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MRC News

Published on September 4, 2007
Susan Christensen
Health and Research News Service

RIDGELAND, Miss.—Free health screenings, fitness demos, complimentary refreshments and door prizes will be available at a community health fair scheduled for 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Sept. 10 at Fitness Lady, 331 Sunnybrook Road in Ridgeland.

Staff of the Methodist Rehabilitation Center therapy clinic housed inside Fitness Lady will be on hand to answer questions and offer screenings for blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol, balance, grip strength and foot problems. Physical therapists also will provide free chair massages.

At 11 a.m., Dr. Kenneth Fox, a rehabilitation medicine physician at Methodist Spine & Joint Center in Flowood, also will provide information on non-surgical treatments for pain.

For more information, call Fitness Lady at 601-856-0535.