Mind Body Seminar: June 1979

FACULTY

Bob Anderson received his teaching credential in physical education from the California State University at Long Beach. He has designed stretching programs for football, tennis, track, volleyball and racquetball players at college and professional levels. He is the author of Stretching.

Robert F. DeBusk, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division, Stanford University, and Director of the Stanford Cardiac Rehabilitation Center.

Evalyn Gendel, M.D., is Director of The Human Sexuality Program at the University of California, San Francisco. She has also worked extensively in orthopedics and preventive medicine as well as conducting research on fitness for women. She is a member of the Editorial Board of The Physician and Sports Medicine.

James M. Click, M.D., is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco and an Associate Professor at San Francisco State University. He is the team physician for men’s and women’s sports at San Francisco State University and San Francisco City College.

William L. Haskell, Ph.D., is an exercise physiologist and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, and Co-Director of the Stanford Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. He is also a consultant to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and has written extensively on the relationship between exercise and cardiovascular disease.

John C. Hutchinson, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Medicine and Surgery in Cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the immediate past President of the San Francisco Heart Association.

Terence Kavanagh, M.D., D.Phys. Med., is Assistant Professor of Rehabilitative Medicine at the University of Toronto and Medical Director of the Toronto Rehabilitation Center which specializes in post-heart attack rehabilitation exercise programs. He is also author of Heart Attack? Counterattack!

Ellen Collins Kushner, M.S., is a certified athletic trainer with training in kinesiology and sports medicine. In addition to teaching aerobic exercise programs for beginners, she is an exercise physiologist at VITAL, a preventive medicine center in San Francisco which specializes in exercise and diet prescription.

Brian Maxwell is currently completing a master’s degree in Kinesiology and physical education at California State University in Hayward, coaching distance runners at University of California, Berkeley and training intently for the 1980 Olympic marathon in Moscow. He was the Northern California distance running champion in 1977 and 1978, has won several international marathons.

Arthur J. Mollen, D.O., is Director of the Preventive Medicine and Physical Fitness Institute in Phoenix, Arizona and President and Founder of the Arizona Marathon Society. He is actively involved in dissemination of information on physical fitness through the public media and is author of Run for your Life.

Marion Nestle, Ph.D., is Associate Dean and Lecturer in Biochemistry at the University of California, San Francisco, where she coordinates the Nutrition Teaching Program for medical students.

Neil Oldridge, Ph.D., is Associate Professor, Departments of Physical Education and Medicine, McMaster University in Ontario and a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. His research interests include adherence to cardiac rehabilitation and treatment programs.

Ralph S. Paffenbarger, M.D., Dr. P.H., is Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine at Stanford University. He has conducted much of the original epidemiological research on the impact of physical activity on the risk of heart attack.

David S. Sobel, M.D., M.P.H., is Medical Director, The Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge and a Fellow, Health Policy Program, University of California, San Francisco. He is also a coordinator of this symposium.

Sue Stricklin is a consultant in women’s running and one of the founders of the Honolulu Marathon Association where she has conducted running clinics for women. In addition, she holds the International Women’s Marathon Master Title.

Steven I. Subotnick, D.P.M., M.S., is Associate Professor of Biomechanics and Surgery, California College of Podiatric Medicine and Vice President, American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine. In addition to teaching and private practice, he is podiatric consultant toRunner’s World magazine and author of Podiatric Sports Medicine, Running Foot Doctor, and Cures of Common Running Injuries.

Gregory S. Thomas is a Research Fellow in the Health Policy Program at the University of California, San Francisco where he is completing his medical studies. He is also Director of the University of California, San Francisco Running Clinic and a coordinator of this symposium.

Peter D. Wood, Ph.D., D.Sc., is Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine and Deputy Director of the Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program. His research on the biochemistry of exercise has revealed a characteristic plasma lipoprotein pattern in runners. He is also author of Run to Health.

PROGRAM

SATURDAY, JUNE 9 MORNING

HEALTH BENEFITS OF EXERCISE
William L. Haskell, Ph.D.
The current evidence linking vigorous physical activity and major health benefits will be critically reviewed. The physiological basis of how exercise may promote health will also be discussed with regard to cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular disease.

EXERCISE AND THE CHOLESTEROL STORY
Peter D. Wood, D.Sc.
The very active individual has an apparently advantageous plasma lipoprotein pattern in which the high-density lipoprotein level (HDL) is high. The degree of physical activity required to produce this pattern will be discussed and the influence of adiposity, diet and alcohol intake explored.

EXERCISE AND PREVENTING HEART DISEASE
Ralph S. Paffenbarger, M.D., Dr. P.H.
What do San Franciscan longshoremen and Harvard alumni have in common? Both groups were subjects in studies demonstrating that certain levels of habitual physical activity can lower the risk of heart attack. These studies and the relative importance of sedentary living, cigarette smoking, hypertension and obesity to coronary heart disease will be examined.

AFTERNOON

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

WOMEN’S RUNNING
Ellen Collins Kushner, M.S.
Sue Stricklin

DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT OF COMMON RUNNING INJURIES
Steven I. Subotnick, D.P.M.

NUTRITION, EXERCISE AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
Marion Nestle, Ph.D.

DESIGNING YOUR OWN ACTIVITY PLAN
William L. Haskell, Ph.D.

COMMON SPORTS INJURIES: TENNIS, SKIING AND RUNNING
James M. Glick, M.D.

SUNDAY, JUNE 10 MORNING

Rx: EXERCISE FOR THE HEALTHY
Arthur J. Mollen, D.O.
The role of exercise in promoting health beyond the prevention of specific diseases will be discussed with a particular focus on how to prescribe exercise programs to improve cardiovascular capacity, muscle strength and endurance as well as flexibility.

Rx: EXERCISE AFTER HEART ATTACK
Terence Kavanagh, M.D.
The Toronto Rehabilitation Center was one of the first centers to use vigorous exercise, running in particular, in the treatment of people with heart disease. The results of this program to prevent repeated heart attacks will be reviewed.

HEART ATTACK: COUNTER-ATTACK
A film about post-coronary patients during their rehabilitation exercise training and subsequent running of the 26-mile Boston Marathon.

PANEL DISCUSSION

AFTERNOON

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

OFFICE PRESCRIPTION OF EXERCISE
Robert F. DeBusk, M.D. Evalyn Gendel, M.D.

FITNESS TESTING:
DEMONSTRATION AND
DISCUSSION
John C. Hutchinson, M.D.
Ellen Collins Kushner, M.S.

MOTIVATION AND ADHERENCE IN EXERCISE PROGRAMS
Neil Oldridge, Ph.D.

EXERCISE: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Arthur J. Mollen, D.O.

STRETCHING
Bob Anderson

CLINICS

(Please come dressed for exercise)

RACING AND MARATHON TRAINING
Brian Maxwell

WOMEN’S RUNNING
Sue Stricklin

EGINNING RUNNING
Gregory S. Thomas