2019 Wellness

Page 40 2019 Wellness Expo LINCOLN DAILY NEWS Thursday, February 21, 2019 Echocardiograms, or Echos, are tests that use an ultrasound with high frequency sound waves to make pictures of the heart’s chambers, valves, walls, and blood vessels. Matthews and Pollice use a new up-to-date machine for the tests, which doctors review to check the heart function and see if there are any heart problems. Eddie Smith, Lead Technologist at ALMH’s Sleep Center, tests people for sleep apnea, a sleep disorder affecting 20 million Americans by interrupting their sleep. Warning signs and symptoms include loud snoring, gasping or choking during sleep, morning headaches or grogginess, excessive daytime fatigue, and depression and irritability. Sleep apnea puts people at risk for developing a variety of conditions, but special dental appliances or Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines increase the air pressure in your throat so your airway does not collapse when you breathe in. Juliann Papesch of Schneider Chiropractic had resources for those seeking chiropractic care. She had a list with five phases of chiropractic care: • Wellness care for those wanting to be at their “best.” • Maintenance care to prevent “future problems” and keep “old ones from returning.” • Supportive care to people maintain their “progress” through “continuing care.” • Corrective care to fix “spinal dysfunction” and retrain “muscular weaknesses.” • Pain relief to help people become “pain free as quickly as possible.” Hot tubs may also provide pain relief and Andrew Gonzalez of P and W Pools and Spas, along with Nathan Whiteman (8069), brought in a Tuff Hot tub/Spa and had handouts CONTINUED