East Bay Rehabilitation Center News
Exercise May Reduce Disability Even in Frail Elders
Absence of mobility is just one of the most usual disability amongst older Americans, Census Bureau records show. Mobility is vital for independent living as well as making it through the day. Activites such as visiting a medical professional's workplace or shopping can be challenging. Whether you need to walk across a room to the bathroom or cooking area, get out of bed or a chair, or walk through a [...]
How the Inner Ear Plays an Important Role in Balance
If you think your ears are just for hearing, it might surprise you to know that they aid in balance as well. Several structures in the inner ear, together called the vestibular system, send messages to the brain that help you orient to your surroundings and aid in balance. "We know that falls impact our seniors," says Geoff Fraser, partner of Clear Choice Health Care. Falls are a major of [...]
Jeff Cleveland States Core Strength Offsets Aging
"There's a large difference between how we should workout in our 20s and how we should workout when we're much older," says Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear Choice Health Care in Melbourne FL. "You can't push it like before, and age brings conditions to overcome," says Cleveland. Jeff believes that seniors require specialized equipment that is made specifically for their needs. Walk into any gym and you'll likely see equipment [...]
Jeff Cleveland of Clear Choice Health Care Comments on Reach Out to Community
" Since 2009, Conway Lakes Health Care Center has actually partnered with numerous colleges, suppliers, and communities who have all volunteered as well as donated time and effort for our "Backpack Giveaway" event," states Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear Choice Health Care. To date, Conway Lakes has given over 2500 backpacks that equate to $42,500 in donated items to local community youngsters that were in most need. They hold the [...]
Geoff Fraser of Clear Choice Health Care reflects on an Unsung Hero Rising Again
As an airborne sergeant for the Army throughout the 1980s, Jose Lopez-Rivera's responsibilities were to educate young recruits just how to securely repel out of a helicopter. Training involves a strenuous and also multi-phase process for those who are not faint of heart. For many who stand in the open door of an in-flight helicopter, it's an eye-opening experience. As you look down for the first time repelling to the [...]
Jeff Cleveland Comments on Alter G Rehabilitation
The steps we take are one of the most standard form of feature. One foot in front of the other, we stroll. For many individuals, walking without discomfort is not a choice because of neurological injury, obesity, disease, as well as total tension on joints with weight bearing. However what happens if you could avoid Earth's gravitational field? A trip to the moon, which has just 20 percent of our [...]
Jeff Cleveland says Focus on Seniors: Story of Stroke Recovery
More than 795,000 Americans experience a stroke each year. Although the incidence of stroke has declined significantly given that the 1960s, the strokes that do take place are equally as extreme. In fact, stroke is a leading cause of long-term impairment in the United States. Thinking about the above reality, study does supply great news. The largest U.S. study of stroke rehabilitation to date, shows 52 percent of the participants [...]
Geoff Fraser Comments on Getting People back to the Community
"The COVID pandemic has actually been damaging to our neighborhood," states Geoff Fraser, partner of Clear Choice Health Care, "because seclusion leaves so many senior citizens much more susceptible." " We know the research," states Fraser. Over the last 60 years, studies have revealed that those doing not have in social connections have higher wellness threats than those associated with physical inactivity as well as obesity. And various other reputable [...]
Geoff Fraser of Clear Option Healthcare provides 5 ways to enhance Security and Lessen fall danger
Home is the place where you feel in control and correctly oriented in space and time. It is a foreseeable and safe and secure place. More mishaps happen in our houses than any other location. For people over age 65, house is the most likely place for an injury to take place from a fall. Falling is the single leading cause of house accidents in older adults. According to AARP, [...]
Treatment and Meditation may contribute in Heart Disease Prevention says Jeff Cleveland
If you're one of 92 million American grownups that are coping with some kind of cardiovascular disease, you've most likely heard your medical professional tell you to change your way of life. Minimizing high blood cholesterol, hypertension, and decreasing body weight can be the gold requirement of heart-healthy change. Now, professionals state, you can include meditation to that list of advice. According to a brand-new review from the American Heart [...]
Geoff Fraser: 3 Speech therapy Innovations that Save Lives
As we age, we understand about our threats. We take fall avoidance classes, sign up with a gym, eat right, and keep active. Doing all the right things provides us assurance. Regrettably, we take swallowing for granted. says Geoff Fraser, Partner at Clear Choice Health Care in Melbourne FL. Swallowing conditions (dysphagia) affect approximately 15 million people, and can result in severe issues such as dehydration, poor nutrition, a higher [...]
Geoff Fraser Discusses 5 ways to Improve Safety and Lessen Fall Risk
Home is the place where you feel in control and effectively oriented in space and time. It is a predictable and protected location. Yet more mishaps happen in our houses than any other location. For people over age 65, home is the most likely place for an injury to take place from a fall. Falling is the single leading reason for home mishaps in older adults. According to AARP, "Approximately [...]
Treatment and meditation may contribute in heart disease avoidance states Jeff Cleveland
Jeff Cleveland understands the advantages of therapy and how it can help you and if you're one of 92 million American grownups that are living with some type of heart disease, you've probably heard your doctor inform you to alter your way of life. Minimizing high blood cholesterol, hypertension, and reducing body weight can be the gold standard of heart-healthy modification. Now, experts state, you can include meditation to that [...]
Brain Disease: How It Affects Swallowing Safety
" You wouldn't believe that chewing on a piece of bread is cause for issue," says Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear Choice Health Care. " But it can be," confesses Cleveland. He says there is a great balance between chewing and breathing. When a neurologic or medical disorder hinders the stability in between the two, breathing and swallowing can become alarmingly out of sync. Parkinson illness, for instance, slows down [...]
Brain Disease: How It Affects Swallowing Safety
" You would not believe that chewing on a piece of bread is cause for concern," states Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear Choice Health Care. " But it can be," admits Cleveland. He states there is a great balance in between chewing and breathing. When a neurologic or medical disorder disrupts the balance between the two, breathing and swallowing can end up being dangerously out of sync. Parkinson disease, for [...]
Move Your Way Out of Arthritis Discomfort
If you wish to feel less discomfort, take less medications, improve your flexibility, get stronger, and avoid joint replacement surgical treatment in the future, then you're going to need to get moving, says Justus J. Fiechtner, MD, MPH, head of rheumatology at Michigan State University. An excellent way to begin moving is extending, which is not something only professional athletes need to do before a competition. Truth is that carrying [...]
Jeff Cleveland Says Cancer Rehabilitation and Prehab Offer Options
For many years, cancer was all about making it through a meager amount of time. Now with many people beating the odds, some rehab programs intend to enhance life quality and function for those affected by this chronic disease. " Because the majority of cancer clients and survivors experience some kind of physical problems, it might cause special needs and impact quality of life," states Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear [...]
Geoff Fraser of Clear Choice Health Care says Art Can Help Heal
In September of 2018, the Childhood Cancer Awareness month, Geoff Fraser of Melbourne FL and his team at Conway Lakes were using art to help heal. During the event, inspirational young patients along with Florida Hospital South and Conway Lakes Health & Rehab Center were picking up brushes, painting on canvases, or putting on costumes for the camera to bring hope and healing front and center. Florida Health South and [...]
Geoff Fraser – Benefits of Green Spaces for Seniors
Outdoor Senior Wellness Playground The health benefits of getting outdoors and adding physical play lifts senior minds and bodies to a higher sense of well-being. “Humans are designed by biology to play throughout their entire life cycle,” states Stuart Brown, MD, founder of the National Institute for Play and author of the book “Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul.” “For older age groups, [...]
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Orthopedic Rehabilitation Why Orthopedic Rehabilitation is So Important Every year, roughly six million people undergo some type of orthopedic surgery. Countless other people experience significant musculoskeletal injuries that don’t reach the level of needing surgery but do require orthopedic rehabilitation care to recover properly. Conway Lakes care providers use physician-supervised care protocols to ensure every patient receives the type and level of care needed [...]