Wellness Day Reflection

For our Wellness Day, me and Tyler chose the theme of Range of Motion and mobility since it heavily revolves around the biomechanics of the human anatomy and influences our lives at such a young age. We believed maintaining mobility and Range of Motion is greatly important for not just the present, but to also preserve our mobility and flexibility as we grow older. By choosing this topic, me and Tyler were not only hoping to educate ourselves about our own body's movements, but others as well so when we grow older we are not subject to diseases and bed rest.
There were many various facts we had learned about our topic that had a great impact on our presentation. For example, we are often told at the gym that if you have no pain, then you will not have any gains or growth. However, this proved false when it comes to Range of Motion, as it is unhealthy to force your joints farther than they can go. We also learned that there are three types of Range of Motion activities that can help increase our mobility. The first one is Passive Range of Motion (PROM), and it occurs when the human body gives no effort and is instead assisted by an external source. This is usually done to prevent a joint from being inactive after an injury. The second type of Range of Motion activity is Active Assistance Range of Motion (AAROM), in which the human body gives some effort to mobile stretching, but is still assisted by an external source such as a physical therapist or an athletic trainer. It is usually done slowly to increase the strength of a specific muscle that helps move the joint. The last type of activity is Active Range of Motion (AROM), in which the movements are performed by the body itself and no assistance. This usually helps increase the flexibility of a certain joint.
Our topic is important for health and wellness since it is directly correlated with the Pillars of Health, specifically sleep and exercise. If we do not stretch before or after a workout, we increase the potential chance of an injury such as a muscle tear or dislocation. We can even contract strains that causes a great pressure amongst our limbs and prevents us from acquiring adequate sleep. By not stretching, we also greatly affect our exercise schedule as well. Injuries from inadequate stretching and mobility can often lead to serious injuries that require months of physical therapy before one is able enough to return to their exercising routine.
On a scale of one (lowest performance) and ten (best performance), I would give myself an eight. While I do believe that the information reported was factual and related to health, I did not perform well on terms of speaking, as I would either talk too fast or sometimes be monotone. However, I do believe that the activity me and Tyler demonstrated did follow our presentation, and by our demonstration we influenced others to take mobility and their Range of Motion seriously as they continue further on their well-being.

If you would like to see the presentation for yourself, the link is down below:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zp3igLuI1KAC1ciNuxCNt3eX995LNn6Gc-9p60Qrpow/edit?usp=sharing

Unit 4 Reflection

The whole purpose of Unit 4 was to learn about the integumentary system and the various layers of defenses are body contains to fight off foreign particles. The main essential understandings I learned for the unit was that the skin serves a variety of purposes to maintain homeostasis in the body, and if damaged, it can be life threatening to the human body. I also learn new methods of how our immune systems defend the body can vary from broad (such as our skin) to specific (such as our T cells). The other main essential understandings I knew prior to the unit were that many different systems and organs work together to protect our body from foreign invaders, and that cancer takes years to develop and can be both genetic and environmental.
My main strengths of this unit was the basic knowledge of cancer since I have studied it before, and the various defenses of the immune system in both non-specific and specific resistances. My weaknesses however, were mainly attempting to know the specific details of each layer of the skin and the purpose of certain glands, along with knowing the difference between antigens and antibodies. I believe my main setbacks was trying to refresh the immune system in my memory, since I have not paid attention to it in such a long time.
Unlike other classes, I do believe that this class plays a big role on informing the student body about even the simplest of healthy choices we can make. Methods such as the ABCD Rule to check for melanoma or learning about our bodies' natural defenses such as inflammation, helps inform us on what to be aware of and what is safe for the body. I enjoy the class more now since we have started to include group projects and assignments. One of the group projects we had was the debate, which I personally enjoyed since it allows the class as a whole to explore a whole branch of new controversial topics. By doing the debate, I learned that I need to improve on my public speaking, since I was either stuttering or speaking too fast. However, I learned that if everyone does their assignments in a group project, it allows us to work more efficiently together that would prepare us for future success, and make the project quite easier than if it was the work of only one person. I do believe I am a better student than I am yesterday, but not because I did my job for the debate. But rather, I gained knowledge in a whole broad of topics, such as Nature Deficit Disorder or the legalization of the human organ market. I was hoping we would get to learn more about skin diseases and how they can be prevented. I still debate the fact that the skin is an organ, because aren't organs supposed to be internalized in the body, instead of being external? It will be some more food for thought as I continue down the road of discovery of the human body.

Learning How You Learn 

My following scores are as shown:

Visual 5

Aural 3

Read/Write 2

Kinesthetic 6

The preferred learning style the VARK questionnaire gave me was that I am a multimodal learning student. The results did not surprise me, since I often learn from other people's examples or if there is a visual aid such as a diagram I can follow. What I can do to prepare for the upcoming test in a visual way is to reconstruct images in different ways such as spatial arrangements, redraw pages from memory, and replace words with symbols and such. During the test, I can try to convert the symbols back into words or recall images from recent memory. What I can do to prepare for the upcoming test in a kinesthetic way is to use real life cases and examples in my notes to help memorize the concrete details for the test. I can also use pictures or videos to illustrate an idea, along with reviewing the essential understandings of my notes.