Education Guide 120618 Zone A

12 | December 6, 2018 | 22nd century media education guide
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Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Catholic School
designs programs of success for each child
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin
Catholic School, recognized for
the second time by the U.S. Department
of Education as a Blue
Ribbon School of Excellence in
both 2008 and 2018, is proud
of its commitment to provide a
top-rated academic experience
as well as a safe learning environment
centered in faith. CJB
welcomes students in 3-yearold
Pre-K through eighth grade
with a focus on developing each
student’s spiritual, intellectual,
emotional, creative, physical and
social needs.
As an academic institution,
CJB School is dedicated to
designing an individual program
of success for each child.
These learning experiences include
opportunities to challenge
and enrich talents, strategies
to compensate for weaknesses,
and programs designed to give
children the skills to succeed in
the 21st century. Additionally,
through fair, firm and consistent
discipline, children grow
in responsible decision-making,
self-esteem, and self-respect. We
believe that the focus of the Cardinal
Joseph Bernardin Catholic
School experience is to motivate
students to become self-confident,
life-long learners. The
school’s goal is to prepare students
to be responsible members
of their community, able to interact
with people of all races and
nationalities as they go out into
the world. Through the example
of the staff and the daily experiences
of the curriculum, children
learn the truths of our faith, participate
in parish life, experience
a variety of liturgies and prayer
services, and respond to the call
of service to those in need.
Cardinal Bernardin students
develop their own personal identities
while maximizing their
God-given talents. They are expected
to be respectful, accepting
and cooperative with each
other and with their teachers.
Our hope is that the Cardinal
Bernardin student approaches
learning with openness and eagerness,
while remaining joyful
in their endeavors, appreciative
of their opportunities, and willing
to share with others as they
grow in faith and wisdom.
Recognizing that parents are
the primary educators of their
children, the staff supports, supplements,
and enriches all experiences
of family. Parents play a
critical role in the support and
enhancement of the educational
and faith development of their
child.
From academics to athletics,
from faculty to facilities, from
before- to after-school care, CJB
is the Blue Ribbon school of
choice.
See the school in action at its
Open House from 1-3 p.m. on
Jan. 27. The Kindergarten Presentation
is at 1:15 p.m. and the
Pre-K presentation is at 2 p.m.
Submitted by Cardinal Joseph
Bernardin Catholic School, 9250 W.
167th St. in Orland Hills. For more
information, contact Cynthia Devlin
at (708) 403-6525 ext. 127 or visit
www.cjbschool.org.
The following is a column by
Ryan Schaul MPT, CIMT
A physical therapist’s perspective on the big picture
“Why are we working
on my abdominals when
it’s my ankle that bothers
me?”
I’ve heard this question
or something similar many
times, usually when my
patient is fatiguing from
said abdominal strengthening
exercises. I love
this question, because it
allows me to impart some
knowledge onto the patient
about how function of one
or more body parts can affect
seemingly unrelated
ailments.
The human body is an
amazing and complicated
structure and rarely does
one body part operate
independently of others
when performing a task.
The body is designed to
operate in a specific way to
accomplish movements in
an effective and efficient
manner. When this occurs,
we are able to complete
activities such as walking,
squatting and reaching
without difficulty or discomfort.
When there is a
“weak link” in the system,
one area which is not functioning
correctly, it can result
in dysfunction either
at that area or at a different
area of the body. Each joint
is connected to the next by
a group of muscles, therefore,
it is important to look
at the area in question as
well as the whole chain
and its function as a unit.
Every body has the capability
of compensating,
of changing our movement
patterns, to avoid and/
or bypass limitations or
weaknesses. It is when our
body runs out of compensations
that we feel pain.
The painful symptoms
may be a recent development,
but the dysfunction
has probably been present
for much longer. Any
change in the body’s normal
movement patterns
can result in inhibition
and/or overuse of groups
of muscles. While compensations
can be an effective
way to complete a task
in the short term, consistent
compensatory movement
patterns can result in
tissue irritation and altered
mechanics of our joints.
Let’s look at an example
to illustrate this point.
What if I were to tell you
that the low back pain that
you have been experiencing
is possibly the result
of decreased range of motion
in your ankle? Some
of my patients are quite
skeptical when I point to
a body part located so far
away from their symptoms
as the possible culprit until
I explain the mechanics
to them. If you are unable
to pull your foot toward
your shin while walking,
you would wind up dragging
your toes because
you are unable to clear
the ground when you step.
You obviously don’t want
to walk around dragging
your toes on the ground,
so your body is going to
find a way around this by
either swinging the leg out
to the side or by exaggerating
how high you raise
your hip. These compensations
are slight and most
people will not even notice
that they are doing them.
In this scenario, we have
changed the normal mechanics
of the leg which is
in turn going to affect the
hip muscles and how they
function. Now the tissues
in the low back and hip
start to overwork, become
guarded and irritated and
are prime for an injury
when you go to bend over
to pick something up.
Seem complicated? It
can be, but physical therapists
are experts in assessing
the normal movement
patterns of the body. Our
goal is to find the cause of
your symptoms so they do
not return. To accomplish
this, we need to look at
your whole body and how
it functions as a unit — the
“Big Picture”. If you feel
like you could benefit from
an assessment, please do
not hesitate to contact our
offices directly. Illinois is
now a direct access state,
which means you no longer
need a prescription
from your doctor. Just
don’t be surprised if we
look at your ankle to treat
your back pain.
Submitted by TheraCORE
Physical Therapy, 16622 W.
159th St. #503 in Lockport.
For more information, visit
www.theraconcept.com or
call (815) 838-5070.