Central Florida Health and Wellness Magazine Health and Wellness Articles of the Villages
It’s hard to believe that it will soon be 2023. While many of us are looking forward to waving goodbye to 2022, there are things that you can and should do now to prepare for the new year ahead. Start scheduling your medical appointments now. Florida is booming, and with …
Read More »The Growing Role of Physical Therapy Technology in Rehabilitation
Physical therapy has always served the mission of helping patients of all ages and abilities restore lost functionality, strength and movement. It’s only the way of helping that has changed. For decades, this was strictly a hands-on, manual therapy output that relied only on touch to perform particular exercises based …
Read More »Regular Gynecological Wellness Visits Are Critical Even if You Don’t Have Symptoms or Are Ignoring Them
By Parveen Vahora, M.D. It’s almost the New year! However, before we start celebrating, you might want to prepare a bit for important wellness visits and examinations. Have you had your gynecological wellness examination this year? Are you due or overdue? Some common conditions can proliferate quite quickly in females. …
Read More »Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is the 10th most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, accounting for about 3% of all cancers and 7% of all cancer deaths, according to the American Cancer Society. Due to various factors, the disease is difficult to detect at an early stage, when it is more …
Read More »IT’S NOT HIP BURSITIS: 3 REASONS WHY YOUR HIP HURTS
By Regenexx at New Regeneration Orthopedics Think that Hip Pain is Bursitis? Think Again. Hip bursitis, which is also referred to as trochanteric bursitis, is a condition presenting as pain on the side of the hip. The pain is usually a painful, deep ache that worsens when lying on the …
Read More »BayCare Names New Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of St. Joseph’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Women’s & Children’s Hospitals
BayCare has named Sowmya Viswanathan, MD, MBA, MHCM, FACP, as the vice president and chief medical officer for St. Joseph’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Women’s and Children’s Hospitals. She assumed her new role in June 2022. Additionally, Dr. Viswanathan recently assumed oversight as the interim regional chief medical officer for St. …
Read More »3 WAYS TO MAKE SURE YOU STAY PAIN-FREE FOR YOUR 5K RACE
By Regenexx at New Regeneration Orthopedics Let’s Get Started! Our Regenexx at New Regeneration Orthopedics team is getting excited to take on the St. Pete Run Fest November 11-13, 2022. Not only are we your title sponsor for the Half-Marathon, but we have our team members looking forward to running …
Read More »New Device Narrows the Gap When it Comes to Transcatheter Heart Valve Repair
Erin Ambrose knew the day would come. The day she would once again watch her daughter, Hailey, be wheeled into an operating room so that a team of cardiac specialists could repair her heart. “Thankfully instead of another open-heart surgery followed by weeks of recovery like Hailey’s first procedure at …
Read More »The NEUBIE Reinvents Physical Therapy Rehab By Balancing Nervous Systems
(This article is printed with permission based on content and research created by NeuPTtech, an industry-leading physical therapy technology consultant.) Does pain ever hold you back? Does it prevent you from playing with your kids and doing activities that you love? You’ve probably tried putting ice on your injury or …
Read More »Cancer.
By Paula Swift, CHTP Just one word evokes a diverse response. Whether you’ve experienced it yourself, or walked alongside others through their crisis, fear, anger and sadness tend to dominate. So, it might sound strange when some will remark this time in their life to be the best event that …
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