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Fortis doctors give tips to scribes
on healthy living
Mohali, January 22 Dr Arun Kochar, interventional cardiologist, spoke on sedentary lifestyle and how this was an invitation to heart disease as well as other diseases like diabetes and respiratory ailments. “These diseases can be prevented and even frequently reversed through physical exercise,” Dr Kochar said. “Looking at why physical exercise makes individuals so much healthier gives us an interesting perspective on how the human body really works. “The human body is designed to move around and by moving the muscles, ligaments and limbs, you actually massage the tissues and organs of the body, bringing them oxygen and enhancing their flexibility. “One should walk or jog for 20 minutes at least three times a week. Alternatively, if the work schedule makes this a difficult option, then one should walk 10,000 steps in the office itself during the day,” he explained. Journalists, both reporting and desk staff, spent a lot of time sitting or were on their feet. Hence, it was important for them to adopt the correct posture while sitting and standing to avoid back pain. This was stated by Dr Manuj Wadhwa, Senior Consultant and orthopaedic surgeon. “When sitting at your desk, do not bend forward as it puts tremendous pressure on the spine. This is due to the basic engineering principle which states that bending something stiff creates stress in the object being bent. “The more the object is bent out of position, the greater the stress. To avoid this, sit close to the desk so that you don’t need to bend forward and use a foot-rest. This will ease the pressure on the spine. Dr Arvind Sharma, Consultant, Ophthalmology, spoke on eye care and how eyes were affected by the rays emitted by the computer screen. He gave advice on how to protect the eyes against infections and foreign bodies. Dr Hardeep Singh, Consultant Psychiatry, spoke on stress management and gave tips to journalists on how to “de-stress” themselves in order to combat the stress of deadlines and how to balance personal and professional life. Dr Hardeep Singh gave tips to relax, including deep breathing and yoga, and asked the journalists to take to gardening. He advised journalists to delegate work and focus on what they were really good at to ease workload. Dietician Sonia Gandhi explained the importance of diet and talked about various kinds of hazards that awaited a journalist when he was on the move and did not have the time to go home and have proper food and had to make do with junk food. Ms Gurpinder Kaur, physiotherapist, gave special tips on exercises that could be done while working in the office. She advised journalists to spend at least five minutes every hour away from their computer. |
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Carmel, St Anne’s in tennis final
Chandigarh, January 22 The meet is being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Department in disciplines like athletics, badminton, basketball, football, gymnastics, handball, judo, hockey, kho-kho, tennis, volleyball, wrestling at various centres here. Earlier, ADC-cum-Director Sports, Chandigarh, I.S. Sandhu inaugurated the meet at the Sports Complex, Sector 46, today. The results: tennis: girls under-19 (semi-final): Carmel Convent-9 b St Xavier’s-44 2-0; St Anne’s-32 b Sacred Heart-26 2-1. Boys under-19 semifinals: DAV Senior Secondary School-8 b Guru Nanak Public School-36 2-0; DAV Public School b St John’s High School-26 2-1. Judo: 45 kg: Rahul Singh (Sharda Sarvhitkari-40) 1; Rohit Verma (GMSSS-21) 2; Vipin (GMHS-34) 3; Rohit Kanwar (Sharda Sarvhitkari-40) 3. 50 kg: Manoj Singh (GMSSS-23) 1, Mohit Verma (GMSSS-21) 2, Harpreet (AKIPS-41) 3, Sunil (GMSSS-34) 4. Basketball (boys): SD Public School-32 b Moti Ram-27 (36-12); DAV-15 b SGHMS-38 (58-39). Football: Chandigarh Football Academy-42 b DAV-8 7-1. Badminton: Aman Sethi (Bhawan Vidyalaya-27) b V. Arun (Moti Ram-27) 15-4, 15-5; Sunil (Moti Ram-27) b Adarsh Monga (DAV-8) 15-1, 15-5; Adhiraj Neogi (Moti Ram-27) b Pawan (DAV-8) 15-4, 15-3. Handball (boys): SGGSSS-35 b DAV Model School-15 (24-19). Handball (girls): GMSSS-21 b DAV Model-15 (18-12); GMSSS-21 b GMSSS-37 (15-9); GMSSS-37 b DAV Model-15 11-06. Athletics: shot put (boys): Balwinder (DAV-8) 1, Parabhjot (GMSSS-21) 2, Amanpreet (DAV-15) 3. Shot put (girls): Amarinder Mander (Sacred Heart-26) 1, Sabiha (Carmel Convent-9) 2, Harmanjot (Carmel Convent-9) 3. 100 m boys (final): Balwinder (DAV-8) 1, Nitish (SGGS-35) 2, Bhavneet (GMSS-21) 3. 100 m girls (final): Yogita (GMSSS-10) 1, Jasbir Kaur (GMSSS-37) 2, Sukhdeep Kaur (GMSSS-37) 3. 1500 m (boys): Chandresh Yadav (DAV-8) 1, Inderjit Singh (M. Majra) 2, Sunil Kumar (GMSSS-21) 3. 1500 m (girls): Amandeep Kaur (Mani Majra) 1, Poonam (Mani Majra) 2, Neha (Mani Majra) 3. Gymnastics: all-round best gymnast: rhythmic: Vidya (DAV Model-15) 1, Mona (Moti R SSS-27) 2, Swati (GMSSS-10) 3. Ribbon: Vidya 1, Swati 2, Mona 3. Ball: Vidya 1, Swati 2, Radha 3. Club: Mona (Moti Ram SSS-27) 1, Vidya 2; Swati 3. Rope: Swati 1, Vidya 2, Mona 3. Volleyball: boys: DAV Senior Secondary School-8 b GMHS-26 25-19, 25-17, 25-15; GMHS-26 (A) b St Marry’s School-46 25-13, 25-18, 25-15. Girls: GMHS-26 and GMSSS-16 got byes. Wrestling: 45 kg: Mahipal b Ashish, Ashish b Munish; 50 kg: Maninder b Amar Singh; 55 kg: Jagminder b Jatinder, Jatinder b Ram Niwas; 66kg: Surjit b Parminder, Parminder b Sunil; 74 kg: Shiv Narayan b Rohit, Parveen b Parvesh; 84 kg: Amit b Jagmit, Jagmit beat Ashwani. |
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Allahabad varsity triumphs
Chandigarh, January 22 In the first single Allahabad’s Munish Gupta beat Mansimrat Singh of Patiala 6-1, 6-1. The second single was won by Parvesh of Patiala, who beat Parikshit of Allahabad 4-6, 6-3, 4-6. Manish and Parikshit, the Allahabad University pair, drubbed the Patiala pair, Mansimrat and Parvesh, in the doubles 7-5, 6-2. The other results are as under: CSJM, Kanpur University, b Pt Ravishankar University, Raipur 3-0; M D University Rohtak, b PAU, Ludhiana 3-2.
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PEC XI in cricket semis
Chandigarh, January 22 PEC XI beat Canara Bank by 36 runs while GMC XI got the better of PEC XI by five wickets. Oriental Insurance Company (OIC) and Punjab Financial Corporation (PFC) were the other two teams which made it into the semifinals of the tournament. Brief scores: PEC 150 for 6 in 25 overs (Surinder sr 47, Surinder jr 21; Shashi 2 for 20). Canara Bank 115 all out (Ram Pal 40; Surinder jr 4 for 23). 2) PFC XI 116 all out (K K Madan 37, Deepak 17; Sanjeev Massy 3 for 21). GMC XI 119 for 5 (Sudhir 56). |
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PU beat Delhi varsity
Chandigarh, January 22 On the other hand, Neeraj was the top scorer for the Delhi team with 14 points. PU also won their second match against Kurukshetra University by 74-36.
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