9s pretty stove up. <It9s everything he can do to get out to the swim spa,= Trammell said. But once he9s in the spa, he9s able to loosen up. <Just the type of motion allows him to get his creaks and moans out so he can go out and work hard,= Trammell said. <Low-impact aerobic activity just works it out.= Such stories are the daily bread and butter of Matt Kirchoff of Therapeutic Associates in Sisters. He works with a wide range of patients in the pool at Sisters Athletic Club, right next door. People with knee and hip issues can benefit greatly from exercise in a pool. <You have an unload- ing effect on joints, num- ber one,= Kirchoff said. <You9re unloading hips and knees by 25 to 50 percent of bodyweight.= That means people who9s joints cause them too much pain to exercise on dry land can get their exercise in the water. <You put them in the pool, they9re able to do a lot, rela- tively pain-free,= Kirchoff said. Kirchoff told The Nugget that he gets the greatest satis- faction working with people who have neurological prob- lems that make movement difficult. Often, those people can do things in water they can no longer do safely 4 or at all 4 on dry land. Trainer is excited to work in Sisters Country By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief PHOTO PROVIDED Aquatic therapy is good for rehab and for daily well-being. <They can work out for 45 minutes,= Kirchoff said. <That has not only a great physical benefit for those people, but psychological because they9re able to move relatively normally for a long period of time.= While Sisters Athletic Club offers use of its pool to a step-down program with Therapeutic Associates, the benefits of aqua therapy are not limited to those under care. SAC offers regular Aqua Fitness classes for members. Water workouts are not limited to the aged, the infirm or those recovering from injury. Elite athletes have long understood the benefits of training in water. <I9ve worked with some higher-level athletes in the pool over the years, and it can be very beneficial,= Kirchoff said. Water exercise offers opportunities for higher training loads with reduced soreness. Athletes can apply water training to move past plateaus. Kirchoff notes that water exercise should not be exclu- sive. For example, he encour- ages weight-bearing exer- cises to stave off osteoporo- sis. Water exercise should be part of a program. Often, it can be used to help a per- son get strong enough 4 or return to strength 4 to do more dry land work. A pool or swim spa can be a versatile and highly effec- tive fitness tool 4 one that Kirchoff values greatly. <I feel lucky that I9ve had access to a pool for my whole career,= he said. Cody Tweeten has a wide and deep background in exerices to bring to the benefit of his new clients at Sisters Athletic Club (SAC). Tweeten comes to SAC from Wyoming, where he worked as a Certified Exercise Physiologist. As such, he has expertise in both corrective exercise 4 work designed to fix problems with movement and function 4 and sports performance. And he can work with just about anyone. <I have a background with little kids, teenagers, college athletes, middle-aged folks, grandmas and grandpas,= he said. <I can help people before they get injured,= he said. <And that9s what I want to do. I9d rather do prehab than do rehab.= The two keys to health and fitness really boil down to diet and exercise 4 and Tweeten maintains a straight- forward approach to both. He doesn9t go in for diet fads, believing that sustainable habits are the only way to really affect dietary change. <Diet programs 4 as far as I go is eat as clean as pos- sible,= he told The Nugget. Cut out as much sugar as possible and eat whole foods rather than processed foods. Sustainability is key to exercise programs, too. People will only stick to pro- grams that are satisfying to them. <As far as workouts go, it9s really whatever the per- son likes,= he said. <I do like to steer people toward strength training because there are so many added ben- efits,= he said. (See related story, page 19.) With his background as a certified exercise physiolo- gist he can add exercises into a program to head off poten- tial problems. Tweeten came to Sisters Athletic Club after his wife, Abby, got a job as a reg- istered nurse in Central Oregon. Central Oregon suits him to a tee. <I9m excited to move over here, 9cause there9s all kinds of stuff,= he said. He likes to hike, hunt, rock-climb, play basketball and volleyball. <My wife tells me I have too many hobbies,= he said with a smile. <I can9t get any more.= But then there9s cycling and skiing and some world- class fly-fishing streams& To i n q u i r e a b o u t Tweeten9s personal train- ing service, contact him through SAC at cody@ sistersathleticclub.com or call 541-549-6878. Read full issues online anytime, anywhere! Summer Water Fun! HUGE AUGUST SAVINGS & MANUFACTURER REBATES! www.aquahottub.com m ON HOT TUBS OR EXERCISE THERAPY SWIM SPAS www.NuggetNews.com Register now for the Fall Co-ed Adult Softball League eague League starts September 15 Deadline to register is September r 6 541-410-1023 • 413 W. Hood Ave., Sisters Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Sat. & Eve’s by Appt. WELCOMES OUR NEW TRAINER! Cody Tweeten Certifi ed Exercise Physiologist Contact Cody today for your physical assessment and personalized exercise program. cody@sistersathleticclub.com 541-549-6878 | www.sistersathleticclub.com View SPRD activities & classes, and register online at www.SistersRecreation.com 1750 W. Mckinney Butte Rd. | 541-549-2091 SNO CAP MINI STORAGE Sisters Industrial Park 157 Sisters Park Dr. • 541-549-3575 www.SistersStorage.com • State-of-the-art Security Technology • Sizes from 5x5 to 12x40 • Individual Gate Codes • Long-term Discounts • On-site Manager