Health
I’m excited to share my expertise as well as my journey with you in this column as I begin the evolution into my prime years. Although I bring an enthusiastic attitude, a strong will and a youthful mind-set, with many years of competitive sports and active living, I also suffer from the physical aches and pains from old sports injuries and arthritis.
Even as activity at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada continued to shrink, the operating loss widened.
Two years ago the symptoms first hit. Headaches pounded her to tears. Dizziness dropped her to her knees. They would come and go, but happened enough to send the then-77-year-old Mabelle “Mickey” Wiedeman, who generally chalked up her aches and pains to old age, to the doctor.
The director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health says there is a great need for physical therapy and occupational therapy services for people with brain conditions, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis. The physical therapy branch of the center near downtown has been open since early August and soon will need an office in another part of the Las Vegas Valley.
Service industry workers, including cocktail servers, valet runners, cashiers, restaurant workers, dealers and performers, are more susceptible to foot and ankle problems than those in other jobs for two reasons: footwear and time spent on their feet.
