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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 Roxbury, 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 Roxbury, 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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Three years after abandoning the troubled Ledgewood Mall, Barnes & Noble is preparing to begin a new chapter at the Roxbury shopping center.Construction is underway for a new 14,000-square-foot location for the popular bookseller at what is now called the ...
Three years after abandoning the troubled Ledgewood Mall, Barnes & Noble is preparing to begin a new chapter at the Roxbury shopping center.
Construction is underway for a new 14,000-square-foot location for the popular bookseller at what is now called the Shops at Ledgewood Commons. The company is targeting a Jan. 17 opening at the site along Route 10, according Barnes & Noble Senior Director of Store Planning and Design Janine Flanigan.
"We are over the moon with the continued excitement and messages," Barnes and Noble posted on a Facebook page dedicated to the Ledgewood store, which closed in 2020. The standalone building that housed the old bookstore next to the 600,000-square-foot mall was subsequently demolished.
By then, demolition had already begun on portions of the enclosed mall, including a Macy's and a Walmart, as part of an effort to recreate the property as an open-air shopping center. Walmart returned in October 2020 to occupy an anchor position with a new 170,000-square-foot supercenter and full grocery.
The new Barnes & Noble store will share a renovated building with a DSW shoe store and an Ulta Beauty shop in a space formerly occupied by Sports Authority. The bookstore will not include a cafe, but there is a Starbucks located close by, the Facebook page notes.
Flanigan said shoppers will appreciate the layout of the new location, which replaced "one of our oldest stores."
"We've got a brand-new design, a new way of merchandising," she said. "Our booksellers really are responsible for putting in front of their customers the books that are important to their community, both from a commercial perspective and a local perspective."
Another post announced that the store is hiring and included a link to the company website for details. "We will reach out as we need to set up interviews," the company advised.
The New York-based chain reopened a popular store in Bergen County last week and is undergoing its biggest expansion in decades. After years of losing ground to Amazon, Barnes & Noble announced in March that it would open about 30 stores this year, including in spots it had previously abandoned.
The company "took advantage of pandemic lockdowns to renovate and recalibrate," National Public Radio reported earlier this year. "Retail bankruptcies created cheaper space for new stores, and the chain relaunched right when people were buying more books than ever."
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Nearby residents commenting on the Facebook page said the Roxbury Barnes & Noble was missed, and will be welcomed back with open arms.
"This makes me so happy," Janet Farro Kast posted. "I was part of the original store 1980 crew and spent 17 years working with an amazing group of coworkers."
"Can’t wait ... my happy place," added commenter Stacy Frendak.
The Ledgewood Mall first opened in 1972 and neighbors Roxbury Mall. Acadia Realty Trust sold the mall to AC I Ledgewood LLC & Baltoro Capital Management for $37 million in 2011.
But vacancies continued to increase at the aging facility. By 2015, only seven tenants remained inside the shopping center, while 25 spaces were unoccupied. Macy's closed its store in Ledgewood that year and the property was sold again for a "high-$20 million" price tag, according to a group of buyers who promised to "reposition" the site.
"It was actually a great location for us, but our lease was up and we had to get out," said Barnes & Noble's Flanigan. She said plans to fill a temporary vacancy on the site fell through.
The previous owners of the mall, Acadia Realty of White Plains, filed tax appeals in 2005, 2006 and 2007 that reduced the mall's property assessment from $32.3 million to $21.3 million, cutting its Roxbury tax bill from about $1.1 million to $743,370 in 2008. That tax bill rose to $859,242 in 2014, based on the same 2007 assessment.
The Shops at Ledgewood Commons is now a 517,000 square-foot retail center with more than 700 feet of frontage near the western end of Route 10. Tenants include Marshalls, Ashley Furniture and Men’s Warehouse.
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"I don't know of any other redevelopment or shopping center like this in our region," then-mayor and current Roxbury Councilman Robert DeFillippo said of the renovation in 2019. "I think it tends to get overshadowed, but for Roxbury and the surrounding communities in Morris County, this is one of the largest redevelopments."
Barnes and Noble recently reopened at a new store on Route 17 in Paramus after the company lost its lease and closed a location down the highway in Bergen County that it occupied for three decades.
The grand opening event on Black Friday last week included VIP ribbon-cutters Joseph Simmons, also known as DJ Run from Run-DMC, jewelry designer and author Justine Simmons and Ridgewood author Harlan Coben. The three authors also signed copies of their books.
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.
ROXBURY, NJ – The return of a Barnes & Noble bookstore to Roxbury should take place by mid-January, said a company official.The decision to again have a presence in the township comes about three years after the company closed its former store in Ledgewood, a site it occupied for 26 years. The building was subsequently razed by the developers who converted the former Ledgewood Mall into The Shops at Ledgewood Commons.The new store will be in unit B300 at Ledgewood Commons, situated between DSW and Ulta Beauty in renov...
ROXBURY, NJ – The return of a Barnes & Noble bookstore to Roxbury should take place by mid-January, said a company official.
The decision to again have a presence in the township comes about three years after the company closed its former store in Ledgewood, a site it occupied for 26 years. The building was subsequently razed by the developers who converted the former Ledgewood Mall into The Shops at Ledgewood Commons.
The new store will be in unit B300 at Ledgewood Commons, situated between DSW and Ulta Beauty in renovated space that formerly was part of a Sports Authority store. The new bookstore will be about 14,000 square feet, “a bit bigger than the old location,” said Barnes & Noble Senior Director of Store Planning and Design Janine Flanigan.
“We are excited to return to this market,” she said. “It is an area that has always done well for us, and we are thrilled to be able to come back into the community and provide them with our beautiful, newly designed bookstore.”
The decision to have a presence in Roxbury comes about three years after the company pulled out of the township and told the Ledgewood Commons developers it wasn’t coming back. The structure that housed the bookstore for 26 years was subsequently razed.
“The store will feature a new release shop, book rooms, bright cheerful paint colors,” Flanigan said. “We will have seating to encourage customers to sit and enjoy their new store … The store will carry all the best books, toys, games and gifts that our customers would expect to see.“
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ROXBURY, NJ – A Roxbury High School graduate attending the County College of Morris (CCM) was accepted into a prestigious nursing program with Atlantic Health System, according to CCM.The college issued a statement applauding the student, Lisa Marie Buzec of Landing, noting she was one of only 100 – out of 4,000 applicants - accepted into the Nurse Externship Program at Atlantic Health System.“An externship program of this caliber prefers participants who are attending a 4-year institution, making the competit...
ROXBURY, NJ – A Roxbury High School graduate attending the County College of Morris (CCM) was accepted into a prestigious nursing program with Atlantic Health System, according to CCM.
The college issued a statement applauding the student, Lisa Marie Buzec of Landing, noting she was one of only 100 – out of 4,000 applicants - accepted into the Nurse Externship Program at Atlantic Health System.
“An externship program of this caliber prefers participants who are attending a 4-year institution, making the competitive selection process even more challenging for students like Buzec who attend community college,” CCM said.
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It said a minimum 3.0 GPA, two letters of recommendation and an interview were required to be considered.
“I felt so motivated to apply to this externship to show my love and dedication to the field of nursing,” said Buzec. “I am the first in my family to go to college. I plan to continue my education and obtain my bachelor's degree. I would also like to pursue my degree as far as I can, hopefully ending with a doctorate or NP license!”
According to CCM, the 8-week program gives nursing students “the chance to learn about the role of a professional nurse while being advised by specially selected nurses.”
It said Buzec and the others who were accepted might also practice “basic nursing care and competencies while developing time-management skills and enhancing their critical thinking” while in the externship.
“We are so proud of Lisa's accomplishment,” said Dr. Maria P. Isaza, dean and professor of the School of Health Professions and Natural Sciences at CCM. “She will be able to apply the knowledge gained at CCM's nursing program and acquire new experiences that will develop her into an extraordinary nurse.”
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ROXBURY, NJ – The Roxbury house that won this year’s Roxbury Recreation Department Holiday Home Decorating Contest was adorned with its over-the-top treatment because a young boy who lives there might soon lose up to half his vision.The child, Charlie Weynberg, 5, was diagnosed earlier this year with a form of epilepsy that might require a brain surgery procedure, an operation that could render him legally blind. Facing that possibility, Charlie’s father, Steve, decided to make their home at 3 William Court in Succas...
ROXBURY, NJ – The Roxbury house that won this year’s Roxbury Recreation Department Holiday Home Decorating Contest was adorned with its over-the-top treatment because a young boy who lives there might soon lose up to half his vision.
The child, Charlie Weynberg, 5, was diagnosed earlier this year with a form of epilepsy that might require a brain surgery procedure, an operation that could render him legally blind. Facing that possibility, Charlie’s father, Steve, decided to make their home at 3 William Court in Succasunna as visually epic as possible this year, according to Charlie's mother.
“My husband went all-out for Charlie because the chance of him having vision loss next year is pretty high," said Danielle Weynberg, a 32-year-old, lifelong Roxbury resident. She said her husband, who never before decorated the house exterior, “did it all for Charlie” and entered the decorating contest only after a friend recommended it.
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Being the first-place winner of the contest was a happy moment for the Weynberg family, one that caps a year filled with stress, sadness and expense. As explained by Weynberg on a GoFundMe page launched by her work colleague, Suzanne Moran, 2023 has been a “long, scary ride.”
Silent Seizures Every Minute
She explained that, from January through mid-summer, a local hospital’s efforts to treat Charlie’s seizures with medication failed. Taking the boy to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) also didn’t work as the youngster “progressively worsened with a major, grand mal seizure occurring in September,” Weynberg wrote.
The family’s next move was the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where Charlie “has undergone multiple tests, EEGs, MRIs, metabolic testing, genome sequencing and much, much more, all trying to solve the root cause of the issues and stop them,” according to Weynberg. She said her child undergoes seizures lasting more than 30 seconds each minute, episodes that produce no outward manifestations.
The result of all this remains to be known, but surgery - and potential vision loss - remains an option.
“We just met with the neurosurgeon this morning,” Weynberg said earlier this week. “We’re still going through what’s the best option in the new year … we haven’t been able to come up with a solid decision yet.”
Although the Weynbergs have health insurance, they need help paying for repeated trips to Minnesota and other uncovered expenses. Because Charlie’s condition rules out air travel, the clinic visits are done by car. The family stays at the Ronald McDonald House.
“Another big thing is we have to apply for an epilepsy therapy dog, a trained service animal specifically for him,” said Weynberg. The dog, which will be able to tell when Charlie is having a seizure, will cost about $10,000, she said.
Hoping to help her brother, Charlie’s 9-year-old sister, Theresa, started a collection at Kennedy School of aluminum pull tabs to be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Pop Tab Program. Although school is now closed for the holidays, Weynberg said people can help by dropping off tabs at her house.
As of today, the GoFundMe page created by Moran has raised almost $7,000 of its $50,000 goal.
"Your donation will help Charlie's family be able to afford the incredible cost of the surgeries, the trips to Minnesota, the ability to miss work and not stress about daily living costs, and ultimately enable Charlie, the sweet-cheeks little baby, to have his family close to him during a very scary time, having brain surgery as a child," wrote Moran in creating the fundraiser.
Additionally, the Weynberg family created the "Charlie's Epilepsy Crushers" fundraising page on the Epilepsy Foundation website. It can be accessed here.
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MOUNT OLIVE − Tough defense prevailed as Roxbury moved to 6-0 on the season and secured a division title.The Gaels defense forced three turnovers in a tight 10-7 win over Mount Olive in a battle of state-ranked teams. Roxbury entered the game ranked No. 20 in the Statewide Public Top 20, while the Cr...
MOUNT OLIVE − Tough defense prevailed as Roxbury moved to 6-0 on the season and secured a division title.
The Gaels defense forced three turnovers in a tight 10-7 win over Mount Olive in a battle of state-ranked teams. Roxbury entered the game ranked No. 20 in the Statewide Public Top 20, while the Cruaders were No. 14.
Junior Connor May came up with a fumble recovery on the 12-yard line in the final seconds to preserve the win.
"I can't even begin to describe it," May said. "The ball comes out and it's right in front of me. I knew when I had the chance to cover it up, I had to have it so nobody else could get it."
Matt Rattay’s 11-yard touchdown run in the first quarter gave Roxbury a 7-0 lead on the road with 3:50 left in the opening quarter. The touchdown was set up by a tipped pass intercepted by sophomore Nick Edelman.
In the third quarter, Mount Olive forced a stop on defense and found a way down the field to tie the game. Tyler Cumming broke a pair of key rushes to get close to the goal line before Jake Asbury’s 2 yard touchdown run.
Despite slick conditions, Gunnar Hilsinger nailed a 30-yard field goal to give the Gaels a 10-7 lead with exactly nine minutes left in regulation.
With the victory, Roxbury clinched the Super Football Conference Liberty White division title. The Gaels will also remain atop the UPR standings in North Group 4 with three weeks remaining in the regular season. Roxbury has navigated deficits all season long to stand tall at 6-0.
"We were down 21-0 to Parsippany Hills in the opener and we have dealt with adversity from the first second of this season," Roxbury coach Ryan Roumes said. "I feel like the teams we face have been through ups and downs, but nobody has been through it like us. Our guys never give up. We have been playing with playoff feels from the first quarter of that first game with 'we just got punched in the face, what are we gonna do?'"
Despite the defeat, Mount Olive will remain towards the top of the UPR standings behind Roxbury. The Marauders have three regular season games left, all against teams with .500 records or worse. The two teams could meet again in the playoffs.
On the second play of the fourth quarter, Roxbury faced a fourth down just past midfield at the Mount Olive 40-yard line. Quarterback Anthony Skawinski avoided a sack and found Connor Patton for a 22-yard completion to put Roxbury in the red zone.
"That's a throwback call we made and we somewhat accounted for backside pressure," Roumes said. "Anthony rolls out, feels pressure, makes an amazing play and finds the guy we had planned. But to get to that point, he made an amazing play in the backfield to scramble away. He's a small, elusive dude and it's like trying to catch a rabbit back there."
Three plays later, Roxbury kicked the field goal that ended up being the deciding points of the game.
Matt Rattay's impact on the game was felt throughout the night. Not only did the senior find the end zone for the only Roxbury touchdown of the night, but his hit on a fourth down play forced a fumble recovered by the Gaels on defense.
It's the fourth straight week Rattay has scored on a touchdown run.
"It's basically the biggest game of my life. For the boys in my grade, it's the biggest game of any of our lives and we knew it coming in here. We pulled out with the win." - Skawinski.
"Nobody signed up to be 2-0 or 3-0 or beat this team or that team. We wanted to be in the mix for the conference and everything else. We said all week that we worked for this moment. It's fourth down, go stop them for a conference championship and they did it." - Roumes
Roxbury (6-0) hosts Chatham (2-4) on Friday.
Mount Olive (5-1) travels to Sparta (1-4) on Friday.
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