CentraState Medical Center is offering people living with Parkinson’s disease the unique program, Rock Steady Boxing—the first boxing program of its kind in the country. Founded in 2006 by former Marion County (Indiana) Prosecutor, Scott C. Newman, Rock Steady Boxing is a non-contact, boxing-based fitness program to help empower people with [...]
CentraState Medical Center is offering Your Best Health Now, a fun and informative program about feeling younger – longer on Thursday, Sept. 14 from 6-8 p.m. at Bartley Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 175 Bartley Road, Jackson. Participants can learn how to stay fit and eat well to maintain an active lifestyle in the [...]
CentraState Healthcare System is proud to support the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Foundation’s Walk from Obesity on Sunday, Oct. 8 at Monmouth Battlefield Park, 16 Business Route 33, Manalapan, NJ. Check-in begins at 10 a.m. and the walk is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Walk from [...]
The pastoral care team at CentraState Medical Center is offering two, eight-week bereavement support group sessions beginning Tuesday, Sept. 12 at the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus Conference Center, 901 W. Main Street, Freehold. Every Tuesday through Oct. 31, the support groups will be offered during a day [...]
CentraState Medical Center recently completed its second year of the Medical Explorers Program for 79 area high school students, in partnership with the Boy Scouts of America. The community outreach program provides an opportunity to encourage young men and women to pursue a career in the health care field. [...]
By Jeremy Dayner, MD Summer means that hospital Emergency Rooms will see an increase in cases related to excessive heat, water emergencies, and sports/recreation accidents. From watching medical programs on TV, you might assume ER patients arrive at the hospital in critical condition, often as the result of outlandish medical [...]
By Wendy Reizer Pondering procrastination I don’t know why it took me so long to get my first mammogram. I keep trying to figure out why I procrastinated for more than 10 years past the recommended baseline screening age. I don’t think it was fear. And it certainly wasn’t [...]
By Nirav K. Shah, MD, FACS As youth athletes start to gear up for fall sports, including football, soccer, cheerleading and wrestling, parents, and coaches and teachers should know how to recognize and properly respond to head injuries, particularly concussions. Studies have shown head injuries are more likely [...]
Karen Freeman, MSA, has been appointed CentraState Healthcare System’s new vice president of quality and patient safety. Freeman has 25 years of senior-level leadership experience in both community and academic medical centers in areas of quality, performance improvement, risk management, regulatory, accreditation, medical staff credentialing and operational leadership for [...]
By Brian Mason, PT, DPT In my 30 years as a physical therapist, I have seen many times how pain can lead to a vicious cycle of worsening physical and mental health. The downward spiral happens this way: A person experiences pain. He or she limits activity [...]
