Aging with Spinal Cord Injury: Physical Activity and Aging

In this Aging with a Spinal Cord Injury session, Jasmin Ma shares invaluable tips and strategies to stay active, healthy, and engaged as we grow older with SCI. From adaptive exercises to lifestyle adjustments, Jasmin offers practical advice to empower individuals to live their best lives.


BIOS:
Dr. Jasmin Ma is the faculty lead of the Movement for All (M4A) Lab. She is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia, a Clinician Investigator with Arthritis Research Canada, Investigator with the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, and a Kinesiologist. Dr. Ma teaches and provides training in the areas of exercise prescription, physical activity behaviour change, and disability. Her research and educational leadership activities include three areas of focus: 1) implementing experiential learning opportunities in community-based exercise settings, 2) co-developing knowledge translation tools for clinicians to promote and prescribe physical activity for people with chronic disease and disability, and 3) advancing how we provide tailored physical activity counselling, particularly for people with arthritis and spinal cord injury.

To learn more, visit her lab website: www.m4a.kin.ubc.ca


Section Links:
0:00 -Intro
0:57 - Lucas Rempel introduction
3:02 - Start of presentation
25:23 -Q & A

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Spinal Cord Injury BC (SCI BC) is a non-profit organization that works to help people with spinal cord injuries and their families adjust, adapt, and thrive after life-changing injury or disease, through peer support and information resources. We operate in British Columbia, Canada. This session is part of our online peer support program which features social, fitness, educational, and entertaining sessions provided for people with SCI and similar disabilities. For more information, contact [email protected] or 1-800-689-2477 and check out our events calendar to get involved!: www.sci-bc.ca/events

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