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Weekend Doctor: Treatment for spinal stenosis

Posted by Staff on November 18, 2023 - 6:00am

By Heather Auxier, APRN-CNP
Certified Nurse Practitioner, Blanchard Valley Pain Management

Spinal stenosis is a debilitating condition characterized by narrowing of the spinal canal or neural foramen that can lead to compression of the spinal cord and nerves. There are various treatment options to help this condition.  

Conservative therapies include physical therapy, activity modification, and exercise. These treatment options help to improve flexibility, strengthen muscles, and enhance posture to alleviate pain symptoms.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Tylenol or ibuprofen can offer temporary relief by reducing pain and inflammation. Long-term medications should be carefully monitored due to potential side effects.

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Health Services
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Heating assistance reminder for low income Ohioans

Posted by Staff on November 18, 2023 - 6:00am

The Ohio Department of Development and Area Agency on Aging 3 want to remind Ohioans assistance is available to help with their home energy bills. The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) helps Ohioans at or below 175% of the federal poverty guidelines pay their heating bills.  

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Regional news
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What do teens want for Christmas?

Posted by Staff on November 18, 2023 - 6:00am

BHS Financial Literacy classes visit local non-profit shop

When it comes to Christmas presents, it may seem like kids these days are only interested in electronics. Not so with the students in Michaeline Lovell’s financial literacy classes at Bluffton High School, who picked out some hypothetical gifts for themselves on a field trip to Ten Thousand Villages store, on Main Street, Bluffton. These high school seniors enjoyed selecting coffee, tea, chocolate, jewelry and other gifts that are considered Fair Trade. 

Although Ten Thousand Villages looks like a regular gift shop, it is a non-profit with a mission: to eradicate poverty and preserve the environment. Fair Trade is a movement that changes the way international trade works through better payment, decent working conditions, ecological preservation and a fairer deal for farmers and workers in developing countries. Believe it or not, the first Fair Trade store in the United States was created right here in Bluffton fifty years ago. 

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Business
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Regional football championship tickets, video and audio streaming

Posted by Paula Scott on November 17, 2023 - 7:43am

NOTE: Gates open at 5:30 p.m.

The 7:00 p.m. November 17 Regional football championship game featuring the Bluffton High School Pirates vs the Columbus Grove Bulldogs will take place at Findlay’s Donnell Stadium.

Tickets are available online at www.ohsaa.org/tickets and at the gate, Adult $12 and Student $9.

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Sports
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Apollo Career Center honor roll announcement

Posted by Staff on November 17, 2023 - 7:32am

Apollo Career Center has provided the following list of Bluffton students on the Honor Roll for the first quarter of the 2023-2024 school year.

A  Honor Roll: Hailey Ballinger, Halie Bretz, Gavin Butler, Adalie Hanefeld, Andrew Lackey, Jadyn Nulton, Matthew Piehl

A/B Honor Roll: Megan Gunnett, Maddox Kibele, Kaylee Kindle, Ethan Kohli, Haley Lamb, Hayden Mueller, Nathaniel Rayle, Isabella Sampson

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People
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BVHS receives Level 7 achievement in ‘Most Wired’ survey

Posted by Staff on November 17, 2023 - 7:23am

Blanchard Valley Health System has received Level 7 achievement for the 2023 Acute survey selection in Digital Health Most Wired Survey results from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). Awards are rated from levels 7-10.

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Blanchard Valley Health System
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