A health fair for the community has been planned for Sunday, June 26, from noon- 5 p.m. at the Tryon Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Morgan Center. A free meal will be served to everyone who participates.
Stations set up around the interior of the Morgan Center will allow people to meander through and learn about healthy lifestyles and get various medical checks done. Most of the medical checks will be offered free of charge, while some may have a slight fee.
St. Luke’s Hospital will assist with some of the stations. A representative from Rosenberg Bone & Joint will answer questions and provide information on the latest orthopaedic advances available at St. Luke’s Hospital by Dr. Brian Rosenberg.
The St. Luke’s Hospital Auxiliary and volunteers will attend and provide information on how to support the auxiliary and volunteer opportunities.
St. Luke’s radiology department will be present with information on the imaging services, as well as information on women’s health.
A speech therapist will be available to provide information on rehab services and a representative will be there from St. Luke’s regional Hyperbaric and Wound Care Center.
Park Ridge Hospital’s Wellness on Wheels van will offer PSA and bone density tests. There is a charge for the PSA, but the bone density test is free.
Richard Edney will conduct glaucoma checks and retinal photography.
Ashley Gibbs, physical therapist for Rutherford County Hospital, will do some physical therapy demonstrations.
Robert Shepard will do live blood demonstrations. Do you have healthy and powerful blood, or is your blood tired? A microscopic photograph of healthy, powerful blood shows the red blood cells to be round, evenly shaped and freely floating in plasma. Live blood demonstration is a wonderful way to see that what you are doing with your health is working.
Polk County Library will display items available for hearing and sight-impaired individuals.
Community Health Connections, Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, and White Oak retirement community will have displays to share free handouts to everyone.
Bev and Chet Cook and Myrna and Bob Esh will provide nutritional information and healthy food samples. Free food samples will be available throughout the day.
There will be a display and literature showing the effects of tobacco in our bodies. There will be a demonstration showing what your lungs can look like after tobacco consumption.
Want to learn your real health-age? There will be a station available that will give you a printout showing what your real health-age is and recommendations on how to live a longer life.
The event is offered free of charge to the community, although some of the stations may require a small fee for their medical checks. There will be something available for every age level. For more information call Lorna Dever at 828-817-1544.
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by Lorna Dever