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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 Randolph, 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 Randolph, 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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RANDOLPH − Roxbury football began the season with consecutive comebacks from at least 14 points down. On Friday night the Gaels left no doubt against rival Randolph.Roxbury improved to 3-0 on the season, making a statement with a 34-0 win over the Rams. Running backs Matt Rattay and Jamani Miller traded big play after big play, combining for 229 yards and all five Roxbury touchdowns in the victory."They're both animals," quarterback Anthony Skawinski said. "Every time I hand one of them the b...
RANDOLPH − Roxbury football began the season with consecutive comebacks from at least 14 points down. On Friday night the Gaels left no doubt against rival Randolph.
Roxbury improved to 3-0 on the season, making a statement with a 34-0 win over the Rams. Running backs Matt Rattay and Jamani Miller traded big play after big play, combining for 229 yards and all five Roxbury touchdowns in the victory.
"They're both animals," quarterback Anthony Skawinski said. "Every time I hand one of them the ball, I know they're going to do something special whether the line blocks or not."
Delayed by more than an hour due to the weather, Roxbury looked unphased by the shift in the start time, arriving later than usual in order to cut down on waiting around for the game to begin. When the game began a little after 8 p.m., there were no further delays.
"I'm glad we didn't start and stop," head coach Ryan Roumes said. "There were no issues when we came out and got warmed up. We had a full and great week of practice and I'm pretty sure that's the biggest reason we got this result."
Rattay began the scoring with a nine-yard touchdown run in the first quarter to put Roxbury on the board. Miller followed with a touchdown of his own to go along with his 80 yards in the first half. Rattay scored again from five yards out to make it a 21-0 lead at the half for the Gaels.
In the third quarter, Miller found the end zone for the second time with a pummeling rush from five yards out. Miller scored his third rushing touchdown of the night with just over five minutes left in the fourth quarter to ignite a running clock. Miller finished the night with 201 yards on the ground.
"Matt and I have this chemistry, so whoever has got it that night, we let that one have it," Miller said. "Tonight, we both kind of had it."
The Gaels continued to frustrate Randolph's offense to 124 yards of offense for the game and keeping the Rams out of the end zone for the first time in nearly two years.
Roxbury was in need of a strong start after falling behind in both of their previous games to start the season. The Gaels did not need to storm back in the second half, setting the tone early on and
It was the first win for Roxbury in the rivalry since 2017 and the first shutout win in the series since 2009. It is the third time in the last six meetings in which one team shut the other out with Randolph being the team with a shutout victory in the 2018 and 2020 editions.
For the Rams, it's not what was expected following a nine-win season and a lot of high expectations entering the season. With a 1-2 record through three games, this is the latest in a season that Randolph has had a losing record since 2017, when the Rams missed the playoffs and finished 5-5 overall. While it is premature to push a panic button, Randolph has matched the number of losses from all of last season and the schedule doesn't get easier for last season's North 2, Group 4 finalists.
Roxbury has a moniker they like to state, represented by four letters: ISUF.
No, it isn't gibberish. It's an acronym for "It Starts Up Front". The dominance on Friday certainly started there for Roxbury as the offensive line kept Skawinski upright all night and opened up holes for 288 yards worth of rushing in the victory.
"We have no quit. Our guys keep swinging, whether we are up or down. We have been down the entire time. We probably led a total of three minutes until tonight. Whether we were winning or losing, we keep swinging." - Roxbury head coach Ryan Roumes.
"It's big time for us, especially a shutout. I hadn't beat them freshman, sophomore or junior year. It's a good team win." - Roxbury quarterback Anthony Skawinski.
Roxbury (3-0) hosts West Morris (2-1) on Thursday.
Randolph (1-2) will host East Orange Campus (0-1) on Thursday.
A longtime Randolph Middle School math teacher with significant hearing loss has sued the township school district, saying her recent retirement was a "constructive discharge" motivated by discrimination against her age and disabilities.Tracey Silverschotz, in a January email to district officials, wrote "It is clear that ...
A longtime Randolph Middle School math teacher with significant hearing loss has sued the township school district, saying her recent retirement was a "constructive discharge" motivated by discrimination against her age and disabilities.
Tracey Silverschotz, in a January email to district officials, wrote "It is clear that I am being set up for failure and that my working conditions are hostile."
The email is contained in court documents filed by Silverschotz on Aug. 11 in state Superior Court in Morristown. The suit seeks unspecified damages including attorney's fees, front and back pay "and any other relief as is deemed to be just and equitable by the Court."
Silverschotz's attorney, Heidi Weintraub, said constructive discharge is a legal term used when, "in essence, the employer forces you to leave under circumstances that are intolerable. And that's what happened in Tracy Silverschotz's case."
Named as defendants are the Randolph School District and Board of Education, Superintendent Jennifer Fano, Middle School Principal David Kricheff and 30 unnamed "John Does."
Eric Harrison, an attorney for the Randolph district for this case, said on Friday that an answer to the Silverschotz complaint will be "filed shortly."
"While we are not at liberty to comment on the merits of active litigation, we do look forward to defending the district’s position in court," he said.
Silverschotz, 59, alleges that she was denied a request in 2020 to fill an open math teacher position. The position would have involved teaching to smaller class sizes in which she could better manage her hearing impairment. She had previously been diagnosed with complete hearing loss in her right ear and a 50% loss in the left, according to the the lawsuit.
"Despite [Silverschotz's] prior experience as an Academic Skills Math Teacher as well as many years of overall experience as a Middle School math teacher, [STEM Supervisor Melissa Strype] instructed her not to apply for the position," the complaint reads. Instead, it says, the position was offered to "another teacher, who had no prior teaching experience in that position and was therefore less qualified than [Silverschotz], but who, at 40 years old, was significantly younger and, who, upon information, has no reported disabilities."
The lawsuit outlines Silverschotz's teaching career at Randolph Middle School, where she started as a substitute teacher in 2001 and was brought on full-time the following year. She was nominated seven times for "Teacher of the Year," according to the complaint.
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After being denied the math teaching position in February 2020 - with COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns soon to follow - Silverschotz applied for a disability retirement in March of that year, with her retirement contingent on the approval of her application. As she awaited a decision on her application, Silverschotz also took a medical leave due to the pandemic and her additional health risk as a Type II diabetic, the suit said.
When her application for medical retirement was denied in October 2020, she attempted to return to work, with a doctor's note stating her needs for "reasonable accommodations." They included a smaller classroom size, a classroom free of distractions such as loud fans and machinery and the installation of amplification equipment to help her better hear students.
According to her complaint, while Silverschotz was ultimately offered some of the requested accommodations, she was also assigned to act as a “floater” filling in on an as-needed basis for absent teachers. The assignment required her to move from classroom to classroom throughout the school building.
At the end of the 2020-21 school year, she was placed on a formal "improvement plan." The next school year, the district placed Silverschotz on a Corrective Action plan and her salary increment for the 2022-2023 school year was "correspondingly withheld," the lawsuit states. "Baseless concerns" followed throughout the year, including an allegation she encouraged a student to speak on her behalf, the lawsuit alleges.
"It is clear ... the district is determined to 'paper' my file with whatever they can come up with in order to force me out for discriminatory and retaliatory reasons," she wrote in a comment on her CAP report.
Silverschotz filed her retirement papers on April 28 of this year after learning her final CAP report would indicate she failed to correct documented deficiencies.
"If she did not retire, she would have been faced with tenure charges," Weintraub said. "This is constructive discharge. This is disability and age discrimination for certain."
Weintraub said written discovery can begin after the district filed its answer to the complaint. But with a backlog in the courts due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a large number of judicial vacancies in New Jersey, depositions are not likely to begin until sometime in 2024, she 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.
Jane HavsyROXBURY — Riley Cross hasn't played a lot of soccer in Chatham.Cross grew up playing on out of town travel teams. And though she played for Chatham Middle School, Cross spent her first two high school seasons at Oak Knoll.But Cross was right there in the middle of the field – and the middle of the celebration – as Chatham earned its third straight Morri...
ROXBURY — Riley Cross hasn't played a lot of soccer in Chatham.
Cross grew up playing on out of town travel teams. And though she played for Chatham Middle School, Cross spent her first two high school seasons at Oak Knoll.
But Cross was right there in the middle of the field – and the middle of the celebration – as Chatham earned its third straight Morris County Tournament title on Saturday night. The Cougars upended Randolph, 3-1, in the MCT final.
"This is what I did it for, being part of my community and playing for my town," said Cross, who had a goal and an assist and was named the MCT MVP. "I came back to be part of this."
Even as second-seeded Chatham celebrated its MCT three-peat, senior co-captain Leigha Matter thought this was a very different championship.
It was the first time the Cougars didn't beat West Morris in their three-year run of MCT success. Instead, the Cougars avenged a mid-September loss to Randolph, when Cross was in California training with the United States under-17 national team.
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The Cougars greeted Cross' MVP honors with a Penn State cheer, since she has verbally committed there. They'd planned to celebrate by singing the "Pitch Perfect Riff Off" on the bus ride home.
"The first time, people thought we got lucky with the overtime goal, and we played the same team (West Morris) the next year," Matter said. "We had a loss to Randolph earlier in the season, so people counted us out."
Top seed Randolph wasted little time getting on the scoreboard on Saturday, as Rylie Van Wingerden was left open four minutes into the match. Sophomore Amanda Thornton, the surprise hero of Chatham's MCT victory last fall, tied things up by getting on the end of a long ball from Cross. Another sophomore, Alex Donoghue, scored what would be the game winner off a corner kick with 7:58 left before halftime.
Cross had an insurance goal nine minutes into the second half on a long, rising rocket.
"This is really cool," she said. "I've never been in this situation, where I've won an award with my town. It's fun to play high school and be with your friends, and be a little more free."
Location: County College of Morris – Dragonetti AuditoriumAddress: 214 Center Grove Road, Randolph,Event Date: 06/03/2023Event Time: 11:00 am - 7:00 pmEvent Description:Enjoy the Randolph Food Truck & Music Festival on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at County College of Morris. The event is from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm. Admission is $5, but kids under 5 can attend for free. This festival benefits the Randolph Rescue Squad....
Location: County College of Morris – Dragonetti Auditorium
Address: 214 Center Grove Road, Randolph,
Event Date: 06/03/2023
Event Time: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Event Description:
Enjoy the Randolph Food Truck & Music Festival on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at County College of Morris. The event is from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm. Admission is $5, but kids under 5 can attend for free. This festival benefits the Randolph Rescue Squad. Visit the Just Jersey Fest website to learn more.
Tickets for the Randolph Food Truck & Music Festival are available on-site. Follow Just Jersey Fest on Facebook for event updates and more details.
Every Just Jersey Fest festival is guaranteed to feature over 20 gourmet food trucks per event. In addition, all festivals are kid friendly and many events are dog friendly as well. (It’s best to check with each event for more info about rules regarding pets.) Other benefits of Just Just Fest Events include craft beer, sangria, and margarita bars. Plus, all events feature either a live band performance or a DJ.
Just Jersey Fest does ask guests to bring their own blankets or chairs, as they do not provide seating. Likewise, they do not permit outside food, drinks, or coolers. (Food and refreshments are available for sale at every event.) Finally, Just Jersey Fest asks all attendees to consider bringing a non-perishable canned or boxed item for donation. These donations are provided to local food pantrys.
Allison Kohler is the president of both Just Jersey Fest and JMK Shows. With over 35 years of experience in event promotion, she is the premier event organizer for food truck festivals. She also organizes the Big Brew Beer Festival, Beer BBQ Bacon Showdown, Taco Palooza, and many other local festivals.
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|Updated Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 10:41 pm ET
12/24/23
By David Yaskulka
The Wolfpack’s fate was in the hands of sophomore big man AJ Codella Friday night at Randolph Dec. 22. A loss would mean an epic team comeback falls short; a victory with bonus points would seal West Morris Central’s first victory of the year.
“It was a great feeling knowing I had to go out there and win my match for the team,” said Codella. “I knew it would be a tough match.”
Facing Codella was Randolph’s #32 ranked district medalist Dean Mangiacavallo, the strong favorite. He struck first with a takedown, and then confidently cut Codella loose. That proved a fateful error as the Pack’s young heavyweight threw Mangiacavallo to his back in a headlock for the pin, and the dramatic Wolfpack 42-39 victory.
WMC was behind 39-24 when senior Luke Barisonek (175 lbs., 2-5 record, #304 rank) turned the match’s momentum. Bumping up a weight class to 190, he was the first period aggressor. Starting the second period on bottom, Barisonek scored a reversal, and then methodically delivered the epic pinfall for the Pack.
Earlier, freshman Brody Neill (106, 4-2, #24), junior Mark Montuore (120, 5-2, #33) and sophomore Robert Fazzino (150, 5-2, #114) delivered critical pins for the Pack, which along with forfeits to Brandon Dean (157, 9-0, #2) and Tommy Borgia (215, 7-1, #10), provided the Wolfpack scoring.
Freshman Robert Sulpizi (126) and junior Joseph Wagner (165) made their Wolfpack debuts, while solid starter Vincent Caruso (144, #137) made his season debut.
Last season WMC dominated Randolph 50-20, getting big wins from now-graduated Dean Muttart, Michael Campanaro, Henry Frayne and Michael Hare. Jacob Fahmi and Henry DeFrance contributed critical wins in addition to pins from Sam Rizzuto and Dean. WMC’s last loss to Randolph was in 2016.
Friday’s dramatic victory over Randolph was followed by a heartbreaking loss to Hanover Park on tie-breaker criteria.
Freshman Jacob Harrison (132, 2-3, #106) drew first blood for the Pack with a 6-1 victory, followed by Caruso’s first pinfall of the young season and Fazzino’s 17-0 tech fall.
Dean pinned #59 ranked Nando Ott before Barisonek and Codella (HWT, 4-4, #182) decked opponents for the second time, and Neill delivered a 4-1 victory. But an impressive major victory by Hanover Park’s top wrestler and NJSIAA bronze medalist Vincenzo LaValle, and tough wrestling by Gabriella and Giovanni Conte gave HP just enough to tie the score and set up the victory on criteria.
Warren Hills jumped to a 36-0 lead and cruised to a 51-21 victory at the Randolph quad, despite Dean’s pin and perfect start to the season. It was his ninth consecutive bout delivering the maximum six team points, including seven pins and two forfeits. This writer cannot recall anyone matching that start, although Jesse Windt delivered 11 consecutive six-point performances in the middle of the 2013-14 season.
Fazzino topped Tyler O’Neill, who was 4-2 going in, by 10-4. The Perth Amboy transfer went 3-0 at the quad. Michael Borgia delivered a pin, and his brother took a forfeit to complete the Wolfpack scoring. Number 23 ranked Augie Szamreta escaped Neill 6-4 in a featured matchup of top young lightweights.
Wednesday 12/20 the Wildcats avenged last season's WMC 36-30 upset when Rizzuto and Henry Frayne pinned HP District medalists. This time High Point prevailed 53-19 despite wins from Jacob Fahmi (126, 1-3, #217), Montuore, and Rizzuto, a Borgia major, and a forfeit to Dean. For the second straight night WMC grabbed a 6-0 lead, with Montuore topping a #55 ranked freshman and Fahmi gutting out a 3-1 decision over a High Point senior. Rizzuto topped a #83 junior.
Perennial powerhouse Pope John ruined WMC’s first dual with a 58-18 spanking Dec. 19 in front of a crowd of Wolfpack faithful. Tommy Borgia delivered a pinfall to open the night, later equaled by Montuore and Dean to account for all of the Wolfpack’s points. Neill drew first blood vs. #7 ranked Jake Holly before getting derailed by apparent injury or sickness for his first career loss. Rizzuto held NJSIAA fourth place medalist Justin Holly to a minor decision, and Harrison and Brendan McBride stayed tough denying pins to highly ranked opponents, but Pope John prevailed for its fourth straight vs. WMC. Dean starts the season 5-0 with five pins. Borgia starts 4-0.
In 2019 the Wolfpack shocked #6 ranked Pope John with a jolt from Eli Shepard who toppled Kaya Sement, then the #6 ranked wrestler in NJ, with big pins from Robby Bohr, Justin LeMay, John DeVito, AJ Hill and Jack Lyden (who was in attendance Tuesday). Then-coach Ken Rossi exclaimed, “I do not recall ever beating a top ten team before.”
WMC will see most of Friday’s opponents again at the upcoming Goles and Morris County tournaments. The historic John Goles Tournament is 12/28 at Warren Hills. A visit to Mount Olive 12/30 closes out the calendar year. WMC hosts powerhouse Delbarton on 1/4/24, returns to Morris Knolls for a quad on 1/6 including Delaware Valley and Kittatinny. WMC visits Morris Hills on 1/10 and then goes to Roxbury for a quad on 1/13 that includes Livingston and Columbia.
Mark your calendar for the home match 1/16/24 for Wolfpack Night vs. Hackettstown, with youth wrestlers competing on an adjacent mat. On 1/20 the squad returns home for a quad that includes Montville, Caldwell, and a team TBA. The Pack visits Sparta on 1/23, its last prep for the Morris County Tournament 1/26-27 at Mount Olive. January concludes with Senior Night vs. Mendham at home 1/31. The D11 championship is 2/17.
Ranking and records based on RankWrestlers.com’s algorithm, which pulls from TrackWrestling.com data.
David began living his sportswriter dream to avoid concession duty when his sons Noah and Ben began wrestling for the Wolfpack in 2012. His day job is Senior Vice President Corporate Social Responsibility for Mid America Pet Food, whose family of brands is led by VICTOR Super Premium Pet Food and Nature’s Logic. He also serves as Board Chair of the Pet Sustainability Coalition, and as Board Director at Greater Good Charities.
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