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Living Your Healthiest Best
Providers across the EvergreenHealth system are connected by the shared values of living well and striving for fulfillment in many aspects of life. We call it living your healthiest best.
We asked specialists what living your “healthiest best” means for their patients and for them, personally, too.
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“Living my healthiest best means keeping a positive attitude and staying happy. I believe that good health is linked to happiness. I feel that keeping the patients that I work with happy, along with providing safe and quality health care, will lead to the best outcome.”
Andrew Martina, O.T.R./L., Occupational Therapist, Rehabilitation Services
“My family and I make intentional choices to spend quality time doing something fun and active. That’s how I’ve been living my healthiest best lately, as a family unit.”
Karlyn Huddy, M.D., EvergreenHealth Heart & Vascular Care
“Staying active is very important. Finding fun and creative ways to do so makes it even more enjoyable. The trick is to adapt to your environment…shine, sleet, or snow.”
Oscar Gonzalez, M.D., Preventive Cardiologist, EvergreenHealth Heart & Vascular Care
“Living your ‘healthiest best’ is about taking care of yourself by exercising regularly, having a healthy diet, not overeating, getting adequate sleep, having good ways of managing stress and enjoying life. For patients living with a chronic disease, there is also a role for a care provider team to give knowledge and guidance in developing an individual treatment plan.”
Ted R. Brown, M.D., M.P.H., Director of NeuroRehabilitation, MS Center at EvergreenHealth
“I sleep. Sometimes that’s easier said than done, but a good night’s sleep is the foundation for everything else that matters to me – health, family, friends, learning, work, fun. Restorative sleep is so hard to come by in the hospital, and it has a huge impact on how people feel when they’re admitted. At least twice a week, patients tell me, ‘I’d feel so much better if I could just get one good night of sleep.’ When it finally happens, when they sleep through the night, they look and feel like a million bucks.”
Jill A. Denny, M.D., EvergreenHealth Hospice & Palliative Care
“Living your healthiest best may seem impossible: eat better, lose weight, avoid stress and get enough sleep. Where do you begin? What I do and advise my patients to do is focus on one thing and set achievable milestones. If you want to live a healthy lifestyle, define your goal and tackle it one step at a time.
I recently backpacked the Grand Canyon, from the South to the North Rim. I was intimidated by the final 6,000-foot ascent, not to mention the 30-pound pack that I was carrying. I wasn’t sure that I could do it. I took it step by step. I focused on getting to the top of each switchback and before I knew it, I conquered all 6,000 feet with that pack on my back.”
Josephine Wang, M.D., EvergreenHealth Women’s Care
“I run, and mostly in wooded areas. Especially if I’m feeling stressed or tired from a long day of work, running makes my entire body feel relieved and clears my mind. I love the foliage of the Pacific Northwest and getting outdoors brings me joy. I try to remember this when working with my patients and incorporate therapy outside whenever possible.”
Brianne Lynch, D.P.T., Rehabilitation Services
“My wife, son and I play tennis four or five times a week! Not only does it help me maintain my cardiovascular health, it has helped me stay close to my family while encouraging my son to live a healthy, active lifestyle. Playing tennis is great for reducing stress and keeps me mentally sharp to continue providing care for patients every day.”
ANTERIOR APPROACH HIP REPLACEMENT – QUICK RECOVERY AND LESS PAIN
Orthopedic surgeons at EvergreenHealth are among the few providers in the region to offer the latest procedure in hip replacement surgery. According to Drs. Jeff Stickney and Chris Boone, the “anterior approach” significantly reduces recovery time and pain, and yields better mobility for patients who want to continue living an active lifestyle. By operating on the front of the hip – where your front pant pocket would be – these highly trained surgeons work between tissues without making incisions into the muscles. The result is a faster recovery, with many patients returning home the same day of the procedure.
Attend a FREE seminar to learn if the anterior approach is right for you. Visit www.evergreenhealth.com/hip for upcoming dates this fall.
