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EARTH DAY 2022

Focuses on Collective Responsibility

by ronica A. o’hara

Invest in Our Planet

As 1 billion people around the globe gather to mark earth day on April 22, they will be focusing on an increasingly critical goal: the need for everyone—governments, citizens and businesses—to do their part to combat climate change. “everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable,” is the day’s emerging motto.

While earth day themes over the past 52 years have often centered on specific issues, such as plastic pollution and deforestation, this year’s broader theme, “invest in our Planet,” reflects a growing consensus that, at such a critical point for the earth’s future, governments will not solve the climate crisis by themselves. “like the industrial, space and information revolutions, all sectors of society can and must play major roles—this time with the extraordinary responsibilities to get it right,” reads a statement from EarthDay.org. Activism involves not only lowering carbon emissions, but also making sure that the benefits of the coming Green revolution are spread evenly throughout society, the statement says. “in 2022, we all must enter into one partnership for the planet,” says earth day President Kathleen rogers.

events, such as rallies and social media campaigns, aim to encourage action and legislation, as well as educate on corporate and personal sustainability. Art shows allow attendees to visualize a better future while data collection for citizen-based science research and workshops find ways to build local green economies. All are appropriate ways to participate this earth day, as well as clean-up campaigns and tree plantings. to learn about personal actions, including step-by-step instructions on how to organize an event, visit EarthDay.org.

Help New York City and long island celebrate victories and support future progress by participating in these local earth day 2022 events.

NYC Earth DaY Bazaar

April 17, 10 am - 5 pm 100 W 77th St, NYC grandbazaarnyc.org/events/nyc-earth-daybazaar/

Earth DaY 2022 FEstival

April 21, Noon - 7 pm Union Square Park,201 Park Ave S NYC earthdayinitiative.org/2022-events

UrBaN Farm volUNtEErs

April 24, 10 am - 1 pm randall’s island, NYC randallsisland.org/events/urban-farmvolunteers/2022-04-24/

FaD markEt Earth DaY PoP-UP

April 23, 11 am High line, Chelsea Market Passage fadmarket.co/high-line

oPEN DaY Earth DaY FEstival

April 21, Noon - 5 pm Crossroads Farm, 480 Hempstead Ave, Malverne, NY xroadsfarmliny.com/upcoming-events

Earth DaY BEaCh ClEaN-UP

April 22, 10 am-Noon truman Beach, NY-25, east Marion, NY peconiclandtrust.org/get-involved/events/ earth-day-beach-cleanup

allEY PoND ENviroNmENtal CENtEr

April 19 - Friday, April 22 (4-day session), 1:30 – 4:30pm 24-65 76th Ave. oakland Gardens, NY alleypond.doubleknot.com/event/step-upspeak-up-earth-week-celebrationsession/2878013

Do You suffer from Joint, muscle, tendon and ligament Pain or injuries?

if you do, the answer may be Prolo-ozone therapy.

From the Desk of Dr. Howard Robins at The Healing Center in New York City

If you suffer from an injury like an ankle sprain that can’t seem to heal, or if your knee is “bone on bone,” as the cartilage is completely gone and you’re in pain and maybe facing a knee replacement, then Prolo-ozone therapy may be the answer. or perhaps you suffer from sciatica, with shooting pain down your leg into your foot. Prolo-ozone therapy may be the answer. or you may have had a shoulder injury that just won’t stop hurting. Prolo-ozone therapy may be the answer.

Do you suffer from tendonitis from a sports injury?

Did you injure your bunion joint playing tennis or doing martial arts of some kind?

Are you having trouble with your golf swing because it’s uncomfortable or it just plain hurts?

Keep in mind that all these medical problems will affect how you walk and move, whether you know it or not, and can lead to the development of other painful problems in your feet, legs and back.

Prolo-ozone therapy may be the answer!

Recovery Possible within Weeks

What is Prolo-Ozone Therapy?

It is said that prolo or proli in Latin means to “rebuild” or “regenerate,” thus the word proliferate.

In the late 1990s, a published study in europe showed that Prolo-ozone therapy on Dr. Howard Robins degenerative spinal disks, using a mixture of oxygen and ozone gas, could help stop the pain. this study was repeated in canada in the early 2000s, with similar success. It was followed in europe and here in the United states by studies of its use on muscle, cartilage, tendon, ligament and joint pain and injuries, with equal success. ozone gas, acting as a safe “irritant,” causes our body to begin a healing response. It is not a surgical treatment. It has also been described as a “regenerative joint injection or nonsurgical ligament, cartilage, muscle and tendon reconstruction.” the major benefit of Prolo-ozone therapy is that the gas spreads out and stimulates the healing process over the entire injection site. Unlike its precursor, Prolotherapy, which uses a liquid “irritant” to cause healing, Prolo-ozone therapy doesn’t require a guided ultrasound to ensure that it’s applied to a precise spot.

Research being performed currently in europe indicates that the ozone gas stimulates “natural stem cell” activity in the area of injury. this must be what causes the healing response, as the ozone is gone within 10 minutes, having turned back to oxygen. stem cells serve as the body’s repair system; they have the potential to develop into many different types of cells in the body. this accounts for what we have seen—what I call “repairing the unrepairable and fixing the unfixable.” We know that medical ozone also acts as a temporary painkiller and anti-inflammatory. However, with Prolo-ozone therapy, healing is promptly and amazingly stimulated, including reports of cartilage repair and replacement occurring in addition to pain often being permanently eliminated, even when every other treatment has failed. While we once believed that this manner of healing was impossible, like many other things that we believed couldn’t be done, medical ozone therapy has proven us wrong. Prolo-ozone therapy is a series of weekly, often painless injections. With any single injection, complete recovery may be achieved! We’ve found that noticeable improvement typically occurs by the third or fourth treatment. However, if no improvement at all is felt, it may be too late to help and the therapy may not be worth continuing. If symptoms return, it may be necessary for the patient to come back, promptly and periodically, for a “tune-up”—another injection or series of injections. All around the world, Prolo-ozone therapy has saved many people from having to undergo shoulder, hip, knee, back and foot surgeries. We all know there is no guarantee with any surgery. surgery can be successful, or in some cases it can leave you worse off than before. Prolo-ozone therapy is a simple and safe way of trying to fix your problem. If it fails, you can always have surgery.

While no moral or ethical doctor should promise or guarantee results, nor should any doctor with any treatment, we have seen astounding success with Prolo-Ozone therapy. It’s your choice.

More information about this amazing, safe and effective treatment is available at OzoneWithoutBorders.ngo, on my website OzoneDoctor.net, and on my radio show, Functional Medicine with Dr. Robins, which is archived but live each week on VoiceAmerica.com’s Health and Wellness Channel. Or call my office at 212-581-0101.