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Our Doctors The WorkStar Injury Recovery Center is a medical clinic that specializes in the treatment of injured workers, motorists and athletes. WorkStar is conveniently located in Ewa Beach at the Hawaii Medical Center-West in the Clinical Service Center. Click for Directions.
You're jogging at a steady pace, enjoying your favorite music through your headphones. Your breath is short and your heart is pumping. Your legs feel like they couldn't carry you any faster.
In 1972 President Richard Nixon traveled to the People’s Republic of China to initiate detente and successfully changed the course of the Cold War. In advance of this visit, American journalist James Reston also visited China and, while there, had appendicitis. His postoperative pain was successfully treated with acupuncture. The article he wrote for The New York Times describing his experience triggered another sea change, this one in health care. The American Holistic Medical Association was formed that decade. By 1990 the National Institutes of Health formed the Office of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and in 1998 expanded funding to form the Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.- About Acupuncture?
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Acupuncture is an ancient medical treatment based on regulating the body's Qi (pronounced "chee"), or "life energy," which flows in the body along pathways called meridians. Hundreds of acupuncture points can be opened like gates to balance and harmonize the flow of Qi, relieving pain and many other symptoms of disease.
If you have not already done so, report your injury as soon as possible to your supervisor or your company's workers' compensation coordinator. If more than 24 hours have elapsed from the time of injury, we advise that you report your injury in writing as well as verbally with a copy retained for your records. List any witnesses to the incident in addition to exactly where, when, and how it happened.
The normal anatomy of the spine is usually described by dividing up the spine into 3 major sections: the cervical, the thoracic, and the lumbar spine. (Below the lumbar spine is a bone called the sacrum, which is part of the pelvis). Each section is made up of individual bones called vertebrae. There are 7 cervical vertebrae, 12 thoracic vertebrae, and 5 lumbar vertebrae.
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PT Hawaii
Located in Waipahu and Kapolei areas, PT Hawaii provide services in the rehabilitation of non-surgical post-surgical diagnosis.
Whether you were injured on the job, or on the road, or playing your favorite sport, we are here to help in your recovery
Injuries are unexpected
How you are cared for shouldn’t be!
The WorkStar Injury Recovery Center provides specialized care for those injured at work, play or on the highway. State of the art conservative care methods and techniques are utilized to restore patients to pre-injury status.
Falls are the leading cause of non-fatal injury-related hospitalizations and emergency room visits in Hawaii. Last year, the annual number of injuries from falls in Hawaii resulted in 78 deaths, 3,616 hospitalizations and 15,866 ER visits. The costs associated with injuries results in more productive years of life lost than any other cause.
What Is A Workplace Injury?
