chronic pain
Barton Health offers acupuncture treatments at Center for Orthopedics & Wellness
Submitted by paula on Tue, 01/21/2020 - 10:11am
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Barton Health has expanded acupuncture services at its Center for Orthopedics & Wellness to now offer community acupuncture treatments. Community acupuncture provides similar health and wellness benefits of private acupuncture but differs from the private clinical room setting – taking place in a group environment with lower costs per treatment.
South Tahoe High grad returns as Barton's new spine specialist
Submitted by paula on Tue, 08/08/2017 - 4:48pm
A South Tahoe High graduate has come back to the South Shore community to become the new spine specialist at the Tahoe Center for Orthopedics and Tahoe Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.
Zachary Child, MD, a 1991 graduate of STHS, is a board certified orthopedic spine surgeon and musculoskeletal oncologist. He is skilled in addressing back pain and finding surgical and non-surgical options that help patients reach optimal spine health.
Top Ten Cat Tips from Hopeful Henry
Submitted by paula on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 2:19pm
Dear Hopeful,
I know you're of the canine set, but I need some hints and tips to share with my feline friends.
Signed,
Meowwww
Dear Meowww,
Of course, always love to help friends of ALL animals! Here are my TOP TEN useful, and surprising cat tips:
Cats Dig Running Water
Op/Ed: Barton Hospital Fights Back: The Role Emergency Department’s Play in Pain Medication Overdose
Submitted by paula on Thu, 05/29/2014 - 7:25pm
Death by drug overdose has tripled from 1990 to 2008. In 2008, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 36,450 people died from a drug overdose and 75% of overdoses were prescription drug related. Of the prescription drug-related deaths in 2008, the CDC reports 74% were opiate prescription drugs.
Wellness Lecture in South Lake Tahoe: Chronic Pelvic Pain
Submitted by paula on Mon, 02/17/2014 - 9:21pm
Event Date:
April 1, 2014 - 6:00pm
Learn about chronic pelvic pain in the next edition of Barton Wellness Lectures. Dr. Amanda Weavil,OB-GYN with Barton Women's Health, will give the lecture on Tuesday, April 1 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Lake Tahoe Community College Board Room.
Hear about the causes of chronic pelvic pain and how it can affect your fertility. Learn what you can do to help alleviate chronic pelvic pain as well as surgical and non-surgical treatment options.
How to recognize and relieve your pet's pain
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 8:37amAcute pain results from a single injury event, surgery, inflammation or infection. Chronic pain is ongoing due to disease or the aging process. Our best friends, especially cats, tend to hide injur...
