From Navy and Marine Corps Public Health
Center Public Affairs
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (NNS) -- The Navy and
Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) unveiled its web-based "Relax
Relax Tool Kit" April 24 designed to help users manage daily stress using
relaxation techniques.
The tool kit was developed through
collaboration with team members from NMCPHC's Health Promotion and Wellness
Department, Wounded Ill and Injured (WII) Program, and the Information
Management Department.
Eight categories of traditional
relaxation strategies were selected to develop this scientifically proven tool
kit. The strategies, widely accepted by health promotion and other public
health experts, include traditional approaches such as breathing, imagery and
meditation.
"Learning to relax and to de-stress
is part of being resilient," said Dr. Mark Long, NMCPHC Health Promotion
and Wellness staff member. "Being able to navigate the daily stresses of
life and to perform highly and perhaps even at your peak level is what we
strive for."
The tool kit contains a wide variety of
relaxation exercises selected on their ability to appeal to a diverse audience.
The exercise tracks are easily downloadable to portable media devices for
individual use anytime, anywhere. A CD version is also available through
NMCPHC.
"No matter what stress continuum
zone you may be in at the moment- green, yellow, orange or red, the tool kit
offers many selections to move you back toward the green zone," said
Lateef Khursheed, staff member with NMCPHC's Health Promotion and Wellness
Department.
To test the usefulness of the tool kit,
focus-group sessions were conducted with Sailors and Marines who are currently
receiving care or treatment through the WII program. Suggestions from these
focus groups were implemented to improve the quality of the Relax Relax Tool
Kit.
Based on the input of WII
service-members, case managers, and others, the tool kit will continue to
evolve as an effective and proven relaxation and sleep resource.
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