Healthcare

Gruninger: Yoga Therapy For Chronic Pain

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By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT
Los Alamos

For years I have helped students/clients work with chronic pain. And, I have had pain off and on over my lifetime but nothing that I would say was chronic until January 2022, when I tore my hip labrum. It has now been over a year and I have learned so much from my own injury and process of navigating the pain. I am still continuing this journey of chronic pain management. My own injury has helped me be more empathetic and understanding of those I work with you also have chronic pain.

Pain is an important part of our day to day lives. Without it we wouldn’t know that something Read More

Human Milk Repository Of New Mexico Donation Depot To Open At San Juan Regional Medical Center

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HMRNM News:

The Human Milk Repository of New Mexico (HMRNM) and San Juan Regional Medical Center are making preparations to establish a breastmilk donation depot for the Four Corners area later this spring.

Soon, moms who have an excess of breastmilk will be able to donate at the region’s only breastmilk donation depot and will help provide a valuable service to vulnerable infants in need.

Current research shows that donor breastmilk can be life saving for premature infants. If these babies are fed formula too early, they can become very sick from a potentially fatal illness called necrotizing Read More

Classic Air Medical Expands Northern New Mexico Operation

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Classic Air Medical flight crew members gather for a photo Tuesday morning behind Los Alamos Medical Center, from left, Los Alamos Base Manager and Flight Paramedic Robert Cook, Pilot Robert Allen, Flight Paramedic Nikki Arana and Flight Nurses Ellen Verburg, Keith Lepsch and Shelly Gale. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Pilot Robert Allen landing the Classic Air Medical helicopter Tuesday morning behind Los Alamos Medical Center. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Classic Air Medical announced today the Read More

Rotary Speaker: Brian Kliesen Speaks About Program On White Rock Ambulance To Ukraine

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Local resident Brian Kliesen, who donated an ambulance for Ukraine relief efforts, recently told Rotarians about his inspiration and the steps that led him from New Mexico to Ukraine’s war zones. Photo by Linda Hull

By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos 

“Ukraine needs help. Ukraine needs ambulances and fire trucks,” began Brian Kliesen, White Rock resident and retired wildland firefighter, as he spoke to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos March 28, describing the donation of his ambulance to Ukraine.

Upon retirement, Kliesen, who is an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) and former Read More

Heinrich Calls On Biden Admin. To Bolster Food Security

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of lawmakers led by U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas J. Vilsak and Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi urging them to make SNAP more accessible for Americans who receive or are applying to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.

SSI recipients include low income people with disabilities and seniors at least 65 years old who often lack access to food security and nutrition, putting them Read More

Kiwanis Hears From New LAVNS Executive Director

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Jack Allison, the new executive director of the Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service, Inc., spoke at Kiwanis recently outlining the work of LAVNS. Courtesy/Kiwanis

KIWANIS News:

Jack Allison, the new executive director of the Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service, Inc. (LAVNS), spoke at Kiwanis April 4, outlining the work of LAVNS.

Allison, who is a registered nurse himself, is no stranger to the Southwest. He was an emergency tech in Colorado, and also worked in Santa Fe before coming to Los Alamos where he first served as director of Sombrillo Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. His specialties Read More

Dr. Vincent Fiorica Now Accepting New Patients

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Vincent Fiorica, MD

LAMC News:

Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) has a board-certified Urologist serving the local community and the surrounding areas.

Vincent Fiorica, MD, has more than 20 years of experience and has been a part of LAMC continuously since 2020. He brings a specific skill set to the medical team that is greatly needed.

Dr. Fiorica specializes in the surgical and medical treatment of the genitourinary tract, which includes the kidneys, urinary bladder, prostate, urethra and male reproductive organs. He is known for taking pride in providing comfortable and compassionate Read More

Governor Signs Five Bills To Strengthen Healthcare Access And Affordability Across New Mexico

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The Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Post file photo

From the Office of the Governor:

SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed into law five healthcare-related bills that will support and strengthen the state’s healthcare workforce and make healthcare more affordable and accessible across the state.

“Today is a great day for New Mexico families, patients and providers, and this was some of the greatest progress I have seen on health care during my career,” Gov. Lujan Grisham said. “It’s worth noting that many of these bills passed with bipartisan and often unanimous support for legislation Read More

Gruninger: Do You Need A Wellness Budget?

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By JACCI GRUNINGER,
MS, C-IAYT
Los Alamos

Did you know there is more than one way to be tired?

The Wellness Wheel I use as a yoga therapist and inner relationship focusing coach is divided into seven categories: physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, financial, environmental and social.

I regularly work with clients in the emotional, intellectual and physical realms. Although the other slices sometimes play into my work as well.

You might think there is only one way to be tired; you didn’t get enough sleep. Which is definitely a way to be tired. However, as you can see from the Wellness Read More