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Ready & Well by Doc Mics & Rics, Intramuros, Manila (2026)

14/09/2026

🩺 MILITARY HEALTH & READINESS SERIES #11

MEDICAL CLEARANCE BEFORE PHYSICAL FITNESS TESTING

Medical clearance is not about keeping you from the test—it is about helping you take it safely.

Your health can change. New symptoms, recent illness, injury, or changes in your medical condition may require reassessment before strenuous activity.

💡 SCREEN. REPORT. ASSESS. PARTICIPATE SAFELY.

Don’t hide symptoms just to complete the test. Readiness also means knowing when your body needs attention.

Ready Today. Well Tomorrow.
Knowledge Protects. Prevention Saves Lives.

#𝗔𝗙𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗧

12/09/2026

🌿 READY & WELL HERBAL HEALTH SERIES #12 🌿

# ULASIMANG BATO / PANSIT-PANSITAN: Not Every Painful Joint Is Gout

Ulasimang Bato or Pansit-pansitan (*Peperomia pellucida*) is a DOH/PITAHC-recognized medicinal plant traditionally used as an **adjunct in the management of gout and elevated uric acid**.

But here’s the important part:

❌ MYTH: “Masakit ang kasukasuan, mataas agad ang uric acid.”

✅ FACT: Joint pain can also be caused by injury, osteoarthritis, infection, rheumatoid arthritis, and other conditions.

📌 JOINT PAIN ≠ ALWAYS GOUT

Possible signs of a gout attack include:

🔥 Sudden severe joint pain

🔴 Redness

🎈 Swelling

🌡️ Warmth

🤕 Extreme tenderness

The base of the big toe is commonly affected, but gout can also involve the ankles, knees, feet, wrists, and fingers.

⚠️ Hot, swollen joint + fever = urgent medical evaluation.

Do not assume it is “just gout.” A joint infection can look similar and may become serious if treatment is delayed.

🩺 Gout management is more than one herb.

Support long-term control through:

💧 Appropriate hydration

⚖️ Healthy weight management

🥗 Balanced eating

🥤 Limiting excessive sugar-sweetened drinks

🥩 Moderating high-purine foods as individually advised

💊 Taking prescribed urate-lowering medicines consistently

🎖️ FIELD HEALTH REMINDER

A gout flare can affect mobility, load-bearing ability, endurance, and mission performance. Preventing the next attack is more useful operationally than simply treating pain once it starts.

🌿 Herbal remedies may support care, but correct diagnosis, lifestyle measures, prescribed treatment, and monitoring remain essential.

🟢 Ready Today. Well Tomorrow.

Knowledge protects. Prevention saves lives.

#𝗔𝗙𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗧

11/09/2026

🦠 KNOW THE THREAT | Episode 7: Mosquitoes, Animals & Zoonotic Risks

Not every infection comes directly from another person.

Some reach us through mosquitoes and other vectors, animals, or contaminated environments—and each pathway needs a different defense.

🦟 Prevent the bite.
🌿 Control breeding sites and environmental risks.
🐕 Avoid unsafe animal exposure.
🧼 Act immediately after bites or scratches.
📣 Report and assess significant exposures early.

For military personnel, these risks matter during field training, deployment, disaster response, jungle or wooded operations, and other austere environments. Vector-borne and zoonotic illness can remove personnel from duty, increase medical demand, and affect mission readiness.

🪖 Know the threat before exposure. Protect the body. Control the environment. Report early.

# NOT EVERY INFECTION COMES FROM ANOTHER PERSON.

# UNDERSTAND THE ENVIRONMENT. PROTECT THE FORCE.

🔜 Next Episode: VACCINES — TRAINING THE DEFENSE 💉
How does vaccination prepare the immune system before the real infection arrives?

Ready Today. Well Tomorrow.
Knowledge Protects. Prevention Saves Lives.

#𝗔𝗙𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗧

10/09/2026

🩺 MILITARY HEALTH & READINESS SERIES #9

UNDERSTANDING YOUR MILITARY PHYSICAL PROFILE

A physical profile is more than a medical label.

It helps describe how a health condition affects function, duty limitations and readiness. Two service members may even have the same diagnosis but different functional capabilities depending on severity, control, complications and recovery.

💡 Remember:
A diagnosis tells you what condition is present.
A profile helps explain what you can safely and effectively do.

If you have a medical profile, the better question is not simply, “Unfit na ba ako?” but “What activities or duties can I safely perform?”

📌 Next: Understanding Temporary and Permanent Profiles

Ready Today. Well Tomorrow.
Knowledge Protects. Prevention Saves Lives.

#𝗔𝗙𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗧

09/09/2026

🩹 FIRST MINUTES MATTER | Episode 4
STOP THE BLEED: When Bleeding Can Kill Before Help Arrives

Severe bleeding can become life-threatening within minutes.

If blood is flowing rapidly, spurting, pooling, soaking through dressings, or not stopping with firm pressure—act immediately.

Remember:

🛡️ **SAFE** — Protect yourself and check the scene.
📞 **CALL** — Activate emergency help early.
✋ **PRESS** — Apply firm, direct pressure.
🩹 **PACK** — For deep wounds when appropriate.
🦵 **TOURNIQUET** — For life-threatening arm or leg bleeding when indicated.
👁️ **MONITOR** — Keep watching breathing, responsiveness, and bleeding.

# # # FIND IT. PRESS IT. STOP IT.

A tourniquet should not be feared when it is truly needed—and once applied for life-threatening bleeding, do not loosen it on your own.

Severe bleeding will not wait for the ambulance.

📌 Next Episode:
🩹 Wounds: Clean, Cover or Seek Care?

Ready Today. Well Tomorrow.
Knowledge Protects. Prevention Saves Lives.

08/09/2026

💙 08 SEPTEMBER | Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today, Ready & Well joins the Catholic faithful in celebrating the birth of Mother Mary—a reminder of humility, faith and a mother’s enduring love.

May her example inspire our military personnel, civilian colleagues and families to care for one another: check on someone who is struggling, make time for rest and show compassion to those who need it most.

🙏 Mother Mary, pray for us. May our homes be filled with peace and those who serve be strengthened by faith and love.

Ready & Well
Knowledge Protects. Prevention Saves Lives.

#𝗔𝗙𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗧

07/09/2026

🦠 KNOW THE THREAT | Episode 6: Food & Water — Invisible Risks

Food and water can be unsafe even when they look, smell or taste normal.

Contamination may come from dirty hands, unsafe water, raw foods, poor sanitation, cross-contamination or improper storage. That is why prevention must happen before illness appears.

Remember the WHO Five Keys to Safer Food:

🧼 Keep clean
🥩🥗 Separate raw and cooked
🔥 Cook thoroughly
🌡️ Keep food at safe temperatures
💧 Use safe water and raw materials

For military personnel, food and water safety is also a readiness issue. One contaminated source can affect many personnel at once—disrupting training, increasing medical demand, and reducing unit readiness.

🪖 Verify before you serve. Monitor before it becomes an outbreak.

# DON’T TRUST APPEARANCE ALONE.

# SAFE FOOD AND WATER PROTECT THE FORCE.

🔜 Next Episode: MOSQUITOES, ANIMALS & OTHER VECTORS
🦟🐕

Sometimes the infection does not come directly from another person.

Ready Today. Well Tomorrow.
Knowledge Protects. Prevention Saves Lives.

#𝗔𝗙𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗧

27/08/2026

❤️ MILITARY HEALTH & READINESS SERIES #8

HEART RISK: PUTTING YOUR NUMBERS TOGETHER

Blood pressure. Blood sugar. Cholesterol. Waist circumference.

Each number matters—but the pattern matters more.

A mildly abnormal result may seem small on its own. But when several risk factors begin to cluster, they can point to a bigger cardiometabolic risk picture that deserves closer attention.

💡 Don’t just count abnormal numbers. Connect the dots.

Know your numbers. Watch the trend. Work on shared risk factors. And let your healthcare provider interpret the whole picture.

📌 Next: Understanding Your Physical Profile: What Does Your Profile Actually Mean?

**Ready Today. Well Tomorrow.**
*Knowledge Protects. Prevention Saves Lives.*

26/08/2026

🦠KNOW THE THREAT | Episode 5: Coughs, Sneezes & Shared Air

Respiratory infections do not spread only through a visible cough or sneeze. Infectious particles can also be released when we breathe, talk, shout, sing, cough, or sneeze —which means the air and space we share matter.

Think about four things:

👥 People — How close and crowded?
⏱️ Time — How long together?
💨 Air — How well ventilated?
🤒 Illness — Is someone symptomatic or potentially infectious?

Then act where it matters:

🤧 Control the source
💨 Improve the air
🛡️ Reduce the exposure

For military personnel, this is especially relevant in barracks, troop transports, command posts, training facilities, ships, aircraft, field shelters, and treatment areas. One respiratory illness can quickly become a team or unit problem if exposure is not recognized early.

🪖 Respiratory infection prevention is force health protection.

Before prolonged indoor activity, assess the space—not just the person.

# DON’T JUST WATCH THE COUGH.

THINK ABOUT THE AIR YOU SHARE.**

🔜 Next Episode: FOOD & WATER — INVISIBLE RISKS 🍲💧
Contamination does not always look, smell, or taste dangerous.

**Ready Today. Well Tomorrow.**
*Knowledge Protects. Prevention Saves Lives.*

25/08/2026

🌿 READY & WELL HERBAL HEALTH SERIES #11 🌿

# NIYOG-NIYOGAN: More is NOT Better

Niyog-niyogan (Quisqualis indica) is a DOH/PITAHC-recognized medicinal plant traditionally used as an anthelmintic for intestinal worms.

But unlike many household remedies, the plant part and number of seeds matter.

🌰 The mature seed is the medicinal part.

👧 Age determines the recommended number of seeds.

🚫 Taking more than recommended does not mean better treatment and may cause nausea, hiccups, stomachache, or diarrhea.

📌 If no worms are passed after treatment, PITAHC guidance allows the same age-appropriate dose to be repeated after 1 week—not immediately and not at a higher dose.

🪱 Remember: not every stomach problem is caused by worms.

And treatment alone is not enough. Prevent reinfection through:

🧼 Proper handwashing
🚽 Sanitary toilet use
💧 Safe drinking water
🥬 Properly washed produce
🍲 Thoroughly cooked food
👟 Appropriate footwear
💅 Clean, trimmed fingernails

🎖️ FIELD HEALTH REMINDER

Intestinal parasitic infections can affect nutrition, energy, endurance, concentration, and operational performance. Prevention protects both the individual and the unit.

🚨 Seek medical evaluation for persistent abdominal pain, vomiting, blood in the stool, significant abdominal swelling, unexplained weight loss, severe weakness, poor growth in children, or symptoms that persist despite treatment.

🌿 **Coming Next:** Ulasimang Bato / Pansit-pansitan — Traditional Herbal Support for Gout and Uric Acid Health

🟢 Ready Today. Well Tomorrow.

Knowledge protects. Prevention saves lives.

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