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Introduction To Acupuncture, Mini Sessions Set In New Canaan
Acupuncturist Casey Potetz, MS LAc. will present Introduction to Acupuncture in New Canaan. The event at Halo Fitness on Thursday, Sept. 12 is a chance to hear about the mechanisms of acupuncture, and receive a mini-session to experience its calming and restorative benefits. Potetz hails from Hartford County and moved back to New Canaan from Hawaii last year where she received her master of science in Oriental medicine. She practices acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine along with a variety of clinical healing techniques including cupping, nutritional counseling, and electro-stimulation…
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ONS Patient Is Jumping For Joy With Two New Knees
No one expects the pain of arthritis to cripple a thirty-something adult, but that’s what Westchester middle school teacher, Mallory Chinn, was faced with. For five years, Mallory tried every non-operative treatment available to ease the worsening pain in her knees. Some treatments would work for a while. Others did not work at all. By the time Mallory turned 40, she had trouble walking and climbing stairs, and missed out on family activities such as bike rides and hikes in the woods. “I was pretty much immobilized,” recalled Mallory, now 43. The defining moment came one day when h…
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ONS Expert Talks Gardening Injuries
Few people connect gardening with sports injury, but avid gardeners who enjoy clearing, planting and tending their gardens are susceptible to many of the same types of repetitive motion and overuse injuries that afflict tennis and golf enthusiasts jumping into the game after a long winter break, according to hand surgeon, David Wei, MD of Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists (ONS). Just as athletes are advised to start a new activity slowly, increasing duration and intensity at a gradual pace, the same is true for gardeners anxious to get digging into the fresh spring soil. “You…