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CLEARER VISION The Ohio Valley experienced a seismic shift in medical care last year when three hospitals closed in a matter of months.

Belmont Community Hospital in Bellaire was first to shut its doors in April, followed by the closures of Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling and East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry later that September.

The loss of those hospitals had first responders, ambulance services and residents scrambling to find a clearer vision on where patients can be treated.

West Virginia University Health Systems stepped in to fill some of that void when it entered into management agreements with Barnesville Hospital, Reynolds Memorial Hospital and Wheeling Hospital to help those facilities continue to provide quality medical care.

Meanwhile, a new sports complex set to open at The Highlands this spring and various senior centers across the region are offering various activities to keep people of all ages healthy, stimulated and mobile. And the annual Ogden Newspapers Wellness Weekend returns Memorial Day weekend in Wheeling on May 23 and 24, along with the popular Tough as Nails Urban Challenge presented by The Health Plan.

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Sports Complex To Add Area Fitness Options at The Highlands

By JOSELYN KING Staff Writer WHEELING — When weather conditions make outside practice difficult for area schools sports teams, the Highlands Sports Complex will be available to young athletes needing to work out.

Expected to open in late April or early May, the complex will contain a fitness area as well as plenty of space for those wanting to pass or pitch.

“It is a great opportunity,” said Dwaine Rodgers, assistant principal/athletic director at Wheeling Park High School.

“Through my travels in the state, I have seen other communities with something similar. It’s a credit to the insight of our county commission.”

He expects the complex will “enhance the opportunities for our students to train.”

This will be especially helpful to the baseball team, which starts its training in late winter.

“Spring doesn’t really get started here until April, yet we start in March in West Virginia. So it’s tough,” Rodgers said. “I’m excited. I think they’re spot on. I hope people take advantage of it. I know we’re looking at some ways we can, because we don’t have an indoor training facility. I think it’s going to be good.”

The complex and surrounding development at The Highlands are owned by the taxpayers of Ohio County, and administered by the Ohio County Development Authority. Once opened, it will be operated by Sports Facilities Management LLC, of Clearwater, Florida.

While the complex will contain a fitness center, it really is intended to be a destination location for sports tournaments and an economic driver, said Commissioner Randy Wharton, also president of the develop-

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The complex and surrounding development at The Highlands are owned by Ohio County, and administered by the Ohio County Development Authority.

ment authority. Those attending the events at the complex are expected to stay in hotels at The Highlands, eat at restaurants and visit shops there, he said.

“Our goal is for it to be a sports complex, not a fitness center,” Wharton said. “The concept of the sports complex is to contribute the enhancement of The Highlands. The overall goal is to bring in tournaments — all the field and ball sports.”

There will be batting cages inside, and the opportunity for indoor practices, according to Wharton.

“Baseball teams — if they are getting ready for the sea-

son — can go inside and pass the ball around,” he said. “This would enhance some of the local school programs, and anything that promotes athletic activity is going to contribute to the overall fitness of community.”

The fitness center will be an option for teams playing in tournaments at the Sports Complex, and will be supervised by SFM employees.

“And it will be available for people to use on a daily, monthly basis,” Wharton said.

“We’re not trying to compete with any other fitness centers.

But with this kind of facility we have, it’s only natural we

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The facility will have six basketball courts surrounding a central turf playing field. The field can be configured into four separate soccer fields if needed.

There will be a zipline and a rock climbing wall outside, and there also are tentative plans for a splash pad.

“The splash pad is in the design, but not in the budget,” Wharton said. “I would like to see it happen. It’s a great way for some young kids to blow off steam while older siblings are playing. And the outdoor fields lend themselves to about everything.”

A CLEARER VISION on The Highlands Sports Complex: ∫ The new complex will open in April or May and contain a fitness area, as well as space for those wanting to pass or pitch. ∫ The facility will be operated by Sports Facilities Management LLC, of Clearwater, Florida. ∫ The complex and surrounding development at The Highlands are owned by Ohio County, and administered by the Ohio County Development Authority.

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Senior Centers Active in 2020

By ROBERT A. DEFRANK Staff Writer POWHATAN POINT — Area senior centers have no shortage of activities planned, and new developments in 2020 will continue to provide opportunities to keep seniors active and engaged.

Belmont County Senior Services Director Gary Armitage, who will be retiring in March, said he expects the demand for senior services will only increase in the coming years.

“For the centers, we’re always trying to grow them. That is the Number One activity. The more seniors we have active, the more activity we can do, the more people we can service out there,” he

said.

“We had some enormous growth in several of the centers. Powhatan in particular has increased their attendance exponentially in the last few years. We were actually very close to closing that center down at one point because there were so few people attending.

Now it’s one of our more active centers,” he said.

Last year, Powhatan Point’s seniors relocated their center out of a flood zone.

Armitage said other centers may also see more use as the population ages.

“You always have people who pass on, and those people are sometimes hard to replace be-

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A CLEARER VISION on Senior Centers: ∫ National Older Americans Month is in May. ∫ The former Monroe Care Center changed hands to private ownership Feb. 6 and is now the Stellar Care Center. ∫ Powhatan Point’s seniors relocated their center out of a flood zone last year. cause they’re very active members,” he said. “We tend to get membership at the centers who are older seniors. The young

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The headquarters of Belmont County Senior Services Department hosts events for seniors from across the county.

seniors tend to have more mobility and financially they’re able to do other things, but when people get into their 70s and 80s, spouses pass away and friends pass away, it becomes more and more

Senior centers such as the Monroe County facility in Woodsfield provide activities and an opportunity to socialize for seniors, including George Turner of Woodsfield and Seneca Township, Donna Pyles of Beallsville, and Edward Ackerman of Lewisville.

essential that they have a peer group with them, and we’re always interested in letting them know there are people in their age-range who share their life experiences and that they don’t have to live out their lives alone.

There are places in our county where they can go on a daily basis, where they can have fellowship and hopefully a very good meal.”

He said home delivery and medical transport continues to increase.

“I see that continuing to grow for some time because our aging population is still in a growth phase and we won’t hit the max of that for another five or six years.”

In addition, Armitage said the large community room at senior services department headquarters is proving useful for large gatherings of seniors from across the county. Armitage said the department is looking into the possibility of a car show, and National Older Americans Month in May will include a celebration at the community room. The department is also coordinating with the Ohio Attorney General’s office to hold a production about scams directed at seniors.

St. Clairsville Senior Center Director Denise Starr said her center continues to be a lively destination for seniors.

“I think we’re increasing in members,” she said. “My members enjoy the center because they love to play games and

just socialize.”

Starr said the seniors look forward to trips to flea markets and to Amish communities. Upcoming activities include a presentation from Care Funeral and Cremation Specialists of St. Clairsville Chapel to give advice on final arrangements.

At Monroe County, the former Monroe Care Center changed hands to private ownership Feb. 6 and is now the Stellar Care Center. The 166-year-old professional rehabilitation and nursing services provider was bought by Bryan Casey, president of Alternative Living Solutions. The commissioners said the facility had not become self-sufficient despite regaining certification to provide care for Medicare and Medicaid patients and earning a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Director Jessica Price said the 60-capacity facility currently has 48 residents and she expects to reach full capacity in the next few weeks.

There is little overlap between the care center and Monroe County’s senior center in Woodsfield, since most visitors are self-sufficient. Ruth Ricer, supervisor, said her site normally has 15 to 20 senior visitors daily, with 20 meals served in the dining room and home-deliver meals Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Ricer said about 40 meals are delivered in a given day.

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WVU Health System Continues Management of Local Hospitals

From Staff Reports WHEELING — In 2016, 2018 and 2019, West Virginia University Health System entered into management agreements with several local hospitals including Barnesville Hospital, Wheeling Hospital, Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale and Wetzel County Hospital in New Martinsville.

At Barnesville Hospital, the agreement included management of the hospital and a clinical affiliation with WVU Hospitals. David Phillips remained as president and CEO of Barnesville Hospital.

When the agreement was announced last May, Albert Wright Jr., president and CEO of the West Virginia University Health System, said the new affiliation would benefit the facility and its patients.

“With the management agreement and clinical affiliation, we will be able to share human, professional, clinical and physical resources, which will result in more efficient care for the Belmont County community. We are looking forward to welcoming Barnesville Hospital into the WVU Medicine family,” Wright said at that time.

Barnesville Hospital is a 25bed critical access hospital that employs approximately 250 people. It offers a variety of inpatient and outpatient services, including cardiopulmonary care and rehabilitation, emergency medicine, general surgery, laboratory, physical and occupational therapy, radiology, sleep medicine and speech-language pathology.

At Wheeling Hospital, the agreement announced last June entailed WVU Medicine providing management services to the hospital, while Douglass Harrison, who was named Wheeling Hospital’s new chief

A CLEARER VISION on WVU Health System: ∫ WVU Health System recently entered into management agreements with several local hospitals in Barnesville, Wheeling, Glen Dale and New Martinsville. ∫ The WVU Health System includes five institutes. ∫ The WVU Health System, the state’s largest health system and largest private employer, is composed of nine hospitals.

executive officer at that time, would oversee all hospital operations.

Wheeling Hospital’s Board of Directors continues to govern the facility with final responsibility for quality of care and financial oversight.

With Harrison’s installment, Kareen Simon, who had been serving as interim CEO, returned to her former position of executive vice president and chief operating officer for the hospital. At the time of the agreement, Wheeling Hospital Board Chair Lawrence Bandi described Douglass Harrison as a “natural choice” to lead the hospital. He also said WVU Medicine is committed to offering the right care to local residents.

“As we launched our search for a new CEO, we discussed the potential formal relationship with the West Virginia University Health System, the largest health provider in West Virginia, with a nationally recognized patient-centered system of care,” Bandi said previously.

Reynolds Memorial Hospital entered into its management agreement with WVU in 2016. It was the first hospital

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Wheeling Hospital’s management agreement with WVU Health System began in June 2019.

in the Ohio Valley to enter into such an agreement. The agreement provided Reynolds’ patients access to services offered by WVU Medicine. The hospital’s former oncology department was transformed into a site for the WVU Cancer Institute. David F. Hess, CEO of Reynolds, previously described the agreement as a great partnership.

“World-class cancer care will be back in Marshall County, on our campus,” he said during the 2016 announcement. “WVU Medicine has a vision to bring world-class surgery onto our campus as well.”

Wetzel County Hospital teamed up with WVU Medicine in October 2018. As part of the agreement, Hess also became CEO of Wetzel County Hospital.

The hospital had already been in a clinical agreement with WVU Medicine since 2016.

When the management agreement was announced, Wetzel

County Hospital board chair George Friedline said, “We are again grateful to the Wetzel County commissioners and the hospital trustees for their support and forward thinking in taking this step, which only serves to benefit our patients.

Since we entered into the clinical affiliation, we have seen our medical services and capabilities expand, and we expect further expansion in those areas as a result of this management agreement,” he said.

Established in 1920, Wetzel County Hospital is a 58-bed facility that employs 235 people.

It offers a variety of inpatient and outpatient services, including cardiopulmonary; emergency; general surgery; radiology and cardiac rehabilitation; and physical, occupational and speech therapy.

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In addition to Wetzel, Barneville, Wheeling and Reynolds, it also provides management services to Summersville Regional Medical Center, Jackson General Hospital in Ripley and Garrett Regional Medical Center in Oakland, Md. The WVU Health System includes five institutes: WVU Cancer Institute, WVU Critical Care and Trauma Institute, WVU Eye Institute, WVU Heart and Vascular Institute and WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.

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Road Closures a Headache for Ambulance Services

By SHELLEY HANSON Staff Writer NEFFS — Local ambulance services say road closures related to the I-70 Bridges Project has impacted their work more than recent hospital closures.

Neffs Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mike Knowlton said the closure of the East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry and Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling has not directly impacted his ambulance service, but the road closures have made the turn-around time longer for drivers.

“The bridges project is worse than the hospitals,” Knowlton said. “The turn-around to return to our station has gone from an hour to an hour-and-ahalf or more.”

Knowlton said getting a patient to Wheeling Hospital has not taken more time, but just getting back to the station has.

“We’ve tried different routes. There is no quick way to get back across the Ohio River,” he noted.

Wheeling Fire Chief Larry Helms said the road construction also has impacted his ambulance drivers.

When OVMC first closed there was an adjustment to be made.

“Initially we were chal-

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A CLEARER VISION on Ambulance Services:

∫ Road construction has impacted ambulance drivers more than the hospital closures. ∫ Highway closures related to the I-70 Bridges Project have caused issues for many ambulance services in the Ohio Valley. ∫ When OVMC and EORH closed, adjustments were made to their routes.

A view of the Neffs Volunteer Fire Department’s ambulance and fire engines.

lenged, but it seems to be working itself out,” Helms said.

He noted the fire department meets with Wheeling Hospital officials every Friday to discuss potential issues.

Helms said during construction of the Fort Henry bridge years ago it was nice to have both OVMC and Wheeling Hospital to transport patients to. However, the department has always had plans to place to deal with various road closure over the years.

“When we get to the eastbound closure it’s going to be even more of a challenge.

We’ve planned for a year prior for what’s happening now.

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We’re always looking at different routes and things like that.

A lot of stuff goes into it,” he said.

Wheeling Fire Lt. Jason Milton said he has not heard of any problems from his drivers.

“I haven’t had anything cross my desk regarding the length of response times,” he added.

Wheeling Fire Department Capt. Eric Cianelli, left, and paramedic Chris Haney work out of one of the city’s busiest firehouses for medical emergency calls.

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Ogden Wellness Weekend to Build Off Last Year’s Success

By JOSH STROPE Staff Writer WHEELING — Last year’s Ogden Newspapers Wellness Weekend was such a success, there is plenty of buzz about what is set to come this year.

The annual Memorial Day weekend tradition takes place May 23-24.

Wellness Weekend presented by WVU Medicine begins Saturday, May 23 with the 44th Ogden Newspapers Half Marathon Classic.

New York’s Bryan Morseman finished the 43rd annual race in a time 1:15:00.30 to claim first place, crossing the tape first for the second year in a row.

The event begins at 7:30 a.m. as the half marathon walkers begin their trek.

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∫ Ogden Newspapers Wellness Weekend takes place May 23-24. ∫ Some of Saturday’s events include the half marathon run, 5K run, 5K walk, Ogden Fun Run, Tiny Tot Trot, as well as the awards ceremonies. ∫ Sunday’s activities include the Heritage Trail Bicycle Tour and the Tough As Nails Urban Challenge presented by The Health Plan.

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For those brave souls there is the Scatterday Challenge, named in honor of late Ogden Race director R. “Scat” Scatterday. This challenge consists of running or walking the Ogden Newspapers Half Marathon Classic; biking the 10- or 30-mile legs of the Heritage Trail Bicycle Tour; and then completing the Tough as Nails Urban Challenge.

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Hospitals, WVU Medicine Fill Health Care Gaps

By LINDA COMINS Staff Writer Hospitals managed by WVU Medicine are filling health care gaps created by the 2019 closure on Hospitals in the of three area hospitals.

Ohio Valley: Belmont Communi∫ WVU Medicine ty Hospital in Bellaire Reynolds Memoriclosed last April. Ohio al Hospital is in the Valley Medical Center process of expanding in Wheeling and East its emergency departOhio Regional Hospital ment. in Martins Ferry closed in ∫ Wheeling HospiSeptember. tal’s new Ambulatory Outlining Wheeling Surgery Center in Hospital’s expanded ser- Bridgeport is opening vices, CEO Douglass in late February.

Harrison said, “There’s ∫ A Respiratory and lots going on and lots of Occupational Lung opportunities. It is con- Disease Clinic opened tinuing to meet needs this month at Reynolds of the community. The to fill the void after the partnership with WVU Black Lung Clinic at Medicine allows us to EORH closed. do that. Folks don’t have to leave the Ohio Valley (for health care).” and WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital’s tal Reynolds Memorial Hosnew Ambulatory Surgery pital in Glen Dale are takCenter, located along ing steps to address menOhio 7 in Bridgeport, is tal health care following opening in late February, the closure of OVMC’s he said. psychiatric unit.

The hospital also is Hillcrest “We are looking at opening urgent care cen- development of an inpaters at the Stone Center tient psychiatin downtown ric unit here at Wheeling and Wheeling. We at 3000 Guernwill likely have sey St. in Bel20 to 24 adult laire. Expandinpatient beds,” ed hours of Harrison said. operation are “We’re probably planned at its a year away from primary care that by the time walk-in clinic, we do the CON located in the (Certificate of Romano BuildNeed) and conHARRISON ing in Martins struction.”

Ferry.

Reynolds has added Harrison said the ur- adult, child and adolesgent care center in the cent behavioral health to Stone Center will have its service lines and now a pharmacy, lab, imag- employs three former ing and corporate health Hillcrest psychiatrists, services on the first floor Drs. Paul Papadimitriou, of the building’s Market Alber Ghobrial and Nihit Street level. A fitness and Gupta. An inpatient psywellness facility will be chiatric unit is under conconstructed on the fourth struction on Reynolds’ floor. floor and is expected The corporate health fifth to open this summer. component represents Dr. David Hess, presan expansion of current ident and CEO of WVU services offered on the Medicine Reynolds Mehospital’s main campus morial Hospital, said the at Medical Park, he said. hospital also is in the Likewise, the fitness facility is an extension of process of expanding its the Howard Long Well- emergency department.

“We have added six ness Center. board-certified, The downtown ur- new emergency medicine phygent care center is set to open in March, with the sicians — all who were launch of other compo- formerly employed by nents “staggered month EMSTAR at Ohio Valley by month,” he said. “We Medical Center,” Hess hope to have everything said. “To further address the ER wait times and done by this summer.”

Meanwhile, Harrison the needs of the commusaid, “We continue to re- nity, we are opening two cruit additional primary urgent care-type facilicare physicians to meet ties in northern Marshall our growth in the com- County.” munity.”

Reynolds Rapid Care An expanded pediatric will open in early March specialty clinic is planned in Benwood and anothin partnership with WVU er rapid care facility will Medicine, which took open this summer in over the hospital’s neo- Mount Olivet. natal intensive care unit On Reynolds’ main in January. WVU Medi- campus in Glen Dale, a cine will begin managing Respiratory and Occuemergency and critical pational Lung Disease care services in April.

Clinic opened this month The hospital continues to help fill the void left to strengthen its partner- when the Black Lung ship with the WVU Heart Clinic at EORH closed. and Vascular Institute “to “The clinic offers a oneadd depth of service and stop shop for evaluation bring additional clini- of Coal Worker’s Pneucians to the market,” he moconiosis, commonly said. known as black lung, and Wheeling Hospital other occupational lung plans to hire two full-time diseases,” Hess said. neurosurgeons and addiA new state-of-the-art tional neurology support MRI unit is now available under WVU Medicine, he to patients at Reynolds. A said. In women’s health, new PET scan unit will be a new maternal fetal available one day a week, medicine program will beginning Feb. 26. expand care for high-risk “Our primary care pracpatients. tices are expanding with Both Wheeling Hospi- the addition of five new

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An inpatient psychiatric unit is under construction on the fifth floor of WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale. The unit is expected to open this summer.

physicians,” Hess said.

“We’ve also added nurse practitioners and physician assistants — many of whom were formerly employed by OVMC.” The women’s services team at Reynolds soon will welcome two new obstetricians-gynecologists to practice with Dr. Nicole Carlson. “Babies began being delivered once again at Reynolds in 2018 and since that time we’ve had more than 100 births,” the CEO said.

Medical services also are expanding at WVU Medicine Barnesville Hospital to meet community needs.

Dave Phillips, president and CEO at Barnesville, said, “Emergency medicine needs have been one of the greatest concerns in the community since the closing of East Ohio Regional Hospital.

Barnesville Hospital’s emergency department was completely remodeled in 2015 and is a state-of-the-art facility ready to meet the needs of the residents of Belmont and surrounding counties.

Our door-to-discharge time is an average of two hours in and out.”

Through clinical affiliation with WVU Medicine, Barnesville Hospital will soon be bringing telemedicine to the emergency room with a Tele Stroke program and eventually a Virtual Intensive Care Unit, he said.

“We have seen an in-

crease in patients to our ER in the past six months and we are continuing to work to insure those patients have positive experiences and outcomes at our hospital,” Phillips said.

Barnesville Hospital has added orthopedic surgeon Dr. John Michalski and general surgeon Dr. Frank Schiebel to its staff.

“We are continuing to add primary care physicians to our already successful roster to address the loss of primary care offices after the closing of OVMC and EORH,” Phillips said.

“The clinical and management affiliation with WVU Medicine allows physicians to split time at other affiliated hospitals, such as Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale. This opportunity is attractive to many providers and is making recruitment and retention easier.”

Looking ahead, he said, “I see the prognosis for health care in the Upper Ohio Valley as a very positive one. WVU

Medicine has answered the call to fill the gaps left behind with the closure of OVMC and EORH. The residents need our community hospitals and affiliations with larger health care organizations is the way this is going to happen. It is becoming too financially straining for smaller, rural hospitals to keep their heads afloat.”

In a similar vein, Hess said, “The overall prognosis for health care in

the Upper Ohio Valley is tremendous. With the investment by WVU Medicine into the Northern Panhandle and Belmont County, Ohio, the residents will see a coordinated effort to bring the highest quality care, with the best access, at the lowest cost. ... We have already answered the call with the closure of OVMC and EORH. We have shown the commitment to the valley and will continue to do so.”

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Left: The physical therapy equipment at Mountain River Physical Therapy may not be the biggest and best, but the focus physical therapy is on teaching people how to move better, before they can lift more or move faster. Right: A patient at Mountain River Physical Therapy stretches out for treatment.

Physical Therapy Getting Proactive

By ALAN OLSON Staff Writer WHEELING — Whether a patient seeks relief from joint pain or to maximize the effectiveness of their athletic training, physical and sports therapy is making strides in improving how the body moves.

Adrian Moses, team leader at Wheeling’s Mountain River Physical Therapy, said rehabilitation is all about motion, which allows them to assist people from all walks of life, as anyone can benefit from it.

“As a physical therapist, we’re movement therapists.

That transcends elderly, pediatrics, sports — we all live by moving. Movement is key,” Moses said. “When we have people come in here, regardless of their age or functional status, or what their goals are, our main goal is to help them move better.”

This common methodology,

Moses said, allows for similar assessments across the board, even if individual treatments can vary wildly.

For athletes, Moses said, the job of a physical therapist isn’t to make the athlete stronger or faster, but to get them moving well.

“Whatever they want to do to get bigger, faster, stronger, they’ll have more stamina, and have more energy to do it,” he said.

This approach is not new for the field of physical therapy, he said. Selective Functional Movement Assessment and Functional Movement Screening are used to diagnose a person’s movement and where potential issues may lie — a process which is done visually.

“For athletes, it’s a very good predictor of injury, it’s a good indicator for return to sports,” Moses said. “They actually use it in the NFL (Scouting) Com-

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Moses said that movement in the human body interacts with other body parts in sometimes unexpected ways. One Wheeling University student athlete came to Mountain River for elbow pain, which was treated when therapists treated his left knee.

“That’s the kind of stuff we’re capable of doing, but not everyone does that.

“When they hear ‘physical therapy,’ people say, ‘Oh, you had those electrical stimulation pads put on you.’ ‘You had an ultrasound.’ Those are modalities that are just a small part of what therapists are capable of doing.”

Moses described a variety of treatments offered, ranging

from manipulation and stretches, to dry needling — which uses acupuncture needles, but differently in treatment procedures — to ASTYM therapy, a non-invasive soft tissue treatment. These treatments are coupled with exercise undertaken by patients.

“I don’t have any huge gym equipment, we don’t need special tools or big space. People need to learn their own bodies before they can move weight,” he said.

Rather than radically new treatments, Moses said, physical rehabilitation specialists have, in recent years, instead gotten better at diagnosing patients’ problems and correcting them before symptoms develop.

“If we have ways to assess people that can predict the ways to move their own bodies and prevent injury, that’s huge.”

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■ CBD is a nonpsychoactive cannabinoid found in hemp oil, meaning it does not produce the “high” effect associated with THC. Your CBD Store recently opened for business in early February, marking the third CBD store to open in St. Clairsville this past year.

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CBD Industry Takes Off in the Ohio Valley

By CARRI GRAHAM Staff Writer ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Cannabidiol, also know as CBD oil, has become wildly popular over the past few years with numerous shops popping up in the Ohio Valley.

The ingredient has been credited with helping both people and animals with a number of ailments. It’s been reported that many have experienced health benefits from using products containing CBD. It is also known for its pain relief and could become an alternative to prescription medications.

Within the past few months, numerous CBD oil stores have opened up shop and now call St. Clairsville home. One of those shops, Your CBD Store co-owner Alex Grendel said he wanted to have an alternative source to help people of the Ohio Valley with painful ailments, simultaneously helping to combat the opioid crisis in the local region. Grendel said he himself takes the oil to combat his own aches and pains including a recent surgery to his Achilles tendon and arthritis in his knees.

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Owners of America’s CBD Store pose for a photo inside their store located on Main Street in St. Clairsville. Pictured are Co-Owners Dennis Bussell II and Sarah Mazanetz . The couple said their store was the first of its kind to open in the city nearly three months ago, in early December.

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Grendel said he did not want to take the risk of becoming addicted to the prescription medication so he began searching for an alternative source to aid him in his recovery. He later discovered the products that he uses now to help fight his painful ailments.

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He said consistency is the key when it comes to taking CBD. “The more consistent you can be, the more your body learns how to be more effective,” he said.

The goal, he added, is to use the product for at least one week in order to receive the potential benefits. Grendel also said the products may not be cheap, however, they are much cheaper than pharmaceutical drugs, and without all the negative side effects associated with them.

Grendel invites interested people to come to the store and check them out.

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At Grendel’s store, customers can purchase both ingestibles and external creams that contain the oil. His inventory includes items such as oral serums and oils, tinctures, creams, candies, pill forms and vapors.

The products each contain various levels of CBD in them, so it all depends on the person’s size, tolerance and ailments, he said.

“It’s all about finding the right dosage,” he said.

Grendel cites the potential benefits of the oil as to why it’s gained such popularity in recent times.

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Also located in St. Clairsville is America’s CBD Store on Main Street. The store is co-owned by husband and wife duo, Dennis Bussell and Sarah Mazanetz. The couple made the decision to open the store after using the products themselves and seeing incredible improvements in numerous afflictions they each suffer from.

Bussell said he began using the oil several months ago for his arthritis. Sarah, on the other hand, uses the oil to combat

her fibromyalgia, anxiety and depression.

“It’s working for all of those,” Bussell said.

The couple said they wanted to bring health and wellness to the area by opening up shop in St. Clairsville.

“It’s a great community,” Mazanetz said. “Everyone’s been very welcoming.”

The store strictly carries only one brand of CBD, however it has a multitude of products from that brand.

“We chose one quality brand to sell,” Bussell said.

The duo sells products including gel capsules, tinctures, oils, balms, bundles and more.

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Bussell said the products are all non-addictive.

“We have clients who use a variety of (our) products and had success with multiple different issues,” Mazanetz said.

The store also carries a beauty line that features body washes, creams, bath bombs and facial masks, along with a “pet section” for furry friends. Bussell said the couple began using the CBD products on their 11-year-old pitbull, Chewy, which had anxiety in the past.

In addition to themselves, and Chewy, members of their family have also had success with various ailments thanks to the oil, including the couple’s

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The couple directly credits using the bath bombs with clearing the child’s skin.

A new CBD user and loyal America’s CBD Store customer, Sherrie Munson, Forever Media consultant and St. Clairsville Chamber of Commerce ambassador, said she has been faithfully using the products since the couple opened up shop in December.

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Medical Marijuana Expected to See Growth in 2020

By ROBERT A. DEFRANK Staff Writer WINTERSVILLE — Some see further growth in the medical marijuana business. It was last January that Ohio Valley Natural Relief, LLC and CYPlus opened in Wintersville.

The dispensaries were two of only five in the state permitted to open.

“From Ohio’s standpoint, prices are dropping and may continue to fall as more processors and cultivators enter the market,” Mike Petrella, owner and CEO of Ohio Valley Natural Relief, said.

“Out of 32 licensed cultivators, we only have 20 that are actually on the market, and we have 43 processors going on the market, and there’s only 16 at the moment, so that’ll really bring the price down,” he said, adding customers are noticing a difference.

“When we first started, you could probably get an ounce for around $400 to $500, and right now you can probably get an ounce from anywhere between $200 and $300,” he said.

Petrella said the state continues to keep a close eye on medical marijuana.

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ly regulated. Laws are in place to make sure everything’s handled well. The state has done a good job. There’s a lot to comply with, but at the same time it overall makes the program beneficial for everyone,” he said.

This does create complications.

“One of the biggest thing that makes it a struggle for dispensaries is advertising. We can’t go through the same as a normal business,” he said. “We have very strict advertising laws. We really can’t do any radio, can’t do any TV. No billboards, any signage anywhere. ... We’re allowed on Facebook, but Facebook itself because marijuana’s still federally il-

legal, it’s very hard to do any advertising on there. They stop a lot of the advertising and we can’t do any paid advertising on Facebook either.”

Petrella said he hopes to see the industry continue to gain recognition as a respectable enterprise “Things are going steady.

Hopefully one day obviously on a federal level,” he said, adding his next hope is for a safe banking act to be passed to allow licensed marijuana companies to conduct normal banking business.

“That’s a big issue because right now it’s just an all-cash business. Hopefully one day we can accept credit cards, get insurance involved and do normal banking with banking loans, checking accounts, those types of things,” he said. “It’s a business like anything else, it really is, and those that treat it that way, that’s what makes programs run well.”

He said there is a large potential customer base for the help medical marijuana can provide.

“We tell people all the time to just get educated about it first before you make that decision,” he said. “It might not be for everyone but it is helping a lot of people that are trying it

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“We’re proud to be a locally-owned dispensary, one of the only ones in Ohio that is locally owned and not by a big corporation.”

The medical marijuana business is also watching events unfolding among West Virginia lawmakers.

“In West Virginia, they still haven’t finalized, they’re still going through the process. It’s open now for people to apply for cultivation, processing and dispensaries. Their program’s

a lot different than Ohio’s but also a little bit similar with some of the same conditions.

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NEUROPATHY WARNING!

Cambridge, OH- If you have Diabetes and unusual sensations in your feet, doctors will commonly recommend treating this “Diabetic Neuropathy” with prescription drugs that may temporarily reduce your symptoms. Drugs like Neurontin, Gabapentin, and Cymbalta (primarily antidepressant or anti-seizure drugs. Lyrica is the only FDA approved drug for diabetic neuropathy, but it has the similar effects to dull the brain). These may cause you to feel dizzy, uncomfortable, or tired and have a variety of other harmful side effects.

But the Neuropathy symptoms are a result of damaged nerves which CAUSE you pain, numbness, tingling, weakness and even significant balance problems. This

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You Don’t Have to Live With Pain www.ThatstheSpotTherapy.com nerve damage is most commonly caused by blood sugar problems like Diabetes. But even Prediabetes, which is blood sugar from 100-125 or an A1c from 5.7-6.4, and a lack of blood flow to the nerves causes the nerves to begin to degenerate.

As the blood vessels surrounding the nerve become diseased, they shrivel up, causing the nerves to lose the nutrients they need to survive. When these nerves begin to degenerate (DIE!), they cause the balance problems, weird sensations, pain, and many additional symptoms that only Neuropathy sufferers can describe A huge problem when your doctor tells you to just live with the problem (or just take the drugs with the side effects), is you start to give up hope of being able to HEAL, the hope of repairing the nerves and getting rid of the symptoms… and getting your life back!

Now the leading Neuropathy program, that has been growing and improving over the past 10 years, has helped hundreds of neuropathy sufferers get relief and offers YOU hope without taking those risky drugs with serious side effects.

The good news is, with the NEW medical integration of our office, Medicare now has significant coverage of this program!

But before we get back into that, in order to effectively treat your neuropathy three factors must be determined. 1) What is the severity of your blood sugar? 2) How much nerve damage has been sustained. 3) How much treatment will your condition require?

The treatment that is provided at the Pain Relief Neuro Center has three main goals. 1) Increase blood flow 2) Stimulate the nerve fibers 3) Decrease brain-based pain (without the side-effects of the above drugs) The treatments are part of our CLEVER Protocol. This stands for Combined Laser Electroanalgesia with Vitamin Enhanced Rehab. It’s a mouthful, but they are a combination of

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FDA Approved/Cleared therapies that work to help you HEAL! The treatments are like watering a plant. They allow blood vessels to grow back around the peripheral nerves and then we provide you with the vitamins and nutrients to heal and repair. It’s like adding water and fertilizer to a plant and seeing the roots grow deeper and deeper.

Again, the best news for many patients is that OUR PROGRAM IS NOW COVERED HEAVILY BY MEDICARE! (Depending on your coverage, the treatment could be little to no cost to you!)

The amount of treatment required to promote the nerves to recover varies from person to person and can only be determined after a detailed neurological evaluation.

We will do a neuropathy examination to determine the extent of the nerve damage for just the cost of a Medicare office visit copay. This Neuropathy exam will consist of a detailed sensory evaluation, looking at your blood work, and a detailed analysis of the findings of your neuropathy (how it affects your balance and coordination).

We will be offering this Neuropathy evaluation from now until March 10th. Due to our busy office schedule, we are limiting this exam to the first 15 callers. You don’t have to suffer with these neuropathy symptoms! Call us at 740-454-1747 to reserve an appointment.

Our newly integrated Pain Relief Neuro Center is located at 300 Main St. in downtown Zanesville, Ohio. In order to take advantage of this special offer, it is recommended you call today!

Again our number is 740-454-1747. Don’t wait for your Neuropathy to get worse another day!

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