UAB to host running medicine conference in Birmingham

THE BIRMINGHAM AREA. WELL, TODAY IS GLOBAL RUNNING DAY AND UAB DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS ARE SHARING SOME IMPORTANT RESEARCH WITH JOGGERS DURING AN UPCOMING CONFERENCE. WVTM 13. PATSY DOUGLAS IS JOINING US LIVE. PATSY, TELL US HOW THIS CONFERENCE WILL IMPACT THOSE ATHLETES AND OTHER FOLKS HERE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. WELL, LISTEN, IT’S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE AN EDUCATION TYPE OF THING THAT WILL HELP A LOT OF JOGGERS AND RUNNERS HERE IN OUR AREA. MANY OF THEM MAKE A MOVE RIGHT HERE AT RAILROAD PARK NOW, UAB. THEY NOTICE THESE RUNNERS AND JOGGERS HERE EARLY IN THE MORNING, TWO YEARS AGO, THOSE OFFICIALS, THEY CAME UP WITH A PLAN TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF RUNNING AND WHAT IT CAN DO TO THE BODY. THAT PLAN TURNED INTO A MISSION TO GET THOSE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATED ABOUT IT. DURING THEIR CONFERENCE, RUNNERS WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO BETTER OPTIMIZE THEIR RUNNING SKILLS AND AVOID ANY INJURY FROM HAPPENING. UAB ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. HEALTH HAILE SAYS THERE ARE MANY FACTORS INTO WHY THEY’RE PUSHING THIS CONFERENCE FORWARD. WE FOUND THAT THE THE BENEFITS OF EXERCISE ARE SO FAR REACHING, CERTAINLY IN PREVENTING CARDIO VASCULAR DISEASE AND CERTAIN CANCERS AND OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS. BUT EVEN JUST IN TERMS OF IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR OVERALL HEALTH. NOW, THE CONFERENCE IS DESIGNED FOR ANYONE WITH WITH AN INTEREST IN RUNNING. THAT MEANS ATHLETES, COACHES, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, ATHLETIC TRAINERS AND MANY MORE. THEY ALSO PLAN TO HAVE BREAKOUT SESSIONS, SESSIONS AND LECTURES WITH THIS CONFERENCE AS WELL. AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL HELP THEM BETTER TAKE CARE OF THEIR PATIENTS IN A PRACTICAL WAY. AGAIN, THIS IS HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY, SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON’T MISS IT. AND IT’S GOOD WEATHER OUTSIDE. SO MAKE SURE YOU GET A JOG OR RUN IN AS WELL. BACK TO YO