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6A Daily News – Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Vitality health & fitness Adult ailments may have roots in youth trauma Be safe, young ladies I'm a pretty busy person. I work a full time job, I have a gym where I teach classes, and I train a lot so that I can be ready for any pro-boxing match that comes my way. I don't have much of a social life, but that's ok by me. I'm pretty reclusive. I've had people ask me for more years than I can count if I would offer a self defense class. I've always politely declined; referring them to my judo coach, Greg, or to P.A.L. I never felt com- it, and it blew up on facepelled to teach one. I never book. I was worried I felt like I had the time or wouldn't have room in my gym. But Mark Eldman and inclination. I might have never Toney James pooled their taught one, either, if it resources to be able to offer weren't for the horrible me the Tyler Jelly Building tragedy that shook our com- at the Fairgrounds (this is a munity robbing us of a huge building). I was beautiful teenager, Marysa bowled over and so Nichols. When I found out relieved. I practiced with my what happened, I was lit up coach, Danny with anger and Verdugo, to be indignation. I still sure that I covam. I thought, "I ered the main never want anothpoints. I prepared er young woman my volunteers so in our community they'd be able to to fall victim to assist people and such a horrible make sure they attack". I felt got the moves guilty, actually. I right and didn't felt like, if I had hurt each other. I been teaching self was still pretty defense classes, nervous, almost targeting the Avery like pre-fight young ladies in nerves. our community, The day of the this might not have happened. Fitness Buff training came quickly, and, She might have thanks to my husbeen better able to defend herself. She might have sur- band and my coach, we had all our ducks in a row. Peovived. I knew what I had to do. ple started trickling in I got on facebook and let before noon, and I thought everyone know that I'd be that we might have a small offering a free self defense turnout. But right after class on March 9th. Soon, noon, we had a packed so many people knew about arena. From the very young, it- it was on the radio sta- to senior citizens, from tions, the Red Bluff Daily women to men, we had a News alerted people about wide demographic. Vilche 1/2 OFF first month rent! ◆ Independent Living ◆ Private Apartments ◆ Three Nutritious Meals Daily ◆ 24 Hour Secure Environment ◆ House Keeping Services ◆ Warm & Friendly Staff ◆Recreational Programs ◆Scheduled Transportation ◆Private & Formal Dining Rooms A Retirement Community for the Active Senior Citizens 750 David Avenue, Red Bluff • 527-9193 EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY By Jeremy Olson Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT) Kyle Crisel, local RBHS wrestling phenom was at my side on stage to help me demonstrate all the moves. All my volunteers were on stage, too, to introduce themselves so people would know who to ask for help from. We had a moment of silence to honor Marysa and her family. Then we got into it. We started with a deafening, auditorium-wide scream- to join in and show the power of the voice in self defense. We reviewed several escapes, strikes, pressure points and some ground techniques. We just scratched the surface, really, but these people really payed attention and seemed to absorb what I was teaching. I was impressed and hopeful that many might be able to avert a potential attacker. Of course, the best thing anyone can do is have ongoing training and practice to become really capable of using the moves effectively. One of the bright points of my day happened when I dropped Kyle off afterwards. A man approached me to tell me that his teenage daughter was at the training and asked him to grab her- and she showed him how she could escape. She was all jazzed to practice more on him later. That made me very happy. So a huge thank you to everyone that made this possible: my wonderful volunteers: Kyle Crisel, Charleen Crespin, Nick Crespin, Austin Crespin, Jim Bledsoe, Sierra Bledsoe, Brendon Bledsoe, Shannon Gonczeruk, Cameron Amundsen, Allison Smith-Marshall, Truman Smith-Marshall, Quinton Smith-Marshall, Pablo Vasquez, Brad Lazott, Announcing Practice Closure Miss your Michele Martin, DPM Monday Office Closing Comics February 28, 2013 Page? 527-2523 Now published Medical Records Request P.O. Box 609 Cottonwood Ca 96022 HEARING AID SALE FREE Hearing Tests For Fitting Of Hearing Aids Only. 15 Days Only! Discount of $ March 12th-27th Beltone True gives you benefits like no other hearing aid 1000 OFF A Pair of True 17 Open Digital Hearing Aids Call Today for an Appointment! online exclusively with our Tuesday e-edition redbluffdailynews.com www.redbluffdailynews.com Online e-edition subscription only 99 $1 per month for current print subscribers! Access all daily editions back to December, 2009! Print or email stories, photos... and more. DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF 2526 Sister Mary Columba Dr., Red Bluff 530-529-1888 *$1000 off the list price of two digital aids. TEHAMA COUNTY 527-2151 Blaine Davies, Anastasia Branscombe, Thomas Kessler. Thank you, coach, Danny Verdugo. Thank you, husband. Thank you, Kirsten Sanderson-Cornelius for providing several flats of water. Thank you Erin Brainerd for making sure everyone signed in. Thank you Copy Center and Business Connections for the many copies of training materials. Thank you Jessie Woods of The Gold Exchange for the donation. Thank you Firehouse Pizza for feeding my volunteers after the training. Thank you Daily News for printing a piece about it to let folks know. Thank you Mark Eidman and Toney James. Most of all, thank you to all the people who came and participated. Throughout all this, Angilee Garcia-Marshall, the owner of Heart Strings & Love Knots Boutique asked me if I'd be willing to teach a self defense class at her store once a month. She would pay me, but it would be offered free to the public. Of course, I agreed. By the time this comes out, I will have taught the first class there. The next one will be on April 21st at 1:00pm. So, if you missed the first one or want to brush up on what you learned, please come. This is open to everyone. Thank you, Heart Strings. If you don't come to this one, please go to one they offer at P.A.L. on Vista Way or one that Greg Blanco offers at my place. Please make learning some self defense a priority for you and your kids. I don't ever want another tragedy like this to happen here again. Avery Vilche is a professional boxer and owner of Psycho Fitness & MMA. You can reach her at vilcheavery@yahoo.com or at her website, www.psychofitnessmma.co m. Stress and trauma in childhood tend to lead to anxiety and poor health in adulthood, according to Minnesota's first-ever survey of adults about "adverse experiences" in their youth. More than half of the 13,520 Minnesotans reported at least one traumatic experience in their childhood, including physical abuse, parental divorce or the incarceration of a household member. Those who reported multiple events had higher rates of chronic diseases such as asthma and mental disorders such as depression. "They're at the heart of many of the leading causes of death and disability," said Dr. David McCollum, who works in the injury prevention unit of the Minnesota Department of Health. The department released the data this week, making Minnesota the 18th state to survey adults about youth trauma. The survey builds on research by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that traumatic events in childhood can cause toxic levels of stress that actually alter children's brain chemistry. Other research has correlated such childhood events with suicide, unintended pregnancies, illicit drug use and sexually transmitted diseases. "Stress becomes hardwired in the body, and that is expressed throughout life," said Laura Porter, former director of the Washington State Family Policy Council. Her state was among the first to study the relationships. Verbal abuse was the most common among the nine categories of childhood events in the survey, followed by living with someone with a drinking problem. One in 10 respondents reported sexual abuse in childhood and one in seven reported physical abuse. McCollum said the type of events didn't matter; the higher the number, the more likely they were to correlate withproblems in adulthood. 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They were twice as likely to be chronic drinkers and at least five times as likely to suffer anxiety. Adverse experiences in childhood had little or no relationship to obesity and diabetes, though. The research doesn't prove that childhood traumas cause adulthood problems, only that there is a statistical relationship. These experiences also had a profound link to overall wellbeing, said the Health Department's Pete Rode, and were associated with a higher likelihood of dropping out of high school, being unemployed or worrying about paying for rent and food. Research on the impact of childhood experiences started in the mid-1990s with a California doctor, who couldn't figure out why certain adults were dropping out of his otherwise successful weight loss program. A review of their medical records showed a strong correlation with problems in childhood. Porter said the research in Washington gave parents a new appreciation of the power of childhood experiences. Some parents revamped the way they treated their children; neighbors often showed more compassion to people with traumatic upbringings. One concrete change in Washington was alternative sentencing for mothers convicted of non-violent crimes, so they could raise their children and prevent the severe stress of separation. Minnesota's report recommended no such specific changes. It urged a similar effort to raise public awareness, along with financial and other resources to deal with the lingering problems of childhood trauma. McCollum said the findings do not mean that someone has an unchangeable "destiny" just because of problems in youth. It does mean the state needs to understand the risk factors and help children and adults cope, he said. People can't just say, "Time will heal things. Just put it behind you. Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps," he said. "It doesn't work." 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