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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Have pain from strain? Physical
Therapy & Massage Clinic open
“Physical therapy involves treating
different diagnoses to help alleviate pain
and dysfunction, while restoring strength
and movement,” says Kay Nielson.
“This can be accomplished,” she added,
“through the use of therapeutic exercises,
stretches, application of modalities, manual/
massage techniques, and patient education.”
sue that can be restricted from previous
injuries.
CST and MFR are effective after a mo-
tor vehicle accident, she said. The patient is
still sore, so these are gentle and calm heal-
ing techniques.
Trigger Point therapy targets an area in
the muscle tissue that is hypersensitive and
can refer pain to other
areas of the body.
Patient education provides
more preventative care.
The therapists are al-
ways assessing to figure
out what is causing the
pain: analyzing nutrition,
stress level, and sleep pat-
terns. They advise how to
sit at a computer without
irritating the lower back.
“We try to help people
know what to do to take
care of themselves,” said
Long. “Couch potatoes,
get up and move around.
Bifocals can cause neck
strain; telephones are a
Kay Nielson and Doranne Long. (Photo by Zina Booth)
frequent source of neck &
shoulder pain.
Eighteen months ago, Nielson opened
“Home remedies help -- when in pain,
her Physical Therapy and Massage Clinic at try the following: Fill a tube sock with 2
the Selma Community Center, tucked pounds of rice (or buckwheat), put in the
around the building to the right.
microwave for two to four minutes, and
Nielson is a physical therapist assistant apply to the irritated area. This is a simple
and licensed massage therapist, with a method to help yourselves.”
bachelor’s degree in science. She networks
People can lose 50 percent of their
with Doranne Long, a physical therapist range of motion before they know they are
with Cascade Physical Therapy.
in trouble. Restoring shoulder motion back
Long provides the initial assessment. to 80 percent makes a huge difference.
Between Nielson’s 18 years and Long’s 27
Nielson’s services include “Pain relief;
years experience, they complement each enhance flexibility and motion; reduce ten-
other with their overlapping techniques. sion and stress; and promote overall health
The two network to provide the best of both and well being.”
worlds, with their combined approaches of
Some of the conditions treated are re-
massage and physical therapy offering both stricted and/or painful joints, impaired balance
hands-on and orthopedic therapy.
and coordination, gait disturbances, neck,
“Locally owned and operated, I live shoulder and back pain, motor vehicle injuries,
here, volunteer here, and spend money acute and chronic pain, migraines, strokes, Fi-
here,” says Nielson. “Some folks drive to bromyalgia, and neurological disorders.
Medford for therapy, feel better, then get all
Kay Nielson’s Physical Therapy and
stiffened up again on the drive home.”
Massage Clinic is open Tuesdays, Wednes-
Nielson uses therapeutic balls for core days and Fridays, with hours scheduled to
strengthening, and builds a more compre- suit the needs of patients.
hensive, exercise program geared for each
Most insurance plans are accepted, al-
individual. Therapy-ball classes will start though Medicare is not. Massage therapy is
this autumn, and will cost $5 per session.
$50 for one hour, $25 for half hour; fees are
Some of her approaches include Cra- flexible, and she will work with clients on
niosacral Therapy (CST), a holistic practice payments and deductibles.
that uses a light touch to balance the body;
For appointments, telephone 218-0485
and Myofascial Release (MFR), which re- or fax messages to 597-2273.
leases tension in the fascia/connective tis-
~Zina Booth
Siskiyou Field Institute
A number of courses are
offered during June to explore
the Klamath-Siskiyou
region. They include:
Identification of Oregon
Sedges, Thursday and Friday,
June 19 and 20; The Ecology of
Serpentine Darlingtonia Fens,
Saturday, June 21; The Literary
and Spiritual Riches of Ralph
Waldo Emerson’s Nature, Sun-
day, June 22; Trees and Shrubs
of the Rogue Valley, Saturday,
June 28; Invertebrates: Diver-
sity and Natural History, Satur-
day and Sunday, June 28 and
29; Siskiyou Rocks, Sunday,
June 29.
Space is limited. To regis-
ter, phone 597-8530 or visit
www.thesfi.org.
Elks Lodge 1584,
Grants Pass
The third annual Summer
Car Show will be held Satur-
day, June 14 at the lodge, cor-
ner of Fifth and K streets.
There will be a pancake
breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m.;
the show will last until 4 p.m.
Besides classic cars, there
will be a poker walk with
prizes, T-shirts, hamburgers
and hot dogs, and many other
attractions.
Proceeds go the Elks Vet-
erans Fund to benefit military
vets in Josephine County.
Grants Pass AAUW
This year’s 36th annual
Frog O’Faire Children’s Festi-
val will be held in Riverside
Park in Grants Pass on Satur-
day, June 14 from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m.
The free event offers more
than two dozen booths for chil-
dren to visit and make crafts,
get a free balloon, plant a plant
or learn to play chess. Craft
booths include tie-dye,
woodworking, paper bag pup-
pets, thumbprint art and mak-
ing a book.
The main event will be the
return of the live reptile exhibit.
A lineup of fun entertainment
will be on stage, and inexpen-
sive food will be available.
Oregon State University
Extension, Josephine County
A class on Introduction to
Biodynamic Agriculture is
scheduled for Saturday, June
28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
OSU Extension Auditorium,
215 Ringuette St., Grants Pass.
There is a fee for the
class, which includes lunch.
Preregistration is recom-
mended before Wednesday,
June 25. Phone 476-6613.
Walden chides Demos on county bux
In Washington, D.C.,
after the House on Thursday,
June 5 came 56 votes short of
passing a flawed version of
the county payments bill,
Second District Congressman
Greg Walden (R-Ore.)
released the following state-
ment:
“We repeatedly warned
the sponsor of the bill and
Democratic leadership that
their strategy of stripping
PILT (payment in lieu of
taxes) and paying for this bill
by illegally breaking federal
contracts would fail.”
The bill was sponsored
by Fourth District Rep. Peter
DeFazio (D-Ore.)
Walden continued that,
“We repeatedly warned that
breaking the promise to find a
legal and sustainable offset
would doom the bill’s
chances on the floor. And we
repeatedly warned that they
would create a significant
hardship for the national coa-
lition supporting both county
payments and PILT.
“Today’s outcome was
as predictable as it was un-
necessary. I will continue to
work on an alternative fund-
ing mechanism -- which the
bill’s sponsor voted for last
Congress -- that would fund
county payments and PILT
and produce more American
energy and jobs.
“The coalition supports
my alternative because it
could actually become law.
I’m confident that a bipartisan
majority in the House would
too if we’re given the
opportunity to vote on it.
McAleenan Zonta ‘08 Woman of Year
Each year the Grants
Pass Zonta Club honors one
of its own in memory of past
member Shirley Campbell.
This year the club hon-
ored Denise McAleenan with
the Zonta Woman of the Year
Award for 2008. She’s a
teller at a Grants Pass bank,
and she was the club’s
Xtreme Dream chairman dur-
ing 2007.
Said the club, “Her en-
thusiasm and dedication
helped make the raffle a suc-
cess. Never afraid to jump
into a project when asked,
some of her involvements are
Relay for Life, Once Upon a
Horse, Bright Futures Foun-
dation Midnight at the Oasis
and The Gathering of the
Goddesses, and March of
Dimes.
“Also, Coalition for
Kids Christmas Family,
Greeters and Concerts in
the Park with the Grants
Pass Chamber of Com-
merce, Paint your Heart
Out, and Frosty the Snow-
man in the Grants Pass
Christmas Parade.
“Dedicated to her
work and customers in
banking,” continued the
club, “Denise was voted
Grants Pass’ Favorite
Bank Teller in 2005.
“First and foremost
Denise is a loving and de-
voted single mother of two
active children: a daughter,
Christine, and a son, Cody,
who have just as busy as lives
as their mother,” the club
- Albert Schweitzer -
Denise McAleenan
said.
Other nominees for the
award were Denise Olson,
Cherryl Walker and Joanne
Provos, the club reported.
Saturday, June 14, 9-2
Graduation set
at RCC for GED
A graduation ceremony
for General Educational De-
velopment (GED) students
who have earned their degree
will be held Saturday, June
14 at 10 a.m. at Rogue Com-
munity College in Grants
Pass in the Marjorie Hol-
zgang Concert Bowl.
A reception will follow
in the campus cafeteria. The
GED program is conducted
by the Josephine County
Adult Basic Education Dept.
at RCC.
Plus
Saturday, June 14, 11-1
$5 (includes soup refills)
Immanuel United
Methodist Church
200 West Watkins
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36th Annual
August 30, 31, & September 1
“Illinois Valley - We grow trees
& champion athletes”
Parade contact: Harry Johnson, 596-2104
As soon as man
does not take his
existence for granted,
but beholds it as
something unfathom-
ably mysterious,
thought begins.
“It’s time to get this issue
back on a positive track and
adopt real solutions for our
rural counties,” Walden stated.
In the very short term,
we must focus on keeping the
one-year extension of county
payments in the emergency
supplemental bill. I hope that
the majority leadership will
give rural counties some
breathing room by keeping
the one-year extension intact
in a bill that can be signed
into law.”
Without the continued
federal payments to make up
for the lack of timber allowed
for cutting, Josephine County
stands to lose approximately
$12 million. The money his-
torically has been used to
fund the sheriff’s office.
Mail entries to: I.V. Lions, P.O. Box 396, Cave Junction OR 97523