Welcome to Fit Brain Dragon

Welcome to my Blog and to musings, wisdom (perhaps) and other stuff from my world of Mental Health and Dragon Boat Racing in Adelaide, South Australia.



Mental Health is but one aspect of overall health and shares this Blog (and my mind) with Dragon Boat Racing, an accessible fitness activity that I have chosen for myself. I am not alone in my conviction that you can not have health without having mental health. It is also true, though less often said, that you can't have mental health without having physical health.



This rather obvious relationship is surprisingly missed too often by too many. This Blog will feature my thoughts about mental health and about the value of Dragon Boat Racing in my life.



In my experience as a Mental Health Nurse and a Counsellor many people with chronic health problems such as Diabetes, Arthritis and Depression may find enormous advantage in linking themselves to medical and other supports as well as a team sport such as Dragon Boat Racing.

It has been demonstrated in Type 2 (late onset)Diabetes for example that a proper routine of diet and exercise is a more effective first line treatment than medications.



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Monday, September 20, 2010

The Good Ache

Ahhhhh...my body aches in that muscle-weary way it always does after dragon boat training. It was chilly tonight at the start and end of training but otherwise pretty perfect. Light breeze, not much movement in the water. The boat moved well. Another new paddler tonight. Looks a likely type. The other two newies are keen as mustard too. I said a quiet prayer that the coach would not frighten them off with too strenuous a session.  Race start ans 1 min, race start and two minutes over and over again. 50% building to race pace. No wonder I'm sore in that delightful reminder that I'm alive, I have capacity to exercise and access to dragon boating and a large enough body of decent water. Truly blessed are we!!
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