Balance Guide - Balance 2015

a n B la ce

Sound Fitness & Health Guide 2015

Mindful living in 2015 Weight loss: Tipping the scales in the right direction

SPONSORED BY

How to start an exercise program Hypnotherapy: It’s not ‘woo-woo’ — it works

Valhalla D E N TA L

Taking good care of your eye health A SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF

PAGE 2

BALANCE

JANUARY 30, 2015

HARRISON MEDICAL CENTER

Say hi to feeling better fast.

Harrison Medical Center now offers Franciscan Virtual Urgent Care. Talk to a doctor via phone or video chat — 24/7 for $35.* For more information call (855) 356-8053 or visit FranciscanCareNow.org.

*If your situation is quickly determined to be inappropriate for Virtual Care, you won’t be charged for the visit.

Due to federal regulations, patients who participate in Medicare and Medicaid are not eligible for telemedicine “virtual visit” services at this time.

JANUARY 30, 2015

BALANCE

PAGE 3

Life coach helps clients with health and wellness

Taking charge of your own health is often the key

By LESLIE KELLY

lkelly@soundpublishing.com

K

atherine Van Slyke has always been into fitness and health. But it took seeing her mother — who was ill with cancer — turn her life over to doctors that made Van Slyke realize she wanted to help others take control of their health and wellness.

“She was handing her body over to the doctors,” Van Slyke said. “She wasn’t taking ownership for her physicality.”

Watching that, and finding herself busy with young children and not paying attention to her own health, Van Slyke knew things needed to change.

“I really wanted to get healthy,” she said. “I’d struggled with my weight all my life and I just didn’t want to go on another diet.

I wanted to own my health and happiness.”

That, she said, took tapping into something deeper. She knew she had to “drive her own ship.”

So, she enrolled in a program to become certified as a professional wellness coach. She enrolled in the

Contributed photo

Katherine Van Slyke Her approach to each client is different and depends on the personal goals each client has.

“The goal is always to get to a place where we’re healthy and feel good about ourselves,” she said.

“There’s no one method.”

It does include looking at “self-talk,” she said.

“When someone comes to me and says they’re miserable in their skin, that they know they need to lose weight and that they aren’t healthy, just giving them exercises and telling them what to eat may help for awhile,” she said. “But

Invite Change educational program in Edmonds and became a certified professional coach from Invite Change, an ICF-ACTP accredited school.

She also is an associate certified coach through the International Coach Federation, and a federation member; a certified health coach through Villanova University; and has a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Occidental College.

Her business is named “Intality” and is a combination of the motto: “Where intentions become reality.”

Publisher: Lori Maxim Special Publications Editor: Leslie Kelly Writers: Leslie Kelly, Richard Walker, Kipp Robertson, Brian Kelly Contributors: Rebecca Diehl, Megan Nightingale, Mary Mollahan, Lesli Dullum-Tutterrow Advertising Director: Donna Etchey Sales Representatives: Jennifer Zuver, Frank Portello, Annie LaValle Production Manager: Bryon Kempf

with a client weekly for 30 to 45 minutes at a cost $250 a month. If at the three-month mark change isn’t happening, then she and the client re-evaluate what direction to go.

Typical clients work with her for a year.

She meets in person with clients and over the phone, sometimes using Skype. Her clients range in age from the mid-30s to the mid-60s.

Not everyone she sees has issues with weight.

Her clients have included individuals coming back from cancer and strokes, and trying to face the physical limitations they now have.

“Disease limits our physical capability,” she said. “I work with those clients to focus on what’s possible.”

Another client was someone who was the “caretaker” for everyone around her, and hence, put herself last. Creating a way for her to make time to care for herself was the goal.

Coaching clients in wellness means creating new ways of communicating

USE YOUR BENEFITS

from within, Van Slyke said.

“As humans, we create habits and patterns,” she said. “Negative self-talk falls into that. There’s a science component to it where hormones are released and we actually can become addicted to it.

“You have to be aware of that and replace the negative patterns with positive ones.”

Her coaching has not only been a success professionally, but personally. She’s gotten healthier herself and she’s much happier.

“I was in my 40s and just sitting around with my kids and I said to myself, ‘I don’t want to feel like this,’ ” she said. “Since becoming a coach and taking control of my health, the quality of my life is just outstanding.”

To contact Van Slyke , email katherinevanslyke@ gmail.com, or call 206-3538583. Visit her website at www.intality.com, or view her Facebook page.

Hearing loss caused by exposure to loud noise is an injury. We can guide you through the paperwork for the benefits you deserve.

Balance

BALANCE FITNESS & HEALTH GUIDE is an annual publication of Sound Publishing. For information about upcoming special publications, call 360-779-4464.

if you don’t get at the negative self-talk that’s going on, ultimately, the person will go back to their old habits.”

So, her coaching work includes helping each client look at their inner critic. But it differs from psychotherapy and mental health counseling.

“With psychotherapy, the person looks back at their life — at the trauma — and tries to find the root of the issue or the negative feelings,” she said.

“In health coaching, we work from the now and move forward. We work to erase the bad habits and what’s getting in the way. In coaching, the client is the expert. They tap into what’s getting in their way.”

The work includes “homework” tasks including noticing when the negative self talk happens and replacing it with positive messages.

“These steps help to develop new pathways to create new habits,” she said.

Van Slyke usually meets

Sound Fitness & Health Guide 2015

OWCP Hearing Loss Claims Mindful living in 2015 Weight loss: Tipping the scales in the right direction

SPONSORED BY:

ALWAYS AT NO COST TO THE INJURED WORKER PSNS • BANGOR • KEYPORT

How to start an exercise program Hypnotherapy: It’s not ‘woo-woo,’ it works

Valhalla D E N TA L

Taking good care of your eye health A SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF

2601 Cherry Ave., Suite 211, Bremerton Sponsors: Harrison Medical Center, Peninsula Hearing, Inc., Valhalla Dental

Call 360-373-1250 Visit us at www.KitsapAudiology.com

Copyright 2015 Sound Publishing Inc.

Amy Becken, Au.D., CCC-A Doctor of Audiology

Providing Services for Existing Claims.

Call Today to Upgrade Your Hearing!

PAGE 4

BALANCE

JANUARY 30, 2015

Valhalla Dental has new owner, new look

By LESLIE KELLY

lkelly@soundpublishing.com

F

inding a great new home for his dental practice and for his family is what brought Richard Weatherill to Poulsbo. And he’s loving it.

“This is just the kind of place I always thought I’d end up when I started a practice and a family,” Weatherill said. “This is the perfect opportunity for us.”

Last fall, Weatherill purchased the dental practice from Dr. Kevin Pulver. After 32 years as a dentist, Pulver decided to retire and sold Valhalla Dental Clinic located at 19365 Seventh Ave. NE, Suite 106, to Weatherill.

Weatherill’s first day in charge was Oct. 13.

Since that time, he’s been busy seeing patients Monday through Thursday, and in the off hours, renovating the office.

“We’d see our last patient on Thursday afternoon and then from Thursday night to Sunday evening, we were in here working,” he said.

The clinic has new dental equipment and chairs, flooring, carpeting, computers and software programs, Additionally, he added digital X-rays, and an inter-oral digital camera.

“The camera is about the size of a pen and can capture an image that the patient can see on a (television) screen,” he said. “It’s a great way for a dentist to show a patient what’s really going on.”

And he said, the digital X-rays are instantaneous and have one-tenth the radiation exposure, he said.

One thing has remained the same.

“I kept the name — Valhalla Dental,” he said.

“It’s a good name. It suits the community and I wanted to keep that theme going.”

He’s also added some sandwich boards that

Above: Dr. Richard Weatherill reviews an X-ray with a patient. Weatherill recently purchased Valhalla Dental and is accepting new patients.

Left: Dr. Weatherill and the staff of the Valhalla Dental office pose for a group photo. He employs two dental assistants, a dental hygienist, a front office manager and a bookkeeper.

Leslie Kelly photos

bear characters of teeth in Viking hats.

Weatherill grew up in Jasper, Alberta, Canada and attended the University of Calgary where he earned bachelor’s degrees in zoology and psychology. From there he went to study in Sydney, Australia at a dental school that is internationally known.

After graduating in 2006, he completed one year of dental residency at

Tips for good dental health Proper dental care is essential throughout the life cycle, no matter what your age.

Here are some tips that should bring a smile to your face: Your teeth and gums are made up of calcium, so you can imagine how impor-

the University of Texas in Houston, where he studied advanced education in general dentistry with a focus in prosthodontics — the study of restorative dentistry, including crowns, bridges and implants.

Additionally, he had a second year of residency in the Tri-Cities area of Eastern Washington, which covered everything in general dentistry.

“That’s what brought me to Washington,” Weatherill

tant it is to make a deposit in the calcium bank. Eating foods such as yogurt, cheese and soybeans will keep your teeth strong.

Although it seems like a “duh” statement, avoiding sugary foods is pivotal to help ensure dental health.

Foods high in sugar, like candy (particularly the sticky types), convert to acids inside your mouth and can cause the harmful decay you’re trying to avoid.

Make sure you are brushing and flossing twice-a-day — every day. Flossing should

said. He then spent three years working in a private dental practice in Richland before coming to Western Washington, where he was in practice two years in Sequim.

“We just love this area,” he said of he and his wife, Angela, and their 21-month-old daughter Victoria. “When we were in Sequim, we’d spend the weekends here in Kitsap County doing family things.”

So, when he found a clinic for sale in Poulsbo, he jumped at the chance to purchase it.

He inherited about 1,600 patients but is taking new patients. He sees all ages and does general dentistry, and focuses on restorative work and cosmetic implants. He takes emergencies too.

He employs one hygienist, two dental assistants, a front office assistant, and his wife who has an accounting background, is

be a part of your morning routine, and both brushing and flossing after dinner could even help you lose weight by discouraging bedtime snacking.

If you can’t find your floss during the day, opt for Mother Nature’s toothbrush. Hard, crunchy foods, such as carrots and apples, can clean your teeth naturally.

See your dentist every six months. Your teeth may not look dirty from the outside, but bacteria and plaque lurks in places you cannot see in the mirror.

the business’s bookkeeper.

Being up with the latest technology and knowledge in dentistry is important to Weatherill. He takes at least 50 hours of continuing education each year and plans for his staff to go to dental conferences as a team.

“This isn’t the ‘Dr. Rick Show,’ ” he said. “We work as a team and we are a great team. I’m committed to continuing my education and theirs.”

He is a member of the American Dental Association, the Washington State Dental Association, the Kitsap County Dental Society, the Academy of General Dentistry and leads the study club.

His office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and he will soon expand those hours.

Positive experience is what he aims to give.

“Some people do fear the dentist,” he said. “But it can be an enjoyable experience. I was lucky. I had a great dentist as a kid and he’s been my role model.

“What we’re doing is offering dental care in a more relaxed environment.

We don’t want patients to feel we are rushing them like they’re being spun through a factory.”

And, just to keep things on the up-and-up with the kids, he has a treasure box filled with “sticky hands,” stickers, pens and pencils.

“Certainly the kids get something after their exam is over,” he said.

Weatherill accepts most dental insurance plans and has flexible payment options. He provides free oral cancer screenings, free second opinions, and help with understanding dental insurance.

“We welcome anyone looking for a great dental experience,” he said.

“Contact us or, even better, come in and see us.”

Rinse out your mouth with mouthwash, or at least water, after every meal. This practice will help kill germs and prevent others from knowing you had onions on your sandwich.

Remember that a smile speaks every language — it’s the only thing that depicts “one size fits all.” A healthy smile wouldn’t be the same without shiny teeth to lend their support.

— American Dental Association

JANUARY 30, 2015

BALANCE

PAGE 5

Now Welcoming New Patients

Dr. Richard Weatherill and the Valhalla Dental Team at their newly owned and beautifully renovated office

Call us today to schedule your FREE exam, X-rays and oral cancer screening ($200 value)!

Remember to mention this ad for your FREE exam and X-rays.

• Experienced Staff • Friendly Environment • Digital X-Rays • Latest Technology

Valhalla D E N TA L

360-697-5818

19365 7th Ave NE, Suite 106 Poulsbo, WA 98370

ContactUs@MyValhallaDental.com

PAGE 6

Personal training is a calling for her

By LESLIE KELLY

lkelly@soundpublishing.com

S

he’s been working out since seventh grade, at about the time Jazzercise came out.

But through a calling from God, Rebecca Diehl has made her passion for exercise and her passion for people into a business.

Diehl, who says she’s “over 40,” became certified as a personal trainer almost five years ago by the National Federation of Professional Trainers.

She instructs clients at Westcoast Fitness in Port Orchard and in clients’ homes.

It all started very innocently, she said.

“There was one of those local ‘Biggest Loser’ contests and a woman I know asked me to help her,” Diehl said. “She was a teacher and knew that I worked out a lot.

“After that, the owner of the gym where I worked

out said they needed trainers and asked me if was I certified. I wasn’t but I thought ‘I’ve always done it and I’ve always been into it but I never said it out loud.’

So I prayed about it and I figured out that this was my calling.”

Her work isn’t just helping clients learn about physical exercise. It’s a combination of emotional, spiritual and physical work.

“Everybody knows that there’s more to it just working out,” she said.

“You have to look at what’s making the person want to improve themselves and their goals are.”

She refers to that as her Cheez-It lesson.

“I tell my clients that they are too valuable to eat Cheez-Its over and over,” she said. “If they truly understand how valuable they are, then they’ll make time for exercise and they’ll begin to treat themselves better.”

BALANCE

She also knows that when life gets busy, exercise is one of the things that falls by the wayside.

“The first thing to go is exercise,” she said. “The second thing is quiet time and the third is our diet.”

Even she faces that sometimes.

“When that happens, I make my husband drag me to the gym,” she said.

“It’s especially hard in January when it’s dark and gray.”

Diehl has lived in Port Orchard for 17 years and is originally from San Diego.

She and her family relocated to Port Orchard for her husband’s construction job. They have four sons, ages 20, 18, 16, and 12. When her boys were young, she had an in-home gym, but as soon as they were old enough to be left alone, she’d head to the gym for a hour.

Now, in addition to working with clients from 10 to

JANUARY 30, 2015

Right, trainer Rebecca Diehl congratulates a client upon her successful workout.

16 sessions a week, she personally works out from five to six hours a week.

She runs and walks and does strength training.

Clients can sign up for an hour a week, three hours a week, or even just once a month. Programs are based on the person’s

individual needs and goals.

Each session is $45 an hour.

She also has a physical therapist she consults when she’s working with clients with special needs, such as recovering from injury. She studies the most recent scientific find-

Contributor

IS MEDICINE

W

Kitsap Physical Therapy has provided Kitsap County residents with quality physical therapy, wellness, and much more for 36 years!

At Kitsap Physical Therapy and Sports Clinics we offer specialties, from General Orthopedics, Cardiac Conditioning, Sports/Work Related Injuries, and many more at our 7 convenient locations: Bainbridge, Bremerton, Kingston, Port Orchard, Poulsbo NKMC, Poulsbo Village, and Silverdale. We pride ourselves on getting you seen by one of our experienced and highly credentialed physical therapists within 48 hours.

Now offering Medically Oriented Gym programs at our Silverdale and Kingston locations; Senior Fitness, Pilates, Cardiac Conditioning and Parkinson’s classes.

Back to Work, Sports, Life...At Any Age!

Kingston Fitness 26001 Barber Cutoff Road Kingston, WA 98346

360-297-3336

www.KitsapPt.com

ings regarding exercise and tells her clients to “work smarter, not harder.”

Diehl considers her job an opportunity to help others.

“It’s who I am, not what I do,” she said. “It’s my passion.”

Health strategies and science: Because you are worth it

By REBECCA DIEHL

EXERCISE

Rebecca Sidden

e live in the most amazing time in the history of the world.

We have access, as an entire nation, to more resources, opportunities and food than the richest people had throughout history.

Being overweight in past societies was a sign of wealth and beauty. Do you feel like the richest society ever? Most people don’t. Why is that? In order to obtain the best health today, what do we know?

Eat less and move more. Drink a lot more water. Eat natural foods, not processed foods. Exercise 60 minutes per day.

Get the sleep you need. Finally, drop the bad habits that contribute negatively to your health. You know what they are. We know what to do so why is it so hard to actually do it?

Along with all of the wonderful things that 2015 has to offer, it also comes with challenges and temptations like no other society has ever faced.

We have so many choices. Indulgences in food and experiences abound, and modern conveniences free us to fill our lives up with more things to do than just provide for the basics of life. The stress of so many choices adversely affects our health.

Stress must be managed. Strategy can be applied to get and stay fit, and science can be used to work smarter not harder.

Let’s start with strategy. How do you plan your day? You get to choose. If you don’t plan healthy choices then unhealthy ones are easily made in the moment of need. Plan your meals (four to six small meals keep energy consistent). Pack your food in a cooler and have it with you throughout the day (temptation evaded).

Schedule your exercise and keep that appointment (no excuses). Set aside time

for quietness or rest each day (60 minutes per day minimum, broken up or combined).

Monitor your environment for negativity and make important choices to keep it to a minimum (deliberately implement positive and encouraging contributions). Solicit support from family, friends, or a personal trainer for accountability. Also, a workout partner makes it more fun.

Let’s benefit from our great gift of science. Eating small meals throughout the day boosts metabolism.

Combining lean protein, low-glycemic carbohydrates, and healthy fat at each meal keeps insulin under control and controls weight gain. Strength training with weights can build muscle, and the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn during the day. Lower intensity exercise for a longer duration (45-plus minutes per session at 60-70 percent of your target heart rate) burns more fat than higher intensity exercise.

Drinking ice water lowers your body’s core temperature so your metabolism is boosted to bring your temperature back to normal.

Sleep is restorative to the body, and getting enough sleep fights fatigue. Science has also proven that happiness increases our productivity. Examples include, be thankful, forgive and be kind to yourself and others, find something that makes you laugh every day, etc. In this quest for optimal health — attitude is everything.

You are powerful in your choices to govern your health and fitness — believe it.

Let’s do this.

— Rebecca Diehl is a certified personal trainer. She instructs clients at Westcoast Fitness in Port Orchard and is also available to train clients in their homes in South Kitsap. Email her at rebjdiehl@gmail.com.

JANUARY 30, 2015

BALANCE

PAGE 7

IT’S THE WORLD’S FIRST 100% INVISIBLE HEARING AID, YET PEOPLE STILL WANT TO SHOW IT OFF. “People can walk right up to my ears and can’t see them.”

– Cookie

INVISIBLE “The natural sound, I hear sounds I haven’t heard in years.”

– Stu

INCREDIBLE “You don’t even have to take it out.

You can wear it 24/7,* no one can see it, and I can’t even feel it.”

– Grace

HASSLE-FREE HEARING • Sits close to the eardrum so it uses your outer ear to give you incredibly clear, beautiful sound.

• World’s first hearing device to be invisible from any angle, a full 360°.

• Soft and comfortable, Lyric is not an implant, it’s the world’s first extended-wear hearing device and it lasts for months without replacement.**

Join us for a Lunch and Learn: February 11th, 2015 12:00pm - 1:30pm / Lunch will be served

Sponsored by:

When: Where:

From:

February 11th, 2015 Kitsap Regional Library Community Room 1700 NE Lincoln Road Poulsbo, WA 98370 12:00pm - 1:30pm With special guest speaker Kevin Haslam, a Lyric specialist

Call to RSVP today, Seating is Limited!

360-930-3241 www.peninsulahearing.com

As featured on: *Individual replacement needs may vary. Duration of device battery life varies by patient and is subject to individual ear conditions. **Lyric is water resistant, not waterproof, and should not be completely submerged under water. †Professional fees may apply.

Annual subscription begins the first day of trial. Lyric is not appropriate for all patients. See a Lyric Provider to determine if Lyric is right for you. Lyric, Distributed by Phonak, LLC ©2014. All rights reserved. MS036845 917

PAGE 8

BALANCE

JANUARY 30, 2015

New year begins with Lyric hearing care

By MEGAN NIGHTINGALE Contributor

A

new year has begun and with it an exciting adventure for those of us at Peninsula Hearing. We are now offering a new and different concept in hearing care called the Lyric.

Lyric has been around for a few years, however Peninsula Hearing in Poulsbo is the first hearing professional on the peninsula to offer Lyric.

The Lyric concept is one similar to extended wear contact lenses for the eye. Lyric is still the only “extended wear” hearing device available.

The concept centers on a very small device (about the size of a pinto bean) that is placed deep in the ear canal within about 4 millimeters of the ear drum.

The device stays put in the canal until the battery dies which can be up to four months. The device

is then taken out of the ear canal by a trained professional and a new one placed back in the canal.

The device is designed to be worn 24 hours a day, seven days a week. While the thought of a traditional hearing aid being worn 24/7 is not very pleasant, Lyric when properly placed in the ear canal can hardly be felt.

The mechanics of the Lyric is surrounded by a spongy material that allows moisture to escape and the ear canal to breathe which is very important for ear canal health.

The advantage of having a hearing device placed so close to the ear drum is that the sound is very natural because not as much amplification is needed as with a traditional device.

Also, by virtue of the placement of Lyric the brain can take advantage of the ear’s natural background noise fighting capabilities.

Lyric is very convenient

Megan Nightingale, AuD, doctor of audiology. for the user as well. One does not have to change batteries or take the device on and off the ear. The

device can be adjusted for volume and turned into what is called “sleep mode” for nighttime use by using

a magnet tool.

Lyric is sold on a subscription basis for one, two or three years at a time.

The makers of Lyric do state that Lyric is clearly not for everyone.

There are some people who cannot have anything in their ear canal and some whose hearing issues are so great that it is beyond the amplification ability of the device.

“For the people who have tried it and liked it however, it is a miracle; they rave about it,” said Nightingale.

— If you are interested in learning more about this new concept in hearing care, see Peninsula Hearing’s advertisement in this section for a free lunch and learning session on Feb. 11, 2 p.m. in the Poulsbo Library downstairs meeting room.

Peninsula Hearing is located at 19319 Seventh Ave. NE , Suite 102, in Poulsbo. Call 360 697-3061 for more information or to schedule a hearing examination.

Local Lions want to help you maintain healthy vision

By LESLIE KELLY

lkelly@soundpublishing.com

J

ames Schoettler has an eye for better vision. And so do other Lions Club members throughout Kitsap County.

January was National Eye Care Month. But any month is a great time to take a look at your vision.

Schoettler and more than 85 other members of the Poulsbo Lions Club are determined to help anyone in the community who may have a vision problem.

The Poulsbo Lions Club is partnering with the Poulsbo Library to offer a free vision screening clinic from 3-5 p.m. on Feb. 24 at the library. The clinic will be repeated on March 31 and April 28.

According to Schoettler, a main goal of the Lions Clubs internationally is sight conservation.

“There are a number of ways that we are working on that,” he said. “We pick up used eye glasses and send them to a processing place in Lacey where they are cleaned and the prescription is read and classified. Those glasses are then sent to people in Third World countries through missionary workers.”

Here in the U.S., Lions Clubs such as Poulsbo, work to offer vision screenings, especially to pre-school children, so that any vision problems can be caught

and corrected before children enter school.

“We want to catch anything that is wrong so that it can be dealt with before they begin school,” he said. “So that it is not a hinderance to them as they study. We don’t want any child to get behind in school just because they need glasses.”

Once a child is screened and a determination is made as to what the child needs, the Lions then can help with the cost of further vision care by a professional and glasses if needed.

“Sometimes these kids come from families that can’t afford glasses,” he said. “We can help with that, too.”

The Poulsbo Lions Club has two Welch Allyn SureSight screening machines which are used to determine common problems such as far sightedness, near sightedness, astigmatism and amblyopia or what’s commonly know as lazy eye. There are six Poulsbo Lions who are trained to use the machines at the clinics to determine sight problems.

Additionally, the club goes out to community fairs and kids’ days to do screenings.

The machines they use each cost $7,000 and the Lions fundraised to purchase them and to help with eye care health throughout the year. Events

Poulsbo Lion Dave Risley uses the SureSight device to examine a child’s eyes at a recent eye clinic.

Contributed photo

include their annual dinner and auction.

“Everything we raise goes back into the community,” he said.

Schoettler has been a Lion for more than 25 years. He’s been the committee chairman for the screening project for a couple of years. A retired Poulsbo grocer, his dedication to good sight is genuine.

“It was way back in 1927 when Helen Keller challenged all Lions Clubs to become the ‘Knights of the blind,’” he said. “We’ve been

doing this work ever since.”

He said any person of any age can be screened, even those as young as infants.

“When you are very young, your eyes are changing all the time,” he said. “It’s hard to pinpoint how bad the situation is.

But catching anything early is the best thing.”

Schoettler said the Poulsbo Lions are also working with Peninsula Hearing to begin hearing screenings that will work similar to the sight screenings.

Eye doctors suggest an annual

eye exam because vision changes continually and finding issues early is important.

Other local Lions Clubs that provide vision checks are: n Bremerton Central Lions (www.bremertoncentralwa.lionwap.org) n Silverdale Sunrise Lions (www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/ silverdalesunrisewa) n Silverdale Dandy Lions (www.silverdaledandywa.lionwap. org) n Port Orchard Lions (www. portorchardwa.lionwap.org).

JANUARY 30, 2015

BALANCE

PAGE 9

Acupuncture is an opportunity for pain control

By KIPP ROBERTSON

krobertson@soundpublishing.com

M

any Americans are in denial about their

health.

That’s according to Robert Doane, owner of the Acupuncture & Wellness Center in Poulsbo, who helps treat hundreds of patients per week. His practice steers away from pharmaceuticals, which Doane said just mask health issues.

“We’ve dropped to 50th in the world in terms of health,” Doane said. There are more health care visits per capita in the United States than most places in the world, he said.

The business Doane opened in 1998 is attempting to find the source of people’s pain, not cover it up. The Acupuncture & Wellness Center has more than 13,000 patients, according to Doane. He says the clinic is the largest single-owner Chinese medicine practice in the country.

The practice focuses on distal point needle acupuncture and pulse diagnosis. “It’s not the only

method,” Doane said. “But you can look your patient in the eye and say ‘I can treat you.’”

The clinic also offers non-needle alternatives and herbal medicine.

The practice has patients with health issues such as diabetes, cardiovascular problems, inflammatory disease, allergies, anxiety and depression. Chinese medicine is “very good” at treating problems, Doane said. The clinic can help patients live an overall healthier lifestyle.

The drawback to Chinese medicine is its weakness in treating trauma, he said.

The human body’s pulse is used to determine what potential health issues exist for a patient at Acupuncture & Wellness.

Issues with sinuses, the neck or back, for example, can be determined with the pulse, Doane said.

Instead of treating symptoms, Doane and his staff treat what they consider to be the number one cause of health issues — bad blood circulation.

“As we get older, the flow of nutrients, blood

Kipp Robertson photo

Robert Doane examines a patient’s wrist in preparation for an acupuncture treatment. and oxygen is diminished because of damaged vessels over time,” Doane said. He said poor circulation can cause pain to remain in the body, even after an injury has healed. “(The body) can’t repair itself.”

Doane said a common misconception is that being physically fit means someone is healthy. He said that is not the case. For example, athletes involved in

long-distance sports, such as distance running, have damaged hearts — with a heart pumping 15 quarts of blood per minute.

“Chinese medicine is unique because we’re not chasing symptoms,” he added.

Doane travels the world to educate medical practitioners about the benefits of Chinese medicine. He has a website, www.doane. us, with tutorials accessed

through subscription.

Andrea, a Gig Harbor resident who asked to be identified by first name only, visits the clinic for stress and trouble sleeping. She said what the clinic does for her makes it worth the trip. A bonus is there are no side effects to the treatment, she said.

The Poulsbo clinic also is a go-to for those looking for a residency program.

Kyleen Lee, who joined

the program about three years ago, was drawn to the volume of patients the clinic sees.

“It was a chance to treat 30 to 40 patients a day,” she said. “At a typical Chinese medicine clinic you’re treating 30-40 (patients) a week.”

Lee went through a three-day interview process, which required her to be on her feet from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. She helped treat more than 50 patients during her interview.

“It’s a rush,” she said.

A visit to the Acupuncture & Wellness Center costs $150 without insurance. Co-pay methods are available with insurance. The clinic does herbal consultation, massage, nutritional counseling and weight loss.

Doane has a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Washington, a master’s degree in Vedic philosophy from Meru University in Switzerland, and a master’s degree in Chinese Medicine from Santa Barbara College.

He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pain Management.

Weight loss: Tipping the scales in the right direction Exercise is a key component to weight loss, according to certified trainer Mary Mollahan, who taught Fit Boss classes aboard Navy aircraft carriers. Contributed photo

By MARY MOLLAHAN Certified personal trainer

D

o you feel like you are on a roller coaster of losing and gaining those same unwanted pounds over and over? If so, you are not alone.

Most people in your situation have lost count of how many diets, pills, shakes and gadgets they have tried in hopes of finally losing weight for good.

It’s time to stop searching for a magic cure and learn what it really takes to lose pounds and keep them off. These six steps offer a no-nonsense approach to losing the weight for good: 1. Understand weight loss. There is no other way around it — in order to lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume. One pound of body fat equals 3,500 calories.

If you want to lose 1 pound per week you need to average a caloric deficit of 500 calories per day.

ing your caloric intake and increasing your physical activity.

For example, to create a 500-calorie deficit per day, cut back 250 calories from your diet and burn 250 calories doing a physical activity that you enjoy.

4. Find ways to cut back on calories. Some suggesIdeally, this is done by increasing physical activity and making some cutbacks in your diet. Realize that the weight will come off more quickly at first, but then slow down.

2. Calculate your daily caloric requirement. The amount of calories that you need in a day depends on your basal metabolic rate (BMR). This is the amount of calories your body uses at rest. BMR accounts for roughly 60 to 75 percent of

all the calories you burn in a given day.

Calculate your BMR and daily caloric needs: Set a realistic weight loss goal. A goal of losing no more than 1 to 2 pounds per week is realistic and attainable.

Larger, quicker weight loss will most likely be regained.

3. Determine your strategy. No matter what your weight loss goal is, the best approach is to create a caloric deficit by decreas-

tions include: Decrease portion sizes.

Eat smaller, more frequent meals throughout the day.

Don’t skip breakfast.

Don’t drink your calories (i.e. soda, juice, alcohol, coffee with cream).

Substitute healthy fats for unhealthy saturated and trans fats.

Load up on fruits, veggies, low-fat dairy, lean meats and good carbs.

Be consistent throughout the week instead of dieting more strictly on

certain days of the week.

5. Burn more calories by getting active. Aim for 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week.

Adding strength training will also elevate your basal metabolic rate, so that you burn more calories even when you are resting.

Check with your health care provider if you are not sure if you are healthy enough to begin exercising.

— Contact Mary Mollahan at mmollahan@ soundpublishing.com

Whiter. Brighter. You. For Life.

IntegrIty

|

e m pat h y

|

excellence

PAGE 10

BALANCE

JANUARY 30, 2015

Therapist says ‘It isn’t ‘woo-woo,’ it works’

Hypnotherapy can help people overcome life’s obstacles

By RICHARD WALKER

rwalker@soundpublishing.com

I

f you’ve ever doubted the effectiveness of hypnotism, consider this: No. 1: According to the American Psychological Association, hypnotism “has proven effective in interventional radiology, various surgical procedures, the treatment of burns, child-birth labor pain, bone marrow aspiration pain, and pain related to dental work, especially so with children.

“Chronic pain conditions for which hypnosis has been used successfully include, among others, headache, backache, fibromyalgia, carcinoma-related pain, temporal mandibular disorder pain, and mixed chronic pain. Hypnosis can alleviate the sensory and/ or affective components of a pain experience, which may be all that is required for acute pain.”

No. 2: Many athletes have long employed a form of self-hypnosis — “mental imagery,” or visualization — to become more competitive and improve their performance. Citing a report in Psychology Today and a study in the Journal of Sports &

Richard Walker photo

Kayla Wentworth, who practices hypnotherapy in Poulsbo, says it’s empowering.

Exercise Psychology, Carolyn Gregoire wrote in Huffington Post, “Research on the brain patterns of weightlifters found that the patterns activated when a weightlifter lifted heavy weights were activated similarly when they simply imagined lifting.” The study found that “imagining weight lifting caused actual changes in muscle activity.”

So, why not you?

Trying to lose weight?

Quit smoking? Up your game? Hypnotherapy can help.

“There’s nothing mystical about it. It isn’t ‘woo-woo,’ ” said Kayla Wentworth, a certified clinical hypnotherapist in Poulsbo.

After all, we are subjected to the power of suggestion every day, she said; that’s what advertising and marketing are all about, getting a message to stick in your head.

In fact, the brain is constantly taking in information that influences our decision-making, our opinions, even how we view ourselves. Hypnosis can override that.

“Hypnosis is simply a state of being relaxed,” she said, adding that the word “hypnosis” is a Greek word meaning “sleep.”

“When you’re in a state of deep relaxation, that’s hypnosis. The chatter goes away and the brain is open to suggestion. It’s like putting new information into a

computer.”

For someone trying to lose weight, that new information may be to have a drink of water instead of eating when you think you’re hungry.

For someone trying to kick the smoking habit, the new information may be that a cigarette tastes bad. Your brain begins to think that the cigarette tastes bad, and so it does.

For someone trying to achieve a goal, that new information may be visualization of achieving the goal — whether it’s overcoming anxiety, depression, fear, insomnia or low self-esteem. “The brain starts to say, we’re going to make this happen,” Wentworth said.

Ways you can create less stress

By LESLI DULLUM-TUTTERROW Contributor

I

f you have breath and a pulse, you have some stress.

The trick is not shooting for a stress-free life, but rather learning how to recognize your signs and symptoms of stress, specifically “distress” and then learn how to effectively manage them.

Stress is an inescapable part of life. In fact, some stress is good for us. Eustress is the name given to the type of stress that reminds us we are alive. It is the short term type of stress we experience from stretching out of our comfort zone, like jumping out of an airplane, for example.

The kind of stress that more often gets our attention is the distress that produces physical symptoms such as headache,

stomach issues, muscle tension and ultimately contributes to physical, mental and emotional disease and dysfunction.

This is especially problematic when stress occurs over time as when you are struggling with marital problems or work issues that are not getting resolved.

So, if stress is going to be with us, and we can’t fully “get rid of it” then what can we do?

The answer is plenty. First, spend some time identifying what people, places, situations and events serve as stress triggers for you. Keep in mind a stress trigger is anything that elicits a physical, emotional and mental stress response. That may play out in anything from tight muscles, short rapid breathing, or rapid heart pounding to

name a few physiological signs.

Emotional and mental clues may be irritability, memory loss, brain fog and fatigue.

Chronic distress is nothing to ignore. So the best “defense” is a good offense.

After you identify your stress triggers, create a Stress Management Plan (SMP), so that you are no longer a passive bystander to the onslaught of stressors that plague you.

Remember, your health and wellbeing are at stake.

Here is the foundation for an effective SMP: First, make a list of activities that you can do (or have done) that serve to rejuvenate or reenergize you. You might choose things like, have quiet time, a cup of tea, knit, or hit a baseball

Here’s something else you might not know: Hypnosis works, but only if you’re open to it. A hypnotherapist “cannot make someone do anything that goes against their will,” Wentworth said. (That goes for those hypnosis shows you might see in Vegas or on TV. They’re real, she said.) “Everyone is hypnotizable. The point is, you want to make the change.”

People who seek hypnotherapy before or after medical-related procedures are particularly open to it.

Hypnotherapy has proven effective for people who are allergic to anesthesia.

And, according to the American Psychological Association, a 2002 study that compared intravenous conscious sedation with hypnotic sedation during radiology treatment found that the cost of hypnotic sedation was half as expensive as the standard sedation procedure.

Wentworth attended California State University, East Bay, and is a certified clinical hypnotherapist.

She worked at School for the Deaf in Fremont, California, for 25 years, and moved 10 years ago to Poulsbo where she specializes in cancer support hypnotherapy. Her office is at Liberty Bay Marina, but she is in the process of moving her office to Bainbridge Island.

Rates vary, depending on number of sessions,

or a golf ball. The only criteria is that it is an activity that feels stress-relieving for you.

Take your list, and divide it into activities that take less than five minutes, and activities that take longer than five minutes. I call this “Over 5/Under 5.”

From here, plug in three “Under 5” activities into your daily schedule. Remember each one takes less than five minutes.

For example, you can choose deep breathing which you can do sitting at your desk, or at the end of your lunch break. Other ideas for under fives are smelling essential oils, doing a few stretches, or calling a friend.

Now, choose one to two activities per week that take longer than five minutes and add those in your schedule. Your “Over 5s” may include things such as get a massage, or a yoga class. Ideally, you’ll want to work your way up to three or more “Over 5s” per week.

but generally the first session is $185 for up to three hours. Subsequent sessions, $85; a session can last up to an hour and a half.

She also teaches a sixweek hypnobirthing class.

“Some of the topics we cover are releasing emotional fears, releasing limiting thoughts, birth preferences, birth plan, relaxation scripts, bonding exercises and much more,” she said.

“My goal is to educate parents to understand that giving birth is not something to be feared. I teach them a relaxing, stress-free method of birthing based on the belief that babies should come into the world in an atmosphere of peace, joy and calmness. We also learn nutrition, relaxation, and self-hypnosis so the mother can experience the joy of birthing her baby in a comfortable, and often, pain-free manner.”

She offers classes in selfhypnosis, as well.

For those who feel they have not discovered their full potential, or who have lost their confidence, or who have attempted and failed at a goal, self-hypnosis can be liberating.

“It’s about empowerment — and being able to move on,” Wentworth said.

For more contact Wentworth at 360-621-8108, or go to HypnotherapyFor YourHealth.com.

The key is to identify the right activities or things that work for you, and then to schedule them.

Treat each “Over5/Under5” activity as if it were an important meeting with your boss to help you follow through.

One of the greatest things you can do for your health and wellbeing is to effectively manage your stress. When you create your own SMP, you will be well on your way to stressing less and enjoying life more.

Don’t wait. Make your list of stress-reducing activities today.

Then introduce one or two of your “Under 5s” into your day, and watch your stress melt away.

— Lesli Dullum-Tutterrow is a certified counselor, health and wellness coach and consultant, licensed massage practitioner, and president of Optimal Wellness in Silverdale. Go to livingyourwaytowellness.com or email optimalwellnessconsulting@gmail.com.

JANUARY 30, 2015

BALANCE

PAGE 11

Peninsula mom finds relief with virtual urgent care An online visit is appropriate for many issues, medical professionals say

H

ave you ever gotten sick at a really inconvenient time?

Well, that’s exactly what happened to Kristen Tayet, a Peninsula resident who had a great experience with Franciscan Virtual Urgent Care — a new way to access medical care 24/7 from the comfort of home.

Tayet was home on a Friday caring for her two young children. Her husband was out of town.

Then, she started to feel under the weather.

“I had — how can I say this delicately? — a stomach bug,” she said. “By

Sunday it had gotten much worse. I started worrying I was losing nutrients and might become too weak to care for my kids.”

Tayet started making plans to visit her local urgent-care clinic, but remembered an advertisement she had seen for Franciscan Virtual Urgent Care.

“I really couldn’t imagine getting dressed, getting the kids dressed and going out,” she said. “At $35 for the virtual visit, I figured, ‘What have I got to lose?’”

Tayet visited FranciscanCareNow.org, answered a few simple questions and a nurse practitioner called her back within a half an hour.

“I described my symptoms and got some information about self-care that ended up being very helpful,” Tayet said. “I also didn’t feel like I was in a public space where I might

be refunded at the provider’s discretion.

A virtual visit is appropriate for many issues, including the assessment of cuts, burns and strains/sprains; treating urinary tract, sinus or yeast infections; and consulting on fevers, headaches, pink eye, rashes and sore throats.

“Virtual Urgent Care is really great for patients who are busy, who feel like they can’t leave the house, or who don’t live within easy reach of medical care,” Diamond added.

“It’s helping us provide top Kristen Tayet used the Franciscan Virtual Urgent Care to help online when she became sick quality and timely service to patients in our commurecently because she didn’t want to leave home while feeling ill.

Contributed photo nity.”

Franciscan Virtual Urgent Care sure worked Harrison Urgent Care by phone or secure video make someone else sick.” for Tayet.

Centers, affiliated with chat.

Care for a range of “My husband and I will CHI Franciscan Health.

“Many ailments that we conditions definitely use the service If the medical provider see patients for in-office The providers who again,” she said. quickly determines that an can be done over the deliver Virtual Urgent — Submitted by Harrison in-person visit is needed phone or on the web,” Care follow clinical guideMedical Center/ CHI for proper treatment, then lines to determine whether said Dan Diamond, MD, Franciscan Health Care. the consultation fee may Medical Director for an issue can be handled

Harrison Bainbridge: ‘A new way of delivering care’

By BRIAN KELLY

bkelly@soundpublishing.com

F

or its new center on Bainbridge, Harrison Medical Center has done away with one of the most disheartening aspects of a visit to the doctor’s: the waiting room.

Harrison Medical Center opened its new two-story, 17,800-square-foot medical building on Bainbridge last month. The $11 million facility offers around-theclock urgent care, plus primary care, specialty care, expanded imaging and lab services and other outpatient services.

Mei-lin Gonzales of Harrison’s Bainbridge facility said the new location has been a long time coming.

Gonzales, who grew up on Bainbridge, said Harrison has been thinking about an expansion to the island for a decade or so.

“We’ve needed access to health care for a long, long time,” she said.

The Bainbridge facility will have a 24/7 staff that totals approximately 50 employees, and Harrison expects to see roughly 10,000 urgent care patients and 5,000 primary care visitors in its first year.

“That’s our projection based on the other

(Harrison) locations and the community,” Gonzales said.

The projection was made based on the nonprofit medical center’s other locations; Poulsbo, Silverdale, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Belfair and Forks.

From outside in, the Harrison Bainbridge boasts the latest in construction and design. Built

by Tim Ryan Construction, it was designed by Coates Design Architects.

“This is such an important project and contribution to the community, so I’m super excited to be involved with it,” architect Matthew Coates said.

He said the location, at 8804 Madison Ave. North, was a great choice not only for its visibility next to Highway 305, but its location near the Bainbridge Island Fire Department’s Station 21, which is used for medivac flights.

“Harrison was looking for a site, and this one is just so perfect because it’s very strategically located, with its adjacency to the helipad and access to the highway,” Coates said.

The outside of the building mimics its fir-tree setting, with vertical wood planks of varying depths and widths.

“When I first came to the

Architect Matthew Coates at Harrison Bainbridge.

Brian Kelly photo site and I saw all of these beautiful trees in the background, I sort of wanted the building to echo that in the background,” he said.

Wood elements highlight the exterior of the building, and the Accoya timber, a brand that is sustainably grown and harvested, is unique and more often found in European construction projects.

“It’s actually a different type of preserved wood.

Most pressure-treated wood, for example, uses heavy metals. So it’s really toxic. It’s actually not very healthy for people or the environment,” Coates said.

Accoya wood is pressure treated in a process that Coates likened to pickling.

“Because of the way it’s preserved, it will last a long time with low maintenance,” he noted.

New concepts continue on the inside of Harrison Bainbridge. Gone is the usual expansive waiting room. Instead, think “pause” and “pods.”

After a quick stop at the front reception area, visitors will make their way further into the building to a “pause” area that will be right outside their room.

“So whether you’re here for urgent care, or clinic, or lab or imaging, you check in right here,” Gonzales said of the front reception area. “And as soon as you’re checked in — which is a fairly quick process —

they will take you or send you to a specific pause area.

“It’s a new way of delivering healthcare where patients and visitors.”

Coates said the idea is to create a calming, peaceful environment. Materials that are reminiscent of nature and of natural materials were incorporated into the construction.

“Usually when people are coming here, they are not feeling well, for one reason or another,” Coates said, adding that the entryway and pause areas will ease the transition into the rest of a visitor’s medical care. “It’s intended to be a comforting experience.”

As a patient moves back to be seen for urgent care, for example, they approach the urgent care “pod,” where medical providers share a large central hub area filled with computers and equipment that is surrounded by exam rooms for patients.

Patients enter through the pause areas, then into their exam room, while practitioners access the patient’s room through the central core area, the hub.

“What we would traditionally call a waiting area is a pause area, and they call it that because their care started back there,

where they registered and checked in, and then they are going to pause for a short amount of time here before being roomed,” Gonzales explained.

“Each (patient) room is connected to the hub, and all of the care providers are working from within the hub,” she said. “It increases the level of care and supports a team approach.”

Urgent care will handle everything from broken bones to coughs and colds, while specialty physicians at Harrison Bainbridge will offer services ranging from cardiology to gastroenterology, orthopedics, general surgery and urology.

Specialty care is available on the second floor. There are a total of 13 clinic rooms; six for specialty care and seven for primary care.

Coates said he was pleased with the project and the partnership between Harrison, which is affiliated with CHI Franciscan Health, the construction team and the designers.

“My passion is really doing projects that benefit the community. And this is clearly another one that really is going to help the community and I think really raise the quality of life here,” he said.

PAGE 12

BALANCE

JANUARY 30, 2015

“Quality denture & dental care for your entire family!”

You'll love what we can do for your smile!

• Denturist & Dentist on Staff • Crowns & Bridges • Cosmetic & General Dentistry • Denture Repair

• Crown & Denture Implants • Relines (while you wait) • Extractions • Emergency Care • Dentures / Partials

FREE*

800-990-9116

Most Insurances Accepted

19410 8th Ave. N.E., Suite 102, Poulsbo 360-779-1566 • 800-990-9116

www.andersondenturedental.com

New patient consultation and oral exam *X-Rays excluded.

Must present this ad to receive.