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"Movement For Health" Lecture At SLC

Sharjah Ladies Club organized a lecture in cooperation with the Emirates Physiotherapy Society (EPS) of Emirates Medical Association for Fitness 180° members of the Club, titled “Movement for Health”. The lecture was presented by Naima Mohammed Saleh, Director at the Clinical Support Services in Al Wasl Hospital.

The lecture comes within the National Physiotherapy Week which is organized to run activities with physiotherapists at multiple organizations in the Emirates. It aims to emphasize the role of physiotherapy and its importance in achieving better health through prevention and treatment.

This event also comes within the Precious Investment Campaign, released by the Supreme Council for Family Affairs within all its institutions and aiming to define the role of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in raising the standards of families, as well as supporting positive behavior and emphasizing it.

At first, Naima welcomed the attending ladies and started off with a general presentation about the Physiotherapy Campaign. The campaign aims to accentuate the role which physiotherapy profession plays in fulfilling health care needs for the community, improving public awareness of the benefits of physiotherapy, and emphasizing the importance of physiotherapy in achieving better health through prevention and treatment.

Moreover, “Movement for Health” was chosen by EPS to be the theme for the Physiotherapy Week. Its purpose is to emphasize the role of movement in the prevention and treatment of many diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and musculoskeletal pain.

The lecture also included an open discussion with the attending ladies to answer their inquiries, and provide exercising guidelines that would help them improve their fitness levels. In addition, it explained how physiotherapists can help obtain optimum health through prevention and treatment.

"We are very honored at Sharjah Ladies Club to be part of the National Physiotherapy Week, run under the theme “Movement for Health”, and organized by the Emirates Physiotherapy Society (EPS) of Emirates Medical Association. This cooperation has yielded the organization of a lecture for our members, during which we emphasized the importance of movement in the individual’s life, and the importance of physiotherapy in curing diseases of this era of time such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and musculoskeletal pain. This is especially important since many of us are not acquainted with enough information that may help prevent many diseases. We, in the Club, have keen interest in the optimum health of our members, and in providing them with adequate health information. This comes within our duty to contribute for providing awareness to the community and join forces with other institutions to achieve awareness for all.” said, Badria Abdulla Al Ali, Head of Corporate Communication at Sharjah Ladies Club in this regard.

In conclusion, ladies were able to reap valuable information and knowledge regarding physiotherapy and its benefits.


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