Gambit’s 2016 People in Health

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PEOPLE IN HEALTH 2016

What’s Inside: Fun ways to get fit Concussion tips Summer health events PIH profiles

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Dr. Todd J. Canatella, DDS

What sets your business apart?

Clinical Excellence. Advanced Technology. Comprehensive Dentistry. Personal Attention.

Where did you attend school?

Dr. Canatella is a New Orleans native and graduated from Holy Cross, earned his undergraduate degree at LSU and then completed his dental degree at the LSU School of Dentistry.

If you’re looking for a caring and exceptional New Orleans dentist, then look no further.

From your first contact with our office, you will notice that Canatella Dental is not your typical dental practice. We’ve worked hard to build an exceptional team of dedicated, caring and experienced professionals committed to the dental health of you and your family.

At Canatella Dental, your comfort and confidence are just as important as your teeth.

That’s why we take great care of both the smile and the person behind it. Our mission is to provide the highest quality dentistry and patient care available. We offer a full range of treatment options that can be personalized to meet your unique needs and expectations, such as Cosmetic and Restorative dentistry, including Whitening, Veneers, Implants and Custom made Crowns in a single visit using Cerec.

Canatella Dental • 101 W. Robert E. Lee Blvd. Suite 305 • 504-282-0700 • www.Canatelladental.com

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What’s your company motto?

Our vision is to improve the lives of those we serve in New Orleans. We accomplish this by delivering clinical excellence, in a friendly, positive and professional environment.

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NOLA Smiles Dental Solutions

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What is your favorite piece of medical / health advice?

Limiting your sugar intake is one of the best things you can do for your both your dental and overall health.

Who is your local health mentor?

Misty, at Rolfista, helps me with my musculoskeletal pain through Rolfing and she offers healthy lifestyle advice.

What sets your business apart?

I rely on my unique background, extensive training, modern technology, and excellent team to solve complex dental problems.

New Orleans is famous for its delicious food, but can you savor fine dining without good dental health?

Since 2007, it’s been our mission to restore smiles so you can enjoy eating, laughing, and talking without worrying about your teeth. Many people throughout New Orleans have avoided the dentist for decades, so we have streamlined solutions in place for such situations. If you’re missing one or more teeth, dental implants are often the best treatment. Dr. Natalie Jackson can provide you with optimal care and peace of mind via computer-guided implant surgery.

Fear is a common barrier, but with oral sedation dentistry you can get years of care caught up in only a handful of appointments. For patients who are short on time, we use our in-office CAD/ CAM technology to manufacture and deliver durable, lifelike restorations in only one visit.

We focus on the needs of older patients, and even orthodontic treatment is no exception – you don’t have to be a kid to have straight teeth anymore!

It all starts with a thorough evaluation of your individual needs and circumstances – check us out today on nolasmiles.com for more!

Natalie Jackson, DDS • 2633 Napoleon Ave #820 • New Orleans • (504) 895-3580 • www.nolasmiles.com

Dr. Burkenstock’s Skin Body Health As an Internal Medicine Specialist SKIN: with extensive studies in Anti-Aging,

Skin Rejuvenation and Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Burkenstock’s goal is to help everyone achieve fabulous health & beautiful skin, beginning at any age.

Dr. Burkenstock has trained with top luminaries around the world to provide the best results from Anti-Aging treatments, including Lasers, Botox and Wrinkle Fillers. As a doctor and an artist, she turns back the hands of time for each client.

BODY:

Using state of the art aesthetic laser technology, Dr. Burkenstock can effectively treat leg veins, scars & remove unwanted hair and tattoos.

HEALTH:

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WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PIECE OF MEDICAL ADVICE?

WHAT SETS YOUR BUSINESS APART?

As a doctor who is passionate about helping patients and as a person who struggled with weight gain, I developed a natural, No Fad, No Pills “Dare to Be Thin” program for Skinny Success®. It’s not about starving oneself, but rather addressing all 7 variables and following a step-by-step approach personalized for you based on your DNA and more.

We are a complete Preventative Care, Age Management and Skin Institute offering a blend of Holistic and Internal Medicine disciplines - “East Meets West.” In addition to our al la carte services, we offer a yearly, premium concierge program to help you achieve your optimum health.

Our proprietary programs include:

Brain Reboot – An intense, natural amino acid

treatment program to mitigate the effects of stress, depression, addictions or exhaustion. Some reports propose that nutrition, combined with programs such as this, may help with issues seen in Autism, Alzheimer’s, Brain Injuries and Parkinson’s.

Club Renew – Your affordable Botox & Wrinkle Filler yearly membership club... so YOU can look beautiful every day of this year.

Club Erase – Your yearly membership for collagen rebuilding & complexion transformation. Erase the damage you though was permanent!

BEF OR E

Because, you are so worth it!

2040 N Causeway Blvd., Mandeville • 985.302.0969 • 3841 Veterans Blvd., Metairie • 504.475.9475

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Dr. Burkenstock’s

Dr. Burkenstock has become known for using DNA Genes to customize plans for clients interested in losing weight, managing mood issues & improving skin complexion. Additional personalized services include: prevention and management of diabetes, blood pressure, menopause and erectile dysfunction.

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Elle Mahoney, Orangetheory Fitness New Orleans

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We all burn for different things king cake, spending more time with the kids, indulging in our favorite foods, achieving the best version of ourselves. Orangetheory Fitness uses the science of Heart-Rate Based Interval Training, designed to produce 12 to 20 minutes at 84% or higher of your maximum heart rate, putting you “in the Orange Zone”. Workout and Weight Loss Plateaus are a thing of the past… really! This program produces an after-burn effect, which is an increased metabolic rate for 24 to 36 hours after the workout.

With energetic music, a talented group of fitness coaches and a high-energy studio, you have the recipe for a workout that produces BIG and LASTING results. I invite you to try a class - your first one is free! Warning: Orangetheory is ADDICTING!

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What sets your business apart?

Our community focus: people matter most. Our team rocks because we all care about each Member and each other!

We are a Customer Service organization with a world-class Fitness product. what is your business motto?

“Earn the right.” In the realm of Fitness, you can’t expect results without putting in the work. Enjoy your guilty pleasures by earning the right to them. This helps us enjoy life AND stay in balance.

4141 Bienville Street, Suite 107, New Orleans, LA 70119 • 504-408-2602 • www.orangetheoryfitness.com

What do you do for your own personal wellness?

Incorporating mind and body: Meditation is part of my daily practice. I enjoy multiple intense/ advanced TRX workouts a week but also take time daily for stretching, foam rolling and incorporating a restorative workout between the more intense days.

What is your favorite New Orleans restaurant?

Cafe Amelie

HEADS UP #CONCUSSIONS Signs of concussion can be hard to discern.

BY K ANDACE POWER GR AVE S

A CONCUSSION IS AN INJURY TO THE BRAIN that results in temporary loss of normal brain function and usually is caused by a blow to the head, according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). Often there are no outward signs of head trauma; many people never lose consciousness. Symptoms can begin immediately or weeks or months after an injury.

Below are the causes of concussions, as well as a list of symptoms and signs of injury.

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BY LAR A KRUPICK A

heartbreaking moments for the mother of a concussed teenager IT HAPPENS IN A FLASH. A tangle of legs and arms in a tussle over the ball during a high school girls’ soccer game. My daughter takes an elbow to the head that makes her stumble, but she pushes on for the remaining minutes of the game.

No one — coaches, teammates or spectators — notice she’s been hit. She comes off the field at the end of the game complaining of a headache. Unbeknownst to me, she later complains to her father of nausea.

At the time we are unaware these symptoms are signs of an injury that will last for six months.

Little do I know of the grief that awaits me as her mother, heartbreaking moments such as: 1. When the school nurse calls to deliver the news that our teen is complaining of tunnel vision and feeling foggy-brained. Troubling

symptoms. Yet I have sent her to school for three days thinking it was her usual headache. I regret not taking her to a doctor sooner, especially when a concussion test administered by the school trainer conclusively diagnoses the injury I missed.

2. Realizing I misinterpreted the pediatrician’s follow-up instructions as the doctor chews me out the next day when I call to ask what medication to give our teen for the headache after school.

Because why did our teen attend classes when she should be at home in a dark room with no light, no sound, no mental stimulation of any sort?

3. Seeing the empty chair at our table when our family gathers that night for dinner as usual. And the lack of stories about advanced placement class agonies and overdone rolling of eyes and groaning at Dad’s wry jokes. Our youngest manages to complete a full sentence without her gregarious sister there to interrupt. A small consolation for our teen’s absence.

4. When friends text our daughter their reports of school antics and PAGE 8

Assaults

Almost 75 percent occur in 15- to 44- year-olds

Falls

40.5%

14.3%

Most likely to occur in ages birth to 14 and 65 and older

Vehicle accidents

15.5%

19%

Accidental blunt trauma to the head

Other & Unknown [ CDC STATISTICS, 2006-2010 ]

SYMPTOMS

• Nausea or vomiting (early stages) • Difficulty remembering new information, concentrating and thinking quickly and clearly • Headache • Blurry vision • Dizziness, balance problems • Sensitivity to light • Bothered by noise • Lack of energy • Nervous or anxious • Sleeping too much, too little or trouble falling asleep • Heightened emotions • Irritable • Ringing in the ears • Loss of smell or taste

(being hit in the head or hitting the head against something)

DANGER SIGNS Seek medical help

• Drowsy and can’t be fully wakened • Persistent vomiting or nausea • Pupils are different sizes • Convulsions or seizures • Confusion, can’t recognize familiar things • Loses consciousness • Crying and can’t be consoled • Prolonged headache that worsens and won’t go away • Physical weakness, numbness or loss of coordination • Can’t perform tasks that require sequential steps • Slurred speech • Unusual behavior • Loss of appetite and refusal to eat

— Sources: CDC and AANS

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Concussions

10.7%

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weekend plans two weeks into her isolation, hoping she’ll join them soon. But our child appears to be no better, still curled up in her hushed bedroom, fleece blankets draped over windows. She sleeps most of the day, emerging only at night to shower in a dimly lit bathroom. I ache to see her regain her normal teenage life.

5. When we visit a neurologist five weeks after the concussion-causing bump and the nurse practitioner describes our teen’s condition as a mild traumatic brain injury.

I gloss over the terminology until I have to relay it to my husband. Then it hits me with a shudder: brain injury.

6. When the same nurse practitioner looks me in the eye and instructs that if my child exhibits symptoms of depression I am to ask her point-blank, “Are you feeling suicidal?” I hope beyond hope that I will not have any cause to ask this. But the nurse’s insistence makes me fear that I will.

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7. Working on a plan with support staff at the high school to help my child finish her freshman year while attending half days.

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The school nurse assures me that during my teen’s scheduled gym class there will be a bed reserved for her in the health office so she can rest her brain. As I check out later at the attendance window, I chat with the receptionist there who has become familiar with my voice over the past few weeks. And I realize my daughter and I are discovering a side of the education system we never expected to experience.

8. My child breaking down sobbing at the slightest provocation for the third time in a day. When I ask her why, she says she does not know. It happens again the next day and the next. Until one day she spends an entire evening in her bed crying. I ask the dreaded question: Do you feel suicidal?

She does not answer and I spend the night curled up beside her, hand gripping her shoulder. The following day I call the doctor to ask them to switch her medication. Soon after, the uncontrolled crying stops.

9. When my ordinarily bright child slumps at our kitchen counter, weeping because she cannot understand math. I recall recent cognitive tests run by a neuropsychologist

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indicating her abilities have been compromised by the injury. But she does not get what those results mean. And she does not get math right now either. What she desperately wants to get is an A in the class, injury or no.

10. When we are hosting our annual barbecue with a backyard full of our favorite people and I notice my daughter following her friends around in a daze before quietly retreating to her room to be alone. I watch the teens having a water balloon fight later and wonder again how long until my child can take part in the fun, uninterrupted by pain.

Certainly worse injuries or illnesses could happen to our child. And I find reassurance along the way that she will recovery fully, without lasting effects — eventually. But a sense of vulnerability and helplessness still catch me off-guard at times. Because this is my child. And she has a concussion.

— Lara Krupicka is a journalist and mother to three girls, two of whom have experienced concussions.

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Mignonne Mary, MD, The Remedy Room Dr. Mary’s Remedy Room is an innovative wellness clinic focusing on optimal nutrition and preventative health through IV hydration, wellness therapy and personalized medicine. IV Therapy prevents illness and provides energy for those with demanding schedules, such as athletes, busy professionals, moms, travelers and those that suffer from migraines, hangovers and addiction. The Remedy Room also offers a 5 or 10 day detox for drug and alcohol addiction, PTSD, anxiety, chronic fatigue and depression. This NAD+ treatment helps patients cope with accompanying stress, anxiety and withdrawal symptoms by giving the brain what it needs to begin functioning properly. Experience all that the Remedy Room has to offer in a boutique spa-like setting with a view of St. Charles Avenue. “Results

What is your favorite piece of medical/health advice?

Stop eating sugar.

What is your favorite NOLA restaurant?

I recently ate at Cavan on Magazine Street. Great fresh food and portions that don’t make you feel overstuffed.

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in addition to fighting the usual sinus issues, the Remedy Room was the appropriate visit. I highly recommend the Remedy Room for your consideration.” - Mark R. G A M B I T ’ S PEOPLE IN HEALTH > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > J U N E 7 > 2 0 1 6

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What is your company’s motto?

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Together

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What sets your business apart?

Our devotion to personal and precise care. Our team works tirelessly to treat illness, always remembering that we are serving living, breathing, loving human beings.

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New Orleans Boulder Lounge features 2,500 square feet of bouldering in a 125-year-old warehouse.

Class IT UP

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BY ANNA GACA

group fitness workouts to try in New Orleans.

I DIDN’T GROW UP PLAYING SPORTS; I WAS A WEAK DORK. Exercise sounded like a hassle, and I assumed I just wasn’t cut out for fitness. A lot of us have felt similar negativity about our bodies, and often that insecurity is worst when we’re surrounded by peers — in a gym, at a pool or in a locker room. But my negative attitude was working against me: A 2014 Gallup poll showed that Americans who said they exercised 30 minutes every day of the past week felt best about their physical appearance. I decided to get more serious about my routine, and to the astonishment of my younger, gym-class-hating self, I discovered I love group fitness.

Some people will always be dedicated solo exercisers. Others may value the convenience and low cost of online workout videos or fitness DVDs (check the New Orleans Public Library). Exercise in general is on a national upswing, and once-ridiculed group classes (Jazzercise,

anyone?) are experiencing a major comeback. I started going to gym classes as an experiment, but I’ve tried and enjoyed more new activities than I ever thought I would.

Communal fitness can provide friendly support, fierce competition, or any level of encouragement in between. Being surrounded by like-minded people helps everyone do his or her best, and the best instructors have killer playlists.

There’s bad technique and boring workouts, but there’s no wrong way to exercise, and no call to be judgmental about something that can benefit almost everybody.

If you begrudge your occasional jog or feel like you’re just going through the motions at the gym, it’s way past time to branch out.

New Orleans has a burgeoning crop of specialty fitness studios, but here are three I’ve tried personally.

The following is adapted from fitness columns I wrote for the Gambit website in 2015 and 2016.

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Participants in an Orangetheory class optimize their heart rates to burn fat.

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For adventure close to home

NEW ORLEANS BOULDER LOUNGE

1746 Tchoupitoulas St. 504-510-2990 www.climbnobl.com

Before visiting the New Orleans Boulder Lounge, I hadn’t climbed since elementary school. My most vivid memories were of the harness: nylon straps that rode up the inner thighs, bulging at the crotch with the power of Superman’s red undies.

The Boulder Lounge is different: it offers only bouldering, which is done without harnesses, ropes or carabiners. When you’re ready to come down, you let go — and crash into foot-thick cushioning covering most of the floor. Grabbing hold of the smooth, unfinished wood at the top of the wall is strangely rewarding, and knowing you could slip at any moment is exhilarating. The Boulder Lounge offers group climbing lessons, and it also includes a quiet room for yoga classes and a small, specialized training area with free weights, gymnastic rings and a miniature rock wall.

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CITY SURF

For a different kind of beach getaway

5924 Magazine St. 504-281-4174 www.citysurffitness.com The signature City Surf workout is performed in stocking feet on an indoor surfboard strapped to a trio of squishy fitness balls and topped with a thick, rubbery black mat. My class began with a warm-up to acclimate participants’ balance, then moved on to basic surfing moves like the PAGE 15

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What’s your company’s motto?

“We’re Large Enough to serve you, Yet, Small Enough to know you.”

5208 Veterans Memorial Blvd • Metairie • (504) 889-7070 patiodrugs.com

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4141 Bienville St. 504-408-2602 www.orangetheoryfitness.com Orangetheory’s workout is a mix of treadmills, rowing machines, free weights and TRX suspension training straps, but its “theory” revolves around heart rate. Everyone wears a monitor on a chest strap, and heart rates are broadcast on overhead TVs. Lower levels of exertion mark you as gray, then blue, then green. When you hit 84 percent of your hypothetical maximum capacity, you’re pushed into the exalted “orange zone.” To my surprise, the public-shaming aspect didn’t faze me too much; instead, I felt motivated and aware. The best part of Orangetheory is the brand-new equipment, including treadmills with built-in fans and rowing machines that draw their resistance from translucent tanks of real water that make satisfying whirling noises as you “row” through it.

If you already have a gym membership, there may be group classes you can attend at no extra cost.

The New Orleans Recreation Development Commission offers FREE classes including: yoga boot camp Zumba

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LA/SPCA Community Clinic

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The Louisiana SPCA Community Clinic sponsored by PetSmart Charities has spayed/neutered more than 50,000 animals in the Greater New Orleans area.

In addition to affordable spay/ neuter, the Community Clinic also offers low-cost wellness visits, heartworm treatment, microchipping, vaccinations, flea and heartworm preventatives and much more. Our new facility spans almost 8,000 sq. ft. and houses 5 exam rooms, 2 surgical suites, 5 heartworm treatment condos and an on-site pharmacy.

Our skilled team of veterinarians hail from around the country and have a combined experience of 115 years.

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What is your favorite piece of medical / health advice?

Heartworms is the #1 medical concern for pets living in south Louisiana. Remember to give your pet a monthly preventative or bi-annual ProHeart 6 injection!

1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. • 504-363-1333 (clinic) • 504-368-5191 (main) www.la-spca.org/clinic

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What is your favorite piece of medical / health advice?

Never seek a doctor who treats the disease; rather, seek a doctor that treats the patient who has the disease. - Dr. Neil Jolly

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pop up (moving from lying to standing on the board) and the duck dive (which, to the nonsurfer, feels similar to a yoga chaturanga).

Unlike surfing in the ocean, you can put one foot on the floor when you lose balance — which I did. The board also serves as a bench for tricep dips and a wobble board for lunges and squats, performed HIIT-style in 30-second increments. Indoor surfing isn’t cheap ($22 for an a la carte class), but it’s a feel-good, full-body workout when you can’t get to the beach.

An attendee engages her core muscles at a City Surf class.

When kids need well visits, the last thing parents want is to sit in waiting rooms with sick kids.

And, when kids are sick, the last thing they want is to take a car ride to the pediatrician. House Call Pediatrics helps sick kids spend more time resting at home and less time in cars and waiting rooms. In addition to sick and well visits, the practice aims to help New Orleans’ children learn healthy lifestyle habits through nutrition and exercise education. The practice accepts most insurance networks, including Medicaid.

Favorite Piece of Medical Advice?

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Vaccinate your children.

Vaccines are safe, and so far, they’re the single greatest invention produced by the field of medicine.

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I wish I had a step-by-step list for motivating myself to work out when I don’t feel like it, but I do know this: There’s no substitute for an activity that you find challenging and enjoyable. To me, the variety of experiences offered in group classes is its own kind of reward. If none of the above sounds terribly exciting to you, there are many other options to consider: indoor cycling, Pilates, boot camp, barre, martial arts, hula hooping and a dozen types of dance. Don’t worry if you feel like a particular sport is somehow antithetical to your personality — if I believed that, I never would have realized how much I enjoy gym classes.

Innovative Suit Therapy offers Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy to children and adults with neurological impairments. We see patients with Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Developmental Delay, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury and much more. We offer traditional therapy as well as 3 week intense therapy sessions based on the patient’s need for therapy with use of the TheraSuit and the Universal Exercise Unit. These tools in therapy will increase the patient’s overall strength, balance and coordination to promote increased independence with functional skills and daily activities such as sitting, standing and walking.

MELISSA S. PETTAVINO, PT, MPT- OWNER

What sets your business apart?

We are the only therapy center in Louisiana certified and trained to offer pediatric and adult therapy services with the use of the TheraSuit and the Universal Exercise Unit.

19105 Sandy Lane • Covington • 985-792-7700 • Fax: 985-247-8220 InnovativeSuitTherapy@gmail.com • InnovativeSuitTherapy.com

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House Call Pediatrics • (504) 373-8480 hcpeds.com

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Xtreme Physical Therapy

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Xtreme Physical Therapy is a full time outpatient therapy clinic that employs a hands-on approach to patient care. We Strategically schedule patients for approximately 45-60 minutes of hands on physical therapy with licensed personnel. Our services include Rehabilitation of Orthopedics Injuries, Sports Rehabilitation and Post Surgical Patients. We also specialize in Functional Capacity Evaluation.

With two convenient locations, we are open Monday- Friday from 7:00 am - 6:00 pm with early morning, evening and Saturday appointments available. Our motto at Xtreme Physical Therapy is eXtra time, eXcellent service, eXtremely qualified.

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How long have you been in business?

Xtreme Physical Therapy has been in existence since 2003. Our Physical Therapists have been in their field for approximately 6 - 25 years.

Owners: Brian Simpson PT, LMT • Gwendolyn Johnson-Simpson, Marketing Director • Althea Jones MPT • 3300 Behrman Place, New Orleans 504-374-0015 • 9930 Lake Forest Blvd, Ste. A, New Orleans 504-245-2483

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Canon Hospice

Located next to Dorignac’s, we guarantee the type of service only a locally owned, locally operated pharmacy can provide. For 50 years, we’ve earned the trust of the River Parish region by caring for the well-being of every customer we’ve served. Now we’ve opened our newest location on Veterans Blvd. We provide customers with FREE medication consultation, 10 minute wait times, deep discounts on prescriptions, and over the counter items plus a variety of gifts.

Get to know your LOCAL pharmacist. Ask about our discounted prescriptions prices and medication synchronization.

Canon Hospice is making a difference in our community by providing quality end-of-life care to those seeking comfort and dignity while dealing with a life-limiting illness. Canon’s community involvement is extended even further through the non-profit Akula Foundation which sponsors Camp Swan, a children’s bereavement camp, Canon Hospice Health Hour of New Orleans: Saturday from Noon - 1PM on WGSO 990 AM and The Grief Resource Center (GRC) which offers educational services to health care professionals throughout the year. All Foundation services are free and open to the public.

What is your favorite piece of medical / health advice?

When incorporating changes, start small. Small changes are easier to implement and when combined, quickly add up to big results.

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What is your favorite piece of medical / health advice?

Plan ahead. Let your family know your wishes for End of Life Care.

Call Canon Hospice to get a free copy of the Five Wishes!!!

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Wellspring Health news in brief

BY MISSY WILKINSON

for sale, and 25 percent of proceeds benefits Wounded War Heroes.

“We are dedicated to improving the health care experience for our patients, families and caregivers,” Willie Paretti, Chairman of the LRMC Board of Directors, said in a press release. “By integrating the arts into our hospital setting, we provide another layer of therapeutic care, while also improving the overall aesthetic of our facility.”

The recently opened Cobalt Medical Development Rehabilitation Hospital treats traumatic brain injuries, concussions, strokes, spinal cord injuries, orthopedic injuries, Parkinson’s and muscular-based diseases.

The American Diabetes Association (www.professional.diabetes. org) holds its 76th annual medical meeting Friday, June 10 through Tuesday, June 14 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. More than 15,000 leading health care pro-

fessionals and scientists convene to discuss innovations in diabetes treatment options and research.

Nordstrom (www.nordstrom. com) now carries Rosie G (www.rosiegstyle.com) apparel, a children’s clothing line designed by New Orleans native Grace Rose Bauer, who is 13 years old and has cystic fibrosis. A percentage of proceeds from sales benefits cystic fibrosis research.

Lakeview Regional Medical Center (LRMC) and Art House Boston have partnered for a “Healing Arts” exhibition. More than 30 pieces of art by six artists of Art House Boston are on display during hospital hours at Lakeview Regional Medical Center (95 Judge Tanner Blvd., Covington, 985-867-3800; www. lakeviewregional.com). Artworks are

“Bling the Bra Challenge,” a bra art competition from FestiGals, supporting Breastoration and the Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans, is underway. Participants may register online at www.festigals.org to decorate a bra through Wednesday, July 15. There will be an online fundraising competition, and the top three custom bras will be auctioned off at a brunch July 30. Stein Mart has donated bras for participants to decorate, which can be procured by contacting Michelle Linton at michelle@festigals.org or calling (504) 524-1227. lululemon athletica (The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., 504522-3264; Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Metairie, 504-833-5053; www. lululemon.com) holds Yoga Social Club in the pavilion at Crescent Park (1008 N. Peters St.) at 5:45 p.m. every Thursday through June. Participants should bring mats, water and a towel.

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Cobalt Medical Development Rehabilitation Hospital (3701 Bienville St.), a 66,000-square-foot speech, physical and occupational therapy center, celebrated its grand opening last week. Featuring 60 private rooms and inpatient and outpatient programs, the facility employs 178 physicians, physical therapists, speech therapists, nurses and nurse assistants who treat traumatic brain injuries, concussions, strokes, spinal cord injuries, orthopedic injuries, Parkinson’s and muscular-based diseases. Patients will be received starting in July.

Julie Fortenberry, a dietitian with Touro Infirmary, hosts a free tour of the Crescent City Farmers Market (200 Broadway St., 504-8614488; www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org) from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday, June 7. She can address specific health needs and will teach participants cost-effective ways to incorporate fresh, local produce into their meals.

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The LSU Health Foundation New Orleans received a $12,000 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation (www. christopherreeve.org) to support its Stroke Clinic. The Stroke Clinic holds clinics twice a month for 10 months for people who have had strokes and lack access to rehabilitation services.

According to Dr. Barbara Doucet, assistant professor of occupational therapy at the LSU Health Sciences Center School of Allied Health Professions and director of the Stroke Clinic, most health insurance only pays for six months of rehabilitation. “That is why we are so grateful to the Reeve Foundation for providing funding for this invaluable program,” Doucet said in a press release. “We believe these services will have a huge impact on those people living with chronic stroke.”

For more information about the Stroke Clinic, call 504-568-4302 or 504-568-7697.

Ochsner Health System partners with Rouses, Hollygrove Market and Farm, Cleaver & Co., Edible New Orleans, Old New Orleans Louisiana Rum, New Orleans Food Co-op, Cajun Country Rice and more companies for the sixth annual Eat Local Challenge (www. nolalocavore.org). Throughout June, participants eat only food grown within a 200-mile radius of New Orleans and receive discounts to farmers markets and food workshops, meal plans and more. Ochsner’s Eat Fit NOLA program develops healthy, locally grown menu items with area chefs. Visit the website to register.

This blinged-out bra was auctioned last year

by FestiGals to raise funds for Breastoration and the Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans.

Whole Foods Market Mandeville (3450 Highway 190, Mandeville, 985-231-3328; www. wholefoodsmarket.com) hosts a free yoga class by Just Breathe Yoga Studio at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 11. Participants should bring their own mats.

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