Part time; Front Desk Position/Palmyra Chiropractor
We are seeking an OUTGOING sincere pleasant personality to be the first contact with our practice members. We can train you on some aspects but we you can not fake sincerity and the desire to truly interact with people while also performing the daily tasks required to operate all aspects of a medical office. Computer experience a must, self starter and finisher ATTENTION TO DETAIL, multi-tasker, Organizational skills a must. You will be trained in medical billing and day to day operations. Responsibilities include. Greeting patients, preparing room for Dr. Making Appointments, collecting money, laundry, cleaning office and many more. This is a long term opportunity.
The Hrs are currently: M-W-Th- 12:45 pm to 6:15pm Saturday 8:45am -11:30 am . Starting Salary is -$10.00 hr.
Please do not apply if: You are seeking summer employment, really desiring full time employment, desire health or medical benefits or smoke.
Sorry We do not hire friends or patients…..
Previous applicants please do not respond. Please send letter of interest or resume to fax at 866-836-8883 or email to b2health@yahoo.com. Please no phone calls.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Acupuncture, massage have cancer care role
Acupuncture, massage have cancer care role
United Press International
03-02-10
Acupuncture, massage and other alternative therapies have a place in cancer care, a U.S. doctor says. Gynecologic oncologist Dr. Julian Schink of Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University says offering integrative oncology services as well as counseling and stress management are part of their larger aim of providing for cancer patients' needs from every angle. "When a patient is diagnosed with cancer many of them want to fully participate in their recovery, but don't know where to begin. This program gives them control over their treatment," Schink says in a statement. Integrative oncology services -- offered by Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group's Center for Integrative Medicine and Wellness include acupuncture, massage, energy healing and naturopathic medicine. "Our goal is to treat the whole person, not just their illness," Dr. Melinda Ring, medical director of the Center for Integrative Medicine and Wellness, says. "Research suggests that a holistic approach can alleviate stress and anxiety, as well as the physical pain and discomfort patients often experience while undergoing cancer treatments by activating the body's innate healing process." Schink points out integrative oncology services help manage the side effects associated with conventional therapies that would otherwise cause patients to end or curtail treatments prematurely.
Dr. Lauterbach Palmyra, VA Lake Monticello Va
434-591-0900
Friday, March 12, 2010
Slipped Disc Do's & Dont's
A slipped disc can be very painful and debilitating. However, in most cases, it should get better on its own, within six-eight weeks and there are certain things that you can do and avoid doing to aid and speed up your recovery.
What happens in a slipped disc?
Although people often mention about having a slipped disc, nothing in your spine has actually slipped out of place. Having a slipped disc means that one of the discs which sit between each of the bones in your spine has been damaged. When the disc is damaged, the soft gel-like inner pad of the disc squeezes out through a weak point in the torn outer layer, causing a bulge that often presses on nearby spinal nerves. This result in severe pain with symptoms that radiates down the leg/arm commonly referred to as sciatica. Slipped disc, also known as disc herniation, can occur in any disc in the spine but the two most common forms are lumbar disc and cervical disc herniation.
What can I do?
During the first 48 hours, a torn outer layer of the disc would result in the release of inflammatory chemical mediators which may directly cause severe pain, even in the absence of spinal nerve compression. This is the basis for the use of Ice & natural anti-inflammatory supplementation. At our office in Palmyra, VA we use state-of-the-art intefferential muscle stimulation, gentle traction & gentle spinal adjustments. As soon as possible massage & traction may be utilized.
Cold therapy should be applied immediately and after any activity that aggravates your symptoms as it helps to reduce pain and swelling. Use an ice pack or bag of frozen vegetables wrapped in a towel for no more than 10 minutes, every 2-3hrs. After 72hours or more moist Heat therapy, such as a wheat bag or warm soak can be used to promote muscle relaxation and pain relieve and may be used before performing stretching and strengthening exercises.
As the pain lessens, you will most likely to return to work and begin exercises to strengthen your back muscles and joints. Exercise is introduced to improve strength, flexibility and proper back mechanics as part of recovery.
What shall I avoid doing?
Don’t rest excessively and avoid activities. Studies have shown that it is important for one to remain active and keep up with your normal activities as much as possible.
However, it is paramount to discontinue with any activities that aggravate your symptoms such as bending over, heavy lifting and any quick twisting or jerking motions. Avoid standing or sitting (e.g. driving) for extended period of time as it would increase strain to your spine and aggravate disc pain. At home, keep away from overstuffed and low furniture, because it is difficult to stand back up after sitting in them. Don’t lie on stomach and prolonged bed rest especially during early stage post injury.
In the long run
Back pain from a slipped disc may return, whether or not you have had treatment and it is important to learn how to avoid damaging your back again.
The outcome for most people is that they will feel better within six-eight weeks; although for others it may take a while longer. With proper care through correct posture, core exercises and back ergonomics, it is possible for one to remain pain-free.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Red wine may help impede cancer
United Press International
02-26-10
Derivatives of resveratrol -- found in red wine grapes -- may impede cancer cell development, U.S. researchers said. The National Cancer Institute has teamed with a biotech firm to examine the potential benefit of resveratrol among cancer patients. Dr. Bryan C. Donohue of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Shadyside Hospital, says early-stage clinical trials now under way are examining resveratrol's effectiveness among patients with heart disease, cancer, dementia and a host of other modern illnesses. In the meanwhile, some people simply looking for greater energy, enhanced clarity of thought and advanced overall well being are already benefiting from resveratrol supplementation, Donohue said. "I have had occasion to introduce hundreds of patients to daily resveratrol supplementation, ranging from healthy adults interested in health maintenance and prevention to more elderly individuals with specific health concerns," Donohue said in a statement. "People have experienced greater energy, increased exercise tolerance, crispness and clarity of thought and a general bounce in their overall level of well-being."
02-26-10
Derivatives of resveratrol -- found in red wine grapes -- may impede cancer cell development, U.S. researchers said. The National Cancer Institute has teamed with a biotech firm to examine the potential benefit of resveratrol among cancer patients. Dr. Bryan C. Donohue of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Shadyside Hospital, says early-stage clinical trials now under way are examining resveratrol's effectiveness among patients with heart disease, cancer, dementia and a host of other modern illnesses. In the meanwhile, some people simply looking for greater energy, enhanced clarity of thought and advanced overall well being are already benefiting from resveratrol supplementation, Donohue said. "I have had occasion to introduce hundreds of patients to daily resveratrol supplementation, ranging from healthy adults interested in health maintenance and prevention to more elderly individuals with specific health concerns," Donohue said in a statement. "People have experienced greater energy, increased exercise tolerance, crispness and clarity of thought and a general bounce in their overall level of well-being."
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Health Care Reform Random thoughts.
Ok today is the big day, failure of both bills and know they want to compromise.
Here are some of my random thoughts:
We already have national Health-Care, its medicare (failing) Social Security disability, & welfare or medicaid. Many of these have better services than my insurance has.
Mr President: It is the small business owner that is suffering, we can't provide for employees because we have insurance agents selling one company (usually Anthem Blue Cross) & not working for us. Millions could be saved with high deductible plans with both employer, employee & maybe even small Tax to pay for the deductible portion cutting standard premiums in half. The problem is individuals do not get the same treatment as large groups do, premium increases & health issues are an ongoing problem and are penalized to the point of not being able to pay for the increased cost of insurance. Also Cobra is ridiculous, you don't get the Employer discount and often the rate is not affordable to keep.
We need a uniform State By State system with uniform pricing & ratings for the entire population. Remove any barriers to competition & reward people for staying healthy!
If life insurance companies can give a set rate for 20 years, why can't insurance premiums be set?
Eliminate Medicare fraud period. Millions of dollars are spent on treatments that offer no value and cost patients & taxpayers millions, I am specifically talking about cancer treatment in this country but that's another story...
Our society will not be healthier because we all have insurance, we are fatter, sicker, & more stressed/depressed and yet we have access to the "best" medical care in the world. Yes, Our elderly are living longer but at what cost? Are we comfortably numb? Living out our days with multiple prescription drugs to get us through the day?
Our FDA & pharmaceutical monopoly/partnership has destroyed any sense of legitimacy to a fare and balanced health care system. I would end the FDA (make it the Food Administration) start a new agency that does not allow any person that works for the Drug agency to ever work for, invest in or have any type of association with any pharmaceutical company.
So start fixing what we have.... Work on the middle class for once & help small business owners do what we have always done.... Save this country!
Here are some of my random thoughts:
We already have national Health-Care, its medicare (failing) Social Security disability, & welfare or medicaid. Many of these have better services than my insurance has.
Mr President: It is the small business owner that is suffering, we can't provide for employees because we have insurance agents selling one company (usually Anthem Blue Cross) & not working for us. Millions could be saved with high deductible plans with both employer, employee & maybe even small Tax to pay for the deductible portion cutting standard premiums in half. The problem is individuals do not get the same treatment as large groups do, premium increases & health issues are an ongoing problem and are penalized to the point of not being able to pay for the increased cost of insurance. Also Cobra is ridiculous, you don't get the Employer discount and often the rate is not affordable to keep.
We need a uniform State By State system with uniform pricing & ratings for the entire population. Remove any barriers to competition & reward people for staying healthy!
If life insurance companies can give a set rate for 20 years, why can't insurance premiums be set?
Eliminate Medicare fraud period. Millions of dollars are spent on treatments that offer no value and cost patients & taxpayers millions, I am specifically talking about cancer treatment in this country but that's another story...
Our society will not be healthier because we all have insurance, we are fatter, sicker, & more stressed/depressed and yet we have access to the "best" medical care in the world. Yes, Our elderly are living longer but at what cost? Are we comfortably numb? Living out our days with multiple prescription drugs to get us through the day?
Our FDA & pharmaceutical monopoly/partnership has destroyed any sense of legitimacy to a fare and balanced health care system. I would end the FDA (make it the Food Administration) start a new agency that does not allow any person that works for the Drug agency to ever work for, invest in or have any type of association with any pharmaceutical company.
So start fixing what we have.... Work on the middle class for once & help small business owners do what we have always done.... Save this country!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Strong Lower Backs
Strong Lower Backs
Exercise is a three-step process: stretching, exercising, and abdominal strengthening. Stretching prepares you for the work of exercise, and is done first — before anything else — gently and gradually.
You may be tighter than usual on a particular day. This is not important — you should never try to stretch to where “you think you should be”. Just stretch, making sure to pay attention to what you’re doing. It’s easy to injure a muscle if you’re thinking about something else, or if you’re rushing, trying to squeeze in some stretching before dashing off to the gym.
You never know until you hurt it how much you use your lower back all day long. When your lower back is injured, every movement becomes painful. Simple actions, such as getting out of a chair or bending over the sink, become excruciating, and your daily routine becomes difficult and frustrating.
Back pain affects 60 to 80 percent of U.S. adults at some time during their lives, and up to 50 percent have back pain within a given year. Some of these problems are easily treated and never return, but in five to ten percent of patients low back pain becomes chronic and the person continues to have recurrences and exacerbations.
Effective treatment of uncomplicated lower back pain involves treatment in a chiropractor’s office and beginning and continuing an exercise program. A recent study conducted by the Medical Research Council, a research organization based in the United Kingdom, has found that patients given a combination of spinal manipulation and exercise experienced greater improvement in back function and greater reduction in pain compared to those treated with spinal manipulation or exercise only.
Most mechanical lower back pain is associated with tight leg muscles and weak abdominal muscles. Leg muscles need to be stretched and abdominal muscles need to be strengthened to avoid recurrences of lower back pain.
People are generally not aware of these relationships. You may know you “should be exercising”, but you may be unaware of the importance of stretching. Also, abdominal strengthening is usually the last thing a person thinks of when he or she thinks of doing exercise.
Abdominal strengthening helps support the lower back. Spinal muscles are not designed to carry your body weight. If your abdominal muscles are weak, then your back muscles will be used to carry your body weight, and eventually you’ll have a lower back injury. Abdominal strengthening not only helps keep your lower back healthy, but also helps maintain good posture. Postural benefits include an easy, relaxed gait; muscles that are long and supple, rather than short and tight; and an open chest that allows for easy, smooth breathing. Your body is a machine. Everything’s connected. A lower back problem affects many other areas, ultimately. By making sure to stretch regularly and by including abdominal exercises in your gym routine, you can help ensure having a lower back that works.
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Exercise is a three-step process: stretching, exercising, and abdominal strengthening. Stretching prepares you for the work of exercise, and is done first — before anything else — gently and gradually.
You may be tighter than usual on a particular day. This is not important — you should never try to stretch to where “you think you should be”. Just stretch, making sure to pay attention to what you’re doing. It’s easy to injure a muscle if you’re thinking about something else, or if you’re rushing, trying to squeeze in some stretching before dashing off to the gym.
You never know until you hurt it how much you use your lower back all day long. When your lower back is injured, every movement becomes painful. Simple actions, such as getting out of a chair or bending over the sink, become excruciating, and your daily routine becomes difficult and frustrating.
Back pain affects 60 to 80 percent of U.S. adults at some time during their lives, and up to 50 percent have back pain within a given year. Some of these problems are easily treated and never return, but in five to ten percent of patients low back pain becomes chronic and the person continues to have recurrences and exacerbations.
Effective treatment of uncomplicated lower back pain involves treatment in a chiropractor’s office and beginning and continuing an exercise program. A recent study conducted by the Medical Research Council, a research organization based in the United Kingdom, has found that patients given a combination of spinal manipulation and exercise experienced greater improvement in back function and greater reduction in pain compared to those treated with spinal manipulation or exercise only.
Most mechanical lower back pain is associated with tight leg muscles and weak abdominal muscles. Leg muscles need to be stretched and abdominal muscles need to be strengthened to avoid recurrences of lower back pain.
People are generally not aware of these relationships. You may know you “should be exercising”, but you may be unaware of the importance of stretching. Also, abdominal strengthening is usually the last thing a person thinks of when he or she thinks of doing exercise.
Abdominal strengthening helps support the lower back. Spinal muscles are not designed to carry your body weight. If your abdominal muscles are weak, then your back muscles will be used to carry your body weight, and eventually you’ll have a lower back injury. Abdominal strengthening not only helps keep your lower back healthy, but also helps maintain good posture. Postural benefits include an easy, relaxed gait; muscles that are long and supple, rather than short and tight; and an open chest that allows for easy, smooth breathing. Your body is a machine. Everything’s connected. A lower back problem affects many other areas, ultimately. By making sure to stretch regularly and by including abdominal exercises in your gym routine, you can help ensure having a lower back that works.
All Content Copyright ©2010 ChiroMatrix™ - Disco
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Post To Myself:
This is an email to me from a Chiropractic Friend: I post it as a motivation to myself to practice what I preach....
E-mail message this week .. Think About This For 2010
This past Sunday, I attended the funeral of a friend. She died after six months of cervical cancer that did not respond to traditional and alternative treatments. She was a happy soul, full of smiles for her family including three grandkids. As I stood with others at the gravesite, my emotions began to rise with each eulogy and picturing the gatherings we attended together. Life is too short and too bitter at times.
She was the last I would have thought to be stricken and taken away prematurely. I imagine many of you reading this have similar tales and sorrows and for that I am sorry. I write this two days before the New Year as a reminder that there is much work left for us to do both personally and professionally and is the perfect time to resolve them seriously and get our acts together.
Doctors, we need you, I need you. Look in the mirror and what do you see? Are you overweight, possibly physically fragile and challenged because you neglect yourself? Has your previous meals been tasty but void of nourishment, full of enhancements and noxious chemistry? Is your time spent stressed to perfection or depletion? You get my drift, this year the typical resolutions of losing weight, reading more books, taking extended vacations, exercising more should take a greater prominence because we are all marked toward extinction. The how and when to some degree you may control. You are worthless as a healer, a teacher and role model if you are unable to sustain a working day. You are reducing your self worth if you deny yourself the pleasures of health and look back at what coulda and shoulda been. Doctor, so many people beyond your family depend on you and no one more that we, your colleagues, your patients and staff.
Besides your personal challenges, you have professional obligations. How many people in your community can you literally save and how many have you yet to meet. This is not a stretch as timely reminders of health and wellness can turn a sickness and disease process into health and wellness. Once you have an opportunity to meet them at work, their social gatherings or sports venues you have an opportunity to share. If they take the proactive step to visit your office and be evaluated you have a greater opportunity to review and discuss and if they become a patient and refer their family and friends your impact can be quite profound. Add rehab exercises, adjusted daily living advice and working with them ergonomically you did save a life or add more quality to their existence.
These are no mere words. I recommend you attend a community funeral and see and hear those left behind. From physio to sociological the body will perform both at ease and in better harmony with less neurological and physical stress. This we should not debate. Friends, this is our department and where I’d like to leave my final thoughts with you in 2009. Get ready for the storm of success by gearing up with the tools that will get you there. A strong and committed staff, a well worked promotional department and patients understanding the real healthcare crisis, that is a lack of health care. We are in the forefront and the battleground and it starts right in your office and down th street in your community. Spread the message and make a difference.
Make 2010 Profound and Prosperous. We depend on you, they do too.
Have a Great Day
Dr. M
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E-mail message this week .. Think About This For 2010
This past Sunday, I attended the funeral of a friend. She died after six months of cervical cancer that did not respond to traditional and alternative treatments. She was a happy soul, full of smiles for her family including three grandkids. As I stood with others at the gravesite, my emotions began to rise with each eulogy and picturing the gatherings we attended together. Life is too short and too bitter at times.
She was the last I would have thought to be stricken and taken away prematurely. I imagine many of you reading this have similar tales and sorrows and for that I am sorry. I write this two days before the New Year as a reminder that there is much work left for us to do both personally and professionally and is the perfect time to resolve them seriously and get our acts together.
Doctors, we need you, I need you. Look in the mirror and what do you see? Are you overweight, possibly physically fragile and challenged because you neglect yourself? Has your previous meals been tasty but void of nourishment, full of enhancements and noxious chemistry? Is your time spent stressed to perfection or depletion? You get my drift, this year the typical resolutions of losing weight, reading more books, taking extended vacations, exercising more should take a greater prominence because we are all marked toward extinction. The how and when to some degree you may control. You are worthless as a healer, a teacher and role model if you are unable to sustain a working day. You are reducing your self worth if you deny yourself the pleasures of health and look back at what coulda and shoulda been. Doctor, so many people beyond your family depend on you and no one more that we, your colleagues, your patients and staff.
Besides your personal challenges, you have professional obligations. How many people in your community can you literally save and how many have you yet to meet. This is not a stretch as timely reminders of health and wellness can turn a sickness and disease process into health and wellness. Once you have an opportunity to meet them at work, their social gatherings or sports venues you have an opportunity to share. If they take the proactive step to visit your office and be evaluated you have a greater opportunity to review and discuss and if they become a patient and refer their family and friends your impact can be quite profound. Add rehab exercises, adjusted daily living advice and working with them ergonomically you did save a life or add more quality to their existence.
These are no mere words. I recommend you attend a community funeral and see and hear those left behind. From physio to sociological the body will perform both at ease and in better harmony with less neurological and physical stress. This we should not debate. Friends, this is our department and where I’d like to leave my final thoughts with you in 2009. Get ready for the storm of success by gearing up with the tools that will get you there. A strong and committed staff, a well worked promotional department and patients understanding the real healthcare crisis, that is a lack of health care. We are in the forefront and the battleground and it starts right in your office and down th street in your community. Spread the message and make a difference.
Make 2010 Profound and Prosperous. We depend on you, they do too.
Have a Great Day
Dr. M
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