LAKEPORT – On Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Sutter Lakeside Hospital and Center for Health is hosting a free well check open house event.

The event is intended to give the public an opportunity to learn more about Sutter Lakeside’s wellness philosophy, tour their Wellness Center facilities, meet members of their wellness staff and experience some of their wellness-related services.

The Well Check event features the stress-relieving benefits of biofeedback. Biofeedback is a clinically-tested, non-invasive, relaxing treatment that can be particularly useful in relieving stress-related conditions.

Research indicates that it can be effective in the treatment of other conditions such as: asthma, Raynaud's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, hot flashes, nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy, incontinence, headaches, irregular heartbeats (cardiac arrhythmias), high blood pressure, epilepsy and others.

Sutter Lakeside is committed to combining wellness with traditional “illness care.” This philosophy arose from a national study that showed that people have some – if not total – control over 70 percent of the factors that impact their health. These lifestyle factors include diet, exercise and coping with stress; and environmental factors such as noise, clutter, pollution and people’s work and home environment.

Check-in and Wellness Center tours are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., with the first wellness talk, given by Leslie Lovejoy, Ph.D., beginning at 5:30 p.m. At 6:15 p.m. there will be a biofeedback presentation, with wellness coaching and other events to follow.

To register for the Well Check open house or for more information call the Sutter Lakeside Wellness Center at 262-5171.

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