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LAND O’LAKES, Florida – – A 4-year-old Pasco County girl is struggling with medulloblastoma after experiencing symptoms earlier this year.

Gabriela and Andrew Southwick said their daughter developed a headache and neck pain in January 2021. Her parents took her to a pediatrician.

“They said it didn’t sound serious. It could be gastrointestinal disease, just wait and see,” recalled Gabriela Southwick.

As the symptoms progressed, her parents took her to a doctor again.

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“We went to the emergency room a couple of times. They gave her IV fluids because they thought it was a gastrointestinal virus,” she added.

Doctors performed a CT scan and diagnosed Emersyn with stage 4 medulloblastoma.

According to the Mayo Clinic, medulloblastoma is a malignant (malignant) brain tumor that begins in the lower back part of the brain called the cerebellum. The cerebellum is involved in muscle coordination, balance, and movement.

“It’s one of the most common brain tumors in children. Stage four just means it has spread so they couldn’t remove a single tumor. Although they removed one tumor initially,” Gabriela said.

“I would say we were in shock for several days after the initial diagnosis,” added Emersyn’s father Andrew.

The 4-year-old received chemotherapy. She had complications and was admitted to St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital for almost 6 months. She also needed radiation. Her parents took her to the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando.

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Emersyn rang the doorbell about 2 weeks ago.

“With the radiation, in the end, regardless of whether you are actually cancer-free or no more tumors are seen, they ring the bell because it’s a great achievement and one and the same with the radiation. We can’t go back and do more.” Radiation, if that works it’s great. If not, we can’t go back and do more, “said Gabriela.

Emersyn’s fight continues. She will be in a clinical trial and will take oral medication twice a day.

“There is a lot of grief and a lot of heartbreak because you have plans and hopes for your child, and that’s why we really struggled with it,” said Gabriela.

Andrew and Gabriela both quit their teaching jobs in Pasco County to take care of their daughter. Both taught at Sunlake High School.
Friends launched a GoFundMe page to raise funds online.

“We are just incredibly lucky that our community, the people we love most, have grown stronger. I mean, it’s amazing and overwhelming because I’m not asking for help, ”said Gabriela.

“You never think it’s going to be your child, or especially not because of something as small as neck pain or vomiting. The scary part is how most childhood cancers are diagnosed … like such a minor symptom, all of a sudden.” they weird or they complained that their leg hurts, little things like that, “she added.

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced that data from its migraine portfolio will be presented at the International Headache Congress 2021, held jointly this year by the International Headache Society and the European Headache Federation, from September 8-12. The company will share a total of 23 abstracts, including two oral presentations and one abstract lecture.

“We continue to conduct research that seeks to provide additional insights into the safety, efficacy and clinical utility of our approved and investigational migraine therapies,” said Michael Gold, M.D., vice president, neuroscience development, AbbVie. “The data we’re presenting are a result of AbbVie’s ongoing commitment to driving progress in the migraine community.”

Among the new data being presented are results from an open-label, multicenter extension to the pivotal Phase 3 ADVANCE trial evaluating the long-term safety and tolerability of atogepant, an investigational, orally administered calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist developed for the preventive treatment of migraine over 40 weeks. Researchers will also share data from the Phase 1, single-center, open-label, multiple-dose study assessing the potential for pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions between atogepant and topiramate; the observational cross-sectional UNIVERSE study examining real-world effectiveness and patient satisfaction of ubrogepant for acute migraine treatment; and the POLARIS study, a retrospective claims data analysis examining the real-world treatment patterns of oral migraine preventive medication by pharmacologic class in people with migraine.

Additional presentations will focus on the efficacy of atogepant for the preventive treatment of migraine based on further analyses from the ADVANCE trial, the safety and tolerability of investigational ubrogepant as a potential acute treatment for perimenstrual migraine, and real-world evidence regarding the safety and efficacy of CGRP monoclonal antibody therapy added to BOTOX® (onabotulinumtoxinA) for migraine prevention in adult patients with chronic migraine. Results from a post-hoc analysis of the Phase 3 PREEMPT trials evaluating the use of BOTOX® for chronic migraine will also be presented.

AbbVie abstracts and presentation details for IHC 2021 are outlined below.

About Atogepant

Atogepant is an investigational, orally administered, CGRP receptor antagonist (gepant) specifically developed for the preventive treatment of migraine. CGRP and its receptors are expressed in regions of the nervous system associated with migraine pathophysiology. Studies have shown that CGRP levels are elevated during migraine attacks, and selective CGRP receptor antagonists confer clinical benefit in migraine. Atogepant is currently under review by the U.S. FDA.

About BOTOX®

BOTOX® was first approved by the FDA in 1989 for two rare eye muscle disorders – blepharospasm and strabismus in adults. Today, BOTOX® is FDA-approved for 12 therapeutic indications, including Chronic Migraine, overactive bladder, leakage of urine (incontinence) due to overactive bladder caused by a neurologic condition in adults, cervical dystonia, adult and pediatric spasticity, severe underarm sweating (axillary hyperhidrosis), and pediatric detrusor overactivity associated with a neurologic condition.

BOTOX®(onabotulinumtoxinA) Important Information in the United States

Indications

BOTOX® is a prescription medicine that is injected into muscles and used:

• To treat overactive bladder symptoms such as a strong need to urinate with leaking or wetting accidents (urge urinary incontinence), a strong need to urinate right away (urgency), and urinating often (frequency) in adults 18 years and older when another type of medicine (anticholinergic) does not work well enough or cannot be taken
• To treat leakage of urine (incontinence) in adults 18 years and older with overactive bladder caused by a neurologic disease who still have leakage or cannot tolerate the side effects after trying an anticholinergic medication
• To treat overactive bladder due to a neurologic disease in children 5 years of age and older when another type of medicine (anticholinergic) does not work well enough or cannot be taken
• To prevent headaches in adults with chronic migraine who have 15 or more days each month with headache lasting 4 or more hours each day in people 18 years or older
• To treat increased muscle stiffness in people 2 years of age and older with spasticity
• To treat the abnormal head position and neck pain that happens with cervical dystonia (CD) in people 16 years and older
• To treat certain types of eye muscle problems (strabismus) or abnormal spasm of the eyelids (blepharospasm) in people 12 years of age and older

BOTOX® is also injected into the skin to treat the symptoms of severe underarm sweating (severe primary axillary hyperhidrosis) when medicines used on the skin (topical) do not work well enough in people 18 years and older.

It is not known whether BOTOX® is safe and effective to prevent headaches in patients with migraine who have 14 or fewer headache days each month (episodic migraine).

BOTOX® has not been shown to help people perform task-specific functions with their upper limbs or increase movement in joints that are permanently fixed in position by stiff muscles.

It is not known whether BOTOX® is safe and effective for severe sweating anywhere other than your armpits.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

BOTOX®may cause serious side effects that can be life threatening. Get medical help right away if you have any of these problems any time (hours to weeks) after injection of BOTOX®:

• Problems swallowing, speaking, or breathing, due to weakening of associated muscles, can be severe and result in loss of life. You are at the highest risk if these problems are pre-existing before injection. Swallowing problems may last for several months
• Spread of toxin effects. The effect of botulinum toxin may affect areas away from the injection site and cause serious symptoms including: loss of strength and all-over muscle weakness, double vision, blurred vision and drooping eyelids, hoarseness or change or loss of voice, trouble saying words clearly, loss of bladder control, trouble breathing, and trouble swallowing

There has not been a confirmed serious case of spread of toxin effect away from the injection site when BOTOX® has been used at the recommended dose to treat chronic migraine, severe underarm sweating, blepharospasm, or strabismus.

BOTOX® may cause loss of strength or general muscle weakness, vision problems, or dizziness within hours to weeks of taking BOTOX®. If this happens, do not drive a car, operate machinery, or do other dangerous activities.

Do not receive BOTOX®if you: are allergic to any of the ingredients in BOTOX® (see Medication Guide for ingredients); had an allergic reaction to any other botulinum toxin product such as Myobloc® (rimabotulinumtoxinB), Dysport® (abobotulinumtoxinA), or Xeomin® (incobotulinumtoxinA); have a skin infection at the planned injection site.

Do not receive BOTOX®for the treatment of urinary incontinence if you: have a urinary tract infection (UTI) or cannot empty your bladder on your own and are not routinely catheterizing. Due to the risk of urinary retention (not being able to empty the bladder), only patients who are willing and able to initiate catheterization post treatment, if required, should be considered for treatment.

Patients treated for overactive bladder:

In clinical trials, 36 of the 552 patients had to self-catheterize for urinary retention following treatment with BOTOX® compared to 2 of the 542 treated with placebo. The median duration of post-injection catheterization for these patients treated with BOTOX® 100 Units (n = 36) was 63 days (minimum 1 day to maximum 214 days) as compared to a median duration of 11 days (minimum 3 days to maximum 18 days) for patients receiving placebo (n = 2). Patients with diabetes mellitus treated with BOTOX® were more likely to develop urinary retention than nondiabetics.

Adult Patients treated for overactive bladder due to neurologic disease:

In clinical trials, 30.6% of patients (33/108) who were not using clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) prior to injection, required catheterization for urinary retention following treatment with BOTOX® 200 Units as compared to 6.7% of patients (7/104) treated with placebo. The median duration of post-injection catheterization for these patients treated with BOTOX® 200 Units (n = 33) was 289 days (minimum 1 day to maximum 530 days) as compared to a median duration of 358 days (minimum 2 days to maximum 379 days) for patients receiving placebo (n = 7). Among patients not using CIC at baseline, those with MS were more likely to require CIC post injection than those with SCI.

The dose of BOTOX®is not the same as, or comparable to, another botulinum toxin product.

Serious and/or immediate allergic reactions have been reported, including itching, rash, red itchy welts, wheezing, asthma symptoms, dizziness, or feeling faint. Get medical help right away if you experience symptoms; further injection of BOTOX® should be discontinued.

Tell your doctor about all your muscle or nerve conditions, such as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, myasthenia gravis, or Lambert-Eaton syndrome, as you may be at increased risk of serious side effects, including difficulty swallowing and difficulty breathing from typical doses of BOTOX®.

Tell your doctor if you have any breathing-related problems. Your doctor may monitor you for breathing problems during treatment with BOTOX® for spasticity or for detrusor overactivity associated with a neurologic condition. The risk of developing lung disease in patients with reduced lung function is increased in patients receiving BOTOX®.

Cornea problems have been reported. Cornea (surface of the eye) problems have been reported in some people receiving BOTOX® for their blepharospasm, especially in people with certain nerve disorders. BOTOX® may cause the eyelids to blink less, which could lead to the surface of the eye being exposed to air more than is usual. Tell your doctor if you experience any problems with your eyes while receiving BOTOX®. Your doctor may treat your eyes with drops, ointments, contact lenses, or with an eye patch.

Bleeding behind the eye has been reported. Bleeding behind the eyeball has been reported in some people receiving BOTOX® for their strabismus. Tell your doctor if you notice any new visual problems while receiving BOTOX®.

Bronchitis and upper respiratory tract infections (common colds) have been reported. Bronchitis was reported more frequently in adults receiving BOTOX® for upper limb spasticity. Upper respiratory infections were also reported more frequently in adults with prior breathing-related problems with spasticity. In pediatric patients treated with BOTOX® for upper limb spasticity, upper respiratory tract infections were reported more frequently. In pediatric patients treated with BOTOX® for lower limb spasticity, upper respiratory tract infections were not reported more frequently than placebo.

Autonomic dysreflexia in patients treated for overactive bladder due to neurologic disease. Autonomic dysreflexia associated with intradetrusor injections of BOTOX® could occur in patients treated for detrusor overactivity associated with a neurologic condition and may require prompt medical therapy. In clinical trials, the incidence of autonomic dysreflexia was greater in adult patients treated with BOTOX® 200 Units compared with placebo (1.5% versus 0.4%, respectively).

Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions, including if you: have or have had bleeding problems; have plans to have surgery; had surgery on your face; weakness of forehead muscles; trouble raising your eyebrows; drooping eyelids; any other abnormal facial change; have symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI) and are being treated for urinary incontinence (symptoms of a urinary tract infection may include pain or burning with urination, frequent urination, or fever); have problems emptying your bladder on your own and are being treated for urinary incontinence; are pregnant or plan to become pregnant (it is not known if BOTOX® can harm your unborn baby); are breastfeeding or plan to (it is not known if BOTOX® passes into breast milk).

Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Using BOTOX® with certain other medicines may cause serious side effects. Do not start any new medicines until you have told your doctor that you have received BOTOX®in the past.

Tell your doctor if you received any other botulinum toxin product in the last 4 months; have received injections of botulinum toxin such as Myobloc®, Dysport®, or Xeomin®in the past (tell your doctor exactly which product you received); have recently received an antibiotic by injection; take muscle relaxants; take an allergy or cold medicine; take a sleep medicine; take aspirin-like products or blood thinners.

Other side effects of BOTOX®include: dry mouth, discomfort or pain at the injection site, tiredness, headache, neck pain, eye problems: double vision, blurred vision, decreased eyesight, drooping eyelids, swelling of your eyelids, dry eyes; drooping eyebrows; and upper respiratory tract infection. In adults being treated for urinary incontinence, other side effects include urinary tract infection and painful urination. In children being treated for urinary incontinence, other side effects include urinary tract infection and bacteria in the urine. If you have difficulty fully emptying your bladder on your own after receiving BOTOX®, you may need to use disposable self-catheters to empty your bladder up to a few times each day until your bladder is able to start emptying again.

For more information refer to the Medication Guide or talk with your doctor.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Please see BOTOX®fullProduct Information, includingBoxed Warning andMedication Guide.

Globally, prescribing information varies; refer to the individual country product label for complete information.

About UBRELVY® (ubrogepant) in the United States

UBRELVY® (ubrogepant) is an orally administered calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist (gepant) for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults that is an option for a wide range of patients who experience migraine attacks. UBRELVY® is the first pill of its kind to directly block CGRP, a protein released during a migraine attack, from binding to its receptors.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

Who should not take UBRELVY® (ubrogepant)?

Do not take UBRELVY® if you are taking medicines known as strong CYP3A4 inhibitors, such as ketoconazole, clarithromycin, itraconazole.

What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking UBRELVY®?

Tell your healthcare provider about all your medical conditions, including if you:

• Have liver problems
• Have kidney problems
• Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant
• Are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take UBRELVY® with other medicines.

What are the most common side effects of UBRELVY®?

The most common side effects are nausea (4%) and sleepiness (3%). These are not all of the possible side effects of UBRELVY®.

What is UBRELVY® (ubrogepant)?

UBRELVY® is a prescription medicine used for the acute treatment of migraine attacks with or without aura in adults. UBRELVY® is not used to prevent migraine headaches.

Please see full Prescribing Information.

Globally, prescribing information varies; refer to the individual country product label for complete information.

About AbbVie in Migraine

Impacting one billion people worldwide, migraine is a neurological disease with recurring attacks that causes pain and other disabling symptoms. However, migraine can be treatable. At AbbVie, we are committed to empowering people in their pursuit of migraine freedom. We advance science that enables healthcare providers to care for people impacted across the spectrum of migraine. Through education and partnerships with the migraine community, we strive to help those with migraine navigate barriers to care, access effective treatments and reclaim their lives.

About AbbVie in Neuroscience

At AbbVie, our commitment to preserve the personhood of those living with neurological and psychiatric disorders is unwavering. Every challenge in this uncharted territory makes us more determined and drives us harder to discover and deliver solutions for patients, care partners and clinicians. AbbVie’s Neuroscience portfolio consists of approved therapies and a robust pipeline in neurological and psychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, bipolar I disorder, major depressive disorder, migraine, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injuries, post-stroke spasticity, schizophrenia, stroke and others.

We have a strong investment in neuroscience research, with our Foundational Neuroscience Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and our Neuroscience Discovery site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, where our research and resilience in these challenging therapeutic areas is yielding a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology of neurological and psychiatric disorders, and identifying targets for potential disease-modifying therapeutics aimed at making a difference in people’s lives.

About AbbVie

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @AbbVie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Forward-Looking Statements

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If you notice the development of a hump at the base or in the neck, you may be focusing on how strange it looks and thinking that this is due to poor posture. This hump in the neck is sometimes referred to as the “widow’s hump” or “humped back” and is medically known as thoracic kyphosis.

“This bump typically affects the area of ​​the spine called the upper thoracic spine,” says Dr. James E. Dowdell III, MD, spinal surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery. “When you have this condition, your head appears to be protruding because your upper thoracic spine has an excessive curvature.”

If you have a bump in your neck you may experience symptoms such as back pain or stiffness, fatigue, tight hamstrings, and rounded shoulders. And although Dr. Dowdell finds that everyone has a natural curve in their spine, there are certain reasons and causes that you can make that curve worse.

What Causes Thoracic Kyphosis?

While several factors can play a role in the formation of the hump, one thing stands out from the others. “The most common cause of the hump is poor posture,” says Dr. Dowdell. “Unfortunately, this becomes a chicken-and-egg scenario as poor posture puts more pressure on the spine, which can worsen the curvature, further exacerbating the existing poor posture.”

Related: Try These 12 Exercises For Bad Posture

Other causes are:

• Osteoporosis (bone disease): “This can change the shape of bones (wedging of vertebrae) if they are not strong enough,” says Dr. Dowdell. “This wedging of the vertebra creates kyphosis in the thoracic spine.”
• Arthritis: “Arthritis in the lower neck area can cause the head to automatically lean more forward to keep the arthritic areas in a more comfortable position,” says Dr. Rahul Shah, MD, a specialist in orthopedic spine and neck surgery with Premier Orthopedic Spine Associates in Vineland, New Jersey. This leaning forward creates a cascade of changes that make the hump more noticeable.
• Scheuermann’s kyphosis: While the normal curvature of the spine is between 20 and 40 degrees, a congenital problem called Scheurmann’s kyphosis creates a curvature between 45 and 75 degrees, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center.
• Muscle weakness: When the muscles in the upper thoracic spine aren’t strong enough, it puts extra pressure on the spine, which can contribute to the development of that curvature, which Dr. Dowdell is now more common due to office work / computers / smartphones.
• Aging: As you age, you may lose significantly more mass in the vertebrae of the spine (either in the neck or in the chest bones), which can lead to postural changes that can accentuate the hump, says Dr. Shah.
• Additional tissue storage through additional fat storage: This can be caused by certain drugs, steroids, conditions like Cushing’s syndrome, and obesity, notes Dr. Shah.

Related: How to Correct Front Head Posture, or “Nerd Neck”

How to fix breast kyphosis

“In my opinion, the most important thing about the hump is identifying the cause,” notes Dr. Shah. “If someone has a bump, I would recommend checking with your doctor to determine the underlying cause so that the solutions have a high chance of working.”

Lifestyle changes are the mainstay of treatment. These can include:

• Physical activity. “Regular cardiovascular exercises, back strengthening exercises, and yoga can help,” says Dr. Dowdell. “A prescription for physical therapy can also be offered to guide this treatment, including attention to good posture and proper ergonomics.”
• A back support. “If your condition is more advanced at a young age, you may even be prescribed braces to keep your condition from getting worse,” says Dr. Dowdell.
• Painkiller. “If the pain is severe, the drug of choice is usually an anti-inflammatory drug,” says Dr. Dowdell.
• Adjust medication. “For example, if you have a bump due to fatty tissue deposits, various medications can help, or even consider removing the tissue directly during surgery,” says Dr. Shah.
• Treatment of underlying diseases. “This is also important to prevent further deterioration – osteoporosis is the main disease that can worsen kyphosis if left untreated,” says Dr. Dowdell.
• Spinal surgery. “Only in severe cases of kyphosis would surgery be offered. Sometimes kyphosis can contribute to compression of the spinal cord and possibly even cause problems with organ (lung / heart) dysfunction if the kyphosis is severe enough. In these situations, surgery can be done to reduce the curvature of the spine. This would be spinal fusion surgery.

Related: For Perfect Posture, Try This Workout

Tips for preventing breast kyphosis

There are a few ways to prevent the hump in the neck in the first place. There are four things to keep in mind:

Practice correct posture

“This prevents further stress on your spine and reduces the likelihood of degeneration and deterioration of your hump,” says Dr. Dowdell. “For every inch your head protrudes, your spine experiences 10 pounds of extra force.”

For example, carry something heavy with your arms outstretched or pulled away from you, and then carry the same thing with your arms close to your body. “Your muscles tire faster when your arms are far from your body,” says Dr. Dowdell, and the same goes for your neck.

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“Exercises that are aimed directly at strengthening the neck and upper chest muscles can be helpful in maintaining the integrity of the neck muscles and maintaining a horizontal view,” says Dr. Shah. “Lifting weights or doing other strength training exercises can help increase bone density over time. Yoga can also help with posture, alignment, and flexibility. “

Focus on bone health

“If you have osteoporosis, make an appointment with an endocrinologist to improve your bone health and take calcium or vitamin D,” says Dr. Dowdell. In addition to supplements, eating a healthy, balanced diet high in calcium and vitamin D also helps keep your bones strong, notes Dr. Shah.

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Customize your workspace

According to Dr. Shah, do not hang forward or around your shoulders even when you are sitting at a keyboard or watching TV on the couch. “Optimizing your workplace is also ideal; Trying to keep your head level with the pelvis and not bending your neck forward is a good place to start, ”says Dr. Shah.

Next up: the best sleeping position to avoid back and neck pain

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Did you know that humans spend ⅓ their lives sleeping? You may also be interested in how the position you sleep in has an impact on how much rest you get overall. Bought wrong mattress For your sleep type, having a sleep problem can also make it worse, so understanding how you sleep is important.

There are three main sleeping positions that most people need to know about. These are back, front and side sleepers. Below you will find out what type of sleeper you are and what type of EZ Living Furniture mattress that will suit you best.

Back sleeper

A back sleeper spends most of his night on his back. While they can switch positions during the night, these individuals can enjoy the fact that they are getting the best overall sleep health. Slumbering on your back prevents greater pain and often means you are enjoying a deeper sleep. The ideal mattress for this type of sleeper is a firm mattress. This maintains the natural alignment of the spine and supports the pressure points of the entire body.

Recommended mattress: Billionaire from EZ Living Furniture.

Front sleeper

Sleeping on your stomach is usually not recommended by sleep experts. However, it can actually help you fall asleep faster and provide better relief for those who snore and suffer from sleep apnea. The best mattress for these people is one that offers good support, i.e. a medium comfort rating. This prevents you from completely sinking into it and arching your spine, which can lead to additional back and sometimes neck pain.

Recommended mattress: Wellbeing Latex from EZ Living Furniture.

Side sleeper

Sleeping on the side of our body is the most common. Why? Because there are many variations for side sleeping – for example the fetal position. There are many benefits associated with side sleep, including reduced chance of sleep apnea, insomnia relief, and sleep deprivation. The perfect mattress for side sleepers has medium to firm comfort.

Recommended mattress: Luxury 3200 from EZ Living Furniture.

Beds and bed frames

For the best mattress support, we always recommend buying a new bed frame or underlay at the same time as your mattress. Make sure the bed frame you purchased is the same size as the mattress. For example, a 5ft mattress must be combined with a 5ft bed frame or bed frame.

Now that you have gathered all the information you need for a restful sleep, we can put this topic firmly in bed.

View the full range of EZ Living Furniture mattresses online at ezlivingfurniture.ie/mattresses

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BUTLER – The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and Butler Fire Department joined forces to respond to a three vehicle crash that left one vehicle on its side Friday night.

The crash, which occurred at 6:17 p.m., occurred at the corner of SR 8 and SR 101 south of Butler.

Dawn Miller, 46, of Fort Wayne, who was driving a 2008 Ford Escape, was traveling south on SR 101 when she stopped at a stop sign at the intersection before entering the intersection.

On entering the intersection, her vehicle was hit by a 2021 Ford Focus driven by Beth Garman, 62, of Butler, who was traveling east on SR 8. Garman had the right of way as the traffic on the SR 8 did not stop.

Garman crashed into Miller’s vehicle on the passenger side and the two vehicles collided with a third vehicle, a 2021 Ford Explorer driven by Jason Holman, 45, of St. Joe, which was stopped at the intersection.

Miller’s vehicle rolled on its side as a result of the impact on the driver’s side between the other two vehicles. She had to be freed from the vehicle by the Butler fire department.

Miller was hospitalized by Parkview DeKalb EMS and complained of pain, cuts and bruises. Garman complained of neck pain and Holman reported no injuries.

Miller’s and Garman’s vehicles were totaled in the accident and an estimated $ 10,000 damage was caused to Holman’s vehicle.

The crews were assisted by Concord Fire Department, Jeff’s Towing, and Brent’s Towing.

The surge in Covid-19 cases has prompted Florida schools to require face masks despite Florida … [+] Governor Ron DeSantis (R) opposition to face masks mandate. Here students wear a face mask when entering St. Lawrence Catholic School north of Miami. (Photo by CHANDA KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images)

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On August 30, the Sarasota County, Florida School District introduced mandatory face masks for all students. The only exceptions would be those who could provide a form signed by a health professional stating that there was a medical reason for their being unable to wear a face mask. And voilà, just like that, over a thousand students in Sarasota County have given their schools such signed medical exception forms. Who would have thought that so many students have real medical reasons not to wear face masks?

Guess who signed about a third of these forms. If you answered a pediatrician, a head and neck doctor, or a pulmonologist, you should be corrected. The answer rhymes with Velociraptor, or a man in a tractor. Apparently, a chiropractor named Dan Busch, DC, CCEP has signed over 500 medical exemption forms for students in the school district, Ryan McKinnon reports for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Yes, a chiropractor.

This ABC7 SWFL news segment covered the “backstory”:

As you can see on the news, people seemed to be lining up to see the chiropractor as if waiting for an autograph session with Justin Bieber.

A chiropractor may not be the first person to think of when you have severe breathing problems. Or the second. Or the third. Or even the twentieth. If you’ve heard “I can’t breathe, I really need a chiropractor” so many times about getting a nickel, how many nickel would you end up with? The Merriam Webster dictionary defines chiropractors as “a licensed physician who treats disorders (such as back and neck pain) primarily of the musculoskeletal system, specifically by manually adjusting or manipulating the vertebrae to correct dysfunction of the nervous system”. How much of it screams, “being able to determine if someone can wear a face mask?”

The Twin Palms Chiropractic website mentions that Busch’s practice includes “nutritional counseling and massage therapy” and “treatment of injuries, rehabilitation of extremities, disc disease” but no mention of respiratory problems or the nose or mouth.

McKinnon’s Sarasota Herald Tribune article also reported that there were rumors that Busch’s office was distributing “pre-signed forms.” This reportedly prompted Superintendent Brennan Asplen of the Sarasota School District to introduce a new version of the face mask exemption form. This updated version limits who can sign the form to a doctor, osteopathic doctor, or nurse.

As you can imagine, the school district does not force the wearing of face masks just for fun or to limit people’s freedoms. They are doing it because the Covid-19 coronavirus continues to increase in Florida. And children tend to have noses and mouths. In addition, most children cannot yet be vaccinated. Without wearing a face mask, an infected student could spit virus in the air, like someone doing the Savage TikTok dance while holding a water sprinkler. While a face mask may not be able to stop all of these viruses from getting into the air, masking it can at least reduce the amount of virus.

A masked school mascot in a bobcat costume greets the students when they arrive on the first day of school … [+] Class for the 2021-22 school year at Baldwin Park Elementary School. Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Florida, Orange County public schools have introduced a face mask mandate for students for 30 days unless a parent opts against the requirement. (Photo by Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Therefore, the school district requires all face masks to be worn except those who can produce a form signed by a licensed doctor stating that they are “due to a medical, physical, or psychological contraindication.” This exception is for humans who really have a legitimate reason why they can’t wear face masks, such as having difficulty breathing instead of “just not feeling like it”.

In order for a healthcare professional to sign a medical exemption from a face mask requirement, that healthcare professional must actually verify that there is actually a real medical reason why the person cannot wear a face mask. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists three categories of people who are exempt from the face mask requirement. The first would be a child under the age of two. Now you probably don’t need a doctor to check if your child is under two years old. It should indicate that your child was born last year or doesn’t yet have a mustache. Also, what the peck would you do if you sent someone two years or younger to kindergarten or elementary school.

The second category is those with a disability who cannot or cannot safely wear a mask for reasons related to the disability. There aren’t too many disabilities or conditions that would really prevent the use of face masks. To be unconscious is certainly one. However, sending an unconscious child to school is usually a bad idea. Instead, you may want such a child to be examined by a doctor. You don’t want to say: “Oh, little Emma”, “Oh, little Axl” or “Oh, little tablecloth” or whatever you called your child, “are unconscious again? How many times have I told you not to be passed out? ”

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has spoken out against local requirements for face masks, despite the … [+] The Covid-19 coronavirus delta variant continues to increase in Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

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In fact, virtually any medical reason not to wear a face mask is a reason that should deserve to be seen by a doctor long before a face mask is required. For example, don’t wait for your child to be told to wear a face mask for a doctor to treat your child’s serious breathing problems, such as severe asthma.

For this reason, a face mask exemption form should be signed by a doctor or nurse who has been seeing your child for some time. If you see a doctor just to get a face mask exemption, that’s not cool. You are basically trying to bypass a rule that is meant to protect everyone. This can be akin to trying to hide your pee or poop in a swimming pool.

Incidentally, the third reason the CDC may give for not wearing face masks is “an individual for whom wearing a mask would pose a risk to health, safety or job duties as determined by the workplace risk assessment” . Now it’s hard to imagine your child having such an important job at school where people have to see their mouth at all times. In such a case, too, there are face masks with transparent windows.

Remember, not all health professionals are created equal. You probably wouldn’t go to a rectal surgeon to look into an ear problem even if the rectal surgeon said, “A hole is a hole”. It should also be clear what chiropractors are specially trained and licensed for. And what they are not.

When it comes to face mask exemption forms, there is a concern that some people see signing such forms as a way to make money quickly. Because surprise, surprise, there are people who are ready to surprise, to surprise, to benefit from any situation, even if it means putting others in danger. While not necessarily out for a profit, they could try to make a political statement that shouldn’t be associated with public safety.

Therefore, school districts may want anyone who signs a face mask waiver to fully document how long he or she has seen the child, what expertise he or she has in making such a determination, and what the specific findings and reasons for the face are Mask exemption. By making the form more complex, you can prevent games like providing presigned forms. It could help correct things and prevent someone from manipulating the situation, so to speak.

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A tenant subject of the infamous Tuskegee study.
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‘Good reason be afraid of what white people are up to ‘

Craig Donaldson, an Oakland humanities teacher, says his high school students agree as much on few things as their staunch refusal to get the “push”. The broad consensus among its mostly African American students – there are a few Latinos and Arabs, but no whites – is to simply say “no” when it comes to any of the COVID-19 vaccines on the market.

“The reason is because they just don’t trust the government at all,” said Donaldson, a 52-year-old African American, who asked not to use his real name because he was concerned about retaliation from the school administration. “And they don’t trust big institutions like the medical establishment.

“They think there might be a plan,” said Donaldson. “I’m not saying there is deep analysis or anything, but a general instinctive distrust of the system and its intentions towards blacks.”

Despite being vaccinated himself, Donaldson admits he shares his students’ concerns. “My girlfriend is bothering me because I [vaccinated]”Said Donaldson. “She is Afrocentric and suspicious of Western medicine and stands up [homeopathic remedies]. Like my students, she believes that something more nefarious is involved [with the vaccines]. “

Donaldson, his girlfriend and his students are hardly outliers in the African American community, but rather represent a black-body policy that has little trust in white Americans, their institutions or their medicine. Along with Latinos, blacks remain the most unvaccinated population in the United States

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 72% of American adults had received at least one dose of vaccine by August 16. 58% of those vaccinated are known by race, 58% of them are white and 10% are black.

With the Delta variant rampant among the unvaccinated in particular, health professionals are redoubling their efforts to allay blacks’ fears of the vaccines. “We know the vaccine is safe,” said Dr. Michele Benoit-Wilson, a gynecologist at WakeMed Health in Raleigh, North Carolina, who said she encourages her patients to get vaccinated almost daily.

“No increased risk of miscarriage was seen in women vaccinated before pregnancy or in early pregnancy,” said Benoit-Wilson. “The solution has to be to vaccinate all of us and get the message across that the vaccine is very safe.”

That doesn’t mean gas-lighting African Americans’ concerns or dismissing them as paranoid, however, said Dr. Rachel Villanueva, clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine. She is the president of the National Medical Association, the black equivalent of the American Medical Association.

History is replete with examples of white doctors brutally treating African Americans instead of curing them, including the most famous Tuskegee experiment in which 400 black tenants were treated with placebos for syphilis instead of the generally accepted treatment penicillin. Less well known are the abuses of the “father of gynecology”, a 19th century gynecologist named J. Marion Sims, who experimented on enslaved women without anesthesia.

In 1931, another white doctor, Cornelius Rhoads, investigating anemia in Puerto Rico, wrote a letter to a colleague boasting that he deliberately killed eight patients. Twenty years later, Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year-old African American mother of five, complained of vaginal bleeding to doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Without their consent, the doctors donated some of the cancerous tissue taken from Lacks’ cervix to medical researchers.

Ironically, the Lacks cell line – known as the workhorse of modern biological research – was last used in the development of vaccines against COVID-19.

And last year, a 52-year-old African American medical doctor, Susan Moore, died of COVID-19 after complaining about the frustrating exchange with a white hospital doctor in the Indiana University health system. In a Facebook post shortly before her death, she described the doctor’s refusal to prescribe pain medication for her severe neck pain.

“I was devastated,” said a tearful Moore. “He made me feel like a drug addict. And he knew I was a doctor. I don’t take narcotics. I was injured.”

“Our community has a deep distrust of the medical system, and for good reason,” said Dr. Villanueva the MSR. “Blacks are hesitant because they lack confidence in the vaccine. That is understandable. But we think it’s so important to educate patients and work to get them vaccinated. White people are also vaccinated. “

Through social media channels, black activists urge Americans to naturally boost their immune systems, wondering why other countries have been successful in treating the spread of COVID-19 with traditional drugs or drugs like ivermectin. A New York area African American activist Lisa Davis recently wrote on Facebook:

“It just goes back to my original premise … that the principles of white supremacy are deeply anchored in Eurocentric medicine, since what counts as ‘science’ does not recognize or even recognize any culture that is not white! But it steals from them. “

Oakland school teacher Donaldson said that unlike many whites, his students are not necessarily averse to wearing masks, suggesting that they are skeptical about the disease itself, rather than about the treatment. “There is such a widespread attack on blackness that we have really good reason to be concerned about what white people are up to.”

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Acacia Fysio plus Zorg, a physiotherapy clinic in Almelo, the Netherlands, is pleased to announce that their manual therapy service is growing in popularity. This is because manual therapy can help minimize the pain many people experience in Almelo from the neck, back, and other joints. Manual therapy is a specialized master’s degree that can be completed after completing a regular degree in physiotherapy. The training is broad, but the main focus is on improving the joint functions of the legs, arms and spine.

Manual therapists examine the patient’s vertebral joints and other parts of the body in detail in order to be able to treat the affected areas in a targeted manner. This allows them to fully understand the movement disorders that patients experience associated with activity issues such as turning their head or stooping. If problems arise at work or in the hobby in connection with the health problem, this will also be illustrated by the manual therapist. And if necessary, they also take personal and environmental factors into account to enable the best possible treatment.

Manual therapy is urgently needed in the Netherlands, where more than two million people suffered from neck and back pain in 2018. This is equivalent to 12 percent of the country’s population and these numbers are likely to apply to the city of Almelo, which is in the east of the country. Fortunately, chronic and acute neck and back pain can be effectively treated with manual therapy.

The Physiotherapist with a Masters Degree in Manual Therapy focuses on the spine, which does not mean that he does not examine and treat other parts of the body as well. Manual therapists perform a thorough physical therapy exam to get a good visualization of the problem.

Anyone who suffers from headaches, back pain, dizziness and neck pain, for example, will usually benefit quickly from a number of manual therapy methods. One not-so-obvious group that can benefit from manual therapy is crying babies. At Acacia Fysio plus Zorg, they specialize in treating crying babies. With a treatment average of around two sessions and a success rate of over 90 percent, they have been able to help many babies and their parents.

In addition to manual therapy, Acacia Fysio plus Zorg also offers pelvic, sports and geriatric physiotherapy. Pelvic physiotherapy deals with pelvic problems that some people find embarrassing. The pelvic physiotherapist in Almelo can discuss incontinence, bowel movements or other problems in the pelvic area and provide relief. In general, this type of physiotherapy applies to abdominal pain, the cause of which is unclear in many women even after various tests and examinations. In some cases, the pain can be due to a problem with the pelvic floor muscles, which can be treated with a special form of physical therapy called pelvic physiotherapy.

They also offer sports physiotherapy, which is focused on injury prevention and recovery in athletes. Sports physiotherapy differs from regular physiotherapy in that it aims to enable the athlete to recover as quickly as possible so that he or she can find their way back to the previous level. This is made possible by the manual therapists from Acacia Fysio plus Zorg, who create an individual and personal program in which it is analyzed how injuries can best be prevented and at the same time the current injury can be eliminated in the best possible way.

People interested in learning more about the Acacia Fysio plus Zorg manual therapy offerings can visit their website or contact them by phone or email. They are open on Mondays and Thursdays from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Those interested in learning more about the physiotherapy clinic can get Acacia Fysio plus Zorg updates through their press releases.

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For more information on Acacia Fysio plus Zorg, contact the company here:

Acacia physio plus care
Tim Olde Hengel
+31546812233
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Acaciaplein 31
7606 IS Almelo
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