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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 Mountain Lakes, 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 Mountain Lakes, 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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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — Daisy Duda joked that she's selfish. The Mountain Lakes junior refused to give up the NJSIAA Group 1 girls soccer trophy. She called it the team's baby, which "left home and it came back to us."The Lakers defeated Point Pleasant Beach for the second year in a row to capture their third NJSIAA title in four seasons.Mountain Lakes started its dynasty by beating Shore Regional in 2019, then won the Northwest A COVID-tinged championship. The Lakers lost to Shore in Group 1 in 2021,...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — Daisy Duda joked that she's selfish. The Mountain Lakes junior refused to give up the NJSIAA Group 1 girls soccer trophy. She called it the team's baby, which "left home and it came back to us."
The Lakers defeated Point Pleasant Beach for the second year in a row to capture their third NJSIAA title in four seasons.
Mountain Lakes started its dynasty by beating Shore Regional in 2019, then won the Northwest A COVID-tinged championship. The Lakers lost to Shore in Group 1 in 2021, before rebounding to defeat Point Beach, 5-1, last fall.
"It's the best feeling in the world," said Duda, part of a trio of juniors – with Abby Hawes and Maya Ritchie – Mountain Lakes coach Sean Maurizi dubbed the Strike Force.
The Lakers' Strike Force came through on Sunday. Hawes scored twice, and Ritchie once, with Duda delivering three assists.
As Point Beach scored on a deflection 10 minutes into the second half, Hawes recalled the Group 1 final freshman year, when Mountain Lakes squandered a 2-0 lead and lost in overtime. She added an insurance goal with less than two minutes to play, then the trio subbed out together and started the Lakers' celebration.
"I can't believe that just happened," said Hawes, who led Mountain Lakes with 17 goals. "We have so many new people. A lot of girls, it's the first varsity sport they've ever played. It's something completely new for them. It's so exciting that I get to experience it with them, and we all get to experience it together."
After graduating 17 seniors, Mountain Lakes (15-7) felt like an underdog. A 7-2 season-opening loss to Madison didn't help change attitudes, at least on the outside.
But the young Lakers believed in each other. The five veterans brought their new teammates into the tradition Maurizi has been trying to build since coming over from Briarcliff Middle School. He started cultivating talent in the Mountain Lakes/Boonton Township youth program, bringing them up through a shared system.
Flashback!Mountain Lakes girls soccer beats Point Beach for second state crown
The Lakers end the season with wins in nine of their last 10, after a first-round loss in the Morris County Tournament. They have won six in a row.
"At our last practice, I said for all the freshmen, I knew how it felt. It's the worst feeling in the world to lose a final," Duda said. "To experience it last year, it's the best ever. With our new team, I was so hyped to be able to let these new teammates experience it. It's such a high."
Mountain Lakes doesn't have much in the way of restaurants or fast food. But come next week, the small suburban Morris County borough will have its own Wawa.The rapidly growing chain of convenience stores and gas stations, known for its coffee, turkey hoagies and expansive food menu, is currently "tracking" to open it...
Mountain Lakes doesn't have much in the way of restaurants or fast food. But come next week, the small suburban Morris County borough will have its own Wawa.
The rapidly growing chain of convenience stores and gas stations, known for its coffee, turkey hoagies and expansive food menu, is currently "tracking" to open its fourth location in the county on Dec. 1, according to company spokesperson Jennifer Wolf.
Those plans are not firm, but Wawa hopes for an 8:30 a.m. ribbon-cutting at the Route 46 east site, Wolf said Monday.
The Wawa, Pennsylvania-based chain is replacing a longtime family business, the Zeris Inn banquet hall, along the borough's small highway commercial corridor.
Final approval for the Wawa was obtained from the borough planning board in 2021 after seven public hearings, but additional plans to build a hotel on the 4.3-acre tract were put on hold, officials said.
As he watched the banquet hall being demolished in May 2022, Andy Zeris said he was proud of the establishment he ran with his four sons for almost 50 years.
"I have so many happy memories," he said of a business he started with his brothers in 1972. "But I miss the people. They used to come from all over, up and down the highway, from the [Delaware] River to the city."
By the time it closed two years ago, the Zeris Inn had hosted more than 6,000 weddings along with countless fundraisers and charity events.
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Borough officials later joined the county Board of Commissioners and Sheriff James Gannon to honor the family.
"I have nothing but nice things to say about Mountain Lakes," Zeris said. "They always treated us well. They were tough, but fair."
With more than 950 stores in seven states, according to its website, Wawa has a cult following among its many fans. But with only three locations in Morris County, it faces heavy competition from 7-Eleven and QuickChek. The latter now has 17 stores in Morris.
William Westhoven is a local reporter for DailyRecord.com. For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community, please subscribe or activate your digital account today.
Car bombs reverberating. Dogs barking incessantly. A drone exploding in the air right above him.Mark Di Ionno knows danger.Over the past two years, it has become commonplace for Di Ionno, a Morris County resident who spent a combined six months in war-torn Ukraine.He drove along the Dnipro River to deliver supplies with the Russian army stationed across the riverbank, their jets flying directly overhead. While on a supply trip in Kyiv, he heard those car bombs and dogs barking — constant, harrowing r...
Car bombs reverberating. Dogs barking incessantly. A drone exploding in the air right above him.
Mark Di Ionno knows danger.
Over the past two years, it has become commonplace for Di Ionno, a Morris County resident who spent a combined six months in war-torn Ukraine.
He drove along the Dnipro River to deliver supplies with the Russian army stationed across the riverbank, their jets flying directly overhead. While on a supply trip in Kyiv, he heard those car bombs and dogs barking — constant, harrowing reminders of the ongoing destruction.
He braved all of this, he says, out of a deep respect for the Ukrainian people and the recognition that he could help their cause.
“I really just fiercely admire these people. I really do and that is why I kept going back. They deserve all the support that they can get,” said Di Ionno, a Navy veteran, author and former Star-Ledger columnist who lives in Mountain Lakes. “The people that are fighting for their freedom are the most amazing people in the world. They really are. And it’s a beautiful country. The Russians aren’t just fighting an army, they’re fighting an entire country.”
He has raised $30,000 for relief efforts in Ukraine. But he has gone far beyond the aid that many Americans have provided. Across his six trips to the war-torn country, he's transported refugees, aided supply distribution for relief efforts and administered field medicine training to Ukrainian soldiers, among many other endeavors.
Di Ionno, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, says his interest in humanitarian work in Ukraine stemmed from his experiences as a veteran. He served as a navy hospital corpsman from 1975 to 1979 at Philadelphia Regional Naval Medical Center. The hospital was the amputee center for the entire East Coast and mainly treated soldiers injured in Vietnam at the time.
Disappointed with the U.S. response to the invasion in Ukraine, Di Ionno jumped on a plane to Warsaw on March 3, 2022, a week after the war began, without a plan. Though he originally tried to join a volunteer combat force of American military veterans, he was denied entry because, at 66 years old, he was a liability in combat.
While U.S. support for Ukraine has expanded, Di Ionno said that the country is not giving Ukraine the proper equipment, including the jets, missiles and naval support he says could help them effectively fight the war.
“We have the military power. And Russia understands that we have the military power,” Di Ionno said. “We could have dissuaded them from invading a free, sovereign, democratic nation, which was always the red line during the cold war.”
While staying in Dorohusk, a town on the Ukrainian-Polish border, he joined the Catholic international volunteer group Caritas. There, he transported refugees to train stations, private homes and relatives across Ukraine and other countries, going as far as Berlin with one family.
These journeys in his rental Opel Astra Station wagon could last up to 12 hours, during which he used a translation app to speak with the refugees. Most were women, children and the elderly, who left behind their homes, careers and family to escape bombings.
Their plight was urgent, and most had traveled for hours already to get to the border. Di Ionno drove them straight to where they needed to go without stopping to rest. On his way back to Dorohusk, he’d nap at rest stops and occasionally slept in short-stay single rooms at Orlen, a Polish gas station chain.
Di Ionno, alongside the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, later began fundraising and delivering medical supplies across Ukraine, including tourniquets and first aid kits. He delivered these and other important supplies, like military vehicles, to various cities, including Kyiv and Poltava, which were actively being bombed.
Many of the wartime deaths in Ukraine have occurred due to people bleeding out; as such, their limited medical supplies are incredibly crucial.
With David Brymer, who is from Southern Illinois, Di Ionno trained soldiers in field medicine, giving them an advantage over the Russians and saving lives in the process. His time in the military paid off — he taught soldiers proper tourniquet and bandaging techniques that he learned as a navy hospital corpsman.
The impact of Mark’s work and the UACCNJ’s donations has been “humongous,” said Khrystyna Sloan, a volunteer for the UACCNJ.
Sloan mentioned that after a member of the UACCNJ did a Facebook live of a fundraiser they held for Ukraine, they received an outpouring of supportive messages from Ukrainians about the impact of the organization’s efforts.
“We received so many text messages, phone calls, and the comments on it, that the people were losing hope in Ukraine,” Sloan said. “But when they see that in the world, somebody is thinking of them, and doing something … it’s bringing them back to life that they’re not alone, that they know that the people stand behind them and everybody is doing as much as they can.”
She added, “People think that the war in Ukraine is over. But it’s not. It keeps getting more aggressive and dangerous.”
While Di Ionno was in Ukraine, he witnessed tragedy — the total destruction of village after village.
The strength and unity of the Ukrainian people in facing the war made a deep impression on him. They lost so much – loved ones, homes, jobs – to non-strategic bombings and attacks that qualified as vandalism, Di Ionno said. Despite this, everywhere he looked, they were organizing relief efforts to support their local communities and the military. One woman he knew lost her job because of the war and began a refugee center for women and children, while others worked full-time jobs and put in nearly identical hours for relief and military efforts.
Di Ionno was present for the fighting and bombings of Antonov Airport, which left much of the airport and the surrounding area destroyed. After the fighting had passed, he reported that the first structure rebuilt by the Ukrainians was a local children’s playground.
“To me, that was such a statement of both hope and defiance,” Di Ionno said. “We’re going to be here. We’re going to have a future and you’re not going to stop that.”
The deep involvement of Ukrainian citizens in the fight for their country struck him as something that would likely not occur in the U.S. today.
“I think the political polarization has destroyed our national unity,” Di Ionno said, citing the pandemic as an example of our failure to “unify over an emergency.”
While in Ukraine, Di Ionno learned that extraordinary efforts from women are helping the country stay afloat. Women are joining the military for active duty, and civilian women have gone above and beyond to support their country while excelling at full-time jobs and in some cases taking care of relatives.
Di Ionno noted that everywhere he goes, women are at work. They're collecting for the military, putting together medical aid boxes and accomplishing incredibly tedious work like making camouflages. They’re supporting their neighbors and communities despite facing devastation in their own lives from the war.
Vita Datsenko is one such woman. She spent nearly as many hours at the aid depot as her full-time job as an ophthalmologist. She helped organize the intake and distribution of donations, including emergency food, clothing and medical supplies for civilians in bombed areas and uniforms, gear and first aid kits for the military.
Liudmila Rudenko is another extraordinary woman. A teacher who owns a café in Irpin, she has continually managed to feed her neighbors who lost everything in Russia’s destruction of Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel, despite her café being bombed. She took online courses from a university in Milan to counsel children in her city, who have been traumatized by seeing their homes destroyed.
Outside of Ukraine, people at the UACCNJ have also been collecting goods in support of the war. Roksolana Vaskul, an anesthesiologist, has helped the organization send over 18 shipping containers of goods to Ukraine valued at over $4,000,000, made medical visits and financed ambulances and vehicles for the army alongside the cultural center.
Every donation counts. A generous person donated a school bus, which the UACCNJ transformed into an ambulance and shipped to Ukraine last month, Sloan said.
The UACCNJ is currently accepting donations to send to Ukraine, including money, medical supplies and military items, on their website. Sloan organized a fundraiser to build a playground for over 83 refugee children with developmental disabilities. They are living in a school that has been repurposed as an orphanage in Lviv, a Ukrainian city near the Polish border. $30,000 of the $40,000 needed has been raised already.
“No matter what is happening in those kids’ lives, what do you think they're going to do on the playground?” Sloan said. “They're going to have fun. … For years, it's going to stand there and bring happiness.”
“I am proud to live in the United States because the people are incredible here,” Sloan added.
She gave the example of the seven-year-old son of her friend, who was inspired to help the cause after seeing the many boxes of supplies the UACCNJ was preparing to donate.
He gave Ukrainian flags to his neighbors to place outside their houses and told his family and friends that he would be placing a shoebox outside his house for donations to the UACCNJ. Despite his young age, he garnered about $2,500 for Ukraine from his efforts, demonstrating that anyone can make an impact.
Donations can be made to this cause through the UACCNJ website, their venmo, or by check mailed to the UACCNJ. It's important to include in the memo of donations that it is for the playground in Lviv, Sloan said. For more information, people can email Sloan at [email protected].
Dominant in the South Jersey and the Greater Philadelphia markets, Wawa continues to expand into North Jersey, including a planned fourth-quarter grand opening in Mountain Lakes.But the home of the Hoagiefest − ...
Dominant in the South Jersey and the Greater Philadelphia markets, Wawa continues to expand into North Jersey, including a planned fourth-quarter grand opening in Mountain Lakes.
But the home of the Hoagiefest − and its new pizza menu − still has a long way to go in the convenience-store wars centered in Morris County, where QuickChek is still king.
Wawa estimates a fourth-quarter grand opening for its sixth Morris County location. A groundbreaking at the Route 46 site, formerly home to the Zeris Inn banquet hall, took place early this year. The gas-pump station canopy is currently under construction in front of a brick-store building that is nearing completion.
Based in the Wawa area of Chester Heights in Pennsylvania, the company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014 and now has more than 1,000 locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Florida and Washington, D.C.
With a grand opening last week in Lakehurst, Wawa now has 284 locations in the Garden State, spokesperson Alyson Mucha said Tuesday. "We look forward to continuing to serve our communities in New Jersey," she added.
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Wawa's statewide footprint outpaces its closest competitor, Readington-based QuickChek, which has 144 stores in New Jersey along with 14 in New York's Hudson Valley region and six on Long Island.
That includes 17 QuickCheks in Morris County, including the newest outpost, which opened in November on Route 10 in Denville. Another is scheduled to open on Route 10 in East Hanover before the end of the year.
The first New Jersey QuickChek opened in Dunellen in 1967. Like Wawa, the company traces its roots to a dairy farm.
Back in Mountain Lakes, the newest Wawa will replace a business that hosted local parties and celebrations for a half-century. After more than 50 years in business, the former Zeris Inn was demolished in May 2022 to make way for the convenience store.
By the time the businesses closed last year, the Zeris had hosted more than 6,000 weddings along with countless fundraisers and charity events, according to former co-owner Andy Zeris. Before he and his brothers bought the business, it had operated as the Rainbow Lakes Inn, he said last year, as he watched the demolition.
"They used to come from all over, up and down the highway, from the [Delaware] River to the city," Zeris said.
William Westhoven is a local reporter for DailyRecord.com. For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community, please subscribe or activate your digital account today.
Game LeadersPointsJustyn Hetman #24 Sussex Tech24 #21 Luke DaviMountain Lakes16ReboundsDane Walker #44 Sussex Tech11 #12 Ben MiniterMountain Lakes0StealsShawn Garrison #3 Sussex Tech4 #12 Ben MiniterMountain Lakes0Wed, January 31, 2024, 7:00pm 1...
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#21 Luke Davi
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#12 Ben Miniter
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex Tech (15-6) | 10 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 55 |
| Mountain Lakes (10-10) | 4 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 58 |
Matt Cosentino | For NJ Advance Media | Jan 31, 2024
Sussex Tech
| 2PT | 3PT | FTM | FTA | PTS | REB | AST | BLK | STL | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliot Griner | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Nathan Carter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Anthony Schneider | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Justyn Hetman | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Shawn Garrison | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Dane Walker | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Will White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Gruber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals: | 10 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 56 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 8 |
Mountain Lakes
| 2PT | 3PT | FTM | FTA | PTS | REB | AST | BLK | STL | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Miniter | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gianluca deFazio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Davi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Loren Sund | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Evan Reinebach | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Daniel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marco Dzamba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cosmo Fusco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sabastian Ariano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals: | 24 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
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