Nancy Clarke‘s five-day-a-week workouts at the Center For Health & Fitness help her find strength in daily life and in caring for her husband with dementia
Seventy-one-year-old Nancy Clarke was fit and healthy;...
The South Bay can seem big and impersonal, but it is possible to make personal connections one step at a time. And that’s precisely what moms and dads are doing once a month as part of Beach Cities Health District’s (BCHD) recently formed Parent...
- It's Heart-Healthy
Get your heart pumping through Zumba's Latin-inspired dance moves. These fun movements provide an easy way to strengthen your cardiovascular and respiratory systems. - A Great Way to De-...
Multiple strokes, diabetes, a heart attack – even Lupus – aren’t enough to keep the 63-year-old CHF member from her goals.
Life has been dealing Ana Maria Maresca tough cards for most of her adult life –...
For 75-year-old Center for Health & Fitness (CHF) member Bob Caplan, hip arthritis threatened to derail two important life goals: adventure travel and hiking with friends and family. To get back on the trail, Bob followed medical recommendations...
South Bay native Rick Rasnick, once one of the most promising young coaches in college football, is now struggling with the debilitating effects of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
When you meet Rick Rasnick, 58, the first...
by David Mendez, Easy Reader News
The Beach Cities, as a whole, continue to be at the top of rankings indexing regional well-being across the country.
Although overall well-being in Manhattan, Hermosa, and Redondo Beach is statistically...
by David Mendez, Easy Reader News
At the Beach Cities Health District’s 2018 Spirit of Wellness awards last Thursday at the Portofino Inn Hotel and Marina, personal trainer Derick Malit told the story of Rick “Razz” Rasnick.
“Whenever I...
Seventy-year-old Richard Lawson has the heart of a 21-year-old.
A 45-year resident of Manhattan Beach, Lawson developed congestive heart failure and ventricular fibrillation in 2016 and his heart was quickly failing. He needed a heart...
KCAL - Channel 9 interviewed Jackie Berling, BCHD Chief Wellness Officer, for BCHD's “Free Fitness Weekends,” a community health initiative that gives the public an opportunity to take free exercise classes in Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and...
