HEALTH-FITNESS

Lubbock-area health news in brief

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Suicide Loss Support Group to meet

The South Plains Suicide Loss Support Group is welcoming those who have lost a loved one to suicide to join monthly meetings to help cope.

The peer-led support group meets the 3rd Wednesday every month. The next meeting will be Wednesday, May 15, at LakeRidge Memorial Chapel, located at 82nd Street and Iola, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

For more information, contact info@contactlubbock.org.

Parkinson's Aquatics class offered

Southwest Aqua Sports is offering a Parkinson's Aquatics class that is a suitable exercise for various stages of disease and eases symptoms of muscle spasms, contractures, rigidity, tremors, and postural instability.

The cost is $10 each class with the first one free. The class meets every Friday from 12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. at Southwest Aqua Sports at 3909 N. Frankford Ave.

Although the classes are held in the water, swimming skills are not necessary to participate.

Contact Sybille Neuber at 392-3860 or by email at sybille@ergotherapywellness.com for more information.

Brain injury support group meets

A monthly support group meeting for people affected by stroke and brain injury is available through Trustpoint Rehabilitation Hospital of Lubbock.

Members meet the second Tuesday of every month from 4 to 5 p.m. Light refreshments are served.

Meetings are open to survivors, their family members and caregivers.

Call 749-2222 for additional information.

Clinic, health department offer free vaccinations

The Free Clinic and the Lubbock Health Department have formed a partnership to offer free vaccinations every third Wednesday at Lubbock Impact, according to a news release from the Texas Tech’s Health Sciences Center.

Vaccines including pneumococcal, hepatitis A and B, influenza, TdaP (for tetanus, diphtheria and adult whooping cough), Gardasil (for human papillomavirus), meningococcal (for meningitis) and Zostavax (for shingles) will be available, according to the news release. Vaccinations will be available from 3 to 5 p.m. every third Wednesday at 2707 34th St.

The Free Clinic is an urgent care clinic run by Texas Tech’s Health Sciences Center School of Medicine physicians and medical students. Free basic health care is provided for the uninsured, homeless and working poor populations every Wednesday from 6 to 10 p.m., according to the news release. The Free Vaccinations Clinic Day will be open to patients 19 to 64 years old.

Those interested in receiving vaccinations are encouraged to take immunizations records, according to the news release. Call 799-4320 for additional information.