{"id":107846,"date":"2024-02-02T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=107846"},"modified":"2024-02-05T08:25:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T08:25:21","slug":"vilseck-clinic-reaches-out-to-adjust-spines-consult-on-health-more-at-hohenfels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=107846","title":{"rendered":"Vilseck clinic reaches out to adjust spines, consult on health, more at Hohenfels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n JOINT MULTINATIONAL READINESS CENTER, Germany — Sgt. Robert-Michael Osorio, left, Soldier with 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, consults with Dr. Jon Lopez, chiropractic physician with U.S. Army Health Clinic Vilseck, during Lopez’s regular visit to U.S. Army Health Clinic Hohenfels Dec. 15, 2023. Chiropractic care is available at U.S. Army Health Clinic Hohenfels the first and third Fridays of the month thanks to clinical outreach from Vilseck. The Armed Forces Wellenss Center and occupational therapy are available the second and fourth Fridays. (U.S. Army photo by Bryan Gatchell, USAG Bavaria Public Affairs)
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\n JOINT MULTINATIONAL READINESS CENTER, Germany — Dr. Jon Lopez, top, chiropractic physician at U.S. Army Health Clinic Vilseck, explains an adjustment he is about to make to Sgt. Robert-Michael Osorio, Soldier with 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, during Lopez’s regular visit to U.S. Army Health Clinic Hohenfels Dec. 15, 2023. Chiropractic care is available at U.S. Army Health Clinic Hohenfels the first and third Fridays of the month thanks to clinical outreach from Vilseck. The Armed Forces Wellenss Center and occupational therapy are available the second and fourth Fridays. (U.S. Army photo by Bryan Gatchell, USAG Bavaria Public Affairs)
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\n JOINT MULTINATIONAL READINESS CENTER, Germany — Dr. Jon Lopez, top, chiropractic physician at U.S. Army Health Clinic Vilseck, performs an adjustment on Sgt. Robert-Michael Osorio, Soldier with 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, during Lopez’s regular visit to U.S. Army Health Clinic Hohenfels Dec. 15, 2023. Chiropractic care is available at U.S. Army Health Clinic Hohenfels the first and third Fridays of the month thanks to clinical outreach from Vilseck. The Armed Forces Wellenss Center and occupational therapy are available the second and fourth Fridays. (U.S. Army photo by Bryan Gatchell, USAG Bavaria Public Affairs)
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JOINT MULTINATIONAL READINESS CENTER, Germany \u2013 To better accommodate the Soldiers of the Hohenfels community, several health services from U.S. Army Health Clinic Vilseck are providing outreach services to Hohenfels.<\/p>\n

Soldiers at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center now have access to chiropractic care, nutrition consulting, occupational therapy and more without the hour one-way drive to Rose Barracks.<\/p>\n

Chiropractic care is available at U.S. Army Health Clinic Hohenfels the first and third Fridays of the month. The Armed Forces Wellness Center and occupational therapy are available the second and fourth Fridays. The physical therapy clinic, an annex building on the rear side of the main clinic, is open for normal services 10 hours a day Monday through Thursday, which allows for the visiting services to use the facility on the first through fourth Fridays.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt works out for the patients,\u201d said Lt. Col. Casey McKenna, the commander of U.S. Army Health Clinic Hohenfels. \u201cAll those patients who require \u2013 especially those who require occupational therapy \u2013 would have otherwise had to drive to Vilseck to get those services. So, we bring the care here to them, which is much more efficient and convenient for our patient population. It keeps them off the road and gets them back to duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maj. Danny Harris, the associate deputy commander for clinical services at Medical Activity Bavaria, said that the providers are staying busy when they visit Fridays, and furthermore, the service receives positive comments through the Interactive Customer Evaluation specifically regarding local availability.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have some really awesome providers who are willing to do whatever it takes to fill the mission,\u201d Harris added.<\/p>\n

Dr. Jon Lopez, chiropractic physician for MEDDAC-Bavaria at U.S. Army Health Clinic Vilseck, has been working in the chiropractic field 12 years, 7.5 of which were in the Army.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helps readiness, cuts down on profiles, so I think that benefits the active-duty community,\u201d he said of the chiropractic care. \u201cPilots cannot take certain kinds of medication, so it\u2019s nice to offer them other options to manage their pain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe misconception with chiropractic care is that we are only manipulating and adjusting,\u201d Lopez continued. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re known for. But there\u2019s more to it than just that. We do prescribe exercise to help correct any muscular imbalances, to improve readiness, reduce injuries. We also do manual therapy soft tissue treatment. There are different tools that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Armed Forces Wellness Center provides community members prevention programs and services so they can live healthier.<\/p>\n

Dr. Randall Watkins, the director of the Armed Forces Wellness Center, helps ensure that the functions of the AFWC are presented to the communities that AFWC serves.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot every Soldier has access to a vehicle,\u201d said Watkins. \u201cSometimes public transportation is compromising. So it\u2019s really about proximity and about being available to Soldiers so they can benefit from the services.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see Hohenfels service members, Grafenwoehr, Vilseck, Garmisch, Ansbach, Illesheim, the entire Bavarian footprint,\u201d Watkins continued. \u201cWe cover a large aspect of wellness. The main focus that we have is in many communities is the weight management.\u201d<\/p>\n

They make recommendations to their patients on what they need to do to lose, maintain or gain weight or to increase lean muscle mass. They base their recommendations on the patient\u2019s current caloric consumption, their metabolism and their physical activity. They can also assess blood-oxygen level and how patients process lactic acid.<\/p>\n

Watkins added that AFWC addresses Family members, general schedule employees as well as service members.<\/p>\n

Not every part of the service is available from Vilseck. The \u201cbod pod,\u201d the white egg-shaped module users can sit in that uses air pressure to assess body composition, is not mobile enough to travel biweekly to and from Hohenfels.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least they can do the consultation portion and at least get some rudimentary diet and exercise advice from the Armed Forces Wellness Center,\u201d said McKenna. \u201cAnd the Armed Forces Wellness Center staff can refer them to more services.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are always open to trying to make things more patient-centered,\u201d said Harris. \u201cThere are many services offered. If they\u2019d like to see something else kind of rotationally out there in those areas \u2013 a need that\u2019s not being met \u2013 just let us know.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about chiropractic care, the Armed Forces Wellness Center, occupational health and other services now offered at Hohenfels, contact the clinic by visiting their website at https:\/\/mhs-europe.tricare.mil\/hohenfels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 \/ 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption \u2013 JOINT MULTINATIONAL READINESS CENTER, Germany — Sgt. Robert-Michael Osorio, left, Soldier with 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, consults with Dr. Jon Lopez, chiropractic physician with U.S. Army Health Clinic Vilseck, during Lopez’s regular visit to U.S. Army Health Clinic Hohenfels Dec. 15, 2023. Chiropractic care is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107848,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107846"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107852,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107846\/revisions\/107852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}