Back-to-School & Sports Physicals Available at July 17 Event
-Woodbridge Mayor’s Wellness Campaign, Human Motion Institute at Raritan Bay Medical Center and Medical Pavilion at Woodbridge Co-Sponsor Event-
WOODBRIDGE, NJ, June 15, 2011… Free health screenings for kids and adults; ‘If the Shoe Fits,’ balance and posture testing, sports injury prevention and safety tips and back-to-school and sports physicals, for a fee, will be available Sunday, July 17, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the YMCA at the Woodbridge Community Center, 600 Main St. For more information call 1-800-DOCTORS.
Free screenings and information, provided by the Human Motion Institute at Raritan Bay Medical Center and the Medical Pavilion at Woodbridge, include ‘If the Shoe Fits,’ (shoe fittings) balance and posture testing, sports injury prevention, becoming sports-ready at any age, as well as safety tips such as hydration on the athletic field, stretching, nutrition and more. Back to school and sport physicals for students will be available. The fee for school and sport physicals is $75 per student, and health insurance co-pays will be accepted.
“This is a great chance for our local families to meet with the skilled physicians and staff from Raritan Bay Medical Center and get direction on how to make the coming school year the healthiest and fittest year yet,” says Woodbridge Township Mayor John E. McCormac, whose Woodbridge Mayor’s Wellness Campaign is co-sponsoring the event.
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About the Woodbridge Mayor’s Wellness Campaign
The campaign champions community health by increasing opportunities for Woodbridge Township residents to participate in daily health and wellness initiatives and programs. By encouraging local business and community leaders to play a lead role in supporting local opportunities for active, healthy lifestyles, the Mayor’s Wellness Campaign is at work making Woodbridge a statewide leader in community-based health interventions.
About the Human Motion Institute at Raritan Bay Medical Center
The Human Motion Institute at Raritan Bay Medical Center is a unique program offering a comprehensive continuum of musculoskeletal care within a highly integrated orthopedic healthcare delivery network. This includes not only assessment, treatment, education and therapy services but prevention as well. Raritan Bay’s goal is to help each patient achieve maximum function and mobility as quickly and safely as possible, employing the latest medical techniques available to enhance the clinical team’s effectiveness. By combining the extensive clinical expertise of the medical center’s physicians with RBMC’s Magnet nurses and their compassionate Patient Family Centered Care Model treatment philosophy, RBMC has created a program known for its high-quality care and successful patient outcomes. Human Motion Institute services include:
- Spine Care
- Joint Care (Hip, Knee, Shoulder)
- Hand and Upper Extremity
- Sports Medicine
- Foot and Ankle
- Physical Therapy
- Conservative Spine / Pain Management
About the Medical Pavilion at Woodbridge
Raritan Bay Medical Center’s Medical Pavilion at Woodbridge provides high-quality, urgent non-emergency care, obstetrical/gynecological and physical therapy services. Urgent care, provided by a physician or nurse practitioner, is available with or without an appointment 365 days a year. The pavilion is the only urgent care provider in the Woodbridge area.
The pavilion’s clinicians are able to refer patients for on-site diagnostic imaging and preventive health screenings such as physicals, blood pressure, cholesterol, allergy and diabetes testing and vaccinations. As an added benefit they may refer patients who need specialty care, advanced diagnostic testing, or surgery to RBMC physicians, providing continuity of care. The 10,000-square-foot facility is also home to the physician practice Bay Obstetrics and Gynecology (another office is located in Sayreville) and a satellite office of the hospital’s physical therapy department; providing obstetrical/gynecological services for all stages of life and comprehensive physical therapy services respectively.