Tackle Knee Arthritis!

12 milliion americans have knee arthritis and the number will rise quickly as young athletic people sustain injury at a young age. take care of your knee injury with strengthing exercise as you age you become more stiff.

yoga and activigties that keep you moving in unusual ways, not just your routine ways keep your abilities in everyday life have you seen olympic athlets with pink and blue tape on their joints??

Kenisio taping was created by a japanease chiropractor in order to relieve swelling, poor scar tissue and to keep joints stable. you are "treating"

your joint the whole time you have the tape on. learn how to tape if you have a joint concern.

Ryan

Woodward Medical Center

Get rid of knee pain for the new year!

Are your knees stiff when you get out of bed in the morning? Are you having trouble going up and down stairs? Come learn about "loaded" knee braces. This new technology shifts weight from your knee to your thigh pain, leaving you pain free!

Woodward Medical Center

Flu Season Is Here!

The time of year is here where the sniffling, sneezing, coughing, sore throat and fever creeps into our lives and we just want it to stay away, but how?

There are many preventative steps that we can take to steer clear of the flu. Here are 10 tips you can use to help keep the flu away this cold season!

1. Wash your hands frequently with liquid anti bacterial soap instead of bar soap. Bar soap can be a breeding ground for viruses and bacteria.

2. Do not share drinking glasses. Instead, use disposable drinking cups in the kitchen and bathroom. Dispose after 1 use.

3. Use disposable tissues when blowing your nose, Wash your hands thoroughly when you are done.

4. Colds and flu are often spread through hand to hand contact. Make an effort to keep your hands from touching your face and keep your fingers out of your mouth.

5. If you have young children, wash their toys frequently in warm soapy water.

6. Viruses can live on hand towels and sponges for many hours. Use disposable paper napkins and towels instead.

7. If you have to sneeze and there are no tissues available, sneeze into your shoulder and not your hands to avoid spreading germs.

8. Frequently clean surfaces such as counter tops, railings, door knobs to avoid spreading hand to hand viruses.

9. Germs remain in stagnant air. When weather permits, open the windows or door to circulate fresh air.

10. Avoid smoking at all costs. It is a respiratory irritant that increases susceptibility to viruses that cause cold and flu.

If you feel a cold/flu coming on, here are a couple of tip you can take try and stop in in it's tracks or prevent it from coming full swing.

1. Take 2000mg of vitamin C, one garlic tablet, one echinacea tablet. If you don't feel better after 30min, take another 1000mg of vitamin C and continue to do so until you feel better.

2. Drink lot's of water. Viruses breed well in warm/dry environments. Keeping your body irrigated will help you fight the fight.

3. Sleep Sleep Sleep

Best of health to you this fall season!

Woodward Medical Center

2007 W. 75th Street

Woodridge Il 60517

630-985-4700

Knee Arthritis

If your knees hurt and you cannot do stairs, you should lead with your strong leg, either going up or down. If you think you might have arthritis, you can sit with the leg outstretched with a small pillow under the knee and tighten the front of the thigh. Once you do this, hold for a count of 3 and repeat 5 times. When you do it, you should not have any pain. This technique may strengthen the knee and help you going up and down stairs.

Have a pain free summer!

Specializing in the 5 major joints, we at Woodward Medical know that joint pain can often times hinder us from doing the things we enjoy.

Now that summer is just around the corner, don't just sit around hoping that you will feel better, be proactive and make it happen!

If you are suffering from Hip,Knee,Back, Neck or Shoulder pain, come in for a free consult with one of our doctors. We will do a thorough exam and give you a accurate diagnosis along with a proper plan of action. Don't let pain alter what you want to do this summer.

Woodward Medical Center
2007 W. 75th Street
Woodridge,IL 60517
630-985-4700

Physical Therapy at Woodward Medical Center

Woodward Medical Center would like to welcome back Charito Gomez to our physical therapy department. After taking some time off and having a wonderful baby boy, Charito is back. She is very bright, intelligent and is organizing our department.

Charito is experienced in carpal tunnel syndrome, post surgical rehab, sciatica, arthritis and other chronic pain treatments. She works very well by integrating physical therapy with chiropractic. When you have a therapist who understands chiropractic and natural medicine too, that is something special. Charito is also very excited about sports physical therapy.

We are so excited to have her talents back with us at Woodward Medical Center!

Donna DePaolo
Clinic Director
drd@woodwardmedical.com
630-985-4700

Fight the common cold/flu!

Tired of getting beaten down by the flu? -Take 2000mg of Vitamin C, one garlic tablet, on echinacea tablet. -If you don't feel better after an hour, take another 1000mg vitamin C and continue to do so until you feel better. If you don't feel better you are not taking enough. -When you start to feel better, take 1000mg of vitamin C every hour for about 3 days. Also, take 3 to 4 garlic tablets per day and 3-4 echinacea tablets a day. -Use zinc lozenges for a sore throat if needed. -Spray throat and nose with colloidal silver if clear mucus turns green or yellow. -Gradulaay decrease the amount of vitamin C etc. You take until you are at the normal lever you usually use. -If you feel wose whrn you decrease, just increase again until you feel better and continue longer. -Too much garlic will make yousmell like garlic but has no problems otherwise. Too much vitamin C will upset your stomach or loosen your bowels. If either occurs, simply lower your intake until you are comfortable. There are no other side effects of vitamin C. - High quality ingredients/supplements are available at Woodward Medical Center. Plase call us if you have any questions. 630-985-4700