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Leonard: Inversion Table Benefits And How To Use Safely

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By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos

Inversion tables are all the rage in Hollywood. With claims of improved skin, enhanced spinal flexibility and restored height, you need one now … or do you?

A quick search of PubMed yielded limited results, published research on inversion therapy is scarce. So … what are the benefits of using inversion? Studies on inversion therapy for low back pain and degenerative disc disease show that daily use of inversion improves lumbar disc height, lowers perceived pain scores and decreases the need for surgery. The reason for this, inversion counteracts Read More

Gruninger: Why Do Gentle Somatic Movement?

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By Jacci Gruninger, MS, C-IAYT
High Mountain Wellbeing
Los Alamos

Are you struggling to pick things up from the floor or reach the top shelf to get something? Can you easily turn your head to back up your car? Are you noticing new aches and pains in the body or are you injuring yourself more frequently?

Just living, especially a stress-filled life, can cause tension and tightness in our muscles and set us up for unexpected strain and injury. Habitual ways of moving can also contribute to our muscles and connective tissue not moving through their full range of motion. Constricted or strained muscles Read More

Los Alamos County Moves From Red To Green On CDC Map

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released today its weekly update to the COVID-19 community level map. The CDC framework designates community levels based on diagnoses and regional hospitalization levels (link). Masks are recommended for everybody in counties at the highest, red, risk level. Masks are recommended for at-risk individuals in counties at the intermediate, yellow, risk level. Source: CDC. Map: mapchart.net. Created by Eli Ben-Naim Read More

LAMC Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For New Technology

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LAMC’s new Nuc Med Camera machine. Courtesy/LAMC

LAMC News:

Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) is holding a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for its new Nuc Med Camera in Imaging.

This event is open to community members so they can come in and view LAMC’s newest technology.

The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Imaging’s new Nuc Med Camera is 4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22 at LAMC Imaging Department – first floor. Snacks will be available.

Nuclear Medicine is a medical specialty that uses safe, painless and cost-effective techniques to both image and in some cases treat diseases. Images from the Nuc Med Camera can Read More

Physical Therapy Plus Offers Services For Youngest Community Members

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Therapist Dr. Ariel Davila, PT, DPT, works with a toddler at Physical Therapy Plus. Courtesy photo

Therapist Camille Sackett-Wescott, OT, MS, works with a young child at Physical Therapy Plus. Courtesy photo

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Before being owner of Physical Therapy Plus, 1350 Central Ave., Ste. 105, Petra Pirc, MSPT, was the physical therapist for Los Alamos Public Schools. She saw first hand there is a need for pediatric occupational and physical therapy.

As a result, she began offering services to infants and children at her practice.

“My goal Read More

New Mexico Health Department Announces Child Care, Pre-School, School Immunization Requirements For 2023/2024

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DOH News:

SANTA FE — The Department of Health (DOH) Vaccine Advisory Committee met Nov. 3, 2022, to have an open scientific debate and make recommendations for the New Mexico School Entry Immunization Requirements for the upcoming school year.

The committee did not make any significant additions or changes to the 2023/2024 school immunization requirements, and no new vaccinations were mandated. 

The Vaccine Advisory Committee meets once a year to discuss New Mexico School Entry Immunization Requirements for each upcoming school year. Any changes and/or recommendations for New Mexico Read More

COVID Newsletter: CDC Elevates Los Alamos To HIGH Risk

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Graph prepared by Will Athas. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

In this week’s Los Alamos County COVID-19 Newsletter, issued Nov. 14, William F. Athas, PhD and retired epidemiologist, writes in the “Epidemiology Corner” that the Omicron variants BQ.1 / BQ.1.1 dominate and other respiratory illnesses are rapidly rising.

Further, the CDC has elevated the community level in Los Alamos to HIGH Risk and there is a rising trend in reported cases accompanied by increasing emergency department visits. 

Los Alamos County officials remind individuals that the CDC recommends wearing a high-quality Read More

DEA Releases 2022 National Take Back Day Results

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DEA collected 647,000 lbs. of medications during October 2022 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Courtesy/DEA

DEA News:

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has announced the results of the October 2022 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

This year, DEA and its law enforcement partners collected more than 647,000 pounds of unneeded medications at close to 5,000 collection sites. Since 2010, DEA, along with its partners, has collected nearly 17 million pounds of unneeded prescription drugs. 

To view the comprehensive 2022 National Prescription Drug Take Back Read More

Nonprofit iDE Launches Installation On World Toilet Day

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Global nonprofit, iDE’s Support-A-Potty trailer installation will be parked for one day in Soho, on Broadway between Spring and Broome streets, a neighborhood known for its lack of public toilets. Courtesy/IED

IDE News:

Every day, more than 700 children under the age 5 die from diarrhea, because they lack access to adequate sanitation facilities.

To raise awareness about this critical issue and encourage people to join them in taking action, global nonprofit, iDE will mark World Toilet Day Nov. 19 by unveiling its Support-A-Potty installation in the heart of New York City.

Conceptualized Read More