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Nurse and skateboarder Yuri Cruz

Scrubbing In And Shredding Out ‘The Gnarly Nurse’ provides inspiration to others BY RACHEL DOBKIN

freedom, connection and fun with skateboarding,” she added, who liked uri Cruz, who is also known as to break the stigma of a typical skater. ‘The Gnarly Nurse’ might not “Some people think skaters are just look like your average skatetroublemakers and people who like to boarder, but her kickflips say otherwaste time, but I’ve met and seen skatwise. She’s defying skater stereotypes ers who are business owners, amazing while teaching others about the fun artists, other medical professionals, and safe skating community. and now Olympians. Skaters come Skateboarding has soared in in all shapes and sizes and what we popularity during the pandemic and do takes a lot of skill and discipline to is now included in the 2021 Summer master tricks.” Olympics for the first time in history. As a nurse, Cruz loves helping peoCruz is one of many who got into the ple and she believes skating achieves sport recently. this goal outside of work. “I wasn’t so happy with my current “I have also seen skaters praying life situation,” Cruz said. “During a together, giving to someone in need, casual conversation with some family and doing other high-quality things,” friends, I randomly decided to pick up Cruz said. “Skating can actually be a skateboarding on a whim and it was very fun and healthy sport, so the more one of the best decisions ever.” I can convince someone to appreciate Skateboarding became a stress rethe beauty of skating, the happier I am.” liever for Cruz during nursing school in Besides being a great communithe middle of a pandemic. Cruz would ty-builder, skateboarding also has great teach her classmates to stand on her health benefits. board and she would share her skating “Cardio exercises in general are attempts with her friends. associated with lower blood pres“I felt a sense of accomplishment, sure, [lower risk of] diabetes, weight editorial@antonmediagroup.com

management, better moods, and better sleep,” Cruz said, who also sees skateboarding as a great mood booster, along with other mental health benefits. “The mental stimulation it takes to learn a new skill, memorizing the steps of certain tricks, utilizing your executive functions to work out the best solutions to problems you may have with your tricks, quickly reacting to your skate environment can all positively affect your cognition.” If you are interested in picking up this new skill, Cruz has released her new skateboarding journal Kickflips and Chill: Your Inspirational Guide to Becoming an Excellent Skater. In this journal, you will find three beginner skating tips. Number one is to buy the right board.

Cruz recently released her new skateboarding journal Kickflips and Chill: Your Inspirational Guide to Becoming an Excellent Skater. (Photos courtesy of Yuri Cruz)

“Get fitted with the proper board for your size and style of skating, and purchase it from a local skate shop,” she said. Her second tip is to protect yourself and learn to fall safely. “Don’t be afraid of falling,” she explained. “You’ll do it a lot if you want to really progress, but it’s important to develop a proper falling technique to reduce risk of injury. Of course, padding and protection can really help with that.” And Cruz’s last tip is to master the basics. “Create a list of tricks that you can easily perform and attain,” she said. “I use my progress journal to track my progress easily. The new edition is set to be released later this month and it describes basic tricks, which are necessary to build on when learning to progress in skating.” Although a new skill may be daunting to learn, Cruz believes with the right motivation and support, anyone can learn. “Sometimes you might feel like you’re not learning quickly enough, but you’re not alone,” she said. “I’ve been there and countless of others have been there as well. You may also feel like there are no other skaters that look like you or that learn like you, but you may be pleasantly surprised. There are all kinds of fun, inclusive, and safe events and skate communities where you can learn, connect and grow at your own pace.” You can get Cruz’s journal Kickflips and Chill: Your Inspirational Guide to Becoming an Excellent Skater on Amazon.com —Rachel Dobkin is a contributing writer for Anton Media Group

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Stretch It Out

Wellness trend gets comfortable on Long Island BY CHRISTY HINKO

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ou may think of stretching as something performed only by runners or gymnasts. But we all need to stretch in order to protect our mobility and independence. Ahmed Mohamed has brought Stretch Zone, a national wellness franchise, to Northern Boulevard in Manhasset. Stretch Zone recently opened in June, a first for New York, and is just one of 130 studios across the country. “We’ve had great success and support from the local community,” Mohamed said. “It’s been such a warm and amazing welcome.”

While on an extended stay in Dallas last summer, Mohamed’s lower back gave out. “I was in pain; I wasn’t sleeping well,” Mohamed said. While looking for options to relieve his backache, he discovered the local franchise, Stretch Zone in Texas. “I am a client and that is why I love this,” he said. “I am back up to jogging, running with the kids, swimming and bike riding.” At Stretch Zone Manhasset, stretch practitioners lead you through a series of dynamic stretches to increase mobility and muscle function and make daily movements more efficient. The studio is an open-room

Sessions are aided by Stretch Zone’s proprietary band system. layout, allowing for the most efficient use of your time and the space needed for the practitioner to work around the stretch table. “Fitness and health run in my family; both of my parents are physical therapists,” Mohamed said. “I was groomed to go into physical therapy, possibly into medicine after, but I was more into the business aspect, going to school for computer science and business.”

Who needs it

“It has nothing to do with age; we all need to stretch,” Mohamed said. “Every person, no matter their lifestyle, can benefit from stretching.” Mohamed remarked that every client comes in with a range of reasons why they are interested in this wellness practice, ranging from recovering from knee or back surgery, wanting a better golf swing,

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optimizing performance on the soccer field or simply wanting to move better and run around with their grandkids again. As with all types of exercise, you need to engage in stretching regularly in order to reap lasting benefits. If you only stretch occasionally, the effects are short-lived. “Stretching is a lifestyle, a daily routine that everyone should do,”

Mohamed said. “This is a proactive measure, something that you should do on your own.” A daily regimen will deliver the greatest gains, but typically, you can expect lasting improvement in flexibility if you stretch at least two or three times a week. “There’s a difference between self-led stretching and assisted practitioner stretching, like what we do at

Stretch Zone,” Mohamed said. “You can only go so far doing your own stretches; once you hit that little pain that you fear, your nervous system kicks in and you jam up.”

You want to be comfortable while the stretch therapist is maneuvering your body. Avoid wearing clothing that restricts movement, such as jeans and slacks.

Benefits

Before The Stretch

The benefits of an effective and consistent stretch are wide-ranging according to a study by Harvard Medical School. Stretching is an excellent thing you can do for your health. Stretching consists of simple, effective moves that can help you limber up for sports, improve your balance and prevent falls, increase your flexibility and even help relieve arthritis, back and knee pain. Stretching also helps you: · Feel lighter and younger · Relieve stiffness and soreness · Enhance athletic performance · Increase range of motion · Enhance physical skills · Improve mental health and mood

What To Wear

As it is centrally located near a bustling healthcare community, it is common for clients to stop by during their lunch break or after their shift, many still in work clothes. Show up wearing your workout clothes (yoga pants, sweatpants, T-shirt) or use the available changing rooms, so you can change into less restrictive clothing.

The introduction demo and consultation session takes approximately one hour and includes a brief wellness interview, reviewing past injuries, goals and gathering a baseline of your range of motion to measure progress and set session limitations. Clients range in age from 14 to 100. At Stretch Zone, you can choose a walk-in appointment, but the most effective way to benefit is through a monthly regular session, up to three-month packages. Stretching once today won’t magically give you perfect flexibility. For the best results, you need to do it over time and remain committed to the process. “It is so simple; you just show up in your comfortable clothes and socks,” Mohamed said. “You’re heading out for a cup of coffee and you stop by to get stretched.” Stretch Zone is located at 981 Northern Blvd. in Manhasset, near the intersection of Community Drive. They are open seven days a week. Visit www. stretchzone.com to book a free session or call 516-600-0167 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

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The Delta Variant

nfortunately, COVID is back atop the news with a spike in new infections. The Delta variant appears to make up most of these new cases. Even with all the work being done on COVID, much remains unknown about the variant and even less about the newer variants, Lambda and Mu.

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What about the effect of the Delta variant on patients with liver diseases?

It appears that people with any form of liver disease who contract the Delta variant are at even greater risk than the general population of developing severe disease requiring hospitalization and intensive care unit admission. Even some people without underlying liver disease who recover from severe COVID are now progressing to severe cholestatic liver disease with at least one of these patients requiring a liver transplant to treat the COVID-induced liver disease. So how do we prevent the development of severe disease, prevent hospitalization, prevent death, prevent the spread of disease, protect our neighbors and colleagues and prevent the further mutation of the COVID virus into strains that are potentially not protected by our current vaccination, i.e., the Lambda variant? The most important thing to do is to get fully vaccinated as soon as possible. Face masks and social distancing can also provide additional layers of protection and respectively. While these numbers are common sense should dictate their good, they are not good enough and use. If a vaccinated person is to come we have a long way to go to protect our in contact with unvaccinated people, residents. Children and young people including children, it is prudent for are at high risk of Delta and for the them to don a mask. This will become first time, we are seeing children being even more important once schools hospitalized across the country for reopen and children are exposed to severe COVID disease. The symptoms each other in school. The predictions of Delta appear to be different from for the fall are not pretty as our area those associated with the initial has already seen a more than 700strains. Cough and loss of smell are fold increase in cases over the past less common while headache, sore month. Aggressive implementation of throat, runny nose and fever are more prevention measures now will hopecommon, with one to two of these fully change the course of the disease symptoms being seen in more than 90 in the months to come and prevent percent of Delta cases. another unpleasant fall and winter. David Bernstein, MD, FAASLD, FACG, AGAF, FACP, is the vice chair of medicine for clinical trials and chief of hepatology at the Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases.

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Northwell Health Appoints Regional Director Of Urology

ay T. Bishoff, MD, has been busiest trauma hospital in the world. named Director of Urology Bishoff went on to serve in the U.S. Air for Northwell Health’s Central Force Reserves as a Lieutenant Colonel Region, with oversight of urology from 2006 to 2011. sites in Nassau County and parts of Prior to joining Northwell, Bishoff eastern Queens. He also is a professor was director of Intermountain of urology at the Donald and Barbara Urological Institute at Intermountain Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Health Care in Salt Lake City, UT, Northwell. His appointment was where he also held other clinical leadeffective on Aug. 2. ership positions over a 15-year span. Based at Northwell’s The Smith Bishoff earned his medical degree from Institute of Urology, with affiliations the Uniformed Services University of at North Shore University Hospital the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD; and Long Island Jewish and completed his residenMedical Center, Bishoff cy in urology at the Wilford treats urological cancer Hall Medical Center in patients using the latest, San Antonio, TX, and least invasive robotic and fellowship in endourology laparoscopic techniques at Johns Hopkins Medical available. He is an expert Center in Baltimore, MD. in developing programs Bishoff is a fellow of for quality improvement the American College to increase better health of Surgeons; American outcomes. His areas of Urology Association; research and interest Western Section AUA; include cancer of the Endourology Society; and Jay T. Bishoff, MD prostate, kidney, adrenal Society of Government gland and testis. Service Urologists. He also is the “We are very fortunate to have recipient of numerous honors and recruited Dr. Bishoff to help lead our awards including: Outstanding Faculty prostate cancer efforts in the central Award for Air Force Faculty, Air Force region,” said Louis Kavoussi, MD, Commendation Medal Meritorious chair of urology for Northwell Health. Service and medalist, Smithsonian “He has an outstanding international Computer World Permanent reputation and his technical skills Collection International Telesurgery. are unparalleled. His addition to our Bishoff is the author or co-author of faculty will allow Northwell to offer numerous peer reviewed publications, an unrivaled program for patients book chapters and surgical text books diagnosed with prostate cancer.” focusing on topics such as laparoscopic Bishoff is an innovator in his field and robotic surgery, adrenal imaging, with more than 30 years of urological minimally invasive urology, diagnostic surgery experience, a sought-after imaging, and laparoscopic kidney course instructor, lecturer and surgery, among others. researcher. He was a United States He is also the author of Boots of Air Force surgeon, where he served War: Unforgettable Experiences from a from 1998 to 2006, including during Front Line Surgeon During Operation Operation Iraqi Freedom. There he Iraqi Freedom. treated patients at Balad, Iraq, then the —Northwell Health

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