Spring Newsletter 2017

Inside this edition:

  • The Sarcopenia Project:research into reducing the loss of muscle mass and strength due to ageing

  • How to exercise if you are living with post polio syndrome

  • Health and Wellness Retreat 2017: look after your body, mind and spirit

  • Polio then and now: the story of a crippling disease on the verge of worldwide eradication

  • Humour

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Polio in my life – a story by Terry Haighton

It was 1946 and the war was finally over. The family had moved from London to Essex and I attended the local primary school.

One day we were supplied with a form to take home for our parents to sign, it was to advise them that with the onset of polio, the whole school was to be vaccinated, and they were required to sign the application giving their permission. With the knowledge that in the past I always had a bad reaction to any form of injection, my mother was naturally concerned.

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Reaching more people with post-polio

The Polio SA committee are always seeking to expand our reach and improve our member services.

Over the past two years we have worked with Community Business Bureau – a social enterprise dedicated to building the capacity and sustainability of not for profit organisations. Our focus to date has been on improving our member communications by updating our website, starting an email newsletter and Facebook page, and continuing production of this newsletter.

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