"Wellness of mind & body to ensure a better working environment"

Thursday, September 2nd ,2021: The Resonance Club of Chemistry Department, GGDSD College, Chandigarh organized a state level DBT sponsored webinar titled "Wellness of mind & body to ensure a better working environment"on 2nd September, 2021.The webinar catered especially to women professionals and homemakers.  The resource persons Dr. Guranchal Pawar, Consultant Physiotherapist, Specialist on Ergonomics and Dr. Parampreet Ghuman, Associate Director, Department of Gynaecology, Max Hospital, generated the awareness among the participants regarding women health issues.

The webinar began with a very informative talk by Dr. Guranchal Pawar, Consultant Physiotherapist, Specialist on Ergonomics. Dr. Pawar’s talk was focused on common problems of professionals and home makers like neck pain, back pain related to incorrect postures these days due to excessive increase in screen time. She explained how wrong posture angles can lead to back injuries and what are the actions required for correct postures which the participants found very beneficial. Dr. Pawar demonstrated various common stretches to relieve the pain such as neck exercise, low back pain exercises. Further, the talk continued with the discussion on women health issues like, weak pelvic muscles and exercises to strengthen them.

In the second session of the webinar, the resource person Dr. Parampreet Kaur Ghuman, Associate Director, Department of Gynaecology, Max Hospital, through her lecture focused on common health problems faced by women. She emphasized on the “Prevention rather than cure” of serious diseases such as cervical cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer and osteoporosis by undergoing screening tests. Dr. Ghuman talked about the challenges related to women's health and the lack of its awareness among women in our society. Dr. Ghuman suggested adopting a healthy lifestyle for menopausal period in old age also.She concluded by talking about health issues in higher age group women.

The major take away for this outreach program from both the resource persons were;Exercises and awareness initiatives to counter negative stimuli at our physical and emotional level in order to negate their detrimental effects on our body to ensure mind and body wellness.