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Grace Home Health and Wellness offers the Rock Steady Boxing program geared toward helping people navigating Parkinson’s
Working as an occupational therapy assistant for the past 15-plus years, Jessica Nadzam has seen her share of patients struggling with the debilitating effects of Parkinson’s disease. When she heard about the Rock Steady Boxing program—geared specifically toward the condition—she researched further, then underwent training to become...
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Make the stretch count
You often see a runner spending a few minutes stretching out their big muscles before a run—the quads, hamstrings and glutes. But you hardly ever see them doing stretches to their feet, which act as shock absorbers to the whole body. I caught up with Dr. Danielle Shaper, founder of Finesse Footcare in Lyndhurst, to find out why that’s...
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“Why are you wearing long pants?”
Spring is here and the cold gloom of winter is in the past. That means more of us will be hitting the trails in Northeast Ohio’s fabulous parks, walking beaches on vacation, and strolling the midways at popular amusement parks. This is great news because walking is the single best way to take care of your legs and improve your overall...
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Hearing loss and dementia
Hearing is an important part of life and there are many risks of untreated hearing loss, including social isolation, depression, job-related issues, relationship struggles, imbalance, and now even earlier onset dementia. However, recent research shows the risks of dementia are lower for hearing aid users. It is never too early to get a...
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Chronic pain relief at last
After suffering from years of chronic back pain caused initially by scoliosis and worsened by a car accident, I finally received relief thanks to acupuncture treatment. To share the healing with others, I went to school for four additional years after undergrad, receiving my Master of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in 2016. I hope...
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