Thriving with Health Conditions

Knowing Where To Go: Urgent Visits or ED
If you find yourself in need of immediate or day-of care, make sure you know where to go first.

How to Establish Healthier Habits This Fall
Gastroenterologist and obesity medicine specialist Suzannah Luft, MD, offers some fall tips for nourishing and moving your body.

The Importance of Advance Care Planning
Few want to burden loved ones with difficult decisions during times of emotional distress. You make decisions about your care for yourself by creating an advance care directive and designating a healthcare agent while you’re able.

Top tips to manage stress and boost your immunity
Ongoing stress adversely affects your immunity and long-term health. Psychologist, Catherine Schuman, PhD, of Family & Community Care, offers advice for dealing with life's challenges.

New orthopaedic surgeons a boon to bones in the community
Bringing specialized training and the latest techniques, new fellowship-trained surgeons elevate the level of care, accessibility, and expertise patients can expect at Cheshire.

ACL tears: Symptoms, surgery, and recovery
Neal Goldenberg, MD, chair of Sports Medicine at Cheshire, discusses treatment for one of the most common and devastating knee injuries that affects athletes, young and old, with a high prevalence among women.

5 tips for living well after a stroke
Following a stroke, people are forced to accept sudden changes in family roles, logistics, and life expectations and face down the unknown. Occupational therapist Cindi Zipoli, OT/L, helps patients navigate this transition and achieve meaningful recovery.

Healing shoulder pain in the weekend warrior
From playing pickleball to painting a deck, repetitive activities can cause shoulder pain and injuries such as impingement syndrome. Neal Goldenberg, MD, director of Sports Medicine, discusses healing and returning to the activities you love.

Navigating memory loss: 6 tips to support your quality of life
Addressing a major concern in Cheshire County, Melissa Grenier, LCSW, of New Hampshire's Alzheimer's Association Chapter, shares advice for families navigating early-stage memory loss

Four tips for successful healthy New Year's resolutions
As a family medicine provider, Karl Dietrich, MD, MPH support patients in making fresh-start resolutions to improve their health. He shares the most effective strategies for making lasting positive changes.