She has been health coaching for
two years, both by phone and at an office at 41 Locust St., ever since she
realized that the health care system in the United States is “broken” because it
does not support preventive care.
“Instead of focusing on medical care, which is what our system does,We are always offering best quality tungstenring the affordable price. we should be focusing on getting healthy,” she said.
The pedaling part of the business will help her keep control of her own disease,More information about guccishoes including release dates, type 2 diabetes.
“I said if I’m going to get healthy and take care of my own diabetes, I’ve got to get more active,” Griffin recalled. She found a free bicycle trailer on the side of the road, outfitted it with a PedalMed sign and loaded on a few medical supplies,The shoesforkids again in a colorway that any Nike fan can love. and she was ready to hit the road.
Northampton City Clerk Wendy Mazza said PedalMed is the first business she has registered that does medical house calls by bicycle.
Other businesses relying on bicycles for transportation include Pedal People, a Northampton business that transports everything from trash to furniture, and Halo Bike Couriers in Hadley, which delivers packages and paperwork and offers postering services.
After visiting five clients in her first two days of health coaching house calls, Griffin said she knew she made the right decision in starting the business.
“I go home every day excited,” she said.
Griffin said working in emergency rooms gave her a unique perspective on the health care system.
“If you come into the ER with congestive heart failure, and your lungs are full of fluid, I’m going to get the fluid out and then send you home to be sick. I’m putting a Band-Aid on disease,” she said.
What she would rather be doing is visiting that patient at home, teaching him or her about lifestyle changes that could prevent another episode. “I’ll ride my bike to your house, and we’ll talk about it. I’m not going to change your medications; I’m going to answer your questions,” she said.
On her second day in business, Griffin pedaled to 582 Spring St., the home of Karen Mandeville, 59,We have a lot of bright, vivid colors in pinks, skycycling and greens. and Samuel Adams, 69.
Most of her clients are older and suffer from chronic conditions such as heart disease, Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome, high blood pressure or, like Adams and Mandeville, diabetes.
Usually she finds clients by word of mouth, but Griffin and Mandeville found each other on Aug. 12 when Mandeville put a request on Freecycle.org looking for a book about how diabetics can get healthy. Griffin emailed her, offering to help.
Three-and-a-half months later, Adams has shed 33 pounds and has reduced his insulin intake from eight shots a day to two. He can walk without the help of the two canes he used to use because his weight and his high blood sugar made him tired.Christian Louboutin Outlet Sale suprashoeshome Free Shpping! “He used to have two chairs from here to the mailbox so he could rest,” Mandeville said, gesturing to the approximately 75-foot stretch, which is now chair-free.
“It was really important to me to get him healthy because we just got married, and I want him around for a while,” Mandeville said. The couple married Nov. 11, 2011, after 17 years together.
She lost 22 pounds herself, and is completely off her oral medication and the insulin she used to inject twice daily. “Next, I want to get off my high blood pressure meds,” she said.
Griffin said the key to helping people get healthy is “small steps.” If you tell an out-of-shape person they have to drastically change their diet and start walking 3 miles a day, it won’t happen, she said.
So she started them on house and yard work, including cleaning the garage, and later added riding a stationary bicycle, just three minutes a day at first, and then slowly lengthening the workout intervals.
With Griffin’s expertise, she could do house calls to treat people, but she doesn’t see the point. “I thought about it, but I’d still be putting a Band-Aid on it,” she said.
Griffin said she got into health coaching because she used books and other expert opinions to coach herself when she was struggling to get her own diabetes under control.
“Instead of focusing on medical care, which is what our system does,We are always offering best quality tungstenring the affordable price. we should be focusing on getting healthy,” she said.
The pedaling part of the business will help her keep control of her own disease,More information about guccishoes including release dates, type 2 diabetes.
“I said if I’m going to get healthy and take care of my own diabetes, I’ve got to get more active,” Griffin recalled. She found a free bicycle trailer on the side of the road, outfitted it with a PedalMed sign and loaded on a few medical supplies,The shoesforkids again in a colorway that any Nike fan can love. and she was ready to hit the road.
Northampton City Clerk Wendy Mazza said PedalMed is the first business she has registered that does medical house calls by bicycle.
Other businesses relying on bicycles for transportation include Pedal People, a Northampton business that transports everything from trash to furniture, and Halo Bike Couriers in Hadley, which delivers packages and paperwork and offers postering services.
After visiting five clients in her first two days of health coaching house calls, Griffin said she knew she made the right decision in starting the business.
“I go home every day excited,” she said.
Griffin said working in emergency rooms gave her a unique perspective on the health care system.
“If you come into the ER with congestive heart failure, and your lungs are full of fluid, I’m going to get the fluid out and then send you home to be sick. I’m putting a Band-Aid on disease,” she said.
What she would rather be doing is visiting that patient at home, teaching him or her about lifestyle changes that could prevent another episode. “I’ll ride my bike to your house, and we’ll talk about it. I’m not going to change your medications; I’m going to answer your questions,” she said.
On her second day in business, Griffin pedaled to 582 Spring St., the home of Karen Mandeville, 59,We have a lot of bright, vivid colors in pinks, skycycling and greens. and Samuel Adams, 69.
Most of her clients are older and suffer from chronic conditions such as heart disease, Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome, high blood pressure or, like Adams and Mandeville, diabetes.
Usually she finds clients by word of mouth, but Griffin and Mandeville found each other on Aug. 12 when Mandeville put a request on Freecycle.org looking for a book about how diabetics can get healthy. Griffin emailed her, offering to help.
Three-and-a-half months later, Adams has shed 33 pounds and has reduced his insulin intake from eight shots a day to two. He can walk without the help of the two canes he used to use because his weight and his high blood sugar made him tired.Christian Louboutin Outlet Sale suprashoeshome Free Shpping! “He used to have two chairs from here to the mailbox so he could rest,” Mandeville said, gesturing to the approximately 75-foot stretch, which is now chair-free.
“It was really important to me to get him healthy because we just got married, and I want him around for a while,” Mandeville said. The couple married Nov. 11, 2011, after 17 years together.
She lost 22 pounds herself, and is completely off her oral medication and the insulin she used to inject twice daily. “Next, I want to get off my high blood pressure meds,” she said.
Griffin said the key to helping people get healthy is “small steps.” If you tell an out-of-shape person they have to drastically change their diet and start walking 3 miles a day, it won’t happen, she said.
So she started them on house and yard work, including cleaning the garage, and later added riding a stationary bicycle, just three minutes a day at first, and then slowly lengthening the workout intervals.
With Griffin’s expertise, she could do house calls to treat people, but she doesn’t see the point. “I thought about it, but I’d still be putting a Band-Aid on it,” she said.
Griffin said she got into health coaching because she used books and other expert opinions to coach herself when she was struggling to get her own diabetes under control.
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