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opprairie.com News the orland park prairie | May 10, 2018 | 11 Business Briefs Anytime Fitness announces more free programming Anytime Fitness at 11033 W. 179th St. in Orland Park recently announced a lineup of free events. Among them are the following. • Free Silver Sneakers Classes — 11 a.m. and noon every Tuesday; noon and 1 p.m. every Thursday. For all seniors older than age 50. Silver Sneakers Cardio is to take place at 11 a.m. and Silver Sneakers Circuit at noon on Tuesdays. Silver Sneakers Circuit is to take place at noon and Silver Sneakers Cardio at 1 p.m. on Thursdays. Participants do not need to be a member of Anytime Fitness or registered with Silver Sneakers to try it out. • Silver Sneakers Yoga Class — noon every Wednesday. For all seniors older than age 50. Participants do not need to be members of Anytime Fitness or registered with Silver Sneakers to try it out. Marcus Theatres’ Orland Park Cinema offers new Family Classics Retro Series Marcus Theatres and Marcus Wehrenberg Theatres are welcoming spring with a new Family Classics Retro Series. All Retro Series films will be shown at noon on Sundays, and at 7 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. Admission is $5 per person. To learn more and purchase tickets, visit www. marcustheatres.com/marcusspecials/marcus-film-series. The remaining films on the schedule are as follows. • May 13, 14 and 16: “The Sound of Music” • May 20, 31 and 23: “The Wizard of Oz” Marcus Theatres Orland Park Cinema is located at 16350 S. LaGrange Road. MinuteClinic opens new walk-in medical clinic in Orland Park A new MinuteClinic walkin medical clinic has opened inside the CVS Pharmacy store at 14290 S. LaGrange Road in Orland Park. The new clinic location, located within the University of Chicago Medicine Center for Advanced Care building, is open five days a week, with no appointment necessary. The clinic is to provide a wide array of wellness services for patients ages 18 months and older. Minute- Clinic is the retail medical clinic of CVS Health. The MinuteClinic opening comes roughly two years after a clinical affiliation with UChicago Medicine was announced. Under the affiliation, CVS Health provides prescription and visit information to participating health care organizations like UChicago Medicine, an academic health system. The affiliation improves coordination of care between UChicago Medicine and CVS Health, as well as patients’ adherence to medication. MinuteClinic is staffed by nurse practitioners who specialize in family health care and can diagnose, treat and write prescriptions for common illnesses, such as strep throat and ear, eye, sinus, bladder and bronchial infections. Minor wounds and abrasions, and sprains, strains and joint pain are treated. Common vaccinations for conditions — such as influenza, tetanus, pneumonia, and hepatitis A and B — are available. Prevention and wellness services offered at Minute- Clinic include screening and monitoring for diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, tuberculosis (TB) testing, contraceptive care, motion sickness prevention and smoking cessation. In addition, the nurse practitioners can evaluate and treat common skin conditions, such as acne, dermatitis and rosacea. At the conclusion of each MinuteClinic visit, patients receive educational material, a prescription (when clinically appropriate) and a visit summary. A copy of the diagnostic record can be sent electronically, or by fax or mail, to a primary care provider with patient permission. Most major health insurance is accepted at Minute- Clinic. For patients paying cash or credit, treatment prices are posted at each clinic and online at www. minuteclinic.com. The cost for most services is between $89 and $129. Individuals who visit MinuteClinic and do not have a primary care provider are given a list of physicians in the community who are accepting new patients. A new digital tool accessible via www.minuteclinic.com allows patients to view wait times at all MinuteClinic locations. They also can hold a place in line or schedule a future appointment from the convenience of their smartphones, computers or tablets. The new clinic is to be open from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The clinic will be closed for a legally required lunch break from 12:30-1 p.m. H&M at Orland Square to get new look H&M recently announced plans for a new and larger location at Orland Square. Increasing in size by approximately 7,000 squarefeet, the new H&M is set to open in the fall of 2018. The renovated H&M location will continue to offer Orland Square residents a one-stop shopping destination for quality clothing for the whole family, with collections for ladies, men and teens, as well as separate “store within a store” sections for accessories. Additionally, this store will also carry the Ladies LOGG concept. Freddy’s introduces cheese curds Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, which has a location at 7402 W. 159th St. in Orland Park, recently announced the launch of its newest menu item, cheese curds. The item was made available starting April 26 at all Freddy’s locations across the country. Freddy’s white cheddar cheese curds are lightly covered with butter crumbs and fried to a gooey golden perfection. The item is available to order in a regular or large size. Organization with ties to Orland Park holds foot and leg wound care meeting More than 40 medical professionals gathered to hear Maureen McShane, DPM, explain why a tiny blister could lead to a amputation — and how to prevent that. McShane, a podiatrist with Palos Health, has been practicing medicine for more than 25 years and seeing patients with chronic wounds for decades. She spoke to the collaborative health care group Lower Extremity Amputation and Ulcer Prevention at a recent meeting in Palos Heights. LEA-UP was founded by Dr. Eugene Tanquilut, of Vascular Specialists in Olympia Fields, New Lenox, Orland Park and Chicago. LEA-UP is an non-competitive, open group of primary care physicians, podiatrists, nephrologists, infectious disease specialists, vascular surgeons, plastic surgeons, nurse practitioners and other medical professionals from area hospitals. Quarterly meetings feature an expert speaker and a sharing forum of questions, answers, case studies and treatment options. Wounds in the feet may be caused by rubbing, such as blisters, corns and calluses. Patients can develop ulcers from diabetic or vascular complications. Trauma, such as a scratch, puncture or slice, also can be the catalyst for a chronic wound. McShane explained that it is not just the patient’s foot that is of concern; it is the entire health of the patient. Blood flow is vital to healing, and when vascular health is compromised, wounds just do not close. This condition could be caused by chronic venous insufficiency, by peripheral artery disease and diabetes. McShane explained how smoking a cigarette constricts blood vessels, and how those vessels will not open up again for roughly 45 minutes after the cigarette is finished. At that time, she said, most smokers will light up again, restricting blood flow all over again. Nutrition is always important, and this is where primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants play a vital role. McShane says these health care providers can help guide patients to better diets and healthier choices. McShane stressed the importance of wearing shoes to avoid puncture wounds in the feet. She also explained that ill-fitting shoes are the culprits in the formation of blisters, corns and calluses. Education of patients is paramount in the quest to avoid amputation. Charcot foot, when foot bones fracture and the arch of the foot drops to form a “rocker bottom”, must be diagnosed and treated as early as possible to halt this deformity and avoid ulcers. Patients with neuropathy, significant nerve damage, should watch for warmth, redness and swelling in the foot, along with pain or soreness, and alert their podiatrist immediately of these symptoms. When a wound does occur, McShane said, the severity of the wound will dictate the recommended treatment. Medical professionals may consider debridement, which removes diseased tissue or wound VAC, which removes bacteria and infection and pulls the wound edges closer together. A variety of skin grafts may be used, either taken from the original patient, from a donor or with dermal substitutes. A soft tissue scaffold may be considered. Topical dressings, gels and ointments may be used to cover the wound and promote healing. A further step to preventing amputations is consulting a vascular surgeon to see if the foot or leg can be revascularized to get blood flow reestablished. LEA-UP meets quarterly over a sponsored dinner at Zachary’s Grill in Palos Heights. The events are open to any health care professional. Interested professionals should email jrivera@vasc specialists.org or call (815) 824-4406 and ask for ext. 130. Dinner sponsorship opportunities to introduce medical products and services also are available. Compiled by Editor Bill Jones, bill@opprairie.com. 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