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Welcome to CentraState Healthcare System’s blog, your trusted resource for wellness tips, health trends, medical insights, and more.

Browse through our vast collection of articles, backed by our expert team of healthcare professionals and doctors. From essential preventive care strategies to cutting-edge medical innovations and uplifting patient stories that embody resilience and hope, our blog will help you stay informed and inspired on your journey to optimal health.

Freedom to Live: Pelvic Floor Program Offers Gina Relief from Chronic Pain

By |2024-05-10T08:42:42-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Patient Stories, Women’s Health|Tags: , , , |

Gina Barnett was living in extreme pain. Her pelvic area felt so heavy that she could barely walk, forcing the 52-year-old Freehold resident to give up exercise, singing, and just about every other activity she loved. “I was constantly uncomfortable,” says Gina, describing unbearable pressure and pain that extended [...]

Balance and Dizziness Program Restores Mary Jean’s Stability and Independence

By |2024-05-10T08:42:43-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Neuroscience, Patient Stories|Tags: , , |

Life has been compared to a carousel—sometimes up, sometimes down, and sometimes round and round. No one understands that better than Mary Jean Sehnal, who suffered from vertigo (the sensation of spinning), weakness, and other problems that impaired her balance for the past 10 years. [...]

Growing Confidence after Parkinson’s Rehabilitation

By |2024-05-10T08:42:45-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Health A-Z, Patient Stories|Tags: , , , |

Before the program, Mark Herman was falling frequently. “He was very unsteady,” his wife, Barbara, recalls. “Frankly, it was very frightening.” Mark, a Jackson resident, had been living with Parkinson’s disease for the past four years, and his now 72-year-old body was having difficulty performing everyday tasks. His recurrent falls were [...]

A Solution for Worsening Knee Pain

By |2024-05-10T08:42:46-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Health A-Z, Orthopedics, Patient Stories|Tags: , , |

For decades, Dr. Kohlberg had exercised regularly on a treadmill so he could stay fit for weekly tennis matches and annual ski trips with fellow CentraState physicians. But over the past year, worsening pain in his right knee prevented him from enjoying the sports he loved. Eventually, the pain [...]

A Big Hit: Knee Replacements for Four Team Members

By |2024-05-10T08:42:47-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Healthy Aging, Orthopedics, Patient Stories|Tags: , , |

As a longtime player and manager in the Monmouth county senior softball league, Emil “coach” Jennette is always evaluating his teammates and opponents. He recalls a game when he closely studied outfielder Bobby Duncan as he ran the bases during a game. “I was watching how he performed, and [...]

A Team Approach Heals Thomas’s Severe Foot Wounds and Saves His Leg

By |2024-05-10T08:42:48-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Health A-Z, Patient Stories|Tags: , , , |

Though Jersey City native Thomas Ryan, 58, had been living with diabetes for 30 years, he was faced with yet another health-related obstacle when he had to undergo amputation of four of the toes on his left foot at a hospital in Hoboken. A common side effect of diabetes, poor [...]

Heather Thinks BIG to Fight Parkinson’s

By |2024-05-10T08:42:49-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Health A-Z, Patient Stories|Tags: , , , |

Though Howell resident Heather Cooper had once been an active, outgoing person, her symptoms from early onset Parkinson’s disease began five years ago and got progressively worse. “I’d always been very adventurous and athletic and had even worked as a yoga instructor and at a ski resort managing a lodge, [...]

Woman Manages Disease Through Weight Loss and Nutrition

By |2024-05-10T08:42:50-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Health A-Z, Patient Stories|Tags: , , , , |

Fung-Ping Siniakin was struggling with severe allergies and fibromyalgia, a debilitating syndrome that impairs the muscles and joints, when she was also diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. “I felt completely overwhelmed,” the 57-year-old Manalapan resident says. “Not only was I fighting constant fatigue, pain, and immobility from the [...]

Concussion Rehabilitation After a Motor Vehicle Accident

By |2024-05-10T08:42:53-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Neuroscience, Patient Stories|Tags: , , , |

In January 2014, 35-year-old Michael Wachter lost control of his vehicle on an icy highway, leaving him with a shattered left collarbone. But following the accident, he didn’t realize he had experienced head trauma. “I was kind of out of it from the accident and the medicine for my [...]

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