Hershey Orthopedic & Spine Rehabilitation's Blog: February 2012

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Danica Patrick - Lucky to be Married to a PT?

Danica Patrick, who crashed hard in Thursday's first qualifying race, was all smiles during a morning press conference with the worldwide media covering Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway.

Patrick confirmed she intentionally took her hands off the steering wheel seconds before contacting the inside retaining wall in her No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet.

"I was trained when there is no saving it and no hope you let go," Patrick said. "I didn't cover my eyes (with my hands) but I did close them because I didn't want my eyes to pop out of my head."
"(Releasing the wheel) is an IndyCar Series thing. I just don't see the point of keeping my hands on anything that will tangle up in a crash."

Patrick said she hit a foot on the clutch pedal and hit her arm on the seat because of the angle of the crash."I actually feel better today," the 29-year-old driver said. "Last night it was starting to get sore. My husband is a physical therapist and he's got a lot of good tricks."

Patrick said her crash on the last lap of the first Gatorade Duel At Daytona was a "disappointment" but she has high hopes for the weekend.

"The worst time for me to crash is in the first couple of laps or last couple of laps," she said. "The good side to that is that I got experience. I was one mile short of finishing.

"The team has been very supportive. They said, 'Don't worry about the car. As long as you are good, as long as you like the car, then we got a great backup for you.'"

Thursday, February 23, 2012

New Clinic to Open in Lancaster

We are happy and excited to announce that Hershey Orthopedic & Spine Rehab will be opening a brand new clinic in Lancaster. The clinic will be located at 1697 Oregon Pike, just off of Route 30. The focus of treatment there will be on orthopedic and spinal conditions, as well as post-surgical rehab, gait and balance disorders, and vertigo/dizziness. Our tentative opening date is May 1st, 2012, although this could change depending upon when construction is finished.

We want to thank all of our patients, family, and friends, as our growth is due in large part to you support, help, and trust. Thank you so much!

More details will follow as they become available.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Why We Get Fat - Outstanding Lecture by Gary Taubes

Losing weight and getting healthier is a common goal of many of our patients in the clinic, and clients at the gym. This is an outstanding lecture by Gary Taubes (MS 1978) that discusses the reasons behind why we get fat, and how many of the conclusions reached by science in the past, which our dietary and exercise guidelines are based on, have been inaccurate. It is quite lengthy (about 90 minutes), but VERY interesting and thought-provoking, so you may have to watch it in segments. There is ALOT of good information in this video, so we recommend you check it out if you get time.

His book is also available for purchase on many websites if you're interested.

Gary Taubes (born April 30, 1956) is an American science writer. He is the author of Nobel Dreams (1987), Bad Science: The Short Life and Weird Times of Cold Fusion (1993), and Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), which is titled The Diet Delusion in the UK. He has won the Science in Society Award of the National Association of Science Writers three times and was awarded an MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship for 1996-97.

Born in Rochester, New York, Taubes studied applied physics at Harvard and aerospace engineering at Stanford (MS, 1978). After receiving a master’s degree in journalism at Columbia University in 1981, Taubes joined Discover magazine as a staff reporter in 1982. Since then he has written numerous articles for Discover, Science and other magazines. Originally focusing on physics issues, his interests have more recently turned to medicine and nutrition.