Spring has sprung!

The weather is gorgeous in the Leduc, Beaumont and Devon areas! Even though we promote outdoor activity throughout the year, we know it can be difficult to get outside in our harsh winter climate. Let's shake the cobwebs off and get moving!

Please take a moment to look through out previous blog posts to see outdoor options for activity throughout Leduc. The interactive Google Map will point the way and has pictures of each location. People tell us this is very helpful to see what a location looks like before going there.

We will add more local locations soon. If you have any suggestions for locations, please email Candra Tinis, LBD PCN Communications Coordinator, here.

Prescription to Get Active - 2 more partners!

We are thrilled to announce two new partners in the Prescription to Get Active Program:

Devon Total Fitness
Arctic Spas Recreation Complex (Thorsby)

Patients can now receive a complimentary 1-month pass to these facilities with a completed Prescription to Get Active. New prescription pads including Devon Total Fitness and Arctic Spas Recreation Complex contact information have been delivered to our member clinics in Devon and Calmar. Please note that these facilities will accept prescription written in Leduc and Beaumont as well.

For more information the Prescription to Get Active program, please visit our website www.lbdpcn.com 

PCN 5 km Fun Walk/Run

The 9 Edmonton-area PCNs are organizing a 5km Fun Walk/Run at Rundle Park in May. We invite all area PCN staff, member clinic staff and member physicians, patients and the public to participate in the 5km run/walk, followed by a health fair put on by PCN healthcare professionals. Healthy snacks will be provided and there is a bouncy castle for the kids.

To register, please visit the Running Room website.

The 9 Edmonton-area PCNs include:

Alberta Heartland Primary Care Network

Edmonton Oliver Primary Care Network

Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network

Edmonton West Primary Care Network

Edmonton North Primary Care Network

Westview Primary Care Network

Leduc Beaumont Devon Primary Care Network

Sherwood Park - Strathcona County Primary Care Network

St. Albert & Sturgeon Primary Care Network

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.

Click on any of the pictures so see larger.

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.