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the orland park prairie | May 10, 2018 | 11
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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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