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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 Mount Olive, 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 Mount Olive, NJ, included in your scope of treatment, musculoskeletal relief is right around the corner.
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A little more than a month after Election Day, Mount Olive residents will return to the polls to vote on a $61.7 million school district referendum that would fund what administrators say are needed improvements for "the health, safety and modern instructional needs" of its almost 4,600 st...
A little more than a month after Election Day, Mount Olive residents will return to the polls to vote on a $61.7 million school district referendum that would fund what administrators say are needed improvements for "the health, safety and modern instructional needs" of its almost 4,600 students.
The Board of Education authorized the Dec. 12 public vote at a meeting last week, acting on a recent demographic study that indicated the district would increase enrollment by 300 students or more over the next five years.
Much of the money would go toward infrastructure expansions and upgrades to the high school, middle school and four elementary schools, including new HVAC systems for all schools and replacement roofs for most.
At the Oct. 9 meeting, Superintendent Sumit Bangia said the referendum would fund "meat and potatoes" projects for a district that "is growing by leaps and bounds."
Board member Anthony Strillacci added the upgrades would be not "something of a want," but "something of a need."
A 54-year resident, Strillacci recalled four referendums overlapping each other in the 1970s as the district population exploded and classes were being "held in a bowling alley."
"I never want to see that again," he said. "we are in dire need of passing this referendum. No doubt about it. I have never been in this town where a referendum has failed. This one cannot fail."
The cost to the district could be offset by as much as $11.5 million in state funds if the referendum is approved in full, Bangia said.
The board agreed 7-1 to put the proposal to voters, with Christopher Zeier dissenting without comment and newly installed member Lauren Fitzgerald abstaining.
The referendum is broken into two questions. The first would fund "infrastructure updates and upgraded spaces" including the HVAC systems, roofs and expansions at Mount Olive Middle School, and Sandshore and Tinc Road elementary schools.
Question 1 also would fund a second multi-purpose room at the middle school and the repaving of the high school parking lot.
Question 2 would add improvements to transportation and athletic facilities, including replacement of the district transportation garage, as well as a series of upgrades at Mount Olive High School: a locker room and storage area for physical education classes, modernizing the girls' locker room and expanding the boys' locker room and coach's area.
Similar to big-ticket proposals in other districts − including a $70 million referendum in Madison − Mount Olive has separated their projects into two questions, the first addressing the highest-priority items.
That's intended to encourage the approval of funds for those needed projects while giving residents some control over the total cost. Regardless of the vote, Question 2 cannot pass unless Question 1 is approved.
Both questions would come with state aid. Costs for Question 1, estimated at $52.8 million, would be offset by $11.1 million in state aid. Question 2 costs, estimated at $8.9 million, would be reduced by another $438,433.
If both questions are approved by voters, the average homeowner would pay an increase of $328.12 annually, based on an average assessed home value of $322,121. If only Question 1 is passed, the tax increase would be reduced to $237.
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projects in this question would address building updates that are necessary to continue supporting the district’s tradition of excellence. Every school would receive HVAC improvements and nearly every school would get new roofing. Key spaces at Mount Olive Middle School, Sandshore and Tinc Road would be expanded to accommodate our growing enrollment, support modern instructional standards and preserve Mount Olive’s small class sizes. These updates would benefit the schools, students, district and community for many years to come.
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4-minute readMount Olive School District Superintendent Rob Zywicki announced his resignation Thursday, but the conflict resulting in his October suspension by the Board of Education will continue.In a letter sent to the district on Thursday, Zywicki made his announcement "with great sadness" and asked that the board accept his immediate resignation."For six months, the majority of the board and its legal representatives have rejected one opportunity after another to engage in meaningful s...
Mount Olive School District Superintendent Rob Zywicki announced his resignation Thursday, but the conflict resulting in his October suspension by the Board of Education will continue.
In a letter sent to the district on Thursday, Zywicki made his announcement "with great sadness" and asked that the board accept his immediate resignation.
"For six months, the majority of the board and its legal representatives have rejected one opportunity after another to engage in meaningful settlement dialogue," Zywicki's resignation letter reads. "They prefer, instead, through malicious actions, anonymous letters, rumors and innuendo to make it impossible for me to return to Mount Olive and, as a practical and legal matter, they have constructively discharged me from my position."
Zywicki has been on paid suspension since Oct. 11, when the board took action without publicly stating a reason. Zywicki responded in November with a lawsuit alleging the board violated the state's Open Public Meetings Act while voting to suspend him in a closed session. Zywicki also filed tort claims stating his intention to sue school board members Antoine Gayles and William Robinson for $5.13 million each.
He later updated the suit, claiming "whistleblower" status, and added two more board members, Anthony Strillacci and Anthony Giordano, as defendants in a suit seeking "compensation for multi-million dollar damages" incurred by Zywicki as a result of an "orchestrated scheme" by the defendants "to punish him and destroy his reputation" after he reported "ongoing violations of policy, code and good practices" by some board members to the entire board.
While the board never publicly stated the grounds for Zywicki's suspension, a letter from Zywicki's attorney, Stephen Edelstein, outlines some of the conflicts.
Charges leveled against Zywicki include him having "double-dipped" on several occasions, including "numerous out-of-district, in-services days" working with the Rutgers Center For Effective School Practices without taking vacation or personal days. The Edelstein letter also identifies timelines and other evidence to refute each alleged incident.
Zywicki's resignation comes a few days after the Supreme Court of New Jersey's district committee for Morris and Sussex counties agreed in writing to launch an investigation into subsequent allegations against Mount Olive Board of Education attorney Marc Zitomer. That decision follows Zywicki's complaint filed to the board that Zitomer has committed violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct.
Zitomer served as counsel for the Sparta Board of Education during a period when Zywicki served on that board. Zywicki said he was initially friendly with Zitomer, who represented him in board matters and in incidents of bullying involving his disabled son, a student in the Sparta district.
During that time, Zitomer was able to obtain private information about Zywicki and his children, who were later moved to a private school, the complaint letter states. Zywicki claims Zitomer later shared his confidential information with Giordano, a behavior that is "part and parcel to a toxic pattern of gaslighting, manipulation and intimidation via a weaponization of his multiple conflicted attorney-client relationships."
Zitomer referred questions about the conflict to Jeffrey LaRosa, a partner at the law firm of Schenck, Price, Smith & King, where he chairs the firm's school law practice group.
"All that has happened at this point is that a grievance has been filed," LaRosa said of the ethics investigation. "That investigation is in the early stages. The investigator has not completed his investigation and the committee has not decided whether to file a formal complaint."
Mount Olive District Acting Superintendent Sumit Bangia said the district does not comment on personnel-related or pending legal matters.
In addition to Mount Olive, Zitomer serves as board attorney in several other New Jersey school districts, including Randolph, Sparta, Mine Hill, Mansfield, Mahwah, Nutley, Marlboro, South Plainfield, Jackson, Frelinghuysen, Green Township, Lafayette, Warren Hills and Ewing.
Zywicki was hired in 2018 and his contract was renewed in 2018 and 2019. Public records list his annual salary at $237,350.
"I only wish the best for the fine students, teachers, staff and families at Mount Olive, with whom I was proud to serve," Zywicki concluded his resignation letter.
His legal battle with the district will continue, however.
"Please rest assured that this does not mean that I will surrender to those who have wronged me and my family and even taken away health benefits from my disabled child," he wrote. "I have filed ethics charges against several board members. I filed a complaint with the United States Department of Education Office of Civil Rights against the board, I filed a grievance with the New Jersey Supreme Court Office of Attorney Ethics and I have filed a Superior Court civil lawsuit. My attorneys will now expand that lawsuit and see it through to a fair conclusion."
"We're confident that once the investigation is complete, the matter will be dismissed," Larosa said.
MORRISTOWN — Rick Hey has been attending Morristown High School sporting events for more than 50 years, since before he was a student back in the late 1960s. But there was something a little different about the Colonials' football game against Mount Olive on Thursday night.It was the kickoff time.Morristown debuted its new lights in a tight 13-7 loss to the Marauders, the school's first night home football game. Juniors Jekori Zapata and Tyler Cumming scored Mount Olive's touchdowns, the game winner coming ...
MORRISTOWN — Rick Hey has been attending Morristown High School sporting events for more than 50 years, since before he was a student back in the late 1960s. But there was something a little different about the Colonials' football game against Mount Olive on Thursday night.
It was the kickoff time.
Morristown debuted its new lights in a tight 13-7 loss to the Marauders, the school's first night home football game. Juniors Jekori Zapata and Tyler Cumming scored Mount Olive's touchdowns, the game winner coming with 2:32 left. In between, Colonials sophomore Jasiah Brown lit up the crowd with a 80-yard interception return TD down the far sideline.
"It's about time. This is the biggest school in Morris County. I expect all the pomp and circumstance," said Hey, a 69-year-old who now lives in Parsippany. "I've seen some outstanding athletic feats and teams. Some kids have gone on to play in college, the NFL, pro baseball. You never know what you're going to see."
Changes to the athletic complex have been in the works for about a decade. The home bleachers and press box were replaced five years ago, after the concrete began to crumble. The artificial turf and track around it were completed last August.
After community meetings to hear and address concerns like noise, traffic and trash, the Morris School District Board of Education approved the latest project in 2022, sending the lights and scoreboard out for bid.
The $1.4 million total cost was paid out of capital reserves.
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Designed by Parette Somjen Architects of Rockaway, preliminary work began in the spring. The 70- and 90-foot light stanchions were delivered in May, with concrete poured in June. Electricity was run during preseason, so the lights and 36-by-24-foot scoreboard were actually ready on Aug. 24, two days before Morristown's football season opener against Livingston.
That game was already scheduled for Saturday afternoon, but athletic director Smitty Horton got his first chance to put on a show with the new scoreboard.
"It's definitely a new tradition: Friday night lights, a whole new atmosphere in the stadium," said former Colonials lineman Brian Fajardo, whose younger brother Edwin is on the freshman football team. "It changes the environment completely. I'm proud to lay down the foundation and let these guys take it from here."
Coach Casey Flynn, who is part of a multi-generational Morristown family, said the players had "a different energy and focus" at their first night practice on Sept. 6. They also got a chance to test out their evening game-day routine on the road against Millburn on Saturday.
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Flynn said the schedule will be a little different for a home night game. The players will meet right after school for a team meal. Then they'll go through their daily itinerary: dressing the field and putting out equipment, treatment with the athletic trainer, getting uniforms ready, and then a walk-through. The Colonials might even have time for snacks in the locker room before the 6:30 p.m. kickoff.
"It's just going to become a new normal. ... I think the greater community will enjoy this atmosphere," said Flynn, noting the new schedule will create more interaction between the different high school levels and Morristown Wildcats youth programs, and free up time for players to attend college football games.
All the fall and spring outdoor sports – boys and girls soccer and field hockey and boys and girls lacrosse – will also be able to play night games. The lights also provide more flexibility for practice schedules.
Morris School District business administrator Anthony LoFranco noted, "The way the field is situated, there won't be much overshadowing into the neighborhood." However, no practices will be permitted to start after 9 p.m., and all night games are expected to end by 10.
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The idea of football equaling "Friday Night Lights" has become a national touchstone, inspiring a book, movie, and television series based on Odessa (Texas) Permian's 1990 season. But not every high school varsity football team kicks off on Fridays.
Morris Hills, Morris Knolls, Madison, Chatham and Delbarton are on the short list of day-game teams in Morris County.
"Growing up, I always relished the Saturday afternoons in Morristown. But I also enjoyed Friday night games," said Flynn, a former Morristown lineman and wrestler who now teaches history at his alma mater.
"It's six of one, half-dozen of the other. We were able to do it at the right time."
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Mount Olive’s disappointing 2022 campaign could be summed up as a combination of inexperience and bad luck.Last fall, the Marauders went 1-9 with their lone victory coming in the final game of the season, a postseason crossover game. The Flanders school dropped all nine regular-season games to teams that qualified for the state playoffs. It was the program’s first losing campaign since finishing 1-9 in 2016, coach Brian O’Connor’s first year at the Morris County school.Following a 21-14 ov...
Mount Olive’s disappointing 2022 campaign could be summed up as a combination of inexperience and bad luck.
Last fall, the Marauders went 1-9 with their lone victory coming in the final game of the season, a postseason crossover game. The Flanders school dropped all nine regular-season games to teams that qualified for the state playoffs. It was the program’s first losing campaign since finishing 1-9 in 2016, coach Brian O’Connor’s first year at the Morris County school.
Following a 21-14 overtime home loss to Chatham in Week 0 last August, the Marauders were never able to get off the ground, scoring just 80 points the final eight games of the regular season.
“We thought last year was going to be a rebuilding season based on what we had returning. We expected it to be challenging,” O’Connor said. "But with several key injuries, inexperienced players and a loaded schedule, it was different than what we expected.
“The positives from all this are those struggles and circumstances makes us a better team going into this season. We have a head start and a great opportunity ahead.”
Mount Olive began playing football in 1973 and produced winning records in three of its first four varsity seasons. That production dipped in the '80s and '90s, resulting in a 16-year playoff drought. The Marauders' greatest season came in 2002 as they went 11-1 on the way to the North 2, Group 3 sectional title.
Since that championship win 20 years ago, Mount Olive has earned seven playoff berths, including four straight prior to last seaason.
In 2017, Mount Olive reached a sectional final for the second time, losing to Old Tappan. The 2021 season marked the only other time Mount Olive has won a playoff game, reaching the semifinals before falling to eventual sectional champ Northern Highlands.
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Staying healthy will be the Marauders’ biggest challenge.
Last fall, Mount Olive lost starting running back and rising senior Adam DeCristofaro to an injury in the season opener against Chatham and got limited contributions from rising junior running back Tyler Cumming, who was injured most of the year. Two-year starter and rising senior two-way lineman Kyle Schiller also missed all of 2022 with an injury.
All three are healthy and expected to make an impact in 2023.
Three quarterbacks are competing for the starting spot and O’Connor expects to make a decision in the next few weeks.
If the majority of its players can stay healthy and on the field, Mount Olive expects to have a turnaround season and compete for a conference title and a spot in the North Group 4 playoffs.
Senior two-way lineman Aidan Lynch leads the Marauders' charge. As one of the state’s and nation’s top-rated front men, the 6-foot-7, 290-pounder gave a verbal commitment to Virginia Tech this past spring.
“Aidan will play defense this year for the first time. We’ll rotate him in certain situations and schemes,” O’Connor said. “You can’t coach size, but he’s very athletic and he gives us options.”
Aug. 26: at Chatham
Sept. 1: vs. Randolph
Sept. 8: vs. West Morris
Sept. 14: at Morristown
Sept. 22: at West Orange
Sept. 29: vs. Roxbury
Oct. 6: at Sparta
Oct. 14: at Morris Knolls
Oct. 20: vs. Wayne Valley
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