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Show 2A Emery County Progress Tuesday, April 12, 1988 comm imm Meet Roselyn the therapist By movement involving the skeletal, sot tissue and ELIZABETH HANSON writer Staff Im Hi, Im Roselyn. your The smiling therapist. professional informs the young man entering the Emery neurological systems. When one gets out of kilter the others are likely affected and mobility suffers. Casey J . Summers celebrated his 1st birthday on April 7, 1988. Helping him celebrate his birthday were his parents Mr. & Mrs. Johnny (Bobbie) Summersof Eph- The young man will soon be joining the rest of us in the exercise room. The first time I limped into the room as a client, I found friends. Nick Manning was working out on a weight lifting machine. He is recovering from a back injury in the mine. Bill Pace, in shorts, was strengthing his legs on the press machine. His right leg was crushed in a mine accident. Barbara Hansen was pedaling the bike. Last October she had a stroke at her home and a seizure. Taken by ambulance to Castleview she had' two more to seizures and was Utah Valley. Surgeons did exploratory brain surgery for a suspected tumor. None was found. Only 39, left paralyzed on the left side, she was sent home after three weeks in the hospital. She has been taking therapy since November. She is fighting valiantly to regain the use of her left side and strengthen a bad back at the same time. She wants to continue her beautician business. She has four children, three at home, and a divorce pending. Barbara and Darnell Shirley keep each other company as they take turns driving from Ferron. Darnell leaves the small treatment room where she has been receiving electrical stimulation from the Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Peterson of Mt. Pleasant, Mr. & spasms, pain and strengthens Physical and Therapy Rehabilitation Clinic with doctors prescription in hand. Roselyn takes him into a private treatment room for history, observation, evaluation and examination. Her hands are trained to see into the musculoskeletal system, palpating the skin, joints and soft tissues, moving layer by layer through each structure to feel for moisture, temperature, mobility, restriction and spasm. Together they will set a goal for what the treatment is to accomplish and a time frame. Roselyn knows the anatomy of VICE VERM ends AprilM A WONDERFUL TIME AT THE MOVIES. PtemcaM lilS M3OM5D0 VHMM "GOOD MORNING, POLICE ACADEMY 5: ASSIGNMENT MIAMI BEACH '(35 raim; grandparents are Dynawave machine. The stimulus decreases muscle Mrs. Alvin Peterson Ephraim, Mr. Dewey Summers, Amiston, Ala6ama; of great-grandparen- ts Mr. & Mrs. John life-flight- her back muscles. Darnell has worked in the mines 10 years. She has her fire boss papers. She was a shuttle car operator for Consol when she strained her back on the job. are Sum- mers, Amiston, Ala., Mr. & Mrs. Armond Peterson, Orangeville, Ut., Mr. & Mrs. Ray Lyons, Ephraim. She was advised she would need surgery for a herniated disk, but she resolved to try natural BOOKS FOR SPRING Gardening Landscaping Guides Spring Sole Selected Books & Topes Spring Cleaning Helps Travel Books (World-wid- e Travel Guides can be ordered) 25-5- off 0 rJALTOCl 0EIG Castle Rock Square, Price 1187 A Three-Hou- 637-844- 0 East Main Seminar On r Home Management Finally1 A seminar designed to show you that it s really possible to manage your home, nurture your family and still have time end energy left tor personal development. YOU WILL LEARN: no-na- couldnt stand up straight and I could hardly walk. My legs, arms and back are being strengthened by the exercises. I am being taught how to lift properly so I wont hurt my back again. I try to walk two hours every day as part of my program. This experience has made me realize how normally out of shape we are and that we need to take better care of our y 4 bodies. Darnell is doing so well on therapy she may be sent to Cottonwood Hospital in Murray for an extended therapy program of eight hours daily. A swimming pool for swimming and education classes would be offered to pave the way back to the coalmine. Married with a son and daughter 12 and 14 years old, Darnell wants to be back to work. She was so nervous cooped up at home on bed rest orders at first, she hit the fridge often and gained 32 pounds. Seven of those pounds have melted away on the therapy aerobics and more are going, she says. George Lake, another stroke victim, is working out his legs on a restorator. Geneva accompanies him, helps strap his legs and encourages him to pump hard. George still has some paralysis on his right side. He learned to eat and write with his left hand while his right is gradually starting to function. When he tires, Roselyn unstraps his legs and they go walking about. Mindy Gilbert, 14, arrives for knee therapy. She fell from a trampoline to the gym floor. She had knee surgery and is now having knee therapy to help her recover full function. The door to the hydrotherapy room opens and out crutches Shirley Akelund accompanied by her faithful mate. Shirley fell asleep on a heating pad turned up too high. Blisters from the third degree bums are soaked in the whirlpool tanks. Rose removes the damaged tissue a little at a time. A therapists job involves bum and wound care. Therapists, also develop and monitor conditioning programs for people recovering from heart attacks. Physical therapists reduce the risks of developing heart and lung disease through preventive health care programs. Children with curvature of the spine are helped by therapy. Wesley Keele, another miner with back problems arrives for his workout. Roselyn gives him This is additional exercies. great. Close to home. Cant beat it, can you? Ros is down on the floor showing Ron Atwood how to lift his left leg and right arm at the same time. Ron lifted a roller ' '' Rehabilitation Roselyn Schuster, a physical therapist with the Emery Physical Therapy and and hurt his back. His left leg is affected. He is doing better, but is slated to see a neurosurgeon inMay. A , year ago the Emery Medical Center and Castleview formed a partnership to set up the therapy and rehab center in the trailer behind the clinic. It was formed as a service and convenience to the people of Emery County. It continues to be well used. Roselyn says around patients are seen every 12 af- ternoon the facility is open. It had been open three times this week until Mark Walters, moved to N. M. His position as chief therapist at Castleview was filled by Ken Woodruff. Roselyn agreed to come twice a week to Castle Dale. She is working part time at Castle View also. She is the mother of Jenny and reluctant to work full time. Roselyn Fini was born at Walsenburg, Colo, on Dec. 24, 1956. Always a sports enthusiast, she played basketball in high school. She was a member of the National Honor Society. She wanted to enter the therapy al curriculum for three years. She graduated with a bachelors degree in physical therapy from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Denver in August 1979. Her student clinical ex- periences, continuing education courses, em- workshops, ployment at hospitals, a sports rehabilitation center and private practice qualify her as a top health care professional. She met Daniel Schuster in Boulder. They were married May 19, 1984. works with g Daniel is an in- structor of mathematics and computer science at CEU. They share bicycling, crosscountry skiing and hiking together when they can find time. Jenny is the biggest or more schedule. Therapists are in short supply and great demand. On the average only one in every ten applicants is' accepted for training. The University of Utah is the only school in the state offering a degree in phsyical therapy. The course of study includes classes in chemistry, physics, pathology, anatomy, neuro- anatomy, psychology, kinesiology (study of the motion of the joints) physchology, writing, communication, modalities (types of treatments), therapeutics massage and 20 weeks of clinical experience in and out of the state. The physical therapist must pass state boards to gain a license. In addition to all that a therapist must be able to meet all kinds of people and help them to help themselves. diversion of all, however and the pervading interest. At the end of June, a new therapist is reporting for work and the clinic is expected to go back to the three times a week Heart ftA American Association (CL59 Family Stock House 4 floating paper. How to calendar and schedule your time. Household hints for more efficient use of your space and time. "Demece Schofield seems to be the most organized person on earth. 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