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Acupuncture and holistic, functional medicine treatments at Overland Wellness can relieve your pain and even help improve your athletic performance.
When you see Dr. Overland for medical care as well as acupuncture, you receive the most comprehensive and holistic approach to your performance and recovery. Laboratory and imaging evaluation can provide more precision insights to the underlying contributors to your pain. Things like inflammation and even high blood sugar can impair your healing and be an underlying cause of injuries that don’t recover the way they used to. At-home exercises and rehabilitation techniques help relieve your pain and build the strength and resiliency to help prevent future injuries and pain reoccurrence.
Treatment Options to Improve Your Golf Game and Relieve Pain
As part of your new patient appointment, Dr. Overland will do a physical exam and orthopedic testing to help pinpoint the ergonomic and structural components that are causing your pain. In some cases, she may order imaging to precisely identify anatomic abnormalities or injuries. She will then develop your comprehensive and individualized treatment plan to promote your healing and successful recovery, not just temporarily mask pain.
Many patients feel significant and rapid pain relief from acupuncture treatments. Dr. Overland often uses complementary treatment modalities in addition to acupuncture, such as red and infrared light therapy to promote warmth and healing of the injured or stiff areas. Cupping and tui na are needle-free acupuncture treatment modalities used to help improve mobility and circulation of restricted tissues. Kinesiotaping (the bright athletic tape strips you see on professional athletes) helps stabilize and facilitate certain muscle groups and tissues.
Elbow Pain
Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis) is a very common injury. While the inside (medial) aspect of your elbow is most commonly affected, sometimes people experience pain in either side of the elbow or down into the forearm and wrists. Golf, tennis, pickleball and even just working in the garden and shop can result in elbow and forearm injuries.
Everyday tasks such as lifting a tea kettle, stirring a pot of soup and driving can become painful when you have an elbow injury. When you’re injured, things that used to be effortless and automatic can feel like lifting a ridiculous insurmountable weight. At Overland Wellness, we prioritize treatments that promote improvements in your strength and mobility so you don’t keep experiencing the same pain.
Low back pain is a key symptom that makes people feel old, but it doesn’t have to be accepted as an inevitable part of ageing.
Low Back Pain
Asymmetric movements can result in a higher frequency of low back pain and injury. This can be compounded by ergonomic issues and flaws in your golf swing. The torsional (twisting) movement in your upper and lower back can provide force on your spine. The muscles stabilizing your spine and connecting your back to your extremities can be pulled and strained by such movements.
However, it’s not all bad. Many players walk a significant distance while golfing (if not using a golf cart). Walking is an excellent type of movement to help reduce back pain and preserve mobility. Not golfing isn’t an acceptable answer, either. Golf is a beloved pastime of many N. Idaho locals and tourists. At Overland Wellness, our priority is helping you stay active and perform better, not stop your athletic pursuits.
Start a Healthier, Happier New Year today.
The Goal
Enjoying optimal health, experiencing joy, achieving aspirations are all commendable goals. Despite these lofty dreams, many people fall short each year. Part of this separation between intention and outcome is a lack of a clear, actionable path between where you are and where you actually want to be.
You have the opportunity to change the course of your health.
Lifestyle
Nutrition
Exercise
Wellness
OUR STRATEGY
With the guidance of Dr. Overland, you can identify what has been holding you back from your health and wellness goals. Your treatment plan will include specific steps and incremental goals as you are developing the path of your unique wellness journey.
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Identify
Prioritize specific concerns which will become the catalyst for your healthcare journey.
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Address
Implement specific, actionable changes to positively impact your quality of life.
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Change
Each implemented change becomes the foundation for the next step of your wellness plan.
SCHEDULE
Start with your one-on-one complimentary phone consultation with Dr. Overland. Discuss your medical history, treatments you’ve tried, and options for how you would like to move forward.
LIVE
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ACTIVE
LIFE
First AID Kits
First aid kits to help you and your team respond quickly to injuries and accidents.
Customization
Site and team evaluations to make sure you are prepared for the unique needs and demands of your environment.
Training
Certification and training for the onsite medical staff as well as non-medical personnel to make sure everyone is ready to respond.
FIRST AID IS A TEAM EFFORT
Whether it is for your sports team, the kids you coach, or the team at your workplace, church or even just your family unit, it is important to be prepared to take care of one another.
With CPR, first aid and Stop the Bleed training, you can form a cohesive group that can be better prepared to respond in case of an emergency. Create a plan and develop the skills to take the appropriate steps while waiting for 911 help to arrive.
Reserve Your Spot and Sign Up at the Armory Outpost in Hayden!
Make sure you are current with STOP THE BLEED® training. No matter how fast professional emergency responders arrive, bystanders will always be first on the scene. Learn STOP THE BLEED® training and be prepared to save someone’s life!
Attend the Educational Seminar!
Join the lecture to learn the foundations behind STOP THE BLEED® training. No matter how fast professional emergency responders arrive, bystanders will always be first on the scene. Informational lecture will be followed by open discussion and Q&A session. Learn about STOP THE BLEED® training and how you could be prepared to save someone’s life!
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Roundtable Discussion
A non-confrontational environment to gain from differing perspectives while evaluating case studies and after-incident reports. Identify problems and develop solution action plans. Enhance future outcomes by identifying and implementing workable improvements.
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Debriefing
In the EMS and healthcare sectors, there has been clear evidence to support team debriefing as a tool that improves patient outcomes. While it may seem daunting, this exercise helps spur continual improvement as well as acknowledgment of current successes, both of which are key to improving outcomes.
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Critical Analysis
By critically evaluating and engaging in situational analysis, you can hone your ability to prepare for and respond to challenging situations. Identify areas of future improvement by paying attention to past successes and points of failure.
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Preparedness Mindset
Success starts with mental preparation. Mental preparedness will enhance rapid, successful response in critical situations. Alleviate some of the “you don’t know what you don’t know” susceptibility to failure by sharing experiences and evaluating case studies.
New Year 2025
Time to Make Your Health Great AgaiN
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Dream
This is the perfect time to look optimistically toward the future. Imagine the future you would like to experience
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Set Goals
Set a larger goal or endpoint you want to work towards.
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Prioritize
Identify the different aspects or stages you need to accomplish to reach your goals.
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Fine-Tune
Start with small, rapidly achievable, steps to initiate your journey.
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Appreciate
Recognize your accomplishments and progress along the way. The journey is an important part of becoming the healthier, happier you.
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First Aid Training at Overland Wellness
Dr. Overland will be teaching a custom first-aid training seminar. Day 1 is focused on First Aid/ CPR basics and skills testing.
Day 2 is focused on practical implementation of first-aid skills. This can include a walk-through of first-aid treatment option as well as practice with and evaluation of your personal first-aid kits.
Students can opt for AHA Heartsaver First Aid and CPR/ AED certification.
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