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Traditional acupuncture is based on the belief that the body is controlled by a flow of energy, referred to as qi, and pronounced "chee." According to ancient texts, qi travels through pathways in your body called meridians. Acupuncturists believe that interruptions with energy flow in these meridians are responsible for modern ailments.
Acupuncture improves your body's functions and helps boost its self-healing processes through anatomic site stimulation - usually called acupuncture points. To stimulate acupuncture points, professionals typically insert fine, sterile needles you're your skin. Most patients feel little-to-no discomfort as the needles are applied. Typically, needles are left in the skin anywhere from five to 30 minutes. After their session, patients often report an incredible feeling of relaxation.
While some practitioners still adhere to traditional acupuncture philosophies, modern acupuncturists take an integrative approach. Today, professional acupuncturists use the therapy to stimulate the body's natural healing and pain-fighting processes. When coupled with personalized chiropractic care and physical therapy, patients can find real relief from painful physical conditions.
At Denville Medical, your licensed physical therapist's goal is to maximize your body's structure and increase its overall function for long-term health. To accomplish this, our physical therapists combine traditional and innovative techniques focused on increasing muscle strength and improving the body's range of motion. Our goal is to discover the root cause of your pain or mobility problems. That way, we can address the true reason why you need physical therapy, and work towards achieving long-lasting relief.
Of course, we understand that every patient is different. Your doctor can provide expert care in an encouraging environment by creating a customized treatment plan for you using modern, evidence-based research.
Professional acupuncture treatments can be incredibly helpful for patients suffering from a wide range of disorders. When paired with personalized chiropractic care and other medical treatments, acupuncture is even more effective.
With a systematic treatment plan, patients can find help for painful symptoms like:
Professionals practicing acupuncture in Denville, NJ, use several techniques to achieve overall patient wellbeing, from Cupping and Gua Sha to Needling and Facials.
Made popular by Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, most acupuncturists describe cupping as giving an inverse massage. Rather than using pressure to release tight muscles, acupuncture cups create a suction effect. The suction pulls on muscles and fascia to relieve tension and improve blood flow. Like a massage, cupping is very relaxing for patients. Most people describe it as enjoyable, although the suction cup markings may look painful to friends and family.
Acupuncture cups are made using various materials, including glass and plastic. Cupping applications also vary - some clinics go the traditional route with cotton balls, rubbing alcohol, and fire. Other applications include manual placement with silicone suction points. Usually, patients receive one of two cupping styles. The first uses stationary cups, which remain for about 10 minutes. The second uses moving cups, supplemented with massage oil to let the cups glide over painful areas.
Also called "dry needling," chiropractors and acupuncturists often use this technique to reduce trigger points within soft tissues and muscles. In this application, acupuncturists use a sterile needle and insert it into the trigger point, which fosters a feeling of "release" that helps reduce muscle tension and pain while boosting mobility.
Trigger points are hypersensitive, irritable skeletal muscle areas formed in rigid bands of muscle fiber. Trigger points lead to neuromuscular dysfunction and manifest in painful symptoms, increased stress, and lower overall functionality. During an acupuncture session, these needles are applied to trigger points, which cause a twitch, essentially releasing and restoring proper muscle function.
Gua Sha is the practice of using tools to scrape the skin and apply pressure to painful areas of the face and body. A Gua Sha is a flat, hard tool, usually made of stone. Recently, Gua Sha has taken the skincare world by storm, but the technique has been providing relief for centuries. It is one of the oldest forms of Chinese medicine used to boost blood circulation and energy flow.
In traditional Chinese, Gua means to press or stroke, while Sha refers to redness. Gua Sha usually causes small red spots or bruises to form, which are also called microtrauma spots. When using Gua Sha on microtrauma areas, your body elicits a response that can help break up tough scar tissue. When paired with professional chiropractic care, Gua Sha can be quite effective, even for moderate injuries.
At Denville Medical, we aim to serve you with long-lasting quality of life through personalized acupuncture treatments in New Jersey. The path to a pain-free life begins with a friendly, informative appointment, where one of our doctors develops a customized treatment plan tailored to your body's needs. It starts with your first evaluation, where our experts learn about your medical history, diagnostic tests, current condition, and overall health goals. From there, we'll create your plan and help you hit your milestones until your quality of life is improved.
With treatments like needling, cupping, Gua Sha, and acupuncture in Denville, NJ, included in your scope of treatment, musculoskeletal relief is right around the corner.
If you're sick and tired of living with painful limitations, our doctors are here to help you live a normal life free of debilitating body issues. No surgery. No addictive medicine. Only comprehensive acupuncture treatments, crafted with health and happiness in mind.
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Word is out: Northern Morris County is a garden of eatin.’ It boasts Morristown’s splendid restaurants, the pan-Asian hub that is Parsippany, and acclaim from NJM readers every year in the annual Jersey Ch...
Word is out: Northern Morris County is a garden of eatin.’ It boasts Morristown’s splendid restaurants, the pan-Asian hub that is Parsippany, and acclaim from NJM readers every year in the annual Jersey Choice Restaurant Poll.
Anything missing?
How about a French bakery?
Now there is one, in Denville, that seems beamed from Paree. Its croissants are buttery bliss, macarons miraculous, chocolate chip cookies catnip. The bravura bakery is Chocolatine, run by French baker Cédric Hosy and his Rockaway-raised wife, Elaine Castro, who has a sales background. (See our picks for the tastiest Chocolatine goodies below the Q&A.)
How did Denville get this lucky? Cédric: Merci. After years of baking and bartending for other people, it was time to have my own business. Our retail bakery opened in March. But we’ve been here since 2020, baking croissants to sell wholesale to restaurants, hotels and markets. Elaine: Before the pandemic, we were working in [New York City] and didn’t see enough of each other. I had a day job in IT sales, and Cédric was tending bar at night. Then Covid came. The bars were closed, and I couldn’t meet with clients in person. It was a good time to move out of the city and open here. Cédric: People gave up a lot during Covid. But I’m French, and I just knew croissants would succeed.
How’s it worked out? Cédric: Chocolatine is doing well. And Elaine and I working together now is great. Being business partners has brought us closer. I’m the baker in the back, and she’s the boss in the front. Elaine: I’m the customer-facing one. I love selling our products because they’re honestly delicious and totally French. And since we keep bakery hours, closing at 3 or 4, I’m able to do some IT sales consulting again. Cédric: Chocolatine is 100 percent authentically French—no different from a neighborhood bakery in any French city. Elaine: We don’t cut corners. We use the best ingredients. Cédric: Valrhona French chocolate and butter from Normandy. Elaine: Our customers are thrilled to have a real, committed French bakery here in Denville. A lot of customers come in every day. Cédric: Like in France. Elaine: They take their time looking at everything we have that day before they choose. It’s all fresh, so pretty and wonderful to bite into, whether it’s a sweet treat or a savory tart or quiche.
Why did you open a bakery and not, say, a French café? Cédric: I have loved croissants since I was a kid. And baking was the first thing I did in the kitchen, in a pastry-making internship in high school. [Laughs.] That’s very French! After that, I had six years of culinary education. I have a degree from a great hospitality school, Lycée et CFA François Rabelais. It’s in the town of Dardilly just outside Lyon. That’s the culinary capital of France. I also have a diploma in hospitality management.
What else have you done in culinary? Cédric: All kinds of jobs. Cooking in restaurants, doing sales of French specialty foods, tending bar—a lot of that—and the baking. When I moved to New York in 2007 I bartended, because I had been doing that in Paris, Geneva and also Miami.
You pivoted from mixology to pastry. Are the skills similar? Cédric: It was a natural move for me. Bartending and baking are both very creative if you’re good. And I have a lot of creative energy. But to make nice cocktails and good pastry, you also have to be very precise.
What’s next for Chocolatine? Cédric: We hope to keep loving what we do. And to expand and open more shops. Elaine: And maybe bring some adventurous, multicultural flavors to our pastries. Like ube from my native country of the Philippines. It’s a purple sweet potato but tastes like dessert. Cédric: A great croissant could handle it.
Choose from an array of maracron flavors. Photo: Courtesy of Cédric Hosy
Les croissants: Buttery rapture, whether classic plain, or with almonds, raspberries, Nutella, chocolate (le Chocolatine) and more. Le cruffin: Part croissant, part muffin; completely captivating. Le baguette: The crunchy-crusted French icon, fresh from the oven. La brioche: A spherical, egg-enhanced bread, meant to be torn apart and devoured. Les macarons: They’re splendide: crispy on the outside, luscious on the inside, not overly sweet; in distinctive flavors like rose lychee, Earl Grey, lemon yuzu and strawberry verbena. Le chocolate chip cookie: Seekers of chocolate-chip enlightenment, this is it. Le pistache: Pistachio, a favorite topping here, piled on a croissant or financier (mini loaf cake). Les classiques: French pastries like the indulgent chocolate dome; Bordeaux’s caramelly canelés; Proustian madeleine cookies; the delectable, sugar-dusted Gaufres de Liège (Belgian waffles). Le croque-monsieur: France’s favorite quick lunch. A sandwich of Cédric’s artisanal white bread with jambon de Paris (ham), Emmental Swiss cheese and rich béchamel sauce.
Chocolatine, 23 East Main Street, Denville; 973-437-2839
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DENVILLE, NJ - A "catastrophic failure" of Denville's main well water pump is forcing the imposition of mandatory water restrictions in the township, officials announced Friday.Effective Monday, May 22, outdoor water use will be restricted for all residential and commercial properties. The restrictions will stay in effect for 90 days unless repealed or extended, said the township"The mandatory water restrictions are in place to ensure an adequate water supply for water customers and fire protection service,"...
DENVILLE, NJ - A "catastrophic failure" of Denville's main well water pump is forcing the imposition of mandatory water restrictions in the township, officials announced Friday.
Effective Monday, May 22, outdoor water use will be restricted for all residential and commercial properties. The restrictions will stay in effect for 90 days unless repealed or extended, said the township
"The mandatory water restrictions are in place to ensure an adequate water supply for water customers and fire protection service," it said. "The restrictions have become immediately necessary as the industrial pump in the township’s primary well suffered a catastrophic failure and as a result has placed considerable stress on the other potable wells in our system. According to our vendors, the timeframe to have our primary well up and running is approximately two (2) to three (3) months."
Properties with even number addresses will be allowed outside water use on even number days and those having odd number addresses on odd days, the township said. It stressed that the rule includes all businesses operating from or at a residential address.
"Outdoor water usage shall include the watering of lawns, shrubs, ornamental plants, sod, etc., as well as the washing of homes/commercial businesses windows, driveways, sidewalks, gutters and homes," said the statement. "The restrictions also include the washing of automobiles, trucks, ATVs, boats, etc. If a commercial business is to complete work at a household, we will hold the water restrictions to the odd/even number of the home in accordance with the water restrictions in place."
However, the township stressed that businesses "that rely and survive on outdoor water use, whose business address is separate from a residential address, such as car washes, nurseries, power washing companies, etc., will be exempt from the odd/even water restrictions."
It said the odd/even water restrictions "will remain in effect for offices and commercial buildings as it pertains to lawn watering, window washing, power washing, etc., for any non-essential work and/or updates."
Multi-family dwellings, including apartment style housing, will be only permitted to use outdoor water on odd days," said Denville. On even days, such water usage is prohibited.
The town urged residents and business to voluntarily observe and implement indoor water conservation measures and said "property owners who violate the above water restrictions shall be subject to a municipal summons, along with fine and penalties associated therewith."
By Grove City CollegeLast UpdatedJuly 31, 2023 at 10:52 AMDENVILLE, NJ – Grove City College student Ben Genberg of Denville was part of team with Engineers With a Mission that recently built an aquaponics system for a city garden in Cleveland.The system turns fish waste into fertilizer and can produce more than 200 heads of lettuce in a growing season.In May, members of the Grove City College student organization installed the sustainable growing system at ...
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Last UpdatedJuly 31, 2023 at 10:52 AM
DENVILLE, NJ – Grove City College student Ben Genberg of Denville was part of team with Engineers With a Mission that recently built an aquaponics system for a city garden in Cleveland.
The system turns fish waste into fertilizer and can produce more than 200 heads of lettuce in a growing season.
In May, members of the Grove City College student organization installed the sustainable growing system at a community garden supported by Envision Cleveland, a Christian Missionary and Alliance ministry. The chemical-free, solar-powered addition will help provide neighborhood residents with fresh produce and, at the end of the season, a tilapia dinner.
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It was a mission-accomplished moment for the group, according to immediate past president Nico Campagna '23, who graduated a few days earlier.
"Our mission is to be the hands and feet of Christ by using our engineering skills to help people maintain their basic human needs," he said. "Within the first day, we had the system assembled and running which was a result of thorough testing, preparation and help setting up."
Founded just a few years ago, Engineers With a Mission is committed to using the knowledge and skills they acquired in the College's classrooms and labs to provide a service for others. The group has added service-learning value to engineering and other programs, according to adviser Erik Bardy, professor of Mechanical Engineering.
"As an extracurricular activity purposed for Christian service, it has drawn excitement from those involved," Bardy said.
The group had previously worked on a system to wash plastics for plastic recycling in Uganda, but when the time for choosing a new project came around last fall, the members decided to do something closer to their campus home.
A church connection through Bardy put the students in touch with Envision Cleveland and its community garden projects. Their three community gardens, which feature an orchard, beekeeping and a large greenhouse, provide people with healthy food options and are part of a larger effort to engage, educate and empower people to lead change in their neighborhoods.
After identifying a need, more than a dozen students in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Biology got to work designing, fundraising and building. The self-contained aquaponics system they produced is a series of tanks that use the flow of water to turn fish waste into fertilizer for plants.
Water is pumped from a holding tank into the fish tank, which contains about a dozen tilapia. It then flows into a solids filtration tank, where the fish waste sinks to the bottom and the nitrates the system uses as fertilizer rise to the top. That tank feeds into a grow bed filled with clay pebbles where seeds and plants are fed by the fertilizer and the water moving through it. A ball siphon in the grow bed creates a vacuum that pulls the circulated water back into the holding tank and the process starts all over.
The only inputs required are a little power for the holding tank pump (the rest of the water flow is gravity fed) and some food for the fish, which can also be harvested after the growing season ends.
While designing and building the system, the students learned some real-world lessons in project management, communication, logistics and fundraising, Bardy said. Engineers With a Mission raised about $8,500 from businesses, churches and individuals for the project.
They constructed the system in Rockwell Hall on campus and then moved it to an outbuilding at Grove City Alliance Church, where they could test the fluid dynamics and make sure everything would work when they installed it in Cleveland. Last week, they loaded it onto a truck and headed to Cleveland for a few days of work.
After getting the system set up on day one, they met with the Envision Cleveland team that will be maintaining it.
"They were very excited to be the new owners of the aquaponics system and learn all about it," Campagna said. The Engineers With a Mission team also learned about the community gardens and met some people who benefit from their bounty.
"The aquaponics project fits into our mission as we serve the people in need in Cleveland. It will bring fresh produce and fish to the area, which is hard to come by, and serve as a teaching tool and beacon of God's love for all in the community," he said. "By the end of the trip, everything was set up, fish were swimming happily in their tank, and all that was left was to put the plants in the grow bed."
The Engineers With a Mission team that made the trip to Cleveland included Matthew Montazzoli '24, Jacob Smith '24, Ben Elverson '24, Kelly Brannan '23, Haley Steele '24, and Jared Custer '23.
Other students that were involved include Hunter Jones '23, Ben Genberg '24, Jon Wier '24, Eric Wallace '24, James Condon '24, Ryley Grossman '24, Chris Stone '24, Sydney Hanson '23, and Tyler Bailey '24 also worked on the project.
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DENVILLE, NJ - The final version of the 5-year Strategic Plan for Denville schools will be made public at this week's meeting of the school board.The board is scheduled to meet 7 p.m. at 1 Saint Mary's Place. There have been three prior public presentations about the plan. Videos of those meetings can be viewed by clicking these links:"The Strategic Planning Process evaluates three important questions," said the district: "Where we are now? Where do we want to be in 5 years? How are we going to get there?"...
DENVILLE, NJ - The final version of the 5-year Strategic Plan for Denville schools will be made public at this week's meeting of the school board.
The board is scheduled to meet 7 p.m. at 1 Saint Mary's Place. There have been three prior public presentations about the plan. Videos of those meetings can be viewed by clicking these links:
"The Strategic Planning Process evaluates three important questions," said the district: "Where we are now? Where do we want to be in 5 years? How are we going to get there?"
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The district has encouraged parents, faculty, administrators, students and community members to"come out and participate" in its discussions about the plan.
"The Strategic Planning Process creates an organizational vision for the school district that will direct, motivate and inspire all members of the community to work together to advance student achievement," it said.
The new plan will replace the current one, which dealt with 2017 to 2022.
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DENVILLE, NJ - The historic Ayres/Knuth Farm in Denville will be open from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 7 as part of the Morris County Pathways of History weekend.Ayres/Knuth will be open for self-guided tours, with related artists, vendors and craft demonstrators.A Secret Victorian Lady historic costume presentation, featuring Lydia Chiappini, is scheduled for 1 p.m. Foundation members will be available to answer questions and provide details about the history and the completed and planned restoration of the property....
DENVILLE, NJ - The historic Ayres/Knuth Farm in Denville will be open from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 7 as part of the Morris County Pathways of History weekend.
Ayres/Knuth will be open for self-guided tours, with related artists, vendors and craft demonstrators.
A Secret Victorian Lady historic costume presentation, featuring Lydia Chiappini, is scheduled for 1 p.m. Foundation members will be available to answer questions and provide details about the history and the completed and planned restoration of the property.
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Vintage farm tools and implements will be on display.
Admission to all Pathways locations is free that weekend. The Farm is located at 25 Cooper Road.
This working farm, operated continuously since first settled, is one of the most complete examples of a 19th century agricultural complex in Morris County. The Farm is listed on the Morris County Heritage Commission, New Jersey Register of Historic Places, and National Register of Historic Places.
The Ayres/Knuth Farm Foundation is a registered IRS 501(c)(3) organization tasked with restoration and preservation of the historic farm.
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