Northumberland residents are invited to sit up straightly and take note of an upcoming virtual session about the importance of good posture.
The Northumberland PACE Speakers Series returns from its summer hiatus with a presentation at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 24 called “The Overall Effects of Posture on Health.”
Guest speaker Dr. Alban Merepeza will lead the conversation. Merepeza will explore the upper and lower body, including various health conditions related anatomically to these areas, such as upper crossed syndrome and lower crossed syndrome and their effect on a person’s overall health.
Merepeza is a graduate of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. Prior to receiving his doctor of chiropractic degree, he obtained an Honours Bachelor of Science in psychology from Trent University, and a Master of Science degree from McMaster University’s rehabilitation sciences program.
Merepeza is currently completing the sports sciences residency program with the Canadian Royal College of Chiropractic Sport Sciences.
He works as a licensed chiropractor with Port Hope Sports and Rehabilitation Centre in Port Hope and has attended four Olympic Games, as well as the Mediterranean games and world championships, for wrestling, weightlifting, track and field, swimming, and skiing, acting as a team chiropractor.
Merepeza has a “passionate” interest in sport injuries and rehabilitation, as well as research in this area.
“He strongly believes and practises evidence-based chiropractic care and to achieve that, he is truly committed to a multi-disciplinary clinical setting, which fosters intra and inter-professional collaboration to ensure the best care for his patients,” according to his biography on the Port Hope Sports and Rehabilitation Centre website.
During his upcoming session, as is standard within the PACE Talk format, questions from the audience are welcomed. These questions may be submitted in advance by emailing mbhargava@imcare.ca prior to the talk, or time permitting, be posed live during the event itself.
Since 2018, Northumberland PACE partners — Northumberland Hills Hospital, the Northumberland Family Health Team, the Community Health Centres of Northumberland, internal medicine specialists IMCare, the Ontario Health Team of Northumberland, and local patients and caregivers — have been hosting free PACE (Personalized Assessment and Change Education) talks and have consistently drawn large groups of community members with a variety of questions and perspectives.
PACE talk topics are developed in a variety of ways. All of the subjects are typically tied to the areas of health and wellness, organizers told kawarthaNOW. Previous talks this year have including hearing health, organ and tissue donation, and the impact of homelessness.
Lasting an hour in length, each PACE talk consists of a 30-minute talk from a guest speaker with a 20-minute question-and-answer period and a short moderator summary.
Advance registration is required, with space limited to the first 300 registered attendees. The event is hosted through Zoom, and attendees are asked to log in to the event five minutes prior to its start time.
Register for “The Overall Effects of Posture on Health” at www.pacetalks.com. Recordings from many of the previous seasons’ talks are also available on the website.
