Sports Massage, Zumba, Medical Taping and much more under one Arm – SLF Wellbeing Centre

Sri Lanka Foundation (SLF) is the National Centre for Leadership, Education and Training under the purview of the Presidential Secretariat, contributing to national development in line with the “Mahinda Chinthana”: Vision for the future to be the “Miracle of Asia” as envisaged by the president of Sri Lanka.

The Well-being Centre of SLF (SLF Well-being Centre) has been established primarily to help Sri Lankans to achieve a higher living standard. SLF Well-being Centre provides Sports massage activities, injury rehabilitation, psychological counseling, corporate well-being and much more.

Hence in achieving these goals, range of activities related to Sports Massage, Zumba, Medical taping has been organized in collaboration with Institute of Sports Medicine and Professional Sports Masseuse Association. 

Free Sports Massage session was conducted at the Independence Square Park on 14^th of August 2014, where free massage services were provided to the morning joggers and exercise enthusiasts who present themselves at the morning exercise sessions at independence square area and nearby. This event was a successful event as many proactive complements were given by the individuals who took free sports massage services.

Free workshop on Zumba was another initiative which was taken on promoting Zumba dancing; a global aerobics technique for enriching human metabolism. Zumba was invented by the world renowned Colombian choreographer Alberto Perez in 1990s. Workshop on Zumba at SLF was conducted by Mr. Sagara de Soyza a certified Zumba and Aqua Zumba instructor who has his expertise in Sri Lanka and Europe. This was conducted on the 15^th of August at SLF Nugaya premises with the participation of more than 100 enthusiasts. 

Medical Taping initiative by the SLF Wellbeing Centre in association with The Institute of Sports Medicine and George Stuart’s healthcare to improve awareness on sports injury prevention and sports injury curing was another successful event. During this program techniques of proper medical taping, importance of correct medical taping, impact on proper medical taping for the injury curing and injury prevention were discussed with the practical sessions. Mr. Charith Withanage from the Institute of Sports Medicine participated as the resource person for the Medical Taping workshop with the presence of Mr. Sasanka Hettiarachchi (Manager Surgical- George Stuart Health Care (Pvt) Ltd), Dr. Daminda Attanayake (Visiting Lecturer of SLF) and Mr. Bharath Herath (Senior Lecturer- SLF).

Moreover SLF Wellbeing Centre provides range of services to its clients on improving human wellbeing including corporate wellness programs, counseling and rehabilitation etc... For more information please contact Tanya on 0716 289 376