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Pain Management at Atlantic Orthopedic Sports Medicine in Staten Island

Introduction

Living with chronic pain can significantly impact one's quality of life, making even the simplest tasks challenging. In Staten Island, where residents lead active and diverse lives, finding effective pain management solutions is crucial. Atlantic Orthopedic Sports Medicine steps forward as a beacon of hope for those seeking relief from pain.

Understanding Pain Management:

Pain management is a multidisciplinary approach to alleviating pain and improving the overall quality of life for individuals dealing with chronic or acute pain conditions. At Atlantic Orthopedic Sports Medicine in Staten Island, the pain management team collaborates with orthopedic and sports medicine specialists to provide a comprehensive and personalized approach to pain relief.

Services Offered:

Diagnostic Precision: The first step in effective pain management is accurate diagnosis. Atlantic Orthopedic Sports Medicine employs state-of-the-art diagnostic tools and techniques to identify the root cause of pain. This precision allows for targeted and effective treatment strategies.

Pharmacological Approaches: Medications tailored to specific pain conditions may be prescribed to manage pain and improve overall function. The pain management team considers each patient's unique needs and develops medication plans accordingly.

Physical Therapy Integration: Collaborating closely with physical therapists, the pain management team ensures that patients receive a holistic approach to pain relief. Physical therapy plays a crucial role in strengthening muscles, improving flexibility, and preventing future pain.

Benefits of Pain Management at Atlantic Orthopedic Sports Medicine:

Comprehensive Team Approach: Atlantic Orthopedic Sports Medicine adopts a team-based approach to pain management, involving orthopedic specialists, sports medicine experts, and pain management professionals.

This collaboration ensures that patients receive a thorough evaluation and a customized treatment plan.

Patient-Centered Care: Understanding the impact of pain on daily life, the pain management team at Atlantic Orthopedic Sports Medicine prioritizes patient-centered care. This involves listening to patients, understanding their goals, and tailoring treatment plans to meet individual needs.

Conclusion:

Atlantic Orthopedic Sports Medicine in Staten Island stands as a leader in comprehensive pain management offering a range of services designed to address the diverse needs of patients.

Whether you're dealing with chronic back pain, joint discomfort, or sports-related injuries, the integrated approach.

at Atlantic Orthopedic Sports Medicine provides a pathway to pain relief and improved overall well-being. Take control of your pain with precision and expertise at Atlantic Orthopedic Sports Medicine in Staten Island.

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The Value Of Pain Medications And Why They Will Work

Chronic pain may be caused by back problems, joint injuries and trauma, arthritis, and many other ailments. Chronic pain can trigger depression, anxiety, or insomnia as well as the constant ache and throbbing.

Chronic discomfort can cause you to get angry and negatively impact your relationships with others. Work, home tasks, and social gatherings become difficult to bear.

Finding a solution that works to manage chronic pain is a difficulties for physicians and patients. We at Advanced Spine Care and Pain Management We offer complete, customized pain management plans that include physical therapy injections, and pain medication. While pain medication is often criticised for its side negative effects, they are crucial to any pain management program. You may get additionalinformation about relief of pain by visiting https://www.mid-day.com/brand-media/article/kailo-patch-reviews-clinical-trial-reveals-amazing-results-23266095 site.

When we suggest a type of medication frequency, dosage and duration, we take into account your medical history, diagnosis as well as your personal history and your biology. We'd like to share with you why pain medication is often an essential part of the treatment for pain.

In the case of pain medication, it can improve your ability to perform activities

For some people, tasks that seem routine, like washing dishes, shopping for groceries, or even climbing stairs, can be challenging. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), acetaminophen, or opioids, are used to relieve pain and allow you to live a normal life.

You can lessen your dependence on others through taking pain medications. This will help reduce anxiety and depression that are caused by pain, as you are in charge of your life again.

Physical therapy possible

Physical therapy exercises which stretch tight muscles and improve movement patterns that cause discomfort are usually a part of your treatment program. In some cases, however, you may be so ill that it's impossible to complete these exercises. There are painkillers that you can take to reduce the pain so that you can go into exercise more effectively and with ease.

Medicines for pain can help improve your health

Pain can make you avoid social events or family gatherings. Physical activity, even something as simple as enjoying an evening walk in the warm spring evening is now difficult. Due to the pain, you could find yourself unable or unwilling to work. The financial burden can be a result.

Pain medications can help ease discomfort and restore your health. You'll feel healthier and more capable of returning to work, enjoy socializing, or be more active as your symptoms ease.

How pain medications work

Pain medications work in different ways. NSAIDS hinder the release of certain enzymes that are produced when you suffer an injury, and can cause inflammation. Your body's natural painkillers, endorphins, use opioids to reduce the signals that cause pain throughout your body. They also reduce nerve cell functions.

Advanced Spine Care and Pain Management doctors will work with you to identify the best pain medication for you. To ensure you live a happier and more fulfilled life, we establish the partnership.

Medications aren't the only solution to chronic pain However, they can aid in getting relief. Visit one of our locations in Staten Island or Hartsdale, New York, or schedule an appointment online to be evaluated and receive a customized treatment plan that will help you restore your life.

[aitian]

Tuesday, 11/22/22 11:50 PM

gonna start writing for myself more frequently because i want to feel like my days are worth remembering. things have been torturous and joyful too. dont want my life to get lost in the capitalist space-time that makes me feel terrible & undeserving.

some things i want to remember or not from today

- jumped on the bed w emmy at night. :3 emmy was doing physical therapy stuff on my bed & had a pillow between their knees, & started jumping up & down while kneeling on the bed, & i did too w the blanket between my knees lol. felt like a baby! so funny & awesome. full of love.

- mom & dad came to nj today for dinner, & we r gonna leave in the morning to go home for thanksgiving. they took me, emmy, & em to a malaysian restaurant that was pretty yummy.

- had a job interview in the morning that went well, & also got my scores back from the praxis core test. easy high scores. cert office says they didnt get them yet though so (after months & months) i am still battling it out w melissa the examiner. what a dick.

hope i have a job soon. emmy said that even though this time has been torturous, they have really enjoyed having my time in a selfish way. sigh. i want us to go on a forever vacation. i want to be happy babies all the time. trying to imagine what could possibly come after this capitalist hellscape, how i might succeed in keeping my ppl close, what a life without constant stomachaches might feel like again, etc. been spending my days applying to jobs & figuring out this stupid teaching career & watching tv & playing hades. that feels like a huge portion of it, but it’s also not true. i have also been doing so many things w friends & family. going on walks w mom, learning abt pa wild mushrooms from a field guide she borrowed from her colleague.. spending good weekends w emmy going to the mall, driving around nj to hiking spots, & wine library, & eating lunch at panera, & going to a bookstore, & visiting an abandoned asylim + beach on staten island, & eating charcoochie in the jacuzzi, & taking things from the art studio in yonkers.. i have enjoyed the fall too. i want to live my life like it is worth living. i want to have capacity to plant seeds (make plans) & look forward to good things coming into my life. i want to feel well rested & free. i want to feel warm & held by my loved ones through anything & everything.

[borispolonskiy]

Physical Therapy After Hip Replacement Surgery

Physical Therapy After Hip Replacement Surgery

Hip replacement surgeries are on a rise in the last decade. It is mainly conducted if someone has suffered from a hip fracture or if someone has suffered from arthritis over time and the traditional treatment has not worked. Over the last decade, the total number of surgeries has gone up from 450k to more than 635k surgeries. The goal of all these surgeries remains pretty specific. It is to…

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If You Love Someone, Let Them Go: Part 10

Summary: Since starting with SVU, Sonny hadn’t kept much terribly close to the chest. The squad knew about his family, growing up on Staten Island, the classes at Fordham. What was hidden was why he didn’t date. Sonny Carisi was also separated from his childhood sweetheart, a separation neither ever took to divorce. They had the same haunts. They’d grown up neighbors. Their paths crossed every few months, and divorce talks would turn into reminiscing would turn into a night spent together, sometimes sex sometimes just talking until the early morning. It always ended with one of them waking up alone however. How will that change when the squad finds out?Pairings: Sonny Carisi x Original Character

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A/N: Thanks to official Sonny Carisi historian @cycat4077​ for screaming with me and sending me the relevant episodes. 

December 2015

“Tor, hurry! We gotta get to ma’s for mass.”

“I’m hurrying,” she said from her place on the couch, carefully buckling the strap of her mary jane. “Dom, we’ve got ten more minutes.”

“I just don’t want to be late. Everybody’ll be together this year. And Bella’s bringing the baby. They’ll all be there.”

“And look, I’m ready,” she smiled, kissing him softly when she stood. He wrapped around her waist, humming. Christmas had always been his favorite holiday, but it wasn’t quite the same without her. It had always been him and Victoria chasing the nieces and nephews around the house. He’d held Mia through each of the masses she was a baby for, and he was looking forward to holding Alma and Lucy through their first services. Alma was Bella’s girl, three months old now. Lucy was Gina’s and eleven months old. He’d been waiting patiently to spend more time with them, and now he got to. And he got to see them with Victoria by his side. 

Between therapy and the eight months that had elapsed, they were doing exceptionally well again. She’d known he was more than capable of being great, but it was nice to be back to where they’d been before. They’d be together on Christmas morning, and that had a new meaning to him now. He’d woken up alone the last two. As they drove to Staten Island, she laced their fingers and watched him drive, and she was rewarded at a light by a broad grin.

“What?”

“You.”

“Me?”

“Yeah. Sometimes I just remember I get to be married to you. It makes me happy.”

“Stop it,” he laughed, cheeks going red as he looked back at the road. They were nearing his mom’s house. Her mom was somewhere in Europe for Christmas this year, so they’d be spending the night in that house, and he expected either one or two of his sisters and their husbands or the nieces would be joining them for the sake of space. He parked in the driveway, grabbing the duffel bag and dumping it in the living room of Victoria’s mom’s place before they went to his ma’s porch. They’d seen her plenty of times since Bella’s wedding, but Victoria still got nervous. Sonny had changed, and his mother didn’t like the way he stood up to her more and felt it was Victoria’s fault. She took it easily, thankful Ma didn’t give her a harder time.

“Sonny,” Bella squealed when she answered the door. “And Tori! We get you on Christmas again!”

“I know,” she laughed, hugging her close. “Where’s Alma?”

Bella rolled her eyes, leading her to the living room. Within minutes, Sonny had Lucy on his lap, and Victoria had Alma laying against her chest. Since Alma had been born, the last hesitance to have a baby had left Sonny, but he was trying to figure out how to bring it up. Seeing her cradle the newest of their nieces woke that same urge, and he watched her with a soft smile when Lucy was distracted with the singing bear in her hand. He wanted to see her holding their baby. Lately, they’d been babysitting the four kids in their lives. On the weekends, they rotated between helping with Noah or Jesse or Alma or Lucy, whether it was meeting for a family lunch or watching them so parents could run errands. 

The carloads of Carisis settled in the pew at mass, and his sisters were delighted to let Aunt Tori and Uncle Sonny take them. It always made Victoria’s stomach do flips to see how easily he could calm a baby. When she held Lucy, she was old enough it to be entertained by a pen and paper from her bag. Alma required that careful bouncing he was so good at, his hand cradling the back of her head as he sang hymns. When he caught her eye, she got a broad smile and he mouthed Lucy’s happy, like there wasn’t a three month old clutching the sleeve of his blazer as she slept. And when they got home, he watched his sisters take their babies, tuck them in with help from their husbands. He got overwhelmingly jealous sometimes, feeling like it was time for him and Victoria. But he had to be patient.

“It was good being with everybody,” Victoria hummed, stretching as they walked to her mom’s place. He hated how her mother was always gone. It was always highlighted after holidays like this. Her dad had abandoned them, and then her mother moved to Staten Island and had enough money to not need to be around. Family trips were trips where she left Victoria in an apartment with a credit card. They only arrived and departed together. 

“It was,” he smiled, rubbing her back. “I liked getting to see the girls. I invited Rollins in case she and Jesse were on their own, but I think they had plans.”

“That woulda been a full house.”

“Yeah. Maybe next year we’ll have the newest baby.”

“That’s pretty soon, Sonny.” She was washing her face, grinning over her shoulder at him. “We ain’t been back together long.”

“But you’ll be such a good mama,” he murmured, long arms wrapping around her waist as he pressed a soft kiss to the crook of his neck.

“And you’ll be an amazing daddy, cher. But it’ll take time.”

“I just can’t wait. I think about it all the time.”

“Me too.”

“Maybe we can start trying,” he teased, tugging her against him.

“Not yet.”

“C’mon beautiful. Could have a baby conceived on Christmas. That’d make them due late summer. I’ll be done with school and the bar. All daddy time during paternity leave.”

“Dominick, stop,” she said firmly, hands resting on his chest before she pulled back. At first, talking about how much she wanted his kid, how much she thought about it, made her happy. She felt like they were on the same page. But then the idea of their own baby being here at the next Christmas made her panic.

She was curled in their bed, clinging to his pillow having not gotten to say more than hello or goodbye for weeks. 

She was standing outside the restaurant on her birthday realizing he forgot.

He was coming in after missing Valentine’s Dinner as though nothing had happened.

It was their baby’s birthday, and he wasn’t there.

She felt her eyes well up, hands curling into the soft material of his henley, and then there was Sonny now, cupping her jaw as tears started to fall. They hadn’t been having issues, but this was burrowing up over the last couple of months. The case he’d shadowed, the teacher catfish case, the reality TV family that missed the sexual abuse of two of their daughters. He’d come home after each a little more distant. But he’d come back to himself after a day or so. But what if there was a little one there? A daughter whose face Sonny could put on the pregnant girls, the students being abused by their coach, the boy raped, killed, and buried under concrete. 

“Talk to me, Tor,” he whispered, holding her shaking hands as he backed her to sit on the bed. Sonny kneeled, hand on her knees. “Hey, hey, look at me, Doll. I’m right here. It’s Dominick.”

“What if it happens again, Dom?” she choked out, twisting to wipe her eyes on her shoulder so she didn’t have to let go of him. “What if the cases get to you and you disappear? There’s so many with kids. High school, elementary school, younger? I know you’ve been having fun being Uncle Sonny with Lucy and Alma and Jesse, but if we have a kid, and you panic? Then I’m alone again, but I’m alone raising a baby. Dad left! And mom may as well have! We’re literally staying in her house without her, Dominick.

“What does that have to do with this?”

“You were the only person that never left me. And you may as well have. What if a baby makes you feel like you might taint them so bad you do?” Her voice was airy as she took a shaky breath, and Sonny scrubbed a hand over his jaw. 

“Baby, I wasn’t thinking about how you must be feeling. And I never thought about it in terms of your parents. But you gotta know I won’t. But also, I understand why you feel that way. What do I gotta do though? I’m trying so fuckin’ hard. This is all I want. And I know I fucked up, but what else can I do? I’m not your mom. And I’m not your dad. I’ll always come home, okay?” 

His voice sounded desperate, and she hated herself for not being able to move on. Then again, she’d only been actively thinking about it for a month, and now they were talking about it. That was progress. She didn’t let it simmer unsaid until it reached a boiling point so high she could only leave.

“I know. You’re not. But it scares me, having a baby after what happened.”

“I’ll never emotionally abandon you like that again. I never left physically, but it might’ve been meaner, what I did. But what can I do so we can move forward?”

“Dom, this sounds really weird, but I think it might be progress that this conversation is happening.”

“How is not wanting to have a baby progress?”

“Stop saying that. That’s not what I’m saying,” she whimpered, cupping his cheeks. “I want your baby. But I’m not thinking about it as a nebulous concept when we’re better. This is reality. And I’m scared about something you might do, and we’re discussing it.”

“It is. And in reality, I would quit the force, cancel the bar exam, and move to Michigan if it meant having a family with you. If the force gets in the way of me bein’ a good husband again, I’ll quit.”

“You wouldn’t be happy.”

“I’d have you and our baby.”

“So you’d become a teacher or a salesman?”

“I-I guess not?” he muttered. “But I’m going to make this work. I am.”

“Six more months, okay? It took eight for me to go from ‘a baby in ten years’ to ‘here’s the reality of how I feel about a baby in this exact moment.”

“We talk about this is therapy though? I didn’t know your parents still upset you like that. I wanna make sure I’m not being a dick or anything. I understand why you feel this way, doll. But we also can’t know the future.”

“I know, Dom. Just give me a few more months, okay?”

“Deal,” he whispered, kissing her gently. “Let’s sleep. They’ll be comin’ to get us early so we can do Christmas morning.”

“You’re not mad?”

“No, doll. I can’t undo what I did, but I’m mad at me, if I’m mad at any one. I hate knowing you have a reason to feel like this. You’re not irrational, even though I’m sure I’ve changed.”

“You’re going to be an amazing dad, Dom.”

“You will too, Tor.”

[woodyclawson]

( MILO VENTIMIGLIA + CISMALE ) —  Have you seen WAGNER ‘WOODY’ LAWSON ? This FORTY-ONE year old is a/an BARN MANAGER who resides in STATEN ISLAND. HE/HIM has/have been living in NYC for FOUR YEARS, and is/are known to be STEADY and HUMBLE, but can also be BLUNT and DISSONANT, if you cross them.  People tend to associate them with THE SMELL OF FRESH HAY and AGED WHISKEY

Name: Wagner ‘Woody’ Lawson

Age: Forty-One

Birthday: January 25, 1979

Sign: Aquarius

Neighborhood: East Kingsboro

Home: Quaint two-bedroom home with a small yard

Occupation: Barn Manager

Character Quote: “Sometimes I feel like Jesse James / Still tryin’ to make a name / Knowing nothing’s gonna change what I am” ~Troubadour by George Strait

Pos. Traits: Hard-Working, Steady, Humble

Neg. Traits: Blunt, Firm, Dissonant

Likes: farm work, aged whiskey, loping through the open country

Dislikes: people who push around others, well-done steak, warm beer

Aesthetic: tennessee whiskey, the smell of fresh hay, roping

Born in Tennessee Wagner Lawson was raised along the banks of Mississippi mud, never given a chance to be anything but the down-home country boy, which had always suited Wagner just fine. His daddy was a colt starter and former rodeo champion, having won national titles for roping and reining. From the moment Wagner could waddle he was following his daddy around everywhere, at first just watching as his father worked and as he got older helping with the chores himself. He found that spending time tending to the many horses cathartic and volunteered for just about any chore that would get him around them. Never once did he need to be asked to pitch in to do what was needed at the family ranch, from picking vegetables in the garden for his mama to helping his daddy check the cattle fences. As far as most childhoods go, his was pretty perfect. Sure, sometimes his dad drank too much and sometimes his mom just would not stop fussing over him, but he had no cause to complain.

His father, seeing his boy take an interest in horses at such a young age decided to help Wagner begin to follow in his footsteps. As a kid he enrolled Wagner in the pee-wee portion of rodeos where his wife would take pictures of the young boy struggling to stay on the back of a wildly running sheep, but in the end, he stayed on. He almost always did. With natural talent like that his father was quick to get his son started on the path to becoming a bull-rider. His mama threw fits and got into fights with his daddy, it was too dangerous, he could be hurt, killed even, but as he got older and started to have a mind of his own there was nothing that he wanted to do more. So he practiced, and practiced. By sixteen he was competing on broncs, a safer alternative to the bull, and was cleaning up at junior rodeos, his room becoming full of belt buckles, the tack room full of all the special made trophy tack he had won. But being bucked was far from his only talent. At age ten he had broke his very first colt and at twelve he was winning local roping competitions. He even became adept at helping his dad sort and catch cattle, something he was never fond of but did anyways as it was expected of him. Despite how it sounds, his childhood wasn’t all work. While never the best in school he managed to get passing marks and had a group of boys he roughhoused and fucked around with who were constantly getting him into trouble as a teenager.

Fast forward a few years and he was one of the hottest young bull riders to hit the circuit. But his career as a rider didn’t last as long as anyone would have hoped. The reason? He fell in love. Some would have called the pretty woman he fell in love with a buckle bunny, what with her affinity of dating all the big rodeo stars, but when him and her spent one night together the rest was history. Now twenty-two and married with a baby on the way, Wagner knew he could not be as hell mell as he had been for the past few years. He now had a family to think about; and so, he quit bull riding and switched exclusively to broncs. It was still dangerous, but the risks less than if he was on the back of a bull. Life went on and for the most part the little family was happy, until tragedy struck. On the night of his twenty-eighth birthday, with his wife and little girl in the stands, he overtightened the strap around his hand. At first everything seemed to be going well, he had one of his best times, but as he threw himself off the bucking bronco his hand caught. It was an instant disaster. The animal began to panic, bucking harder and higher, with Wagner hanging on for dear life. His only blessing was that the first hoof to his head knocked him out cold. He was rammed into the side of the fence and drug for minutes before those in charge of wrangling the horse were finally able to calm it down. In the midst of the chaos, his wife, fretting over her husband, had not noticed her daughter slip down through the stands calling out for her daddy. No one noticed her presence in the ring until it was too late. All it took was one wrong move from the frightened animal and the sunshine of Wagner’s life was no more.

The blow to Wagner’s own head had been so severe that he was kept in a medically induced coma for two-weeks, giving the wounded flesh time to heal. When he awoke, his whole world was shattered. He grieved, and as he did his grief turned to anger. Anger at the situation, anger at the long arduous healing process, and anger at himself. But all that anger had to go somewhere, and with the only person around during his recovery being his wife, she took the brunt of it. It took him a little over a year to fully heal physically, and during that time he began to develop a dependency on his pain medication. He spent his days sitting in front of the tv drinking beer after beer on top of the opiates as his wife worked in a small diner to try and keep the roof over their heads. One day, a year and half after the tragic accident, the woman had decided that she had had enough. She gave Wagner an ultimatum, get help or she was gone. It led to largest fight yet, a massive blowout that made it clear where Wagner stood.

At that point he was nearing thirty and with nowhere else to go moved back in with his parents. His father though older now was still tough as nails and no patience for his son’s pansiness as he called it. He put Wagner to work. Sober or not he was expected to help, and if he didn’t, God help him. At first he railed, his rage boiling over and eclipsing everything. Rather than argue with his son, the elder Lawson simply gave him a new task. It would be his only job- start the colts. It was something Wagner had used to excel at, but his anger and rage at the horse’s mis compliance made things difficult. The gentle animals became scared of him and began to lash out. One colt in particular, a beautiful bay, resented Wagner more than any of the others, and he let him know it. That was Wagner’s wake up call. He ended up forming a bond with that colt that pulled him out of his stupor and set him back on track. His special relationship with that animal also earned him a nickname, Woody, because wherever Woody went, Buzz followed. Buzz and Woody quickly began racking up wins in roping and reining competitions, and for the next years, Woody allowed himself to feel the happiness that had come into his life. The two traveled all over the countryside, with Woody picking up odd jobs such as stable hand or working cowboy. Until one competition where in the middle Buzz came up lame with an injury too bad to fix, leaving Woody the tough choice of having to put his beloved companion down.

That was four years ago. Woody now resides in Staten Island, working at the local equine therapy and riding lesson program center. He’s the barn manager, the one in charge of making sure the stable hands are doing their job and that the horses are receiving the correct care. It’s a big job, and one he takes seriously. Being around the majestic animals once more is helping him slowly heal, correctly this time, from all the bad that has happened to him. It is a hard road to hoe, but step by step he’s doing it. Perhaps one day he’ll once more be ready for a horse of his own.

[coochiequeens]

NEW YORK — A New York woman was charged Friday with conspiring with an ex-convict to extort and force into labor or prostitution some women he met while living in his daughter's on-campus housing at Sarah Lawrence College a decade ago.

Isabella Pollok, 29, of Staten Island was freed on $100,000 bail, with electronic monitoring and a warning to have no contact with victims after an indictment charging her with racketeering, extortion and sex trafficking conspiracies was unsealed in Manhattan federal court.Her lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

She was charged with conspiring with Lawrence Ray, 61, who has has been held without bail since pleading not guilty to multiple charges after his arrest last February. Both could face life in prison if they are convicted.Authorities say Ray committed his crimes after he began living with his daughter, Pollok and other women at Sarah Lawrence, a private liberal arts college outside New York City.

An indictment, rewritten to add Pollok as a defendant, charges both of them with conspiring to engage in extortion, sex trafficking, forced labor, money laundering and obstruction of justice.Ray recruited Pollok to join his criminal scheme after living with Pollok and some of the victims first at the Westchester County school and later over the next decade at locations in Manhattan; Pinehurst, North Carolina; Piscataway, New Jersey, and elsewhere, the indictment said.Ray, assisted by Pollok and others, subjected victims to sexual and psychological manipulation and physical abuse to extract false confessions before extorting them to perform unpaid manual labor, or, in one case, cause a woman to engage in prostitution to generate revenue, the indictment said.The indictment said Ray pocketed nearly all of the millions of dollars generated by the woman's acts of prostitution after he and Pollok pressured her through force, threats of force, fraud and coercion.Ray started his scheme in late 2010 when he moved into the students' on-campus housing, presenting himself as a father figure to the roommates and conducting "therapy" sessions with them, prosecutors say.He then alienated them from their parents, persuading some of them to move into a Manhattan apartment and convincing them they were "broken," according to court papers.After winning their trust, he'd turn on them and accuse them of trying to poison him or damage property before forcing them to provide false confessions and make payments they couldn't afford, prosecutors have said. Authorities say there were as many as seven victims.The investigation was prompted by a 2019 article in New York magazine. After Ray's arrest, the magazine reported that Pollok and another woman who was living with Ray when he was arrested showed up to support him at his initial court appearance.

where the hell were campus security when a grown ass man that wasn't even a student moved onto campus? Did he use his daughter to move into a womens dorm? And he groomed the womam who "assisted" him.

[painmanagementbrooklyn]

Reasons WHY Should We Find an ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST

We visit the specialist due to following reasons-

 Knee Pain - Pain in the knee needs a diagnostic test to ascertain the nature and gravity of the injury. After findings, the orthopedic specialist will prescribe or initiate treatment. Knee injuries that are unnoticed and left to fester can have long-term effects.

 Back Pain - Back pain can be acute or chronic, and it is often due to an issue with one or more vertebral discs. Orthopedic specialists use a combination of bracing, steroid injections, and physical therapy. In serious cases, orthopedic surgery is done.

 Shoulder Pain - The wide range of motion in the shoulders makes them vulnerable to injuries. Shoulder pain can also interfere with your ability to use your arms and hands. Your orthopedic doctor may place your shoulder and arm in a brace, and order specific physical therapy exercises subject to the type of shoulder injury.

 Arthritis Pain

Chronic joint pain includes swelling, stiffness, and a reduced range of motion is painful. This condition grows due to the wearing-down of the protective cartilage in one or more joints, but an orthopedic doctor will have remedies to treat arthritis.

 Soft-Tissue Injury

For soft-tissue injuries, such as a sprain or a strain, an orthopedic specialist can advise various treatments to help your body heal properly. If the injury is severe, you may require special medical treatment.

 Reduced Range of Motion

A reduced range of motion that is not due to an obvious acute injury may be a symptom of a more serious underlying health condition. An orthopedic specialist can give you a full evaluation to determine the source of the disability and get you on the road to recovery.

 Numbness or Tingling in the Limbs

A sensation of numbness and tingling in the hands may be due to arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, or nerve damage.

 Repetitive-Motion Injury

Spending hours at the computer, or repetitive motions such as when cleaning, gardening, maintenance, and repairs etc. are all prone to repetitive-motion injuries. People who lead physically active lifestyles are also prone to this type of injury. Orthopedic specialists treat these injuries and can help you prevent these injuries.

 Sciatic Pain

For lower back pain that extends down to the buttocks and reaches down one or both legs, it may be due to a pinched sciatic nerve. The condition is called sciatica, and the cause of the pinched nerve is often a slipped disc in the spine.

 At times visiting an orthopedic specialist Staten Island, Pain Management Staten Island, Neck Pain specialists Staten Island, Shoulder Pain specialists Staten Island becomes necessary.

[adacarisi]

Can i request a headcannon on how the trio would react to finding out their S/O had been abused as a child? (like not necessarily sexually - just in general) also everything you write is freaking gold and i love it!!!!

This is a sensitive topic, but I want each of you to know if you ever need to get something off your chest anon me, if you’d like me to answer or write back just say so, if not you can write delete in parentheses like so (delete). Thank you all for reading as always, and just a reminder that my inbox is always open to anyone who needs an ear to talk to.

Rafael Barba

-You tell him one night as the two of you are holding one another before going to sleep. You can feel him stiffen and his fists tighten around you. The hand on your shoulder shakes as you speak, and part of you wants to stop telling him all the things you endured but you know if you stop now you’ll never be able to start again. 

-Rafael is no stranger to abuse, his father had a rage and temper that was blind. Once Rafael was old enough to understand what was going on he started taking the beatings for his mother, diving in front of her as his father pounded down on her with his fists.

-He would thank you for telling him, and pull you close while pressing his lips to your forehead. Rafael shares his own childhood with you in a form of solidarity and empathy. Many of your experiences are the same and have affected your lives in similar ways. 

-Rafael then would ask if you are okay, really okay before offering to attend therapy with you should you want to. The two of you end up going to therapy together and separately which works miracles for both of you. 

-A dialogue is open now, and if either of you are having a particularly hard day it is easy for the other to step in and act as a comforter. Your relationship only grows stronger from here, with the recognization that the both of you can lean on one another for support.

Sonny Carisi

-You tell Sonny over coffee, the weight of your past had caught up to you in your newly found happiness with him. It had caused you to need a few days away from Sonny, just so you could reflect and think more clearly. 

-Sonny is shocked, his jaw sets and he leans forward towards you, taking your hands into one of his. He assures you that you can tell him anything, if you need to talk more about what you’re feeling and what you’ve experienced you can, anytime. He also promises that he will never hurt you, and that he will do everything in his power to show you how much you mean to him. 

-Sonny comes from a very loving home and a nearly idyllic childhood. He understands abuse in the experiences he has viewed while working in various boroughs in NYC. However this is a whole new experience, learning that someone he cares about and admires has survived horrible experiences from cruel hands. 

-You open up to him bit by bit, day by day and every time you do he listens avidly. Simply sharing your experiences is a catharsis of it’s own, but Sonny makes certain that you feel heard, and most of all understood.

-After your relationship has cemented and both of you are very committed to one another you go back to Staten Island with him every weekend for mass. Sonny wants to make sure you know what a good family is like, a family filled with love and acceptance. 

-Sonny’s mother adores you and his father treats you as if you were his own daughter. You’ve never felt so totally loved and at home. 

Mike Dodds

-You tell Mike after the both of you finish watching a movie that ended up thrusting you into the thick forgotten forest of memories from your childhood. Mike watches your face carefully and his own is very hard to read. After you finish you begin to cry and he takes you into his arms, and shelters you in the warmth of his chest.

-When you finish crying you feel much better, having finally told someone the ordeals you went through in your childhood. Mike rubs your arms and back firmly as he kisses you over and over, trying to erase the pain you’ve experienced from the newly exposed wounds.

-Mike has a lot of trouble allowing himself to be emotional. While his father was definitely a disciplinarian he never harmed Mike and certainly not to the extent your parents harmed you. His time in SVU has taught him how to empathize and listen, but this experience with you has taught him far more than he would ever learn on the job. 

-This confession actually troubles Mike a lot. After you’ve fallen asleep on his chest at night he lies awake staring at the ceiling, trying to understand how someone could have ever been able to raise a hand against you. This leads Mike to seeking his own therapy from the precinct’s psychologist. 

-Mike is very physical by nature, and he is even more physical with you now, trying to convey to you that he is committed to you, and that his touch will never be one that stings. You would have thought he would be more cautious in his touch, and in many ways he is, but if one thing is certain, it’s that Mike Dodds will never treat you as if you are broken. 

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Acl Tear Staten Island: Navigating the Road to Recovery

In the world of sports, injuries are often seen as the unwelcome guests that can disrupt an athlete's career. One such injury that has haunted many athletes is an ACL tear. If you're in Staten Island and have experienced this painful setback, you're not alone.

Understanding the ACL Tear

What is an ACL Tear?

The anterior cruciate ligament, commonly known as the ACL, is a critical structure that stabilizes the knee joint. An ACL tear is a common sports injury that occurs when this ligament is torn or stretched beyond its capacity. In Staten Island, where sports play a significant role in people's lives, ACL tears are more common than you might think.

Causes and Symptoms

ACL tears often happen due to sudden and abrupt movements, like pivoting, jumping, or changing direction rapidly. Athletes in Staten Island participating in sports like basketball, soccer, and football are particularly susceptible to this injury. The most common symptoms include a loud "pop" at the time of injury, severe pain, swelling, and a feeling of instability in the knee.

The Road to Recovery

The Importance of Rehabilitation

Recovering from an ACL tear is a challenging journey, but it's possible with determination and the right guidance. Physical therapy is a cornerstone of ACL recovery. Staten Island boasts several experienced physical therapists who can create personalized rehabilitation programs to help you regain strength, flexibility, and stability in your knee.

Further Study Topics

If you're interested in learning more about ACL tears and their recovery, consider exploring these topics:

ACL Injury Prevention: Discover strategies and exercises to reduce the risk of ACL tears in sports.

Nutrition for Recovery: Learn about the role of nutrition in healing and how to optimize your diet during ACL recovery.

Psychological Impact: Explore the emotional and psychological aspects of recovering from an ACL tear and how to stay motivated.

Related Topics

To expand your knowledge on this subject, delve into related topics such as:

Knee Anatomy: Understanding the anatomy of the knee can provide valuable insights into ACL tears.

Sports Medicine: Explore the field of sports medicine and the professionals who can help athletes recover from injuries.

Staten Island Sports Community: Connect with the sports community in Staten Island to share experiences and gain support during your recovery journey.

In Staten Island, an ACL tear doesn't have to be the end of your athletic dreams. With the right knowledge, support, and dedication, you can overcome this injury and get back to doing what you love.

Remember, the road to recovery may be challenging, but it's a journey that can make you stronger, both physically and mentally.

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ross butler, 28, he/they | oh, them? that’s jacob vogel. they’ve lived in carina bay for, like, six years. last time i spoke to them they were a bartender, and if i remember correctly, they’re a gemini. seeing them around always makes me think of weakly woven beaded bracelets, a thundering laugh, and jacket pockets stuffed with grease stained napkins.

a brief aside, since this is the first of my intros : hello !  my name is admin l aka liz, i’m 21, and i have a basketball game tomorrow. i live in the est timezone and i go by she or they pronouns whatever floats ur boat. if u ever wanna talk about xmen w someone that cares way 2 much , im ur gal. if u wanna contact me on discord, my user is  elizabitch#5957, and i’d love to chat with you there or on tunglr :) without further ado, i’ll make w the intro

TW  ;  NEGLECT , IMPLIED DRUG ABUSE

A HISTORY

jacob was born on staten island. he’s a new york native and that shouldn’t be a character trait, but it truly is, because he loves his city, and his burrough especially, and its where he considers home above all of the physical houses and apartments he’s ever lived in.

he was born to a single mother and while he could call her one room apartment home, it just doesn’t feel like it as much anymore. growing up, he idolized his mom, because that’s what you’re supposed to do. you watch her put on her face before she leaves for work, you revel in the way she lets you stay up past bedtime, you don’t assume the worst of her. you stand up to her boyfriends when you need to, you tidy up after yourself when she’s sleeping off a long day’s work. you love her and when you tell people she’s raising you alone, they remind you that makes her even stronger and braver and capable.

tw neglect, drug use that made it sting even more when it all crumbled down. when he realizes she never worked a graveyard shift, and instead on those nights he spent alone she was out god knows where snorting god knows what. (he now knows what, but he wishes he didn’t. perhaps she’d still be home if he didn’t.)

tw neglect when they call it neglect and they take him away, it changes things. because he wants to love her, and he tried to brave a smile when he had his visits with her, but he could never shake what they told him, no matter how many times she tried rehab, or therapy, or swore she was doing better.

when he was ten, he was placed into foster care, where he’d remain til he aged out. seven houses in eight years, scattered through the city. he could call them home, because truly, some of them became that in his time there. they weren’t permanent, but they were comforting. even today, he still has relationships with some of his foster parents, as though they passed him along, he’s never blamed them.

as a teenager, he was a handful, he’s sure. he could never get a handle on classwork, he spent too much time hanging out in his old neighborhood with his childhood friends, he got caught under the bleachers with girls too many times. he was a piece of work and he can’t put that on his foster parents. (or something like that. but deep down, he didn’t mind. so long as he kept these things temporary, there would be no trust to betray. he didn’t have to worry about having a repeat of his mom.)

he didn’t have the grades for college, so after a couple years of just Hanging he decided to travel to carina after hearing a friend-of-a-friend talk about his childhood vacations there. it sounded romantic, like somewhere you could forget about the rest of the world for a minute, and as much as he loved the city, he could use that escape. and, if he was just gonna work, he may as well do it somewhere serene and beachy.

THE LEGEND

personality wise, jacob is the kind of guy you want to have at your party because he’s just a good time. it’s always been effortless to him (see: all the trouble he got in for having too much Fun) and he can start a conversation with just about anyone. if anything, he talks to much, because he can’t stand the lapses in conversation.

he’s something of a take on the label the lothario. he’s out there having a lot of sex but he’s defensive of it. he’s a poster for sex education and sex positivity and having conversations about what it means to have sex in the Digital Age. he’s also a strong believer in the fluidity of gender and sexuality and is openly pansexual and non-binary ( a demiboy he/they )

while, yes, sex is ultimately a way that he gets close to people without having to get emotionally intimate with them, and he just loves the attention, he really does get bugged by the stigmas surrounding it and the close mindedness regarding sex, sexuality, and gender that’s still pervasive in us culture.

he’s v much the poster child for being surrounded by people but still being lonely 

he’s a Secret Poet don’t talk about it :/// he wishes he had been born into a situation where he could pursue writing but he’s not so instead its just a fleeting hobby and his secondary source of release after Sex but if u ever ask him what he’s jotting down he WILL say its just pick up lines :///

uhhh he works at ripleys and lives in the tucana apartments probably w roommates or s/t

this was the worst and i’m sorry u had 2 read it any other time i’ll hopefully make more sense and i’m still v excited 2 be here and plot !

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Mental health challenges during the coronavirus pandemic – 60 Minutes

Hundreds of millions of Americans are at home. Most of them don’t want to be. Simple choices about what to touch, where to walk and what to wear are fraught. More than 100,000 people have died worldwide, and fears of how much more those numbers could grow have stopped much of daily life. But the bills have not stopped coming, though the paychecks in some cases have. We don’t know when it will end. It’s a recipe for anxiety, stress, and grief which puts more of us than ever before in a struggle to stay well. The regimen of physical hygiene is well-established: wash your hands; stay six feet away, cover your face. But the rules for good mental hygiene are not as clear. Psychologists told us that after Americans get past the worst of it, the worst of it may not be over. There may be mental health aftershocks. It’s hard to predict, and living with that unpredictability is part of the challenge.

John Dickerson: What does it feel like when that phone rings?

Francesca Santacroce: We run and we pick it up right away. And we’re just waiting.  Just we don’t know what to expect. We don’t know if they’re going to tell us good news or bad news. We’re just really anxious about it.

Francesca Santacroce

Francesca Santacroce is describing the daily update from the hospital treating her father Joseph, a COVID-19 patient on a ventilator. Before the coronavirus hit her home in the close residential neighborhood of Staten Island, New York, her father took care of the family while Francesca worked in a doctor’s office, saving money for medical school. A 23-year-old biomolecular sciences major, she is the first in her family to graduate college. But when we first interviewed her, at the approved distance, in her driveway two weeks ago, Francesca was shouldering her father’s duties, cooking, cleaning and caring for her 16-year-old sister, and mother, who needs five days a week of home dialysis. This video was shot by Francesca’s sister on a cellphone, after their mother was also diagnosed with COVID-19.

Francesca Santacroce: I literally feel like I’m about to shatter in a million pieces right now. I feel like one wrong move and I’m going to break. And I’m going to fall apart. But I know that I can’t. I can’t do that. Because I need to take care of my family right now.

John Dickerson: You’ve been doing this now for a week…

Francesca Santacroce: Yeah.

John Dickerson: How long do you think it’s going to last?

Francesca Santacroce: We don’t know. The doctors don’t. We don’t know. And I don’t care how long it takes, as long as he comes home.

Uncertainty. Anguish and hope. In the age of coronavirus, it’s not just Francesca who is straining. The pandemic that has rocked her family has touched nearly every American life.

Daniel Kaplin: In the last few weeks, I think, COVID has dominated all my sessions.

Daniel Kaplin

Daniel Kaplin is president of the New York State Psychological Association and Francesca’s therapist. He spoke to us with her permission. 

John Dickerson: Everybody’s racing to get back to their previous lives. But once that moment comes, what psychological effects of this do you think will linger?

Daniel Kaplin: I don’t think the world’s going to be the same. I think the loss of jobs–  even after the virus is gone, people are still going to struggle. They’re going to struggle with, “How am I going to pay my rent, my mortgage? How am I going to feed my family?” So, it’s going to be an ongoing stressor for many people in this country.

John Dickerson: And there’s also a psychological benefit to doing productive work–

Daniel Kaplin: Sure. Right. What do you do when a person had their identity taken away from them because they no longer can work?

John Dickerson: Their identity taken away from them and then they can’t move about to replace that identity with any other useful, purposeful activity.

Daniel Kaplin: Absolutely. Yeah.

John Dickerson: It’s a double whammy.

Daniel Kaplin: Yeah. It is.

Days blend together when so much of what used to distinguish them has been paused. Bridge club is on hold. Graduation ceremonies are cancelled. This week’s religious services have been virtual. Those who live alone are vulnerable, particularly the elderly. But Kaplin says we must all fight against the blurring of the days by establishing a routine. 

John Dickerson: What happens if you don’t have routine? 

Daniel Kaplin: When you don’t have that structure, that routine– can, for some people, reduce their motivation to do the activities that they still need to do, but from home. And long term, they can become overwhelmed, “Oh, I’m not accomplishing my goals.” And then they could spiral into a depression.

Many of us look for connection in social media and the news, but too much of that can be harmful. A preliminary study done in China after the outbreak found that high social media exposure nearly doubled one’s chances of depression and anxiety.

Dr. Yuval Neria: We know already from previous disasters that ongoing anxiety during trauma is a huge risk factor for PTSD and depression in the long term.  

Yuval Neria is the director of trauma and post traumatic stress disorder at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He’s a former Israeli tank commander whose own traumatic experiences in the 1973 Yom Kippur War informed his career studying the brains of veterans with PTSD.

Dr. Yuval Neria

Dr. Yuval Neria: The brain is really obsessed about identification of fear, you know, of what is safe and what is dangerous.

John Dickerson: And what I wonder about though, there is the part of the brain that is always alive to fear. Part of the brain that says, “It’s okay, don’t be fearful, you’ve been through this before.” But we’ve never been through this before so…

Dr. Yuval Neria: Oh, that’s so true what you just said, because most of us don’t have a comparable memory or set of memories that can serve our understanding of what’s going on right now.

Neria led research and training efforts in New York in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, which has led him to be particularly concerned about the health care workers on the front lines of this pandemic.

Dr. Yuval Neria: I mean we saw that after 9/11. We saw how many first responders really left out without sufficient medical care and psychiatric care.

John Dickerson: In New York City, at 7 o’clock, people open their windows, they applaud. But then what happens when the clapping stops?

Dr. Yuval Neria: Right.

Neria estimates that after 9/11, 1% to 5% of New Yorkers suffered from PTSD four years after the attack. He worries there will not be a plan or enough money this time to treat a similar share of a vastly greater population.

Dr. Yuval Neria: There is kind of almost like a honeymoon phase right now. There is consensus, high adrenaline, adrenaline, and let’s do it together. I think once this is ended, and we face the reality of the aftermath, coupled with financial difficulties and shortage of services– all of those things can rapidly elevate the risk for a second pandemic, which will be a mental health pandemic.

The cascading challenges were already falling on Francesca Santacroce, who was managing them through therapy. But the day after we first talked to her, the hospital called. Her father Joseph Santacroce passed away. He was 50 years old. 

John Dickerson: Francesca, I’m very, very sorry about your father. 

Francesa told us she had been unable to see or speak to her father in the hospital, but after he died, she was given permission to enter the intensive care unit.    Francesca Santacroce: And they walked me through the ICU to see him. And just to see all those people on ventilators, it was really sad. As I walked in, the nursing staff, all the physicians, everyone who was on his case, they were– they were crying too. They were so upset and he looked like he was sleeping honestly. And I said to him, “I’m here. I’m going to take care of everyone. You know, and everyone’s in good hands. You know, I got this.” And I told him I loved him. And that he can, you know, that he can go to heaven and I’ll take care of everyone down here.

Francesca’s first task was taking care of her father’s belongings and his car which he had driven to the hospital. 

John Dickerson: And what was going through your head, Francesca, as you were driving home?

Francesca Santacroce: I apologized to him.

John Dickerson: Apologized why?

Francesca Santacroce: I was so sad that he had to, you know, go through that alone. He had to spend his last– last week in quarantine, you know. He didn’t get to talk to us or see us. I wish that I was able to hug him one last time and tell him I loved him one last time and, you know, have him play a joke on me one last time. If I would’ve known that this was coming, I would’ve used that time more wisely. 

Daniel Kaplin: One of the areas of guilt and regret is not being able to say good-bye. 

John Dickerson: What do you think are the challenges that Francesca now faces?

Daniel Kaplin: She’s in her early 20s. She is not financially secure. Mom is medically fragile. Just the anxiety around, “How do you float the household,” and then long term– how does she take care of the family while truly pursuing her dreams?

Wynton Marsalis honors father on 60 Minutes

The day Francesca learned of her father’s death, jazz great Wynton Marsalis’ father checked into a hospital. 

Wynton Marsalis: He was in New Orleans.   John Dickerson: And you were in New York?

Wynton Marsalis: I was in New York. I was kind of torn between, if I go down there, he doesn’t have it, and I bring it to him, it’s going to be worse. 

Four days later, Ellis Marsalis, a respected jazz musician and teacher, passed away from complications of COVID-19. He was 85 years old.

Wynton Marsalis: He just didn’t complain. He had a world view. He said, “Man, I don’t determine my time.” He said, “The fact that you lose a loved one is no more significant than all the other people who are losing loved ones.” And that was always his philosophy. 

John Dickerson: We’re all part of the same human family.

Wynton Marsalis: He felt that. He believed it. He played it. He taught it. And– you know, and he accepted death in that way, also.

While Marsalis grieves, he is also responsible for Jazz at Lincoln Center, where he is managing and artistic director. The nonprofit has had to close its performance space and has lost millions of dollars. And Marsalis says things are even harder for freelance musicians.

Wynton Marsalis: My father was a freelance musician. If this had happened when we were growing up, we would literally just have to go from house to house on our street and– just to eat. This is a very serious time– for the survival of a lot of our musicians. 

A man used to juggling projects, he once contributed to this broadcast, Marsalis has been touching base with musicians around the world and trying to raise money for Jazz at Lincoln Center and also for struggling artists. All of this returns him to the lessons of his father. 

John Dickerson: So if he taught you about philosophy as much as about music– what would his advice be for this moment we are in, where we’re sitting in an empty theater, we don’t know when this is going to end, people are suffering.

Wynton Marsalis: You know, he would say, you know– “Where you at, man? What are you gonna do?” He said, “You talkin’ about doin’? You doin’? Do sumpin’. Let’s go.”

Wynton Marsalis with correspondent John Dickerson.

John Dickerson: So how does that work when you’re talking to all the people who are involved at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and you’re–

Wynton Marsalis: I say almost the same mantra. You know, we– we’re in a bad position. And we’re not going to get out of this overnight. But everybody is in our position. So let’s embrace this space. Let’s work on the trust that we’ve built up all of these years. Let’s go out and make stuff happen that we want to see happen, we have to move very fast, but we have to be even more process-oriented and more deliberate. And that’s how you master a moment of chaos. And that is also the strength of jazz. 

John Dickerson: I was just going to say, jazz – all of that practice, and then in the moment, you have to be ready–

Wynton Marsalis: That’s right. You marshal all your forces.

John Dickerson:  And be ready to improvise.

Wynton Marsalis: And be ready to meet the demands of that moment. Another thing that we say to each other is, “Let’s see if we are who we said we were before we had to deal with this.” When…

John Dickerson: And what does that mean? 

Wynton Marsalis: When everything is normal, it’s easy for us to be full. Full of arrogance and commentary. Now we have to be for real. Our morality, our concept, our integrity, All these things are coming to bear in this moment. 

John Dickerson: Because it’s a test.

Wynton Marsalis: Yeah, let’s see, man.

Wynton Marsalis: We have a tendency to hear all the negative. Everybody’s dying, this and that, skull and crossbones. There’s also this reaffirmation of what makes us great, not just as– people in a country, as human beings.

Recognizing the good amidst the sorrow is at the heart of the second-line funeral celebrations of Marsalis’ native Louisiana. When his mother died three years ago the jazz community took up their instruments. For Ellis Marsalis that celebration will be delayed.

John Dickerson: Since we’re here in this beautiful space, would you– like to play anything for your father?

Wynton Marsalis: Oh yeah, definitely. 

John Dickerson: Yeah. 

Wynton Marsalis: I’ll play something for him. I wanna– wanna lay down my burden down by the riverside.

Produced by Andy Court. Associate producer, Evie Salomon. Broadcast associate, Claire Fahy. Edited by April Wilson.

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Physical Therapy For Knee Osteoarthritis

Physical Therapy For Knee Osteoarthritis

If we talk about some of the most common types of arthritis, it surely has to be knee osteoarthritis. It affects almost 14 million people in the United States alone every year. There is a certain age group that generally suffers from this particular arthritis. It ranges from the age group of 45 to 70 years or above. There are also a few cases being detected in the young generation too. Few…

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Teen Defying '1% Chance' of Recovery After Paralyzing Injury

A Staten Island teenager who suffered a paralyzing polar plunge injury is about to defy the odds.

Michael Wright suffered a spinal injury during the Staten Island Polar Plunge in December that some doctors feared would prevent him from ever walking again. However, those same doctors now say he’s a miracle.

Just four months after the horrific injury, Michael is walking again and getting ready to cross the stage at his high school graduation in June.

Doctors said he was rushed to the hospital immediately following the injury on Dec. 4, 2018, and was quickly put into surgery.

Dr. Edwin Chang performed lumbar fusion to relieve pressure on Michael’s spine and he said he saw hopeful signs immediately after surgery.

“Time was on his side,” Chang said. “In the recovery room, Michael was able to move a toe; we were encouraged by that. By the time he left the hospital, he was able to move muscles in his legs.”

After surgery and extensive physical therapy, just four months later, Michael is walking again, and defying the odds.

“With this type of injury, there’s typically a one percent chance in recovery,” Chang said.

Now, Michael is ready to walk the graduation stage, grateful for every step forward.

“I feel great, like nothing has changed. I got back up on my horse,” he said. “One big motivation I’ve had was returning to school and spending the rest of my senior year with my friends.”

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Newly Transgender is Fed Up with the Hate the World Gives

Staten Islander John Varriano is a 22-year-old newly transgender male who had no idea how hard this change would be, physically and emotionally. He now deals with being judged and disciplined by the world around him.

Being transgender in the world today can be difficult, due to people being judgmental and not accepting.

“I wasn’t happy or comfortable in the body that I was in, John says.” “I knew something wasn’t right, and I needed to change.”

Once born Jill, John always felt that something was off. He didn’t feel like he was truly being himself and was always questioning his motives.

Johns parents raised him as any parent would raise their daughter. He wore dresses, had long hair that was always styled, and had every Barbie Doll you can imagine.

Deep down, John knew this wasn’t right, but he kept his feelings a secret, scared of what his parents might think. He was always raised to believe a girl should be into girl things, and same for boys.

“Whenever they weren’t around was when I felt best. I was able to express myself, dress up in my brothers’ clothes, watch wrestling, and play with the older boys outside. It was such a relief.”

As time progressed and John went to high school he began to have crushes on girls rather than guys, and still did not really understand why. He soon learned about the term “Transgender” and felt this is the category he fell under, he felt as though he was a man living in a woman’s body, but still kept his feelings a secret, afraid of what his parents may think.

“I was super unhappy throughout high school, and no one even knew. No one knew how I felt, I didn’t even know how or why I felt this way myself.”

John soon started to express himself more both physically and emotionally with the world around him. Not wanting anyone knowing he felt as though he was a man, he came out as Bi-Sexual, saving himself from being possibly made fun of.

He continued to label himself as Bi-Sexual for many years, but finally decided one day in 2017 that it was time for him to finally be happy and express himself. He cut all his hair off and began seeing a gender therapist to figure out exactly what he was feeling.

“Everything John was doing was so sudden,” his mother Stacy says. “One day he just comes home with a buzzcut and says he is transgender, I was confused at first, but I still loved him no matter what.”

 John begins to take testosterone and begins the process of getting his top surgery, which he successfully goes on December 17, 2018. He finally feels as though he can express himself and is finally comfortable in his own skin.

Although he was finally happy, he did not know what to expect from society, and only got negative feedback and energy. At work, where he works in a deli, he is always called the wrong pronoun by customers, and talked about by coworkers.

“A lot of people at work didn’t really accept Jill now being John,” his co-worker Jocelyn Colon says. “No one really wanted to talk or be around him, or made fun of him for transitioning, it’s 2019 people just need to grow up.”

The worst was during school, where professors and students constantly call him his old name Jill and would do it to get under his skin. Once they saw it bothered him, they made it more of a bigger deal, rather than apologizing or asking what he rather be called.  

“It is getting so bad that I want to drop out, but I want to make my parents proud and stay in school to become successful,” John states. “I have already gone through so much and I know I can get through this, it is just really hard, and I wish more people understood.”

John continues to go to therapy and group therapy, to express his feelings to people who have gone through the same thing. He is worried about other people going through what he has gone through, possibly going through something much worse.

“I want to try and make a difference, or maybe even a role model for kids who are going through what I went through,” John states. “Everyone deserves to be happy, and comfortable with who they are, whether you are young, old, male, female, even if you are the color blue, as long as you are happy that is all that matters.”

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Managing Pain – Through Various Methods

Pain is a very common situation. The experience of pain rises as people get older. Women are more expected to suffer pain than men.

 There are 2 main types of pain - Severe pain which is a normal response to an injury or medical condition. It starts suddenly and is usually short-lived. Persistent pain which continues beyond the time expected for healing. It generally lasts for longer than 3 months.

 Pain may be anything from a dull ache to a sharp stab and can range from mild to extreme. You may feel pain in one part of your body, or it may be widespread.

 There are various methods to treat pain given below are few: -

 Acupuncture and Chiropractic care, both therapies can help promote full-body healing while focus on a specific injury in the body. The method of acupuncture stimulates the release of endorphins and the flow of blood in the body. Acupuncture works on the energy flowing through the body's meridians. As this energy, or qi, becomes stagnant, it can cause pain in the body. By applying very thin needles to points along the body's meridians, an acupuncturist can push stuck energy and restore wellness. Needles typically remain in place for a half-hour.

 Does Acupuncture have side effect?

Acupuncture therapies hardly cause side effects. Because the therapies cause body internal hormones to stimulate the healing activity, it is possible that the signs of your initial condition may increase for several days as your body adapts and heals. As with massage, some patients may experience mild disorientation directly after receiving acupuncture, but this feeling goes quickly, particularly with proper hydration and good rest. Some patients may experience discomfort or stain at the insertion points.

 Who should go for Acupuncture?

Acupuncture is a low-risk therapy with various benefits, acupuncture is often safe. People with pacemaker, should ensure that their practitioner knows this before he starts therapy. Acupuncture is not advised for women who are pregnant as there is a chance that treatment can stimulate premature labor and delivery. People with bleeding disorders should also stay away from acupuncture as there is a small risk of bleeding and bruising from the needles used for this therapy.

 Preparation for Therapy?

You should ensure that your appointment runs easily, and your therapy is best successful.

 avoid eating a large meal either directly before or after your treatment. Avoid intense exercise before therapy. Avoid consumption of alcohol before and after you receive acupuncture. plan your day so that you can rest after the therapy. Keeping taking regular prescribed medication, if any. Abuse of drugs or alcohol will affect the results.

 Acupuncture has been practiced for centuries and is still being used around the world. Acupuncture is frequently blended with chiropractic alterations, massage, physical therapy, and naturopathy. Many people have gained various benefits from orthopedic specialist Staten Island, Back Pain Specialists Staten Island, Acl Tear Staten Island, Sciatica Staten Island.