Friday, October 26, 2012

Alexandra Park

This park is located right across the street from our LBD PCN office and provides a great, quiet spot to go for a picnic or to enjoy you lunch, as our staff often does when it is nice outside. There are picnic tables located throughout the park and the huge trees provide shade in the hot summer months.

Our LBD PCN Exercise Specialist, Corinne Cutler, enjoys practicing pilates in the park. This is such a nice, open, quiet location, any type of physical activity can be done here:






Fred Johns Park

Fred Johns Park offers approximately 2.5-3kms of walking trails, a playground, non-motorized boat launch, baseball diamonds, frisbee golf and a beautiful lake (Leduc Reservoir) which is stocked with fish each year.

Located on the west side of the QEII overpass, just south of Leduc Common. See our map for location of the walking trails and playground.

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Gorgeous, paved trails run the south and east side of the lake:


Benches are located throughout the park for rest:


Beautiful location right in the middle of Leduc:


Boat launch to the lake, though there is no road access to the launch. There is a little island straight north of the launch that you can see in this picture. The trails continue along the west and north side of the lake and are unpaved, packed gravel.


Great playground for the kids, picnic benches and small barbecues are located throughout the playground area.


Outdoor fitness equipment

The City of Leduc has provided a variety of outdoor exercise equipment, free for public use. Please read the instructions on each piece of equipment prior to use.

Media release announcing new equipment.

This equipment is located south of the tennis courts and walking track just off of Corinthia Drive. Click our map to see the location.

LBDPCN Exercise Specialist, Corinne Cutler, demonstrates the outdoor equipment. Click on each image to see larger.





Arm press vertical








Arm Press horizontal







                                                                                   Chin Ups


 Eliptical




Gazelle


seated twist 


Please consult your family physician before undertaking any new physical activity. 

Outdoor walking track

Behind Leduc Composite High School is an outdoor walking track, free for public use. Walk, jog, run, whatever you desire. There are bleachers there as well so plenty of space to sit and rest.


Click here to see where the track is located on our Google map.

Tennis, anyone?

Did you know that Leduc has outdoor tennis courts, FREE for your use? They do! Click our map to see where it is located!.


LBD PCN Exercise Specialist, Corinne Cutler, shows of her mad tennis skills!

Promotional Poster #2

Poster 2 (below) of our 4 part series of posters ran in this week's Leduc Representative newspaper. Look for these posters in all local family physician clinics. For more information about the program, please see our website or talk to your LBD PCN family physician.




Thursday, October 25, 2012

Telford Lake

A gem in the middle of the City of Leduc, Telford Lake (see it on our map) offers a peaceful yet active location for area residents and guests. Water sports such as kayaking  canoeing, and non-motorized boating activities are popular on the lake. Telford Lake has over 3 kilometers of paved trails for you to enjoy. Please see the City of Leduc map of the area.

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Boardwalk entrance to the Telford Lake walking paths/trails and lookout onto the lake.


 Enjoy the beautiful scenery along the walk paths.



There are several rest areas with benches along the trails.












Enjoy bird watching and other wildlife year round. While we were visiting the lake, the pelicans were putting on a great show, flying low over the water from pier to pier while the Dragon Boat race participants practiced.






The Leduc + District Senior Centre provides programs and activities at Telford House to enhance seniors' life styles include floor curling, bridge, crib, pool, painting classes, stained glass classes, choir, table tennis, computer mentoring and a lunch program.  Telford House, which is located on the very west end of the lake, is also used to promote health care issues such as the Telford Day Program, Stroke Recovery,  Low Vision Sight Seekers meetings and as a casual drop-in for seniors to meet socially. Please see their website for more information and see our map for the location.

Telford Lake is also home to the Leduc Boat Club which offers many paid programs and rentals for teams or individuals.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Google Map of Activity Locations in Leduc

We have created a Google Map of Leduc where you can participate in FREE, outdoor activity. Click on each of the blue pin drops to get more information about the location and to see pictures of our healthcare team participating in activity there.

Similar maps for Beaumont and Devon are coming soon!

Promotion Posters

Ongoing promotion of this program includes distribution of  a series of posters, poster 1 (below) ran in this week's Leduc Representative, Beaumont News and Devon Dispatch newspapers. Look for them in all local family physician clinics. For more information about the program, please talk to your LBD PCN family physician

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Poster for Leduc:


Poster for Beaumont:


Poster for Devon/Calmar:



The Prescription

If you are interested in the Prescription to Get Active program, your LBD PCN family physician can prescribe the intensity, duration and frequency of activity you require in order to prevent or manage chronic conditions. This is what the prescription for the Leduc area looks like (click image to enlarge):


We have designed prescription pads specific to the Beaumont and Devon/Calmar as well. By taking this prescription to the Leduc Recreation Centre or S&D Aqua-Fit Centre in Beaumont, patients are entitled to a FREE, 1-month membership at either facility, a fitness centre orientation, and individual program designed at the facility, a tour of the centre and an information package.

At the Leduc Recreation Centre, the Prescription to Get Active membership will give you full access to:

- the fitness centre
- drop-in programs, including aquatic and fitness activities
- aquatic centre
- walking track
- drop-in leisure opportunities

At the S&D Aqua-Fit Centre in Beaumont, the membership will include options such as:

- access to the drop-in or registered fitness classes
- aquatic centre
- fitness centre

If you would like to access this program, please see your LBD PCN family physician.
For more information on the Prescription to Get Active program to view the international media attention this program has received, please visit our website.

Prescription to Get Active


The Leduc Beaumont Devon Primary Care Network is partnering with local municipalities in a unique venture where local family physicians prescribe physical activity to patients who they feel would benefit from increased activity. 
With each “Prescription to Get Active”, doctors are able to prescribe the intensity, duration and frequency of activity a patient is required to undertake to help in preventing future medical issues such as heart conditions, lung conditions and diabetes. 

Regular physical exercise has been shown to improve health and quality of life, as well as significantly reducing the risks of chronic disease, disability and premature death.

In addition to local recreation facilities, there are many free, outdoor locations in our region where the community can participate in increasing activity.

To receive your Prescription to Get Active or for more information on this program, please speak to your LBD PCN family physician.