Littlefield residents of all ages are encouraged to lace up their walking shoes and join Dominique Gagnon, MD, PhD, Cindy George MD, and Rolando Rodriquez, MD of LHC Family Medicine for the monthly Walk with a Doc Texas event.
The Walk is scheculed for Saturday, April 6, at 10 a.m. (recurring monthly every first Saturday) at Crescent Park — Crescent Drive, Littlefield (meet under the shaded area on the North side).
The physicians and LHC staff members, and any community members interested in participating are encouraged to get out and walk. Walking is one of the simplest, best things people can do to live a long, high-quality life. Walk with a Doc makes it easy by providing the time, place, motivation (a brief health information talk), and fellow participants for a fun walking experience.
Please adhere to all COVID-19 recommendations and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and applicable local and state health authorities.
The Walk with a Doc concept is simple: Physicians organize walks in their communities and invite their patients, their patients’ families, and community members to join them. Walkers will enjoy a refreshing and invigorating walk with the physicians and other health care professionals, who will provide support to participants and answer questions during the walk. Walk with a Doc Texas is overseen by a national nonprofit organization to get people active and healthy, and is backed by the Texas Medical Association (TMA) in Texas.
This is a FREE program, and preregistration is not required. Information about future walks will be announced on this chapter’s Walk with a Doc website.
TMA is the largest state medical society in the nation, representing more than 55,000 physiare cian and medical student members. It is located in Austin and has 110 component county medical societies around the state. TMA’s key objective since 1853 is to improve the health of all Texans. TMA Foundation, TMA’s philanthropic arm, raises funds to support the public health and science priority initiatives of TMA and the family of medicine, including Walk with a Doc Texas. Walk with a Doc Texas is funded by a grant from the TMA Foundation with generous support from TMA Insurance Trust, Baylor Scott & White, and Prudential. To learn more, visit the TMA Foundation website. Walk with a Doc is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire communities through movement and conversation with physician-led walking groups. Walk with a Doc was started in 2005 by David Sabgir, MD, a board-certified cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio.