HEROES BEYOND THE MASK: OPTIMUM PHYSIO THERAPIES
We are Optimum Physio Therapies: Dr. Mark De Anda, Sonia De Anda, Antonio Chavez, Aaron Coronado, Christian Rincon, Claudia Sanchez and Hiram Trevino. With COVID, our main goal at our physical therapy small business practice is making sure our patients are safe. To do that, our staff is trained, and we are following recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (Metro Health), U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and epidemiologists. We know our patients, and we treat them like family, taking their temperature, doing screenings, asking them how they feel, answering their questions and concerns, and providing them with masks and gloves when they come into our clinic. All of our staff also wear masks, and we are spacing out our patients in time and physical location so patients can get their treatments safely. Additionally, we have a company come in once per week to spray and sanitize the clinic like they do in hospitals to keep our patients safe. All this has become our new routine, and we have shared our practices with other PTs so they, too, can stay open while offering their patients safe care. Really, the clinic is cleaner than our house and the only place we would allow our children. Even our high-risk patients are still coming religiously, which shows how much they trust us and how safe they feel. Yes, it is an extra cost to keep the clinic open, and we feel the impacts of that, but if we can keep our patients safe and this clinic open, it is a cost we are willing to accept. We have a lot of patients who are post- op and in debilitating pain who need help now – they can’t wait two to three months. Closing would do our patients a disservice. COVID isn’t the only epidemic we are dealing with, and we can’t put these patients dealing with pain on the side burner.
Lie on stomach. Hold ankle with hand. Gently pull ankle toward the buttock. You should feel a stretch in the front of your thigh. Repeat 10 times on both legs. QUAD S T R E TCH PRONE EXERCI SE ESSENT IALS That being said, we are so proud of our staff! They took the initiative and quickly learned the CDC guidelines. We are also inspired by our patients. They drive us and make us feel like we are doing the right thing and what God wants us to be doing. This spiritual inspiration and everything He overcame is huge to us. We are also inspired by our other medical professional colleagues and what they are doing. We are grateful for so much: our family, kids, health, staff family, patient family, our clinic, our ability to provide jobs, our situation, our City of San Antonio. We are able to stay connected and to stay well mentally, physically, and spiritually in a number of ways. For staying connected to our extended family, we are using and thankful for technology and conferences. At home, to stay well, we are having more family time, gardening, doing home improvement with the kids, reading, doing schoolwork, and doing a lot of continuing education on new physical therapy and marketing techniques. We always eat healthy at home and exercise, so that is nothing new. We are also being mindful to avoid alcohol and other bad coping habits. Instead, we can convert our place to a mixed martial arts gym within five minutes, and we love it. Spiritually, we pray every night and attend church online. We are also donating funds to our church, the San Antonio Food Bank, and other programs around San Antonio we believe in. We are practicing patience and perseverance and ultimately are trying to make negatives into positives. When COVID is over, we are hopeful that this is a reset for everybody and that people become more appreciative of the things they do have. We are also looking forward to coming back a better, stronger, more organized clinic with new ways to help our patients and San Antonio community. Remember, this is not going to last forever. We control what we can control, and we leave the rest to God. It is our choice to make this a negative or a positive experience.
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