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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 Long Hill Township, 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 Long Hill Township, 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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WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills Regional Board of Education presented its proposed school budget for 2023-24 on Tuesday night which includes a tax increase for some sending town residents.The proposed budget of $46,649,203 for the 2023-24 school year is an increase of 4.49 percent over the 2022-23 budget which was roughly $44 million."It's important that everyone realize that this was a difficult budget. It seems we say that every year, but our number one priority continues to be the student. Continues to be the educatio...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills Regional Board of Education presented its proposed school budget for 2023-24 on Tuesday night which includes a tax increase for some sending town residents.
The proposed budget of $46,649,203 for the 2023-24 school year is an increase of 4.49 percent over the 2022-23 budget which was roughly $44 million.
"It's important that everyone realize that this was a difficult budget. It seems we say that every year, but our number one priority continues to be the student. Continues to be the education of the student. Whether academic or non-academic," said Board Vice President Michael Birnberg. "Although we are very conscious of the budget and cost, we are as conscious, if not more, of making sure the students have the opportunity to succeed and thrive."
For an average homeowner in Warren Township with a home assessed at $824,594, they would see a tax increase of $38.47 per year.
For an average homeowner in Watchung Borough with a home assessed at $802,735, they would see a tax decrease of $20.55 per year.
For an average homeowner in Long Hill Township with a home assessed at $578,714, they would see a tax increase of $52.12 per year.
The Board pointed to a number of factors for the increase in the budget including inflation, a rise in healthcare of 8.74 percent, and salaries and benefits that account for 61 percent of the budget. The district is currently in negotiations for new contracts.
The budget includes a number of costs including:
To help lower the budget, the Board is taking $100,000 from its additional reserve to help pay for the track. Additionally, the late bus will be reduced from 5 days a week to 3 days on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. The number of late buses also is reduced from 5 buses to 3 buses. This will save the district $60,000.
The district also recently was awarded $5,777,532 in state aid this year. It is roughly $2.8 million more than the district received last year.
"The aid will go toward tax relief," said Board President Bob Morrison. "We are using that to ensure we are not going to have to raise additional taxpayer funds to fund the district. This Board from the outset was committed to doing everything that we could to bring that tax impact down because of the impact inflation is having on all of the families in our community."
The preliminary budget will now be submitted to the county office for approval. A public hearing and vote on the final budget is scheduled for April 25.
Watch the full budget presentation below (It begins around the 23:15 mark):
Chloramines have long been an effective method of water disinfection that meets all EPA and NJDEP drinking water standards: American Water.SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — Beginning on April 18, New Jersey American Water will resume using chloramines in water treatment at its Raritan-Millstone and Canal Road Water Treatment plants which serves customers in Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union counties.NJ American Water temporarily changed the water treatment process from a chloramine residual (a combined...
SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — Beginning on April 18, New Jersey American Water will resume using chloramines in water treatment at its Raritan-Millstone and Canal Road Water Treatment plants which serves customers in Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union counties.
NJ American Water temporarily changed the water treatment process from a chloramine residual (a combined residual) to a free chlorine residual in mid-February, as part of an annual routine maintenance program for its water distribution system.
"Chloramines have long been an effective method of water disinfection that meets all EPA and NJDEP drinking water standards and have been used by New Jersey American Water since the 1980s," said NJ American Water.
The treatment change applies to New Jersey American Water customers in the following communities: (Communities with an asterisk purchase water from New Jersey American Water.)
Essex County: Irvington, Maplewood, Millburn
Hunterdon County: Flemington Borough*, Raritan Township, Readington Township, Tewksbury Township
Mercer County: Hopewell Borough*, Hopewell Township, Lawrence Township*, Princeton Borough, Princeton Junction, Princeton Township, Trenton*, West Windsor Township
Middlesex County: Cranbury Township, Dunellen Borough, Edison Township, Jamesburg Borough, Middlesex Borough, Monroe Township, North Brunswick*, Piscataway Township, Plainsboro Township, South Brunswick Township, South Plainfield Borough
Morris County: Chatham Township, Florham Park Borough, Long Hill Township, Mendham Township, Mendham Borough
Somerset County: Bedminster Township, Bernards Township, Bernardsville Borough, Bound Brook Borough, Branchburg Township, Bridgewater Township, Far Hills Borough, Franklin Township, Green Brook Township, Hillsborough Township, Manville Borough, Millstone Borough, Montgomery Township, North Plainfield Borough, Peapack & Gladstone Borough, Raritan Borough, Rocky Hill*, Somerville Borough, South Bound Brook Borough, Warren Township, Watchung Borough
Union County: Berkley Heights Township, City of Rahway*, Clark Township, Cranford Township, City of Elizabeth (Liberty)*, Fanwood Borough, Garwood Borough, Hillside Township, Kenilworth Borough, Linden City, Mountainside Borough, New Providence Borough, Plainfield City, Roselle Borough, Roselle Park Borough, Scotch Plains Township, Springfield Township, Summit, Union Township, Westfield Township, Winfield Park Township*
During the transition to free chlorine residual, some customers may have noticed a slight chlorine taste and odor in their water. With the resumption of the chloramine process, the taste and smell of chlorine will subside, said NJ American Water.
For more information about the use of chloramine in water treatment, visit newjerseyamwater.com.
By Jake NemcekPublishedJanuary 16, 2024 at 6:28 AMGREEN BROOK, NJ -- Winter is here and weather has impacted the morning routine again. Two more local school districts made the call for a delayed opening Tuesday. As of 6 am Tuesday the call for all area schools is for a delay with the decision to change to a closure anticipated by 8 am if needed.Green Brook Township school district will operate on a 2-hour delayed opening Tuesday, January 16th. “We will monitor ro...
By Jake Nemcek
PublishedJanuary 16, 2024 at 6:28 AM
GREEN BROOK, NJ -- Winter is here and weather has impacted the morning routine again. Two more local school districts made the call for a delayed opening Tuesday. As of 6 am Tuesday the call for all area schools is for a delay with the decision to change to a closure anticipated by 8 am if needed.
Green Brook Township school district will operate on a 2-hour delayed opening Tuesday, January 16th. “We will monitor road conditions and, if necessary, send additional updates Tuesday morning. There will be no before-care,” they said.
In Long Hill, Central School will begin at 10:15 a.m., and Gillette and Millington will start at 11:00 a.m.
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“We will assess the road conditions in the morning. If schools need to be closed, we will send a message no later than 8:00 a.m. Thank you for your patience and understanding,” they said.
Warren, Watchung, Watchung Hills and North Plainfield already made the call.
Watchung Hills Regional High School will have a 2-hour delayed opening due to the forecasted inclement weather and poor road conditions. “We will reassess conditions tomorrow morning,” they said. It is a Day 4 schedule with classes beginning at 9:30 am.
Delayed
Opening
Time Slot 1
9:30 - 10:07
Time Slot 2
10:12 - 10:49
Time Slot 3
10:54 - 11:31
Lunch
11:31 - 12:11
Time Slot 4
12:14 - 12:51
Time Slot 5
12:56 - 1:33
Time Slot 6
1:38 - 2:15
All Warren Township Schools will operate on a two-hour delayed opening schedule on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. AlphaBest before care is canceled. Any changes to the district's operating status will be communicated no later than 8:00 am.
In North Plainfield, Start Times:
East End, West End , Stony Brook - 10:15 AM Somerset - 10:15 AM
High School, Middle School - 9:40 AM
Bridge - 9:40 AM
And due to the forecasted weather for overnight and the morning commute, the Watchung Borough School District will have a delayed opening for Tuesday morning, January 16, 2024.
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Township Committeeman Matthew Dorsi, center, was sworn in for his third, three-year term by Municipal Clerk Megan Phillips, left, and Congressman Tom Kean Jr., R-7, right, at the Wednesday, Jan. 3 Township Committee reorganization meeting.
Long Hill Township Committeeman Scott Lavender, center, was sworn in for his second, three-year term at the Wednesday, Jan. 3 reorganization meeting. He was later appointed as deputy mayor. Swearing Lavender in are his wife Joanne Lavender, left, and Congressman Tom Kean Jr., R-7.
Guy Piserchia, center, was sworn in as the Long Hill mayor at the Wednesday, Jan. 3 Township Committee reorganization meeting. Alongside him are his wife Sandy, left, and Congressman Tom Kean Jr., R-7.
Scott Lavender, center was sworn in as the Long Hill deputy mayor at the Township Committee’s Wednesday, Jan. 3 reorganization meeting. Alongside him are his wife Joanne, left, and Congressman Tom Kean Jr., R-7.
LONG HILL TWP. – Township Committeemen Matthew Dorsi and Scott Lavender were sworn in to their respective third and second, three-year terms at the Wednesday, Jan. 3 reorganization meeting.
Dorsi and Lavender ran unopposed in the November 2023 general election.
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WATCHUNG – A Watchung Hills Regional High School graduate has been appointed as the borough school district's interim superintendent.Rene Rovtar, who graduated from the high school in 1976 and entered the school's Hall of Fame in 2022, will temporarily fill the position vacated by the resignation of George Alexis who is becoming superintendent in Long Hill.Long Hill and Watchung, along with Warren Township and Green Brook, send their high school students to Watchung Hills.Rovtar has been serving as interim superint...
WATCHUNG – A Watchung Hills Regional High School graduate has been appointed as the borough school district's interim superintendent.
Rene Rovtar, who graduated from the high school in 1976 and entered the school's Hall of Fame in 2022, will temporarily fill the position vacated by the resignation of George Alexis who is becoming superintendent in Long Hill.
Long Hill and Watchung, along with Warren Township and Green Brook, send their high school students to Watchung Hills.
Rovtar has been serving as interim superintendent in Long Hill since January, where she had served as superintendent from July 2008 through June 2015 before becoming superintendent in Montville.
Rovtar's appointment with Watchung begins July 1. Alexis's employment in the district ends June 30.
After three-and-a-half years with the district, Alexis announced in mid-April that he was leaving for Long Hill.
Watchung is a pre-K-8 district with about 670 students in two schools − Bayberry Elementary School and Valley View Middle School.
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In announcing the appointment of Rovtar, Board President Amber Murad said Rovtar "brings a wealth of knowledge and experience" to the district.
"We are eagerly looking forward to working with her," Murad said. "Her expertise will undoubtedly contribute to the growth and development of our educational community."
Murad said the school board has hired the New Jersey School Boards Association its search firm for the permanent superintendent position.
According to Murad, NJBSA has initiated the application process, and is seeking input from staff members at Bayberry and Valley View.
Residents can complete an online survey of what they want to see in a new superintendent. A community meeting on the superintendent search is scheduled for 7 p.m. June 22 at Valley View Middle School.
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