Social Anxiety in Children is this month’s topic and for it we talked with Behavioral Health Therapist Paul Workman. Paul works with kids of all ages in the Hayward and Minong schools and people of all ages in our Minong clinic. From that experience he provides insight on what Social Anxiety is, how to treat it, and the short and long term effects it can have.

Massage Therapy is a fairly new service here at NorthLakes so we wanted to talk to Massage Therapist Tracy Davis, about what she does, how she collaborates with other providers and how everyone could benefit from this service.

We learned a lot along the way!

Do you think that you know everything about Lyme Disease? So did we until we sat down with Physician Associate Tom Nigbor. He shares everything that someone who lives or visits an area with a lot of ticks should know. Along that way he may tell you a couple of things that you may have wrong about this common disease, how to spot it, and how it is treated.

What is NorthLakes Sliding Fee Scale? How does it help people access care? Director of Patient Financial Services, Tricia Krym answers these questions and explains how people can find out if they qualify.

Learn more on here:
https://nlccwi.org/for-our-patients/sliding-fee-scale/

The end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE), means there are some changes to some peoples Medicaid (AKA BadgerCare) coverage.

What do you need to know? Get the lowdown on the latest edition of the NorthLakes Podcast where we talk to Access Coordinator, Medicaid expert, Patty Turner.

This episode has information specific to the Spring of 2023. If you need the most up to date information about BadgerCare, Medicaid, or anything insurance related, call us at: 888.834.4551

Two links mentioned in this episode:
Marketplace: https://www.healthcare.gov/
Medicaid/BadgerCare: https://dhs.wisconsin.gov/badgercareplus/index.htm

March 2024 update: Patty Turner has stepped away from her position at NorthLakes. Much of the information on this episode can be helpful.

Rebecca Crumb-Johnson is a Registered Dietitian as well as a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist at NorthLakes. In this episode she shares what she knows about sugar and why we crave it, what it does to us and why that may not be good.

In the episode she talks about the World Health Organization’s recommendations on consumption. Here is a link to that: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241549028

Occupational therapist, Angie Schoeppach works with patients every day that have a challenge keeping their emotions in check. She brings her insight to this episode of the NorthLakes Podcast. The conversation goes from why regulating your emotion is important to how she works with patients find the emotional, “just right zone”.

Your host also shares a moment of needing to regulate his own emotions right before Angie arrived.

Angie has moved on to opportunities away from NorthLakes. Her words remain true and relevant, and NorthLakes continues to offer pediatric therapy.

What is a community health worker? They are a key component in breaking down barriers to wellness at NorthLakes Community Clinic. In this episode with talk with two of them, Brenda Spurlock and Xristobal Ramirez Romero about what they do and how they collaborate with the providers at NorthLakes.

Fear of going to the dentist is a real thing and everyone experiences it in a different way. In our talk with NorthLakes Community Clinic Dentist Tina Sopiwnik, she shares how she works with her patients, both young and old, to make a visit easier.

She also shares some suggestions on how parents can make those visits easier for their kids. We also talk a little bit about her dog.

All of us have experienced grief in one way or another or will at some point. What is it? What can cause it and what are ways to work with it?

Behavioral Health Therapist Jennifer Hodgson jumps on to the podcast to answer some of these questions and explain how you may be experiencing grief and might not even know that is what you are feeling.

Why is it important to screened for colon cancer? How do you do it?

Dr. Dee shares all this and more.

NorthLakes Community Clinic’s dental outreach program goes to schools in 23 counties in the northern third of Wisconsin. What can you as a parent expect and what services will your children receive?

We learn that and more in this episode of the NorthLakes Podcast.

What is autism? How do you talk about it? What does, “being on the spectrum” mean?

Sean discusses all of this and more. Sean has autism so not only does he bring his expertise as a Behavioral Health Therapist to the conversation, but how he views it as someone who has it. He has appeared on a number of podcasts and you can find links to those on his Linkedin page.

Sean sees patients at our clinics in Birchwood and Hayward as well as some of the schools in that area.

Tamilyn White is a Behavioral Health Therapist at our clinic in Hayward. She has long COVID and she shared what that experience has been like.

Here is one of the haiku’s she wrote:

worst headache ever
chest filled with heavy cement
coughing always is not fun

Have you considered what chiropractic care can do before, during, and after a pregnancy? Neither had we until we talked to Doctor of Chiropractic Lorelei Wakefield. It’s more than just helping with a sore back deep into the third trimester.

Take a listen and then call NorthLakes Community Clinic to find out how we can assist you. Lorelei has retired from practice, but we have many other chiropractors that are available.