Date/Time
Date(s) - Mon Feb 05 2024
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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The novelty and difficulty of complex neuromuscular activities improve balance, coordination, and reaction time. Recent medical research has shown that these activities cause beneficial structural brain changes in aging subjects mediated by neurotropic growth factors. Remodelling of the aging brain preserves and may even restore lost functions explaining why the best health advice to seniors is “Keep Moving”.
About Peter Nichol:
Peter Nichol (B.A., M.D., FRCPC, FCCS) has had a 54 years long medical career serving as a professor in the Departments of Medicine and Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario; as a Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation; and Medical Director of the UWO Research Centre for Activity and Aging; and for 12 years he ran a cardiology service in Canmore. He retired in 2020.
Active living has been a life-long obsession both professionally and personally for Peter. Looking for something different from his usual sports of running, cycling, swimming, and skiing he started juggling 29 years ago. This hobby has expanded into a second career as a juggling instructor and clown. Recently table tennis has been added to his activity regimen as another complex neuromuscular activity.