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S A N T A B A R B A R A UCSB Wellness Yonie Harris, Dean of Students Wellness Campaign and Mediation & Massage Sabina White, Director, Health Education, Student Health Bike UCSB Barb Beainy, Fitness Director, Recreation Center
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S A N T A B A R B A R A. UCSB Wellness Yonie Harris, Dean of Students Wellness Campaign and Mediation & Massage Sabina White, Director, Health Education, Student Health Bike UCSB Barb Beainy, Fitness Director, Recreation Center. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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S A N T A B A R B A R A
UCSB Wellness Yonie Harris, Dean of Students
Wellness Campaign and Mediation & MassageSabina White, Director, Health Education, Student Health
Bike UCSBBarb Beainy, Fitness Director, Recreation Center
Research: Links between Lifestyle and Brain Fitness
Yonie HarrisDean of StudentsUC Santa Barbara
Bike UCSBBarb Beainy
Fitness DirectorUC Santa Barbara Recreation Center
BIKE UCSB
Our Campus. Our Campus. One Goal. One Goal. Our Health.Our Health.
What is Bike UCSB? Promotion tool of health and wellness
– Reduction of injury, health care costs, absenteeism
A way to track fitness behavior– Odometers
Incentive-based program– Rewards for milestones
No-impact fitness alternative
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WHAT IS BIKE UCSB?
Promotion tool of health and wellness– Reduction of injury, health
care costs, absenteeism
A way to track fitness behavior– Odometers
Incentive-based program– Rewards for milestones
No-impact fitness alternative
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WHAT IS BIKE UCSB?
Way to recruit new Way to recruit new participants:participants:– Current bikersCurrent bikers– Non-walkersNon-walkers– Post-rehabPost-rehab– Adaptive Adaptive
Recreation/Special Recreation/Special PopulationsPopulations
Alternative Alternative Transportation:Transportation:– Environmentally Environmentally
soundsound– Cost-effectiveCost-effective
Advantages of BIKE UCSB Adding another mode of
exercise– Non-impact alternative– Cross-training– Injury prevention– Odometers– Incentives– Special Events
Adapted Recreation– Creating opportunities for
special populations– Hand bikes, wheelchairs,
beach buggy, tandem bikes, etc…
– Wheelchair basketball, soccer
Provide a fun form of exercise Provide a fun form of exercise for individuals of all levels of for individuals of all levels of fitnessfitness
Recruit faculty and staff to Recruit faculty and staff to participate in a healthy and participate in a healthy and low-impact activitylow-impact activity
Improve wellness and fitnessImprove wellness and fitness
Encourage faculty and staff to Encourage faculty and staff to use biking as an alternative use biking as an alternative form of transportationform of transportation
Lower workmen’s Lower workmen’s compensation claimscompensation claims
Goals of BIKE UCSBGoals of BIKE UCSB
OutdoorOutdoor– Beautiful sceneryBeautiful scenery– High developed and accessible High developed and accessible
bike pathsbike paths– Convenient and safe bike storage Convenient and safe bike storage – Over 300 sunny days a yearOver 300 sunny days a year– Free bike rentals and repairs at Free bike rentals and repairs at
UCSB Recreation CenterUCSB Recreation Center
IndoorIndoor– Spin Classes offered at the Spin Classes offered at the
Recreation CenterRecreation Center– Stationary Upright and Stationary Upright and
Recumbent Cycles for use in the Recumbent Cycles for use in the Recreation CenterRecreation Center
– Stationary bikes provided by Stationary bikes provided by UCSB Recreation located in UCSB Recreation located in departments campus widedepartments campus wide
Why Santa Barbara is the perfect place for BIKE UCSB
UCSB Wellness Programs
Sabina White, Director UC Santa Barbara Health
Programs
“Wellness is making proactive choices to balance your physical, mental, and social life.”
Representatives from 18+ campus departments work together to provide the following wellness services to students:
wellness.sa.ucsb.educonnects students to wellness
resources receives over 3000 visits per
day
Drop-In Centers
Provide students opportunities to meet with wellness resource professionals at three high-traffic locations: – The University Center– Francisco Torres– Carrillo Dining Commons.
Over 200 weekly contacts
Programs
Provide weekend and evening wellness activities
10 per quarter 300 participants
Passports to Wellness
provide incentives for attending wellness events
Over 600 registered students
UCSB Meditation and Massage
our newest wellness services:MEDITATION & MASSAGE
Highlighted– at the Wellness Center– in the UCSB Stress Services
Directory
Meditation drop-in groups Modeled after Mindfulness Based Stress
Reduction Offered free of charge to students Led by health educator
Mondays: 3:30 – 4:30 7 - 12 students
Tuesdays: 4:15 – 4:457 – 9 students
Fridays: 3:30 – 4:0012 – 20 students
Licensed Massage Therapist
Offers Chair Massage to students by appointment at Student Health 3 hrs/wk
$10 for 10 minutes on a fee for service basis
Schedule is full Full body massage is being considered
for Fall
Free brief chair massages
available at no charge at the Wellness Drop-in hours at the UCEN
10 – 16 students weekly
