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Hospice builds relationships with patients, families By EMILY ADAMS Home staff writer
Comforting patients through hard times is in the job description of any hospice, but American Hospice in Sylacauga says it goes the extra mile to ensure every need is met quickly and with care. “Being locally owned and operated allows us to provide one-on-one care in a way that some other hospices can’t,” American Hospice public relations representative Heaven Sapp said. “We are on-call 24-hours a day, seven days a week, and we take all of our own calls. When you talk to someone here, you’re talking to someone who knows the patient.” The hospice provides home health aids, weekly nurse visits, social workers, chaplains and other assistance to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual and even legal needs of the patient and their family. “When we help the patient, it’s also a goal of ours to take care of the person caring for them, whether it’s a wife, husband, child or friend,” Sapp said. “We make sure to educate them about everything that’s going on and provide a service to answer all of their questions.” Sapp said being able to get to a patient’s house within 15 to 30 minutes is another aspect that sets their hospice apart. “A quick response time is a must,” she said. “We
have nurses throughout the entire area we serve, so if one can’t get to a patient’s home within 30 minutes, they’re assigned another nurse that can. We want to get someone in the home as soon as they’re needed.” Owned and operated by Judy Bearden, American Hospice has a staff of 16 people who have each worked there for at least three years. “Care Team” meetings every two weeks ensure staff members are upto-date on each patient. Dr. Mohamed Aldahar of Coosa Valley Medical Center and Dr. Dimtcho Popob of Russell Medical Center serve as medical directors and help nurses develop and carry out each patient’s care plan. “We know the patients; we know what’s going on with them,” Sapp said. “We do everything
right here out of this one office.” While hospice patients cannot seek aggressive treatment, Sapp said nurses and aides do anything else possible to make them comfortable. “The goal is to provide the best care possible and to keep them out of pain and keep them comfortable,” she said. “We do things that they can’t do themselves, from bathing to medications to light housework.” American Hospice has about 50 patients on average, all with some type of terminal illness. The most common conditions they see include cancer, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, stroke, renal failure, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and failure to thrive. They currently see patients, who must have a life expectancy of six months or less,
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Tri-City serves patients’ neurological needs By AZIZA JACKSON
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The mission of TriCity Neurology is to serve Talladega’s neurological needs with compassion and up-to-date scientific evidence and research.
Rahim and his staff see patients suffering from all kinds of neurological disorders, such as strokes, seizures, migraines/headaches, spine problems, sleep disorders, diseases of muscles (myopathy), myasthenia, neuropathies, restless syndrome, dementia/Alzheimer’s,
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Dr. Fazal Rahim, head physician at Tri-City Neurology, also practices at Citizens Baptist Medical Center in Talladega, St. Vincent’s Hospital Out Patient Center in Pell City and Coosa Valley Medical Center in Sylacauga. Sean O’Malley, a neurosurgeon with the Birmingham Brain and Spine Center, consults
Parkinson’s disease, tremors, multiple sclerosis, carpel tunnel syndrome, radiculopathies, and ALS/motor neuron diseases, according to Tri-City’s website. The staff at Tri-City Neurology performs
electrodiagnostic tests that include nerve conduction studies (NCV), electromyography (EMG), sleep studies, EEGs, and spinal taps. Nerve conduction studies are effective in determining a variety of neurological disorders, including pinched nerves, damaged nerves, muscle diseases and diseases of nerve-muscle junction. Tri-City Neurology uses state-of-the-art equipment to evaluate for carpel tunnel syndrome, other entrapment neuropathies, radiculopathies, myopathies and plexopathies, the website states. Electromyography is a test where a small
electrode shaped like a pen is used to check the electrical activity inside muscles. The EMG is performed in combination with the nerve conduction study and aides in the evaluation of nerve and muscle diseases. It’s also essential in directing further care options for patients. Sleep studies are performed at Citizens Baptist Medical Center’s sleep center. There is an initial evaluation for sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, narcolepsy, restless leg syndrome, shift work disorder and excessive sleepiness. Staff members at Tri-
City usually set up tests for patients at the sleep center if it’s found to be necessary after an initial evaluation. The sleep test consists of two days of testing where the patient’s sleeping patterns are monitored all night by a technician. EEG is used to evaluate the brain’s electrical activity. It is an important tool for the evaluation of seizures and several other disorders. Tri-City performs EEGs and long-term ambulatory monitoring studies at its Talladega location. Routine spinal taps, or lumbar punctures, are an
important and safe diagnostic procedure. TriCity performs this test with local anesthesia. A small needle is inserted into the lower back and a sample of spinal fluid is obtained. Laboratory tests are then performed on the sample and the measurement of the pressure in the spinal column to help diagnose a variety of neurological disorders. For more information about Tri-City Neurology, call 256-362967 or visit tricityneurology.com. Contact Aziza Jackson at ajackson@dailyhome. com.
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Village at Cook Springs: A unique setting for senior living Home staff writer
Located in an area just off Interstate 20, the Village at Cook Springs offers a unique setting for senior living. Whether it is independent living, assisted living or specialty care, skilled nursing, dementia and rehab, the Village is a full service senior living community. It’s a retirement community in a rural setting,” said Sheryl Mulvehill, who has been marketing director at the Village for eight years. Back in the 1950s, it was nothing but a nursing home. Mulvehill said assisted living was started in the mid-1980s. Currently, there are 271 residents living in all the different areas that make up the Village at Cook Springs, with just over 200 employees there. Noland Heath Services took over in 2001. The residents are the ones who make the Village, residents like Pat Nicholson, who has lived there for a year. Originally from Pell City, Nicholson said she loves living at the Village, and thanks the Lord every day. “The word came to me
at the top of my head to go to Cook Springs,” Nicholson said. “My daughter and I visited here one day, and I told her when I was unable to live in my own house, this is where I wanted to live. Then one day, the Lord spoke to me and told me to go to Cook Springs. I called my five nieces who live in town (Nicholson’s daughter lives in Michigan) and they brought me here, and I have been very happy since.” Nicholson, 87, said she spends her days trying to be involved as much as possible. “I go to chapel regularly because it is such a blessing,” she said. “I enjoy being in my room and working puzzles. I sit with a table of four for our meals, and we have a very congenial group. Everybody is just so friendly here. I am
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Pat Nicholson, right, has lived at the Village at Cook Springs for the past year. Visiting with her in her room is Sheryl Mulvehill, marketing director at the Village.
a very outgoing person. I go to everything that happens.” Nicholson is the first to See Village, Page 7
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Bowen turns dedication into results of cardio and weightlifting equipment and free weights.
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As a lifelong fitness enthusiast, taking over a gym seems like a natural fit for Sylacauga Fitness owner Rose Bowen; however, Bowen said owning a gym was never part of her plan. “I really have to give God this, because I did not have intentions of buying this gym,” Bowen said. “I was just an active member that came here to work out, and everything just fell into place.” She said other members at the North Broadway Avenue gym, formerly Oz Fitness, suggested she buy the business when the previous owners announced it was closing. “The doors were closing at the end of August, so everybody had to find another gym,” she said. “There’s no access on this side of town, and it can be inconvenient for people to go across town, so some people asked if I would buy it, and I just shrugged it off. But then I began to pray about it, and I told my husband if this is meant to be, God will lay this into my lap.” Within three weeks, the business was hers. “Needless to say, it all panned out with no headaches and no struggles,” Bowen said. Since taking over Aug. 16, Bowen has been working to make the gym more female-friendly by cleaning and adding fresh coats of paint to the interior. She also plans to bring in some new equipment and flatscreen TVs. “I’ve still got some work to do, but I have actually grown with my female friends in just a few weeks,” Bowen said. She eventually wants to post “before and after” pictures of members around the gym as added motiva-
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Taking over Sylacauga Fitness seemed like a natural fit for Rose Bowen. tion. “I definitely want to be a big encourager to push individuals to strive for whatever their goal is,” she said. “You know as well as I do that you’ve got to have a made up mind if you really want to push it to the limits.” Bowen knows a thing or two about being determined. The former bodybuilder, who also works at Main Avenue Retirement Home, gets up at 4:30 a.m. six days a week to hit the gym. “Between my job, my husband and four kids, there’s no time in the afternoon, so I have no choice but to be here early,” Bowen said. “You have to be very determined to get results, and I am.” After gaining 100 pounds with three of her four pregnancies, Bowen said she knows the diffi-
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Coosa Eye Associates provides eye care for the whole family Home staff writer
Dr. Duncan Roy at Coosa Eye Associates PC has provided health care for Coosa Valley residents since 1981. The Childersburg resident said he was raised on a farm about an hour from where he now lives and he values the work ethic and experience he received from his parents. Roy attributes his commitment to educational goals and patient care to his religious training. He has served twice on the Alabama Board of Optometry, appointed first by Gov. Jim Folsom and then again by Gov. Fob James. In his 31-year career, Roy said he has seen significant trends in eye problems and the technology used to address those problems. “People live longer and I am seeing more disorders of the retina and the layers beneath the retina, macular degeneration, and diabetes is more commonly found these days than in prior years,” he said. Roy said that aging also has brought an increase in the number of patients with cataracts and glaucoma, which is more easily managed today because medications used to manage the conditions, as well as laser and other surgical approaches, have improved eye care. An important development in cataract treatment is a reduction in the need for post-cataract eyewear. Roy said the outcome of
correction has become more predictable. “We often set the dominate eye for seeing at distance and the non-dominant eye for nearer range focus like reading or other near tasks,” he said. A trend for contact lenses wearers is the use of disposable, single use lenses, Roy said. The single use lenses cannot be cleaned thoroughly once worn. “Patients are beginning to understand and appreciate this and it has added convenience of discarding at the end of wear period, usually one day,” he said. “(Their) use is much safer and less risk for infection from using a soiled lens.” A problem Roy said he encounters is more
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the treatments available that can slow the degeneration process so patients can keep their sight for as long as possible. According to teaching materials furnished by Roy, macular degeneration results from the degeneration of the central portion of the retina and affects straight-on vision used in driving, reading, perceiving colors, and recognizing faces. It is the most common cause of blindness in people over 50 years of age. When in the “dry” stage of development, Roy said he recommends nutritional supplements to help slow the process. An Age Related Eye Disease Study indicates high dosages of zinc slows vision loss. A lutein antioxidant supplementation test administered by the Veterans Administration indicated high doses of lutein actually improved vision in many with age related macular degeneration. A teaching video Roy presents to patients describes what happens once the dry stage advances to the “wet” stage. In an attempt to correct its condi-
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One of the most important skills for a pharmacist is the ability to listen. It’s what has set apart the pharmacists at Odenville Drugs for more than 10 years, even as the business has expanded to facilities in Ashville and Moody, and changed locations on U.S. 411 in Odenville. “We know just about everybody that comes in the store,” says Robby Jennings, a pharmacist at the Moody location for more than seven years before moving to the Odenville store. “And by that I mean, we know their families, where they work, what their hobbies are, that kind of thing.” It’s an important skill for a small-town pharmacy. “In a lot of cases, knowing a patient’s background can help,” Jennings said. “If there’s a decision to be made, it’s easier to make. “If I have a patient who I know works for the power company and a storm comes (out of the area), and I know that patient’s going to be out of town, I can hold their medicine for them, because I know they’re taking care of business somewhere else.” Founder and owner Curt Eddy, a Birmingham native, says his new facility — nearly double the size of the original location — helps the pharmacists deal with the patients as well. It includes private rooms for further consultation and education, as well as a semi-private counter for filling prescriptions. “We’re trying to offer something different than the larger chains,” Eddy said. “Our basis is that if we give the customer a
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Pharmacist Robby Jennings has worked in Odenville roughly two months, after seven years at the pharmacy’s Moody location.
clear instructions about how patients can take their medications properly. “The doctors will explain it,” Eddy said. “We try to do it, too, but do it differently. We want to bring it down to our patients’ level, make them feel comfortable. “It helps that most of our employees are familiar faces — people you’ve been to school with, can communicate with. They come to us and know they’ll get the right
answer.” Jennings said talking to patients “the right way” is important. “It’s not just, ‘You need to take this right,’” he said. “We have to explain to them why. It makes the patient more willing to listen and do that.” The pharmacy has also made an effort to work in the community, donating supplies to the local schools when needed. “We all have kids in the area,” Eddy said. “Everybody gets to know everybody.
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UAB Health Center Moody is conveniently located and open five days a week to serve people of all ages. Kristi Hall, officer manager for UAB Moody, said all physicians are board certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics, providing neonatal to geriatrics care patients. Because of the broad range of care, UAB Moody offers a con-
tinuum of care from birth through adulthood. Hall said UAB Moody has three Med-Peds physicians, Dr. Zachary Stone, Dr. Stephen Russell and Dr. Rebecca Miller, who have been at UAB Moody since 2003. “We will be adding one more female physician in 2013,” she said. UAB Moody first opened in 1998 and is located at 2701 Moody Parkway. The office is open 7:40 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. “All three doctors are
Evaluation and treatment for adults include preventative medicine, hypertension, smoking cessation to help people quit using tobacco products, cholesterol abnormalities, heart problems, asthma and lung disorders, diabetes, thyroid disease, sinus/allergy problems, arthritis/osteoporosis and gastrointestinal disorders. Comprehensive evaluations and treatments for pediatric problems include asthma, Well Child care/immunizations, ADD/ADHD, general illnesses, sports check-ups and seasonal allergies and shots. “We offer lab services
on site,” Hall said. She said their office has six nurses to assist three doctors. UAB Moody also has two lab technicians and seven administrative personnel. Hall said UAB Moody is one of several outreach medical centers that is part of the larger UAB Medical Center and Kirkland Clinic in Birmingham, making it more convenient for people who live out of the Birmingham metro area, including St. Clair County residents. She said UAB also has medical centers in Inverness, Hoover and Hueytown. Contact David Atchison at datchison@dailyhome. com.
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Crossroads Chiropractic treats whole body By ELSIE HODNETT Home staff writer
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Crossroads Chiropractic in Moody offers chiropractic, acupuncture, nutrition, massage and more. Pictured are office manager Ginny Pate, left, and Dr. Shawn Stubbs, owner of Crossroads Chiropractic.
“The soft tissue chiropractic helps the muscle contractions loosen up, relaxing the muscles so they can function properly, which helps relieve pain,” she said. Stubbs said acupuncture works a lot of different pathways in the body to help relieve chronic pain. “Acupuncture stimu-
lates the body’s natural painkillers to help relieve chronic pain with no side effects,” she said. “It’s great for sinuses, headaches, and helps a lot with vertigo and insomnia.” Stubbs said nutrition also plays a big role in the body’s well being. “The foods we eat now aren’t as good as
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10 years ago,” she said. “There are a lot of chemicals in the soil and other factors. The nutrition I give people is whole foods — more of a pure form of that nutrition. For example, if someone needs Vitamin A, the whole foods would grind up an organic carrot instead of synthesizing the vitamin in a lab. It comes from the food, not from a lab.” Stubbs said she uses a variety of tests to determine how the person’s body is currently functioning and what it lacks, including blood tests, saliva tests and reflex testing. She said in addition to the treatments she offers, Crossroads Chiropractic is incorporating massage as well, with a massage therapist who comes twice a week to help patients. “The craniopath involves relieving pres-
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‘Zumba fever’ has become fun for many Home Lifestyles editor
Some call it “exercise in disguise.” Others call it “a total body workout.” But mostly, those who have caught “Zumba fever” call it fun, and that’s what keeps them shaking. What it does is take a huge combination of fitness and dance moves, put them together to music that makes you want to move and there you have
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The Zumba movement has drawn in more than 12 million people who are taking weekly Zumba classes in some 110,000 locations in more than 126 countries The fitness craze was born completely by mistake. It was Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto “Beto” Perez who gave it its start when he left his tapes for an aerobics class he was teaching in Columbia behind one day in 1986.
At 19, he was awarded a national lambada contest from one of Cali. Colombia’s best academics called with an offer to study dance while teaching step aerobics. Instead of canceling his class when he realized he didn’t have his tapes, Perez simply reached into his backpack, pulled out some salsa and merengue music and improvised. It was a hit. After his success in Colombia, Perez came to See Zumba, Page 18
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Each member of a Zumba class can tailor the moves to best meet their individual needs.
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Leslie Day has been a Zumba instructor going on three years now. Her classes meet at Celebrations in Pell City and attract fitness fans of all ages.
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the United States in 2001, bringing his music and moves with him. He met up with investors in Miami and now the Zumba movement is licensed and has its own entity overseeing certified Zumba instructors throughout the world. Perez’s initial introduction of Zumba to United States audiences brought in fitness aficionados by the droves. That’s how it was for certified Zumba instructor Leslie Day, who has been teaching Zumba classes for three years. “I just took a class and then I decided I was going to get certified and teach,” she said. Since then, Day has filled up the multi-purpose rooms at Celebrations in
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Day starts her hourlong sessions with a gradual build up, using stretches and reaches and low impact steps to get started. But give her about 10 minutes and things get hopping. Literally. And the class is hopping in just about every direction imaginable. Day shows how to put together the shakes, the shimmies, the jumps and the gyrations and before the class knows it, they’re all into the motion. The sets build in difficulty level, then slow down a bit toward the end of the sessions. A cool down session follows each hour. Day was one who got hooked on Zumba within the first few weeks of taking classes three years
ago. It was then she decided to become certified and start teaching. After three years, Day said she still loves the exercise and passing it along to other people as well. Day has a long background in dance. She started clogging at age 5 and continued with that until she was about 14. Then she got started with the Pell City High School Dance Line and also taught choreography and dance, providing half-time dance routines for a number of area high school dance lines. Once a student at Jacksonville State University, she became a member of the Marching Ballerinas, the school
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St. Vincent’s Home Health offers skilled nursing services Home staff writer
St. Vincent’s Home Health in Pell City offers a full range of home health services. “We started as Care First in 2006, but in April of 2011 we did a joint venture with St. Vincent’s Health System and changed our name to St. Vincent’s Home Health,”
said Nicki Goodwin, RN, and account manager for St. Vincent’s Home Health. Home Health is located at 2401 Stemley Bridge Road Suite 7 in Cropwell Commons. “We have a variety of skilled nursing services,” Goodwin said. “That includes medication teachings (use and side effects of the medications the
patient is taking), education about whatever disease the patient has been diagnosed with, wound care, IV therapy and more.” Goodwin said St. Vincent’s Home Health also has a psychiatric nursing program for patients with any type of mental illness. “That includes bipolar, dementia, depression and
anxiety,” she said. “The primary focus is on comprehensive therapeutic intervention.” Goodwin said Home Health offers diagnosisdriven care paths. “The nurse goes into more depth on the signs and symptoms of what the patient needs to look for based on their particular
and other organized causes. Susan Graham has been taking Day’s Zumba classes since last June. “I jogged, but then I added Zumba,” she said. “I felt I had reached a plateau and I needed something else.” With Zumba, Graham said she feels a difference. “It’s made me feel good again,” she said. Graham said she was sold on Zumba right off the bat. Aura Threatt is another of Day’s regulars. “I have to say I liked it from the start because it’s a fun workout,” she said. Threatt has been walking and running some, but these pursuits just didn’t hold the interest that Zumba has had for her. There’s the aspect of working out with a group that appeals to her she said, “its a huge motivation.” But this is a group that isn’t critical or judgmental of each other, she points out. “Everyone’s so busy doing their own thing,” she said. “No one is worrying about what you’re doing.” Following a recent class with Day, Threatt
smiled and said, “I guess I just like all the shaking.” Day teaches Zumba sessions at Celebrations in Pell City Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays
at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., and on Saturdays, at 9 a.m.
Zumba From Page 18 dance line, and also danced for the JSU basketball team’s dance line, “The Go Gos.” Day said she really wasn’t pursuing any one particular form of exercise when she found Zumba. There had been some running along the way, but not a definite focus. “What I love about Zumba is it isn’t the same every day,” she said. “It changes all the time.” Day usually incorporates three or four new sets every month into her “bag of tricks,” and retains favorites for the group as she can. “Another good thing about Zumba is that people can take it at a high impact level, even surpassing the instructor if they want, or they tone it down and work to build to a higher level as they can,” she said. “We encourage breaks when people need them and they can rejoin the class when they’re ready.” Day’s group has participated in a number of Zumba fundraisers in the area, particularly for The American Cancer Society
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Orthopedics specialty at Back in Motion By ELSIE HODNETT Home staff writer
Back In Motion Physical Therapy LLC in Springville offers a full range of physical therapy treatments. “I’ve been practicing physical therapy for 20 years, and opened Back in Motion in 2000,” said Scott Deuel, physical therapist and owner of Back In Motion. Deuel said Back In Motion, 6460 U.S. 11, offers outpatient physical therapy, and is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. “We see mostly orthopedics,” he said. “We do
non-surgical and surgical care, a lot of chronic neck and back pain, rotator cuff tendonitis and surgical repairs, ankle sprains, and treat a lot of sports injuries.” Deuel said some of the special physical therapies include in-house aquatic therapy, manual soft tissue mobilization and joint manipulation. “I do intramuscular therapy, which is also known as dry needling,” he said. “It uses filament needles (very small diameter needles) that I place into a muscle to affect a change in that muscle. It may be used to relax the muscle or to facilitate a
muscle contraction. Most of the time, it is used to treat chronic and acute pain.” Deuel said he sees some neurological patients, such as patients recovering from strokes. “My specialty is orthopedics,” he said. Deuel said in addition to being a physical therapist, he is also a certified athletic trainer. “I can work with the sports injuries, and have worked with a lot of football teams on the field in the past,” he said.
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Scott Deuel, physical therapist and owner of Back In Motion Physical Therapy LLC in Springville, monitors Margaret McCleney on the shuttle, helping improve her mobility as she recovers from a stroke.
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Changing somebody’s life with a smile By WILL HEATH Home staff writer
Scott Koplon uses a number of different terms to describe his job as a dentist. Mostly, he calls it life changing. “It’s a wonderful feeling to be able to change somebody’s life, with a smile,” he said. Koplon has been practicing in downtown Leeds — at the former location of the Old Leeds Hospital, on U.S. 78 — for 22 years. His achievements include laser physics, periodontal therapy, hydraulic sinus condensing, surgical placement and restoration of dental implants, vertical/horizontal ridge augmentation and full-arch rehabilitation. “We’re an all-in-one treatment center,” Koplon said. “We do everything from surgery to cosmetic dentistry, to gum treatment, to root canals.” All in the name of smiles. “We do a lot of smiles,” he said. The most recent innovation is three-dimensional imaging, which allows Koplon and hygienist Sarah Flanagan to perform surgery before ever laying hands on a patient. “If somebody came in from a car wreck and needed multiple implants, we can do all their dentistry virtually,” he said. “We can place the implant virtually, so we’ll have done the surgery before we actually go to the mouth.” Playing a number of different roles is vital for the patients. “A lot of patients like that because they don’t want to have to go four different places,” Flanagan said. “They like being able to see one person.” The payoff, according
to both of them, is the smile. “You work really hard to get their smile right,” Koplon said. “You hand the patient a mirror and the first thing they do is cry. “What’s fun is changing people’s lives, with a smile.” Flanagan said that not everyone recognizes the power of improved dental health. “So many patients just get up out of the chair and give you a hug, because they’ve felt so bad about themselves,” she said. “It can really change people.” Needs also vary for the two of them because of the location of the facility – known to longtime residents of Leeds as the
former Leeds Hospital. Dr. J.H. Fendley converted the facility more than 50 years ago. “I always say I’m the luckiest person in the world, to be in a building like this,” Koplon said. “This is such a cool place.” The patient base varies, as well. “I think it’s fun to practice in a rural environment,” Koplon said. “It’s fun to be off the beaten path because we get to do a lot of stuff. When patients come here, there’s lots of stuff to do.” Which means that no two days are alike. “It’s something different every day when we walk in,” Flanagan said. “It’s just fun.”
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Arthritis exercise helps reduce pain, stiffness By ELSIE HODNETT Home staff writer
No-impact arthritis classes can help reduce arthritis pain and stiffness and increase mobility. “Our no-impact Arthritis Exercise Classes’ purpose is to help attendees increase and keep their range of motion,” said Sue Jones, certified Arthritis Foundation instructor and Lincoln City Center manager. Jones said the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department began offering the no-impact Arthritis Exercise classes in January to fill a community need. “Before you start any exercise program, it’s always best to check with your doctor first,” she said. “But many people have arthritis and can’t do heavier impact exercises such as running.” Jones said exercise can help people with arthritis in a variety of ways. According to the Arthritis Foundation, if you have arthritis or a related condition, exercise can help: • Keep your joints flexible. • Keep the muscles around your joints strong so you can have enough endurance for your activi-
ties. • Slow further deterioration of bone and cartilage. • Improve the strength of your bones. • Improve your ability to do daily activities. • Improve your mood. • Improve your overall health and fitness by: giving you more energy to be more physically active, helping you sleep better, controlling your weight, making your heart stronger, decreasing depression and improving your self-esteem and sense of well-being. Jones said classes are offered 9:30-10:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lincoln City Center. “The first class is free, so you can see if you like it and it’s a good fit for you,” she said. “The classes are $10 a month or $2 per class.” Jones said the class is also good for people who don’t have arthritis because it helps increase range of motion and decrease stiffness. The classes begin with range of motion exercises for every joint in the body. “We may not do every joint every day, but we cover every joint throughout the three classes each
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Participants in the Arthritis Exercise Class get a workout hitting and kicking beach balls back and forth to each other.
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do the ‘head and shoulders, knees and toes’ exercise, like you did as kids. We toss a beach ball around and also do an exercise holding a sheet with a ball in the center, then toss the ball up and down and keep it in the center of the sheet.” Jones said the class remains popular and has helped many of its attendees. “Everyone has a lot of fun — especially with the beach balls,” she said. For more information, call the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department at 205-7631006 or the Lincoln City Center at 205-763-3013. Contact Elsie Hodnett at ehodnett@dailyhome. com.
Cost of services, time keys to practice’s success By MARK LEDBETTER
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Dr. Thomas Douyard opened his practice in Childersburg in 1992 and has remained in the same building on U.S. 280 since. Douyard said a key to his practice’s success involves cost of services and time. “We provide a dental resolution at a reasonable price and service in a short period of time.” 280 Dental specializes in dentures and partials, and with a lab in the office, a quick turnaround is offered for most individuals. Dental assistant Memory Beard said “immediate” dentures and partials are offered, which includes the extraction of teeth and production of fitted dentures in one day.
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Talladega Primary and Urgent Care Center recently added weekend hours to its schedule. Picture are Dr. Charles Lambert, center, Dr. David Roberts, right, and certified registered nurse practitioner. help you with your minor traumas, such as lacerations, sprains, strains, bruises, etc.” Essentially, almost anything that can be treated in the emergency room can be handled with less wait hassle at Talladega Primary and Urgent Care. They do not, however, see patients with active chest pain (go directly to the emergency room) or children under 13. Lambert is a native of Opelika and studied at Marion Military Institute Emory University and Auburn University, where See Name, Page 30
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Healthy snacking comes down to portions, choices By AZIZA JACKSON Home staff writer
Healthy snacking is just as important in a diet as daily meals. Brandi Green, a registered dietician and director of food and nutrition services at Citizens Baptist Medical Center in Talladega, believes it all comes down to healthy portions and choices. She advises against skipping meals to lose weight because it can actually cause a person to overeat and ultimately contribute to weight gain. “I’m a fan of six small meals a day because it helps speed your metabolism,” Green said. “When you snack in between meals you’re less likely to overeat at a meal, but it is important if
you’re going to snack to pick up healthy things.” Green said it is important to focus on a marriage of healthy snacks and portion control, a good example being a handful of dried nuts or dried fruit. Some healthy options for snacking at work include “free foods” with little to no carbohydrates. “Snack on your free foods, which is your free veggies like carrots and celery and cucumbers,” Green said. “In addition to the snacking, they need to make sure they’re drinking their water because that’s what is going to keep them full.” Green said it is also important to be careful when reading labels. “Just because something is called ‘veggie
chips’ doesn’t mean they are healthy. They are fried like potato chips,” she said. “You really want to be sure you’re eating foods that have zero grams of trans fat because these are the ones that put you at risk for heart disease.” Green suggests bring-
ing a lunchbox or “snack box” to work; even though one may be going out to eat or choose to eat in the cafeteria, bringing snacks from home is always the healthier option. Speaking of lunchboxes, when packing snacks for the kids for school,
portion control again comes into play. “I like the little snacksized Ziploc bags and you can proportion things like grapes, orange slices, the grab and go Go-Gurts are good, too,” Green said. “Peanut butter is good on some whole wheat crackers or some graham crackers.” Green said in her daughter’s lunchbox, she usually packs baby carrots with a small container of ranch dressing. She said peanut butter with celery sticks is also a good option, if there is no allergy to nuts, because nuts are a good source of protein. For serial snackers who just can’t shake those midnight cravings, Green said there might be a way to do it guilt free.
“It’s OK to have a small snack but proportion your snack,” she said. “You don’t want to sit in front of the TV with a bag of chips, or if you’re diabetic, eating a big bag of grapes.” As far as the myth of not eating after a certain time at night goes, Green said it’s not a one-sizefits-all rule and depends on that individual’s daily schedule. “If you’re a morning person and eat breakfast at 7 a.m. and lunch at 11 a.m., I wouldn’t eat 3 to 4 hours before you go to bed. You don’t want to eat a big meal and lay down,” Green said. “It’s about proportions; don’t eat out of the bag. Take some out because if See Snacks, Page 30
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Dr. Michael Kulovitz has run Talladega Dental Associates for 32 years. Pictured are assistant Annette Alexander, appointment coordinator Dana Lassiter, Kulovitz, hygienist Lee Wood, patient account representative Wendy Struzik, and assistant hygienist Sandy Miller.
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Michael Kulovitz has been practicing dentistry in Talladega for more than 30 years, but he took a decidedly unusual route to his profession and his practice. He earned a degree in finance from the University of Alabama and went to work as a unit commercial manager for the phone company, he said. “I was basically a liaison between management of the phone company and the Public Service Commission,” he said. “I figured out pretty quickly that I couldn’t please anybody with this job. Trying to satisfy management and the PSC was just not my cup of tea.” While making this realization, Kulovitz said he took the LSAT and
was getting ready to go to law school. “But the dealings I had had previously with corporate attorneys discouraged me. I got a distorted view of the legal field from them.” It was during dinner with a friend and his father that the idea of dentistry surfaced. “He said his brother-inlaw was a dentist, and I should go talk with him. So I did, that weekend. That was Joe Baldone in Birmingham. He had a clinic in Norwood, and I would take vacation days to visit and observe there. I decided that was what I wanted to do.” So he went back to school, took all the science classes that he had previously avoided (“all at the same time,” he said) and went on to earn his dental degree. ”I had arranged to join a practice in Hartselle, but that deal fell apart
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he earned his bachelors degree. He was in the top 10 percent of his class at the Medical School of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He did his internship and residency at Lloyd Noland Hospital in Birmingham, then served in the Army. He opened his practice in Talladega after being honorably discharged at the rank of major in 1975. Roberts is a Talladega native who graduated from Talladega High School in 1968 and the University of Alabama in 1972. He earned his medical degree from the Medical School of the University of Alabama in 1975. He did his surgical residence in New Orleans and worked at Baylor University Medical Center until 1981. He opened a private practice in Fairhope in 1983 and joined Lambert and Dr. Leigh Murphy, retired, two years later. Thrower is a native of Sylacauga but has lived in Talladega since he was 3. After graduating from Talladega High School in 1986, he spent two years as a presidential scholar at the University of Alabama before transferring to UAB. He worked as a pharmacy technician at Citizens Baptist Medical Center and decided to pursue a career in health care at that time. He attended the Ida V Moffett School of Nursing at Samford and had previously worked at Children’s Hospital and Brookwood in Birmingham. Contact Chris Norwood at cnorwood@dailyhome. com.
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was the only other person in Talladega that he knew. “I asked him what he thought of living in Talladega, and I’ll never forget what he told me. He said a team of horses couldn’t pull him anywhere else. So it was a prayer, Jenny Sims and Mike O’Brien that brought me here. It happened pretty quick. Within one week the situation in Hartselle fell apart, and I was getting ready to open up in Talladega.” That was in May 1980, before Kulovitz had passed the state boards. After that, he shut down for about a month to
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