Rarely is there a parent who sees his or her sick child and doesn’t wish to take all the pain and agony away. As a pediatric nurse practitioner at ThedaCare Physicians-Pediatrics, I believe parents remove the threat of many dangerous, potentially deadly childhood diseases when they opt to get their children immunized.
It is a common sight in weight rooms and gyms: Blender bottles filled not with water, but a shake or other supplement marketed to help the athlete achieve his or her goals.
After my girlfriend passed away, I became depressed. I started eating and gaining lots of weight. One day I looked at myself and said, “enough.” My job is delivering office supplies and pharmaceuticals including to the hospital.
If you read articles about exercise, you’re bound to come across the term HIIT and how it can improve your personal fitness and help you lose weight. Most people, however, do not know what HIIT stands for or how it works.
One in 5 Americans will be affected by a mental health condition in their lifetime – and every American is affected or impacted through their friends and family.
Hockey has expensive skates and bulky pads. Baseball requires a leather glove, a batting glove, and spikes. But runners have one piece of equipment—running shoes. Running shoes do a lot more than protect your feet as you pound on the miles.
During the first week in May, students at Hoover Elementary School in Neenah will see their school bustle with activities designed to help them build healthy lifestyle skills.
A person should take care of his or her mental health in the same way one cares for his or her physical health, said Joe Lamb, MD, family physician at ThedaCare Physicians-New London. “When we think about heart health, we take steps to manage our weight, quit smoking, or start exercising. But if something happens, like we have chest pain, we need to go in. That’s how we should look at our mental health, too,” Dr. Lamb said.
Helping young athletes safely build their strength and endurance is my passion, so I’m the first to admit my happy place is the weight room. As a ThedaCare licensed athletic trainer (LAT) and a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS), I am contracted full time to work with high school student athletes, parents, and coaches at Shawano High School.
The shift from cold winter days to warm sunny weather is accompanied by a welcome change of footwear. Some people shed their heavy boots and head outside for more exercise. Others want to show off their pretty pedicures or fling off their flip flops and wiggle their toes in the sand.
We have all heard the saying “you are what you eat.” That is definitely true for athletes of all ages, whether you play on a high school team or are training to run a half-marathon.
Fitness trackers seem to be everywhere. I see the different tracker bracelets on high school students wearing them as well as shoppers when I am out in the community.
Patients with chronic or acute muscle pain may find greater relief through a technique called dry needling. “It’s worked well for people who have tried a lot of other things and haven’t had the best response, said Annie Schmidt, DPT at ThedaCare Medical Center-New London.
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