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The Center for Physical Health offers innovative physical therapy complemented with
integrative healing techniques and dynamic rehabilitation exercise.
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There are lots of things happening at the Center! Our new Patient Referral Program is a way for you to help us to help others and WIN a great prize in the process. We've been selected as a host facility for a course in Sports Medicine & TRX Suspension Training. Our classes are changing, with one ATM class being held each week. And we're offering a new 1-day MELT anti-aging workshop: 50-Second Facelift.
We hope to have the opportunity to accompany you on your journey to wellness and inspire you to enjoy the benefits of an active, healthy, pain-free lifestyle.
To your health!
Marc Pierre and Pat Barragan
Owners, Center for Physical Health
Patient referrals are the key to our success. Please consider forwarding this newsletter to a friend or telling someone about us. We also invite you to visit our website and social media pages.
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Pain Management & PT
Physical Therapy Playing a Vital Role
 Physical therapy plays a vital role in helping patients manage and overcome chronic pain.
A physical therapist will administer treatments that include strengthening and flexibility exercises, manual therapy, posture awareness, and body mechanics instruction. Physical therapists can also help a patient to understand the underlying cause of their pain.
They will focus on decreasing pain with either passive or active therapy.
Examples of passive physical therapy include:
● Heat and/or ice packs
● TENS units (electrotherapy)
● Ultrasound
● Laser
Examples of active physical therapy include:
● Stretching
● Strengthening exercises
● Pain relief exercises
● Low-impact aerobic conditioning
An important aspect to keep in mind about physical
 therapy is that it is individualized to meet each person's needs. One person may respond differently to therapy than another. People have different types of pain, bodies, patterns of movement, alignments, and habits.
The trained professionals at the Center for Physical Health will develop a program to help relieve, decrease, and manage your physical pain.
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Patient Referral Program
Winners Don't Keep Secrets
As of June 1st, participate in the NEW Patient Referral Program at the Center for Physical Health and WIN!
If you've been happy with your experience at the Center, please don't keep it a secret. Your satisfaction is important to us and your referrals are the key to our success.
Help us to help others by telling them about your positive experience at the Center for Physical Health.
Tell anyone needing physical therapy, rehabilitation or fitness training, whether for an injury, chronic condition or pain management, preventing or preparing for surgery, needing pregnancy care, or simply wanting to improve their overall health and wellness.
 Tell them in person, via Email, share our Website or Blog address, post and comment about us on Facebook, Twitter, Yelp or YouTube.
Every two months our top new patient referrer will WIN A PRIZE. Grand prizes will be awarded twice yearly to the patients who refer the most over a six month period.
Make sure the people you tell about us know to mention your name when they call to schedule an appointment.
Check the graph posted near the front desk to see how you are doing. A list of available prizes and program rules are available with the front desk staff.
So remember...winners don't keep secrets!
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TRX News at the Center
Sports Medicine Suspension Training
The Center has just been accepted as a host facility  for an upcoming course in Sports Medicine Suspension Training and the TRX system.
The July 26th training will be at the Center for qualified professionals to learn how the TRX Suspension System can be utilized in the sports medicine rehabilitation world.
Our selection as a host facility is exciting to us, as  Center professionals have been on the PT forefront in its application to the rehab world, creatively adapting the TRX system to meet the physical therapy needs of our patients and clients.
Center for Physical Health PT John Dillon will be attending the training, allowing us to expand the number of available TRX classes we offer to include  TRX for seniors and an evening class during the week.
TRX leverages gravity and your body weight to develop strength, balance, fitness, flexibility and core stability simultaneously. Certified TRX Trainer John Sweetman currently teaches a Saturday class from 11:30-12:30.
More information about the TRX Suspension Training system may be found at www.trxtraining.com.
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In the Community
UCLA's Meditation Awareness Research Center
UCLA's Mindfulness Awareness Research Center's  (MARC) mission is to foster mindful awareness across the lifespan through education and research to promote well-being and a more compassionate society.
Mindful awareness can be defined as paying attention to present moment experiences with openness,  curiosity, and a willingness to be with what is. It is an excellent antidote to the stresses of modern times. It invites us to stop, breathe, observe, and connect with one's inner experience. It also helps us to create greater mind-body awareness.
There are many ways to bring mindfulness into one's life, such as meditation, yoga, art, or time in nature. Mindfulness can be trained systematically, and can be implemented in daily life, by people of any age, profession or background.
In the last ten years, significant research has shown  mindfulness to address health issues such as lower blood pressure and boost the immune system; increase attention and focus, including aid those suffering from ADHD; help with difficult mental states such as anxiety and depression, fostering well-being and less emotional reactivity; and thicken the brain in areas in charge of decision making, emotional flexibility, and empathy.
MARC's activities and objectives:
● Classes and workshops to the general public
● FREE guided meditations on the website and iTunes
● Foster and publicize research to support the scientific benefits of mindful awareness
● Bring mindfulness to medical professionals through UCLA's medical education program
● Offer mindfulness tools and classes to medical professionals
Contact UCLA's MARC by calling 310.206.7503 or visiting www.marc.ucla.edu.
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Classes at the Center
PLEASE NOTE: As of June 1st, we offer ONE Feldenkrais Method Awareness Through Movement®
Ongoing support at the Center for Physical Health helps you stay on the path to health. Current classes include Feldenkrais Method Awareness Through Movement®, Therapeutic Yoga, Therapeutic Fitness and TRX Suspension Training. All classes are $18 or $20 each and $150 or $180 for purchase of a series of ten. View our class schedule. |
      
Accepting all insurances. In network with Anthem Blue Cross and Medicare.
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Erase the Signs of Aging with this
1-DAY ANTI-AGING WORKSHOP
Cost: $30
Click image for more about the 50-second Facelift
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Space is limited.
Call or email to RSVP or for more info.
MELT roller, balls, book & DVD available for purchase
at the Center for Physical Health.
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