Category Lifestyle

It was a matter of life and death

Leo has gained his motivation … It did not look good when Leo got sick. The happy and joke-filled Dutchman, who has now become Norwegian, was in a dark place. Cancer and heart problems, four operations and plenty of complications.…

EviBase clinic is living as a job well done

A while ago one could read in the article published in Daily Medicine that physical activity as a form of medicine requires ability and knowledge. Therese Fostervold Mathisen, a postdoc at Norway’s sportd college and a leader in the Norwegian…

The health benefits are significant

One of the initiators of the EviBase clinic here at Sandefjord Helsepark, Hans Jacob Gravdal, is pleasantly surprised by the huge health benefits members have had after only four months of training. “I have followed ups with patients after four…

Britt has moved from the couch to the treadmill

Britt has struggled with back problems ever since her teenage years. It just became worse and worse. “Its probably hereditary. Most of us deal with back problems eventually. I had surgery in 2005, which was absolutely necessary. I had a…

Everyone should find a passion

What about training “I know that this may sound stigmatizing, but normal people with passions live a fuller life compared to those that don’t. Slightly redder cheeks, messy hair, and a radiant feeling that indicates life lived with energy and…

Training can be used to overcome depression

and completely without side effects Doctor Michael Ballke is amazed that exercise and training as treatment for depression is so underestimated and undercomminicated here in Norway. “Using training as recovery and treatment for these disorders is almost non-existent in the…

EviBase has come to stay

Leif Ole Haugberg is a member of the training clinic. He is an entrepreneur, author, societally engaged, and one of Norway’s most busy retirees. He has previously told us his story, about how his training up at the clinic has…