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Community SpotLight: Paul M. Bizzaro, DC

Dr. Paul Bizzaro attended New York Chiropractic College to obtain his chiropractic education, graduating with honors in 1990. Additionally, he is a certified chiropractic sports physician.

Bizzaro uses a combination of chiropractic treatments and complementary services to reduce pain and improve patients’ overall health. He specializes in soft-force technique chiropractic, eliminating the cracking experienced with standard chiropractic adjustments. His light touch allows him to work with all ages, from infants to seniors. He has successfully worked with bone cancer patients, improving their quality of life without risk of a fracture.

To expand patients’ healing options, Bizzaro offers a state-of-the-art, FDA-approved, fully robotic, class four MLS laser. Because the laser works at the cellular level, its dual wavelengths decrease both pain and inflammation, causing cells of tendons, ligaments and muscles to repair themselves faster, leading to a quicker recovery. It reduces inflammation, increases circulation, accelerates healing and decreases the formation of scar tissue. 

The laser is painless and produces no side effects, making it ideal for those with fractures and dislocations, athletes and arthritic patients.

Having personal experience with the role nutrition plays in health, Bizzaro offers micro-nutrient testing, counseling and supplements, as well as patient-specific nutritional regimens based on their epigenetic profile. Testing can involve ZYTO hand-scanning, saliva and DNA test kits, and detailed blood panels.

Bizzaro’s office has two certified massage therapists available to give therapeutic massages, ideal for reducing pain and stress. 

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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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