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Show Feature SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS a long way icalTherapy By Barbara Pyles Many ofthe methods employed standing back pain, and we have been pretty effective in treating them. VanDykes goal is to learn all he can about his chosen field through continuing education courses, conferences and reading. He says right now the skills he has are pretty effective, and they serve him well, but added that the medical field is continuously discovering new information about the body. Some treatments I am using now were not heard of ten years some of those new techniques in the office. in modem physical therapy were VanDyke, who started work- used long ago. The early Greeks, ing at the hospital last Persians and Egyp- - mer, says he deals mostly with tians knew the value of exercise the orthopedic patients, d of The benefits of massage. tremity injuries, any type d using water and the sun were injuries involving the in ancient Roman and lar skeletal system. He also Greek writings. treats sport and back inju- Modem time physical therapy ries, and does gait training began in Great Britain in the (how to walk with crutches, late 19th century, but it wasnt walkers, or any kind of assis-untafter World War II that tant device), Seldom do we deal with any physical therapy became widely used in the care of patients. type of infectious diseases un- sum-Chines- long- - e, ex-an- muscu-mentione- il ago. VanDyke is a native of Lyman, Utah. After graduating from high school, he attended Weber State College. He was one of 24 applicants out of 300 accepted to the Physical Therapy Program at South West Texas State Some treatments I am using now were not heard of ten years ago. Physical therapy has come a long way, says Albert Staff VanDyke, Physical Thera- pist at Ence Physical Therapy, located in the Kane County Hospital. There are many new techniques out there to decrease pain, and to get people feeling much better. We already have 16 WEDNESDAY DECEMBERS, 1995 University. less it is to help a person get their strength back after they have gone through the disease process, he says, In treating a patient, VanDyke may employ one or more of the following procedures: ice, heat, electrical stimulations, ultra- sonic waves, and therapeutic Physical Therapist Albert VanDyles goal is to learn all he can about his amn courses. conferences and read, ng. exercise in various forms. The tfiOiO oy oaroara tyiGSw clinic also uses massage and bandaging. And they instruct may be called to the clinic to tients as far away as Orderville, patients in techniques of exer- - administer to the injured per- - Glendale, Fredonia and towards cise. son. He says bruises and injures Colorado City. Most of the people I deal The most important thing we can stiffen up through the night. can do is to return the person to And in many occasions starting with have pain. Many are not Take advantage of the oppor- - where they were in life without treatment early may shorten the sure where it is coming from, And to try to reduce as healing process. The doctors may say it is not a tunity to have your hearing pain. remuch as And medical problem, and attribute sometimes the job disability possible, says checked. quires traveling. Not only does it to the muscles, skeleton and Jeffrey Man waring, a clinical VanDyke. af-When an accident occurs the clinic treat home health pa- - even the nerves. We have had audiologist, will be providing free hearing assessments at the ter hours, this soft spoken man tients in Kanab, they treat pa- - people come into the clinic with Kanab Clinic. LEATHER MAW Cottv Give the gift they'll really use. to According VanDyke a person cant just decide to be a physical therapist, he has to work towards that ambition. After the completing Bachelors program, VanDyke worked for a Therapy Management Corporation in St. George for two and a half years, and in Montana f()r a ye a sition became available at Ence Physical Therapy in Kanab, he applied and got the job. It was the kind of job that he had been looking for. VanDyke expressed enthusi- asm for his new position and home. I really enjoy working in the outpatient clinic, and I enjoy the people of Kanab. VanDyke says he likes working one-on- one with patients. To be a kid again C By Kent Mason s V Oh Lord, what Id give to be a kid again I wouldnt even ask to know what I know now. Id go back and start all over with it all to learn again, Oh Lord, what Id give to be a kid again! Id learn how to catch a baseball the way I did then How to make the right play and take the easy man. Id learn how to swing a bat and hit a round ball square And throw to the base though the man isnt there. Id play my part of the game leaving his part up to him And Id do the whole thing over just to be a kid again. Jeffrey Manwaring MSCCC-- A CLINICAL AUDIOLOGIST Other services include hearing aid repairs and new hearing y trial aid fitting on a basis. The clinic will be held on Tuesday, December 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kanab Call WgpiMiii mean. Id wave my bat in the air, frown and take a seat dont mean that Ive been beat. Knowing that one strike-ou- t Id play in this game of life knowing I might win Oh Lord, what Id give to be a kid again! your husband or son for Christmas? 45-da- Clinic. Id go to bat against a pitcher I have never seen Who throws a scorcher and a curve that bends wicked and What are you getting How about a Leatherman Tool? What would I have to give to go to inning number one I wouldnt make that error and they wouldnt score that run. But mistakes I cant erase no matter how I try, Life hits me in the face and it looks me in the eye! Theres no way that I ; could ever be a kid again So Ill just keep on dreaming of, those days back then . On sale now at Denny's for S3925. mmkk; , . 8JT . ( 8 8 88 88 A r1 -- ' ' a be &kid agaij&v$ |