Health & Wellbeing

Former Sheriff joins hospice

Michael Dooley FRCOG, the former High Sheriff of Dorset, has joined as Patron of Lewis-Manning Hospice Care. Michael said: “I am thrilled to continue my journey in supporting Lewis-Manning and to be able to help them spread the word about their fantastic services across East Dorset and Purbeck. “My maiden official visit as High Sherriff, back in 2021, was actually to the hospice and during my time in office I was honoured and delighted to attend a number of celebratory events, meet staff, volunteers and supporters. “I was always incredibly impressed with all that I saw and learned on my visits. The hospice is doing such amazing work for the patients and families that it supports with lifelimiting illnesses in the local community. “I am hoping that I can offer guidance and support to further their clinical and organisation strategy, as well as raise awareness of LewisManning, to encourage additional fundraising for this incredible charity.” CEO Clare Gallie added: “We are delighted to welcome Michael on board as Patron. He’s been a wonderful support to us over the last 18 months for which we are hugely grateful.”

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Fitness boost for care home residents

Residents at a Dorset nursing home are improving their fitness, strength and mobility thanks to a year-long partnership with expert physiotherapists. Colten Care’s Avon Reach has teamed up with Poole-based BWT Physio to offer weekly group sessions at the Mudeford home plus one-to-one follow-ups. Around 13 residents are attending the Thursday group exercises, designed to stretch and strengthen muscles in a safe, controlled manner. Resident Margaret Johnson said: “It’s brilliant. I find it really helpful and long may it continue. I am so pleased with it.” The sessions include arm and leg stretches, co-ordination exercises and other techniques to stimulate movement, balance and flexibility. Home manager Jess Brolan said the aim is to promote mobility and independence in a friendly, relaxed environment. She added: “Having fun with exercise is one of many ways we help our residents stay active and make the most of each day.”

Leave a lasting legacy to hospice care

Gifts in Wills pays for more than 100 days of patient care at Lewis-Manning Hospice Care each year? Of course, we understand that family comes first, however with your kind support, we promise to do everything in our power to provide quality care for the people of East Dorset and Purbeck that are living with life-limiting illnesses. Join the many thousands of people who remember a charity in their Will each year. This is your opportunity to leave a legacy to a charity that is making an impact in the local community. Visit our website to find out how you can make your Will online today at no cost to you. Every supporter Will is checked by a fully qualified solicitor and you can use their helplines at no extra cost. lewis-manning.org.uk/free-wills-month.

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Exploring Stour & Avon...

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ST LEONARDS AND ST IVES

This large parish, which escaped from Hampshire to join us in 1974, is rather urban but has several large areas of heathland and woodland with public access. As the soil is acid, most of the vegetation is coniferous trees and bracken. Beware of ticks if you brush through the bracken as about an eighth of them carry Lyme disease which can affect you for years. There’s a free parking space at the roadside at Ashley, about half a mile west of the A31/A338 roundabout junction. From there you can walk north across the heath/forest to join the recently resurfaced Castleman Trailway, which follows the old Southampton to Dorchester railway line. Turn left and follow the Trailway south west, crossing the road alongside which

you parked. After another half mile you’ll find a finger post pointing right to the Moors Valley Country Park. Turn right and head north, crossing the road again to enter the Country Park where there are various distractions including a shop and a loo as well as children’s play area. There’s also a car park that you could have used if you’re wealthy. Weave your way eastwards through a maze of paths through coniferous woodland until you meet a bridleway that takes you eastward through the woodland for another three quarters of a mile until you meet the B3081.

Turn right and head south eastwards along the path that parallels the road for three quarters of a mile to join the Castleman Trailway again. Head westwards for a quarter of a mile then, at the start of a cutting, leave it by joining a path to your left that leads you west, then south through the Access Land back to your car. You’ll have walked about six miles.

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Have you ever said yes when you meant no? I have, and it’s a cringeworthy tale! Picture a 12-year-old me, delivering a free local paper every Wednesday to each house in our road. One afternoon, two lads, a little older than I, were sitting on a wall outside one of the houses I was delivering to. I walked bashfully by head down avoiding eye contact. Later that evening my Dad answered the telephone and told me it was for me. On picking up the receiver, a young voice told me his name, that he was one of the chaps on the wall, and promptly asked me out the following evening. Having never had a boyfriend before, I went into a state of shock and panic, and heard myself uttering the fateful word, ‘yes.’ The receiver went down. Draining from head to toe, I thought, ‘what have I just done?’ I meant to say no! I decided that the right thing to do would be to write a note to the wooer, saying ‘thank you, but no thank you.’ I posted the note at the house where I had seen him sitting on the wall. To my mind, if he didn’t live there, then his friend must, so he would pass the note to him. However, I had a nagging feeling, what if he didn’t get the note? On confiding with my folks and begging not to be made to go the door if Romeo turned up expecting his date, my Dad took on the duty of heartbreaker. At the allotted time, and from an upstairs room overlooking the street, my heart sank as I saw the chap heading to our house. My Dad answered the door and told him that I wouldn’t be coming out and that I had posted a note saying as such through his letterbox. The heartbroken admirer said that he hadn’t received a note, for he did not live at that address, he lived in the next road over! Once the poor boy departed, tail between his legs, I was dispatched to pen another note. This time apologising for the whole debacle. The note was hastily posted through the correct letterbox, and I scarpered before anyone could see me. Even after this toe-curling event, I went on to say yes on many occasions, when I meant no (and I’m not talking about boys!) Maybe it was agreeing to meet a friend when I really wanted an early night. Or saying yes to a task at work when I was already snowed under. We tend to put the feelings and needs of others before our own, because we like to please, we don’t like letting anyone down or thinking ill of us. And yet often, the only person that suffers from saying yes when they mean no, is ourselves.

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As anyone who suffers from it knows, pain from costochondritis can be pretty painful. Costochondritis is a condition that is inflammation of the cartilage that connects your ribs to your sternum. There are a few methods of treatment to deal with the pain from costochondritis, including anti-inflammatory medication, stretching, or nerve stimulation. However, chiropractic care can also be a useful component of dealing with this rib pain. WHAT CAN CAUSE RIB PAIN? Costochondritis can come from several causes, including trauma, poor posture, genetics, arthritis, and more. It can also involve more than just rib pain and may involve other pain in your extremities and a difficult time taking a deep breath. As such, this is more than just a minor inconvenience and if left untreated, this type of pain can negatively impact your life.

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