Gilbert PT - October 2018

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The Gilbert Gazette IN HONOR OF OUR 6TH ANNIVERSARY New Patients, New Staff, New Architecture

There is something about fall that makes the world slow down. The hustle and bustle of summertime is over, and that means that families are settling into their back-to-school routine. Instead of spending afternoons splashing in the local lake, families are cuddling up on the couch as the leaves drop from the trees outside. With this seasonal slowdown, businesses often have a hard time maintaining motivation and momentum, but here at Gilbert Physical Therapy, we feel fortunate to be experiencing the exact opposite. In fact, this year, we are celebrating our six-year anniversary, a momentous occasion that is not only a huge cause for celebration but also gives us the opportunity to look back and reflect on the changes we’ve undergone since the day our clinic opened.

or rehabilitation methods as their main objective, our team members believe that building relationships with clients is the most important aspect of PT. Because we work hard to preserve a comfortable family atmosphere among the staff, we ensure that our patients feel like they are an integral part of our family. Patients should feel like they can trust us, they should feel comfortable, and they should feel like they belong. In addition to expanding our staff to help manage growth, we are in the final stages of planning for our clinic remodel. The prospective plan is to relocate some staff offices in the building to open up the gym area for our patients’ benefit. Our internal emphasis is on patient care, and we want the architectural layout of our clinic to match; patients matter just as much in our building as they do in our hearts. While the celebration of our sixth anniversary allows us to reflect on the maturation of our clinic, it also gives us something to look forward to. Six years from now, we will hopefully be able to look back and commemorate the growth of our staff, the changes in our building, the advancement of our technology, and the continued trust from our patients. Here’s to six more!

newest physical therapist. We also hired Matt Cox, PTA, to help us assist the patients who need us. Keep an eye out for a spotlight on Matt in later editions! While hiring great new employees like Abby and Matt is both exciting and necessary, we take the process of training seriously; getting new employees to fit seamlessly into the pre-existing team is conducive to our overall growth and success. The existing staff members have done a phenomenal job of not only enthusiastically helping with the influx of patients over this past summer, but they have taken on the responsibility of guiding our new members to model their mindset. Our staff makes it their daily priority to reach our No. 1 goal: ensuring that the clinic’s focus is always on the patient. While other physical therapy clinics might tout treatment

WE ENSURE THAT OUR PATIENTS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE AN

INTEGRAL PART OF OUR FAMILY.

In the past six years, our staff has gone from four to 15 members, a shift that demonstrates the continuous influx of patients seeking help with journeys to recovery. In fact, our patient base has grown every year since 2012. Because we firmly believe in the individualization of rehabilitation and treatment methods according to each patient, we knew we needed help to maintain our values. If you caught our July edition, you read about Dr. Abby McMillan, DPT, our

–Dr. Michael Gilbert, DPT

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Police Officers Sing Their Hearts Out CHECK OUT THESE LIP-SYNC CHALLENGES ACROSS THE U.S.

When you think about viral videos of police officers, youmay not imagine your local police department lip-syncing pop songs. But this new online trend is taking the internet by storm. To show a more positive side of their departments, many stations all over the country have participated in a lip-sync challenge. While these challenges were created tomake viewers laugh, their driving purpose was to create a connection between officers and their communities. They hope to remind civilians that behind every badge is a person who isn’t all that different from you. The challenge started when Alexander Mena, a deputy in the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office inTexas, posted a video of himself lip-syncing“Fuiste Mala” by the Kumbia Kings on June 19 of this year. His video, which gained over 1.5 million views, encouraged other officers to follow suit. Mena, a recruiting-teamdeputy with Bexar County for three years, has been making lip-sync videos since he downloaded Snapchat on his phone. The day he recorded this particular video, he sent it to his sergeant, who passed it along to the officers who handle social media for their office. Then it went viral. Several of the other individual officers responded with their own videos of mainstreamhits like‘N Sync’s“Bye Bye Bye”and One Direction’s“What Makes You Beautiful.”The popularity of these initial challenges inspired

other stations to create their own videos featuring entire departments singing and dancing in unison. Some of the videos with the most views are the Norfolk Police Department lip-syncing Bruno Mars’“Uptown Funk,”the Apple Valley Police Department lip-syncingThe Tokens’“The Lion Sleeps Tonight,”and San Francisco Police Department lip-syncingToo Short’s “Blow theWhistle.”Keep checking your social media to see who gets challenged next!

Patient Testimonial Don’t Just Take Our Word for It

Amazing Experience! “I cannot say enough about Jon, Pat, and the rest of the Gilbert Physical Therapy staff. After going to multiple other physical therapy facilities in the area, I can honestly say that it’s because of this exceptional group of people I am doing so well. After having a double spinal fusion at a young age, I doubted that I would be able to continue my career as a police officer. The first day I walked into physical therapy, I was petrified because of how much trauma my body had been through. I was barely able to walk upright without pain. Thanks to the staff and their hands- on, personalized approach, I returned to light duty months ahead of schedule, and I am confident that I will make a full return to work. My return to work was one worry, but my biggest concern was that I would not be able to play with my children, and with a third on the way, my decision to have surgery centered around my family. I am extremely grateful to be able to say that just six months after surgery, I am back coaching Little League Baseball and hiking with my wife, and my overall quality of life has improved with zero-to-manageable back pain! Thank you, Gilbert Physical Therapy, for an amazing experience and all the hard work to help me get to where I am today!” –NATHAN S.

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Prenatal and Postpartum Care

HIP PAIN AND PREGNANCY

The following claim has been circulating on various social media accounts: “The human body can bear only up to 45 del (units) of pain. Yet at time of giving birth, a mother feels up to 57 del (units) of pain. This is similar to 20 bones getting fractured at the same time.” According to Snopes.com, however, this claim is false. Because pain is subjective and because each birthing experience is unique, a specific amount of pain cannot be calculated. Of course, giving birth is excruciating, but all too often, the focus is on the pain during childbirth rather than prenatal or postpartum pain, both of which can cause real problems for expecting or new mothers. The vast majority of expecting mothers have reported experiencing severe hip pain during pregnancy. One of the major causes of this pain stems from hormone releases meant to increase the flexibility of the joints and ligaments in the pelvis to prepare the body for childbirth. This pain can also be caused by added pressure on the sciatic nerve, the largest single nerve in the human body. The sciatic nerve runs from the lower back all the way down to the feet, so an enlarged uterus puts more pressure on this nerve, causing pain and numbness in the hips, buttocks, and thighs.

Just as hip pain during pregnancy can be severe and difficult to manage, postpartum pain can be just as debilitating. Pregnancy and childbirth often affect the alignment of the joints and overall muscle function. Often,

after the baby is born, the mother will even experience pain walking. Some of this pain is a holdover from the pregnancy, and some of it occurs as a result of the birth itself. Many new mothers turn to physical therapy as a curative tool to learn exercises and simple adjustments to reduce their pain and flexibility. If you or a mother you know is dealing with prenatal or postpartum pain, schedule an appointment with one of our physical therapists here at Gilbert Physical Therapy. Being a new mother is hard enough; don’t let postpartum pain make it worse.

SUDOKU

HOMEMADE MARSHMALLOWS

As we enter the height of s’mores season, consider upgrading those store- bought marshmallows to homemade ones. For a colorful treat, you can easily add food coloring to this recipe.

INGREDIENTS

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3 packages unflavored gelatin 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

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1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

1 cup light corn syrup 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

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Powdered sugar, to coat

DIRECTIONS

1. In a mixing bowl, combine gelatin and 1/2 cup cold water. Let sit while you make the syrup. 2. In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, syrup, salt, and 1/2 cup water until the sugar dissolves. 3. Raise heat to high and bring syrup up to 240 F, using a candy thermometer to check for temperature. 4. With an electric whisk on low speed, slowly whisk syrup into gelatin mixture. Switch speed to high and whip for 15 minutes, until very thick. Fold in vanilla after whipping. 5. Dust a nonmetal baking dish with powdered sugar and spoon mixture into dish. Smooth mixture, top with more powdered sugar, and let stand uncovered overnight. 6. Cut into squares, decorate, and serve. Inspired by foodnetwork.com

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Help Us Celebrate Our Sixth Anniversary

Cop Lip-Sync Challenges Go Viral Patient Testimonial

The Pain of Pregnancy Homemade Marshmallows

The Surprising Origins of Trick-or-Treating

The History of Trick-or-Treating Why There Are Kids on Your Porch Asking for Candy

As Halloween looms and you load up your grocery cart with candy, you may ask yourself, “Why do I provide these spooky gremlins with a sugar high every Oct. 31, anyway?”Well, when your doorbell starts ringing around 6 p.m. this All Hallows’ Eve, you can thank the Celts for this tradition of candy and costumes. Halloween itself is a kind of mishmash of four different cultural festivals of old: two Roman fêtes, which commemorated the dead and the goddess of fruit and trees (not at the same time); the Celtic Samuin or Samhain, a new year’s party thrown at the end of our summer; and the Catholic All Saint’s Day, designed to replace Samuin and divorce it from its pagan origins. Long before there were young’uns on your porch dressed as Thanos with candy-filled pillowcases in hand, the Celts believed that Samuin marked an overlapping of the realms of the living and the dead. To trick the spirits leaking into our world, young men donned flowing white costumes and black masks — a great disguise when ghosts were about.

garb. By the 11th century, people were dressing up as saints, angels, and the occasional demon instead of spirits. Eventually, costumed children started tearing through town begging for food and money and singing a song or prayer in return — a practice called “souling.” But when did they start dressing up as Minions? Starting in the 19th century, souling turned to “guising,” which gave way to trick-or- treating in mid-20th-century America, and the costumes diversified. So put on some clown makeup and a big smile, scoop up a handful of sweets, and scare the living daylights out of ‘em — ‘tis the season!

The Catholic Church was never a big fan of these pagan traditions, so they renamed it “All Saints’ Day” and gussied it up in religious

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