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RegeneSpine Is Now In Network

Mar 03, 2024 10:03AM ● By Jerome Bilaos

RegeneSpine’s mission is to help patients to reach their full potential in living happy, productive, and pain-free lives. Today, it’s even easier as they are pleased to announce they are now in network with Medicare, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, AmeriHealth and Cigna.

Founded by Dr. Stephen J. Roman, Jr., M.D., RegeneSpine is a pain management and interventional orthobiologic practice that was founded to combine the latest in minimally invasive pain management with the modern advances in regenerative medicine. Their goal is to help each patient reach his or her full potential without surgery and without reliance on long-term medication use. By using a holistic multimodal approach that incorporates biologics, physical therapy, exercise, positive psychology, supplements, and other natural strategies, they set the stage for your body’s natural healing.

Location: Offices in Pennington and Parsippany, NJ & NYC. For information call 1-888-352-3038, email [email protected] and visit RegeneSpine.com. See ad, page 7.

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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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