Daytona Beach, FL (PressExposure) August 14, 2010 -- Functional Fitness celebrates being approved by the National Educational Television Association for syndication on the PBS network of stations. The series is hosted by exercise veteran and occupational therapy practitioner, Suzanne Andrews.
Offering real life fitness solutions for real life challenges, Healthwise Exercise, producers of Functional Fitness, has produced a line of Functional Fitness DVD's for people over 40. With versions in both seated and standing, Healthwise Exercise is proud to announce their Functional Fitness DVD's were favorably reviewed by a medical review board.
Dr. Mache Seibel, professor of Massachusetts Medical School and founder of HealthRock states, "Today the baby boomers are facing heart disease and obesity in rampant numbers. It's not enough just to get older, we want to stay functional and fit and that's why I think Functional Fitness is such a wonderful show: it's accessible, it's universal, and it's cost effective." Now at viewer's request, the entire first series of 8 DVD's can be purchased online as a set at a reduced cost as a way to decrease medical bills and improve overall health and longevity.
Suzanne Andrews, host of Functional Fitness on PBS TV, and occupational therapy practitioner has medically documented the results of specific fitness techniques for the baby boomer population in order to offer the most successful doctor recommended techniques on the 8 DVD series.
By increasing people's functional ability through medically engineered fitness techniques, baby boomers now have an economical at-home fitness solution for remaining functional well into their later years. Andrews's states, "our service to the customer continues throughout the use of their DVD's, if they have questions about the exercises, they can email me and I always answer. I became an occupational therapy practitioner to help people take charge of their health safely and effectively with research based exercises that offer the healthiest benefit."
Whether one needs to decrease stiffness and pain caused from arthritis, lose weight, improve balance, increase flexibility, get thicker, stronger bones because of osteoporosis, or improve the health of the neck and back, Suzanne Andrews vast therapeutic exercise knowledge improves the health of the 79 million baby boomers with special consideration on safety and injury prevention.
In addition to overall strength and well-being, Functional Fitness is customized to address many common medical issues, including:
Arthritis relief Better Balance Pain-free neck & back Bone building for Osteoporosis Brain power Diabetes to control blood sugar Fat-burning COPD/asthma
The DVD's are available online and are shipped throughout the US, UK, Australia and Canada.