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Kudos: Clear Path Wellness Celebrates 10 Years

Clear Path Wellness will be 10 years old on Halloween. The Sandy Springs wellness center specializes in colonics and offers many other services.

lness’s history occurred in July: Owner Korey Gotoo wanted to grow the business, so she bought it outright from her former business partner, Sue Pepka. The two bought the business, previously called Star Wellness Center, together.

Since the buyout, Gotoo has added four therapists to the four already working out of Clear Path Wellness. In addition to Gotoo, a colon hydrotherapist, the center’s roster includes Mimi Anderson, a colon hydrotherapist and specialist in Rainbow Therapy; Barbara Wiggins, a reflexologist; Vanessa Cortez, a massage therapist; Jewell Bethea, who performs vaginal steaming and hip baths; Jazmyne Mims, an aesthetician; Melody Perry, Access Bars practitioner; and Dr. Rocio Chavez, a specialist in detoxifying massage, reiki and biomagnetic therapy.

Clear Path Wellness is about detoxifying, and Gotoo expanded her staff with that in mind. “That’s why the doctor is providing detoxing massage,” she says. “I’m offering clients the opportunity to see her first before the colonic. It will help the body to release. It’s more effective if they see her first.”

The sudden growth does not require additional office space. “In the future, my dream is for Clear Path to own its own building,” says Gotoo. “Right now, though, we’re established and we’ll stay here for a few years.”

Clear Path Wellness Center, 275 Carpenter Drive, Suite 202, Sandy Springs. For more information call 404-497-9268 or visit www.ClearPathWellness.com.

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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