Enjoy These 6 Autumn Activities
Fun for the Whole Family!
Movie Night Gather your loved ones in
Throughout November, everyone is eagerly looking forward to Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, but you shouldn’t let the rest of the month slip past you! Enjoy these other fall activities with the whole family. Homemade Caramel Apples Homemade treats are no doubt far better than their store-bought counterparts. Try your hand at making your own caramel apples for the whole family to enjoy. You can also add a number of toppings to liven things up, such as nuts, white or milk chocolate, coconut, sprinkles, or pecans. Backyard Bonfire During these cold months, you may be tempted to stay indoors, but heading outside for a bonfire is a great way to spend time with your family while enjoying the brisk weather. If you have a fire pit in your backyard, now is the perfect time to take advantage of it by bundling up with some hot chocolate and s’mores. Autumn Arrangements It’s time to get crafty! Creating your own fall arrangements will ensure that your home has the seasonal decorations you want. Making beautiful fall flower arrangements for your kitchen table or wreaths for your front door to greet guests will create the desired autumn vibe you’ve been searching for.
the living room with popcorn, blankets, and a great film. Make the most of your autumn evenings by cozying up and spending quality time with each other while watching some family holiday favorites, like “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” or the Thanksgiving comedy-drama “Pieces of April.” Home-Cooked Food When autumn rolls around, pie and warm cider may be high on your list of tasty treats you’re eagerly anticipating. This fall, encourage your family to take part in making annual goodies and sharing them with your neighbors. Nothing warms the heart more than receiving a loaf of freshly baked pumpkin bread during these increasingly cold days. Knitted Scarves If you’re handy with knitting needles, now is the season to put them to work. Hand-knitted scarves are great gifts to give throughout the fall and winter, and you can also make it a family activity! Take some time to teach your kids how to knit and crochet to create scarves of their very own. As if his empathy toward his patients and our military patients wasn’t enough, Adam is hoping to one day pursue training for an advanced orthopedic specialty. This specialty requires two more years of schooling and a mentorship program, which Adam is hoping to do with one of our therapists here at Fyzical Therapy Balance & Hand Centers. Adam has also recently taken an interest in helping patients who are struggling with their balance, especially after watching a former patient come back to our clinic for a debilitating balance issue. Adam was impacted by the patient’s outright fear of daily activities and the process of helping them get back to their life. When he isn’t helping our patients return to a sense of normalcy, Adam is spending time in his church and with his wife of one year, Stacey, and their two dogs, Alvus, a miniature schnauzer, and Louise, a terrier mix.
Our Relatable, Motivated Physical Therapist Meet Adam Vargas!
Like many other physical therapists, Adam Vargas was inspired to pursue a career in the field because of his own experience as a patient. An accident left
Vargas with lingering knee and shoulder issues, and to this day, he remembers the frustration he felt with himself and the inability to do what he was once able to do. Thankfully, he had a physical therapist to help him, and Adam returned to his normal, healthy self with a determination to help others. “It’s cool to be able to connect with the patient and, at a certain point, to develop more of a therapeutic relationship,” Adam says. “You understand what they’re going through.” But unlike many other physical therapists, it was also Adam’s naval officer dad who motivated him to pursue a medical career. In the Navy, Adam’s dad worked in health care around the world, and it gave Adam an appreciation for that line of work. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Adam has lived across the globe with his family, and graduated with his Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2016 from the University of Texas at El Paso.
As one of our most likable and relatable therapists, we could not be happier to have Adam with us. Keep up your great work, Adam!
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