Helping you feel your best and reach your full potential

Element Wellness

For the past 25 years Dr. Rekha Chadalawada has been serving the pediatric community in Sylacauga. She serves as President of the Sylacauga School Board and was recently awarded the Master Pediatrician Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics’s Alabama Chapter and Children’s Hospital.

In 1999, Dr. Rekha joined Dr. Robert Gray of Sylacauga Pediatrics. Desiring to expand Alabama residents’ access to pediatric primary care, Dr. Rekha opened Summit Pediatrics of Chelsea in 2013 and has now opened a new location on Valleydale Road.

Sylacauga and Summit Pediatrics is composed of four pediatricians and four nurse practitioners who are passionate about and dedicated to the health of our pediatric community.

“What led me into this specialty is still what inspires me the most today, and that is the children I get to work with on a daily basis,” Dr. Rekha says. “To me, children are second only to God. They make me a better physician and a better person with their presence every day. I feel like I have the best job in the world — which most of the time doesn’t even feel like a job at all.”

Sylacauga Pediatrics and both Summit locations see children from birth to

► BIRMINGHAM: 1200 Providence Park, Suite 100 (off Valleydale Road)

► CHELSEA: 134 Foothills Parkway

► SYLACAUGA: 115 West Clay St.

► CALL: 205-637-0044

► WEB: sylacaugapediatrics.com

21-years-old for sick and well visits. Locations accept same-day appointments and the new Valleydale location is accepting walk-ins.

Summit Pediatrics’s new location on Valleydale Road is conveniently located across from Jefferson State Community College and Spain Park High School with easy access from both U.S. 280 and Interstate 65. The new clinic aims to serve residents of both Shelby and Jefferson County and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Element Wellness delivers a system of body balance, energy and proactive healing to allow you to feel your best, reach your full potential, and do more of what you love.

We do this through use of natural therapeutic modalities and healing techniques:

► IV Vitamin Therapy: Lack of energy, frequent illnesses, not looking your best? Our IVs are designed to help increase energy, enhance immune response, and reduce the signs of aging. A simple IV blended by our Nurse Practitioner, specifically for you, can help maximize your health and wellness.

► Cryotherapy: Whole Body Cryotherapy is often used to treat pain and arthritis, inflammatory disorders, and injuries. During a 1-3 minute session, extreme cool is used to help blood rush to vital organs, then results in increased blood supply to enhance recovery, healing, and promote wellness.

► Infrared Sauna: Full spectrum infrared saunas use infrared light (not steam) to help with: cellular health, wound healing, skin rejuvenation, pain relief, improved circulation, weight loss,

► WHERE: 6600 Tattersall Lane

► CALL: 205-326-7333

► WEB: elementwellness.me detoxification, relaxation, and blood pressure.

► Red Light Therapy: Red light therapy uses low-level wavelengths of red light to treat skin issues, wrinkles, scars, and persistent wounds, and may help with circulation, cell production, anti-aging, and more.

► Weight Loss: Semaglutide/B12 injections are orchestrated by a nurse practitioner. Studies show many patients lose more than 10% of their body weight in as quick as six weeks.

We are so excited to be your new neighbor! We are a Pediatric Primary Care Practice with over 20 years of experience and are an extension of our Chelsea & Sylacauga locations. We are dedicated to providing compassionate and comprehensive care to children from birth to 21 years old. Walk-ins and same day appointments for both sick and well visits are accepted.

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When you look ahead to the future, you try to prepare for the moments you don’t see coming. But how can you do that without the best possible eye care? Whether you need a routine eye exam, glaucoma screening, ongoing care for a serious eye condition or even surgery, you can access premium care, knowledge and skill to help repair and restore your vision at UAB Callahan Eye in the blink of an eye.

UAB Callahan Eye is committed to delivering eye care everyone can access. With 20 locations across central Alabama and counting — including new locations in Tuscaloosa and Homewood — getting first-rate treatment is easier than ever.

UAB Callahan Eye takes pride in caring for people of all ages, with all locations specializing in diagnosing and treating our youngest family members, starting at birth.

Whatever your needs are, you’ll find the care you need at one of UAB Callahan Eye’s locations, including the only 24/7 eye emergency department of its kind in the country. What does that mean for you? Personalized care, excellent eye care professionals, shorter wait times and clearer vision.

Making an appointment is easy, just call or text 844-UAB-EYES to request an appointment today. Same-day appointments and walk-ins

► WHERE: 1720 University Blvd.

► CALL: 844-UAB-EYES

► WEB: uabcallahaneye.org are also welcome.

Patients never have to leave UAB Callahan Eye’s care — or Alabama — for the treatment they need to see the future more clearly.

My finger hovered over the send button, and I hesitated as all the doubts about this email flooded my brain. I pressed send before I could change my mind. “What’s the worst she could say?” I figured.

I’m a writer, but I haven’t always been one. I’ve always had a lot to say, out loud and in my own head, but I’m a nurse anesthetist by trade and my career is in healthcare, not writing.

But eight years ago, when my first son was born, I had so many emotions, questions, and inner dialogue that I just had to get out. It was as if the words were just bubbling up in me, searching for an outlet. I was able to more clearly express myself, after the exhausting nights, when I would put pen to paper, if even for just a few sentences.

I didn’t know it then, but that was when writing began for me.

For years, I shared a few essays and blog posts with friends, but never had the courage or time to do much more with it. Because, well, life. I had another baby and was busy with two boys, and a fulltime job. Writing gives me joy, but my joy comes second to my children’s most of the time.

It’s easy to let our passions get put on the back burner. We are mothers, and caretakers, and we are the center of our homes. We give out our best to everyone, and keep what little is left over for ourselves.