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Show i i ' -i mm wm m i -miWirrrMMIMlilMaMMlii "nrninn-tiirniv n-rrr' inifl ir nnnrinuii nnrrili n n imiaii mnm WMHWMiwiijniiriT"rimrri Tilo i PHOTO BY, CHERIE HUBER Moe Forsyth an expert in fitness, sports medicine and aging, will be one of26 traveling travel-ing to China to exchange ideas. Moe works as the physical therapist fo the Utah -'k Jazz. He is a registered physical therapist at Care West Physical Therapy. Fitness expert to travel to China with delegation By CHERIE HUBER A special delegation will be traveling to China in April to ex- change information with their Chinese counterparts in the areas of fitness, sports medicine and aging. From April 8-24 the 26-member group will visit five cities in China and tour hospitals and other institutions. insti-tutions. Some of the members will also be presenting papers. Prior to leaving for China, the entire group will fly to Seattle for a special briefing brief-ing on what to expect and what to do in China. One member of the delegation will be Marlin "Moe" Forsyth of Bountiful. Moe received the invitation invita-tion because one of the physicians working with the NBA was impressed' im-pressed' with Moe's work with the Utah Jazz basketball players. Moe works with the team as a physical therapist and has also completed a special profile of the players which included a measurement of their percentage of body fat and other measurements that pinpoint athletic athle-tic ability. Moe is the registered physical therapist at CareWest Physical ; Therapy. He sees athletics at the : high end of the physical fitness spectrum and he also works with people recovering from strokes, hip injuries and other problems. Moe said he is very interested in seeing what the Chinese are doing with older people. He would like to find out if people stay active for more years there and if they live longer because of their activity. At the CareWest Center, Moe ' works with patients from CareWest and also outpatients who have been referred to physical therapy by their physicians to build up strength after hip replacement, strokes, amputation because of diabetes di-abetes and arthritis. "This is a place for the patients to come to, to do well and to go home," Moe says. "We want them to go back to leading productive, happy lives." All these people fJiave a great potential of being able Vlo return home." Moe and his staff generate a lot of enthusiasm and energy among the patients but they also teach the patients to follow their own programs. "Once a per-; per-; son is responsible for his own program, prog-ram, he is committed to his own good health," Moe says. Moe graduated from the University Univer-sity of Utah's Physical Therapy School. He saw physical therapy as a progressive career with real rewards. Because he could see people get better there was almost instant gratification. He graduated in 1971 and in 1981 he was NAT certified. He is one of only three NAT certified therapists in Utah. Because of the enjoyment he receives re-ceives from seeing people get better, bet-ter, Moe has elected to stay in treatment rather than move into management. He came to CareWest in 1976. One of the special features at the CareWest Therapy Center is hydrostatic hyd-rostatic weighing. Hydrostatic weighing is seen by many physical therapists and athletes as the definitive de-finitive standard for being in shape. Using this method coaches can find out just how much weight an athlete can afford to lose. According to Moe, anything under 15 percent is "jock" level. On the average, a woman has between be-tween 30 and 43 percent body fat while a man has between 22 and 34 percent. "Some kids are overfit, they have so much muscle," Moe says. "They have no fat to lose. Sometimes Some-times girls on the drill team may not be fat but have too much muscle. Kids are under a great deal of pressure to not be fat." It is also possible to gain weight but to lose inches by exchanging fat for muscle, mus-cle, he points out. In addition, young people who are too lean tend not to grow as tall. The best way to get in shape is aerobic exercise, he says. Activities Activi-ties like swimming, bicycling, jogging jog-ging and even walking can help. The important thing is to increase your heart beat and metabolism. He points out that the metabolism stays high for another two hours after the exercise is over and calories calor-ies continue to be used at a higher rate. Dieting is not the answer. It is important to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, then don't eat after 6 p.m. he advises. The body is under stress after four hours without food intake so it is important to not skip meals. In addition, the body needs the food during the day when it is using it, not at night when the activities and metabolism both slow down. People are in a hurry all the time but it is possible to eat well even at a fast food place by ordering a salad or a baked potato rather than french fries and other high calorie menu items, he advises. Moe says that on one hand it appears that children are not as active. ac-tive. They are driven everywhere and they spend a lot of time sitting in front of a television. "On the other hand, people have more leisure lei-sure time and they are more interested in-terested in recreation. That's a good sign because if people are active ac-tive their kids tend to be more active ac-tive too," he says. |