Care Comes From the Heart
Cristy L. Tomaszewski, LCSW Traveling through this great country, one is greeted by people from all walks of life—from every culture, ethnicity, creed, and color. The United States is a tapestry woven from every type of thread. Not all forms of diversity are positive however. The larger the population is, the greater the disparity of […]
New Name, Same Faces, More Choices. Why More Health Care Choices in Peoria Is Good for You
By Elizabeth Parker As they approached 68 years in the Peoria community, the surgeons with Peoria Surgical Group were looking to the future and asking themselves, What’s next? Worried about their patients’ diminishing options in the general health care landscape and knowing the key to quality patient care started with quality physicians, Peoria Surgical Group […]
Wearing a mask all day? Why wear it all night? You may have options.
A large majority of adults and children in every region of the country now wear masks at school, in stores, during business hours, and even on the home front. According to a Pew Research Center survey, 85 percent of adults in the United States say they have worn their mask all or most of the […]
Finely Tuned — Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Knee Replacement
With every one of its myriad systems and joints working in perfect order the human body can be every bit an instrument of beauty as a well-crafted violin. The scope of its ability and beauty of its movement is, like music, nothing short of artistic. Age and use have a tendency to wear down both […]
Fight the Falls! Understanding Fall Risk & Prevention
At FYZICAL Therapy and Balance Centers, fall prevention is the cornerstone of our mission; after all, “Balance” is part of our name! The week of September 21st is the start of the fall season, so what better time than that to hold Fall Prevention Awareness Week. Each year FYZICAL in conjunction with The National Council […]
Surviving Heart Surgery—From an Endovascular Surgeon’s to a Patient’s Perspective
By James B. Williams, M.D. As many of you know, due to postponed peripheral vascular interventions and visits in our office-based vascular interventional center, I have recently transitioned from interventional surgeon to patient. I want you all to know I GET IT! How one’s perspective changes… Trained initially as a heart surgeon, for years I […]
Serving People With Cystic Fibrosis
Submitted by Rachel Rockhold, The Legacy Foundation The Colton Underwood Legacy Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to advancing the quality of life for people living with cystic fibrosis (CF). The charity was founded in honor of Harper Hawksworth, a Washington resident, who was diagnosed at birth with CF. Her cousin, Colton Underwood, former NFL […]
We’re All About Helping People
Many people associate home health with hospice, or assume that we are only here for urgent needs such as therapy or wound care after returning home from the hospital. The truth is that Medicare and many other private insurances cover our services for preventative therapy—fall risk, for example. We also offer teaching on new diagnoses […]
Staying Positive
By Alexander Germanis The poet Walt Whitman wrote, “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” Although it is sage advice, it might seem very difficult advice to follow when there does not seem to be any sunshine toward which to turn. But one of the truly wonderful things about humanity […]
Celebrating Serving the Bleeding & Clotting Community for 10 Years
March is Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month, and the team at the Bleeding & Clotting Disorders Institute are our local experts in caring for bleeding and blood clotting disorders. This April marks 10 years of BCDI serving patients throughout the state of Illinois and beyond. A bleeding disorder is a condition that affects the way your […]