Category: Rausch / Community

This summer we were everywhere. Tuesday and Thursday nights from May to August were filled with bikes, running shoes, swim caps and goggles. And through it all, we had the opportunity to make connections with incredible athletes and ambassadors of living an active and healthy lifestyle.

On Tuesdays, we were readily found at the Over The Hump Mountain Bike series. A great group of people from all ages and all levels gathered together at Irvine Lake and do what mountain bikers do best, got dirty.

One particular evening at OTH as we set up our showcase, we were placed right next to a tent that had “Wheels 4 Life” plastered all over it. Then came their goods, baked goods, liquid goods, and hand made good. It was a one stand bizarre filled with smiles, tantalizing smells and accents from around the world.

Being the curious person that I am, I wandered over to have a gander. Unbeknownst to myself, Wheels 4 Life, is a non-profit that provides bikes for people in developing countries in order to help them get to and from work and or school. That was enough for my to give them my support and buy a cupcake… it was for a good cause.

Wheels 4 Life was founded by Hans Rey. If you are like me, the next question you are asking is “ Who is Hans Rey?” Allow me to enlighten you.

Hans Rey is a multi-world champion mountain biker. He started his career riding in the 70’s and has pioneered the way extreme mountain biking is viewed in modern day. His travels took him around the world and opened his eyes to how a simple bike could hugely impact and improve the lives of others. And so was the beginning of Wheels 4 Life.

Learn how you can do more here.

http://www.wheels4life.org

 

Welcome back Fall! Ok – its Africa hot outside and we’re not even close to boot and sweater weather, but all the other aspects of Fall are here. Football’s on, school’s back, IM Kona is coming, and the fishing is as good as its ever been.

One aspect of Fall that sometimes gets overlooked is selecting your Health Insurance Plan. This usually happens in October and YOU have a choice this year. Many of us were surprised, shocked, and overwhelmed by the “un-Covered California” debacle this past year. This month is your chance to truly inspect your Health Insurance coverages and limitations. Don’t take anything for granted, look, ask, and make sure you know what you are buying.

This year our front desk and billing teams did an outstanding job of figuring out the sneaky insurance tactics that so many insurance groups used. They are Pro’s at it and I am thankful for their diligence and commitment to YOU. In fact, they were the first to un-cover the “covered California” narrow network produced by Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Some of you may be acutely aware of the “narrow network” by the two Blue’s, as you watched your favorite providers be left off the narrow list this year. For those affected by the Blue Cross or Blue Shield narrow network issues, there are many class action lawsuits going against these insurances. Please check into them.

Top 5 Things to Watch for This Year:

• Visit limits (24 PT visits per calendar year is a good average)
• Insurance reviews and restrictions to care (United HC and Cigna are actively restricting the number of visits and care that you get)
• Narrow networks (Blue Cross & Shield)
• High dollar co-pay’s per visit (United HC)
• Prescription Requirements (Californian’s have a #FastPass access to Physical Therapy care whenever they want it (according to CA law), however, some insurance companies are still un-lawfully requiring prescriptions for PT care.

The days of $5 copays are long gone, and insurance companies are cleverly finding ways to limit care to their constituents on a daily basis. However, our job @Rausch PT is to take care of YOU. Get YOU to the place you want to go. Keep YOU healthy. And improve YOUR performance.

We have a myriad of options available for you:

#PT, #ART, #PERFORMANCELAB #VO2MAX, #MASSAGE, #ALTERG, #PILATES, #NATURALRUNNING, #RUNRIGHT, #THROWRIGHT, #BIKERIGHT, #ORTHOTICS, and more! YOU are what’s important. YOUR success is our priority, and we are committed to GETTING YOU THERE.

For more help in choosing your health insurance, please email your questions to insurancehelp@rauschpt.net or just stop by the office (PS – we like donuts:)

Cheers to YOUR health,

We all have reasons why we don’t do this or we don’t do that. Then, we sit back in awe of those who do and wonder why we can’t be like them. Well, we can. Sometimes we just need to find the right inspiration and motivation to get moving. If there ever was a reason to do so, it would be the CAF.

Last year Rausch PT put a team together and hosted several fundraising events to support John Elliot and the Challenged Athletes Foundation. If you have ever spent time talking to John, I am sure that he has shared with you his passion for CAF.

Every year, CAF holds the San Diego Triathlon Challenge in La Jolla Cove. It is called “The Best Day in Triathlon” for good reason.

If you visit the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) homepage, and search under “what we do”, you will find the following: “CAF recognizes the athletic greatness inherent in all people with physical challenges and supports their athletic endeavors by providing unparalleled sports opportunities that lead to success in sports — and in life.” The Challenged Athletes Foundation is an organization dedicated to providing unique opportunities (including wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs, and adaptive bikes) to athletes who would otherwise be unable to participate in the sport or activity that they love ( i.e. running, cycling, skateboarding, basketball etc.).

This year, the event is October 19th. Don’t miss out on this amazing event. Sign up and join Team Rausch PT as a relay swimmer, cyclist or runner.

Each person is responsible for the initial $100 entry fee and then an additional $400 for a total of $500. We will be planning fundraisers to help each of us meet this goal – so don’t worry!

If you are interested in joining our team, email Jill Blake at jill@rauschpt.net and she will get you started.

Name: Lyndsay DeFilippo

From: I’m a Cali transplant by way of New York City and could not be happier to have made the trek to the sunny shores of Orange County!

Education: I began my education at Syracuse University where I majored in Physical Anthropology with minors in Biology and Spanish, later moving to NYC where I completed my Doctorate of Physical Therapy coursework at New York University. As a graduate of the class of 2010, I first began my career in the acute care setting working predominantly with patients in the Oncology and Stem Cell transplant units as well as General Medicine floors. I realized quickly that my passion was not in a hospital setting but rather in outpatient Sports and Orthopedics, and to this day have not looked back.

Why did you want be to a Physical Therapist?

As a former athlete myself (soccer and swimming) I have gone through my own plethora of injuries and physical therapy as a result. I will attest to the fact that I was “the worst therapy patient ever” having never done my home exercises and skipping sessions frequently, so really having ended up in a profession where I’m the one prescribing those things is just karma’s way of saying “Well hello there”! That is obviously a joke, as I love what I do and love coming to work each day. Being a therapist allows me to be creative yet also challenges me daily. I look at each injury as a constantly changing puzzle which is only solved when YOU, the patient returns to what you love doing. I like to help with the full recovery process but also like to educate, giving the tools and fundamentals to prevent re-injury and the potential for new injuries. My favorite body parts to work with include shoulder, knee, foot and ankle pathologies both operative and nonoperative. I am a Graston Practitioner and recently became a Certified Kinesiotaping Practitioner.

When not fixing head, shoulders, knees & toes, what are you doing?

In my free time you can find me by the beach paddle boarding, swimming, surfing, traveling the world with my backpack, and shamelessly dancing like a banshee at a concert. I am a diehard futbol fan supporting Real Madrid and the Spanish National Team (minus our lackluster World Cup performance…I’m still bitter) and really just enjoy being able to share new experiences as they are presented to me.

Are you ready to FULLY drink the Rausch PT kool-aide?

I am so excited to be a part of this amazing therapy team, and start this new “West Coast” chapter of my life. Stop on by, say hi, we can talk bagels, lunch meat, what REAL pizza is supposed to taste like, and you can try and keep a straight face every time I attempt to say coffee, office, dog, and water.

With all the hype of the World Cup this month, logically we have to ask ourselves “ok, so what GOOD does soccer do for the communities?”

I have searched and scoured programs that directly affect our community, it’s a bit more challenging than one might expect, but not too surprising either considering the USA is the last country to embrace soccer as a world sport. Never the less, my favorite program I have found thus far is “Soccer Without Borders.”

What do they do?

Well they use the sport of soccer as an avenue for youth to experience and gain positive and personal growth. They focus on the “Whole Person” giving them tools to understand their body, mind, power of voice, and overcome challenges as individuals and working as a team.

What communities do they serve?

World wide as well as local areas. Soccer Without Borders is just that…. without borders. In the state of California they serve Oakland & Los Angeles currently with seasonal and core programs and touch Orange County with camps. Internationally they can be spotted in Nicaragua and Uganda.

They offer 3 different programs depending on the geographic location and resources.

• Core- Offer year round programs
• Seasonal- Offer programs in areas when summer months and weather permit (26 weeks a year)
• Camps- These programs are both independent and support the core programs

If you are a soccer enthusiast, love to watch kids grow, develop and gain confidence then you should get involved and be the difference you want to see.

http://www.soccerwithoutborders.org

 

If you’re like most of us, we love to workout in some form. Sometimes it’s taking a class and having that incredible instructor push us just a little bit more than we would on our own. So, what’s stopping you? Class availability? ABC Pilates has been working overtime to get YOU more classes and NEW options. Look at the new Restorative classes for those days when you need a little more TLC or the Power Mat class when you want a little extra burn.

Monday

8:30am TRX Jump Pump & Burn: TRX, weighted bars, free weights, BOSU and some serious Pilates of course! Get the most out of your workout from this boot camp style class. Time to mix it up!

Monday & Wednesday

10:30am Pilates Restorative: A reformer class specifically designed to improve balance, flexibility as well as assist in rehabilitation from injury or surgery. Restorative and gentle a great practice for everyday. Wonderful for Pre/Post natal too!

12 Noon Pilates Circuit: Don’t quit your day job!! But make it better with a lunchtime Pilates class. Pilates circuit is a fun program utilizing reformer, tower, EXO chair and jumpboard. Brown bag lunches are boring! But Pilates is fun. Join us!

Tuesday

6:00pm Mat Flow: All the traditional Pilates matwork as Joe Pilates would have taught it plus the challenging addition of free weights, bands and stability balls. A complete workout to promote strength, core stability and range of motion.

6:00pm Power Mat: Time to challenge your Pilates practice! Power mat will utilize free weights, weighted bars, bands and variety of amazing props. You will sweat, shake a little and smile a lot.

Saturday

8:00am Foam Roller Fusion: Runners here is the class for you! Find out the many ways to use the foam roller and increase flexibility, core strength and balance. A great way to recover from a long run, cross train for those future runs and banish overuse injuries!

 

Pre-race nerves dragging you down? Want more confidence in the open water? Need to learn how to dig deeper when it already hurts?

 

 

 

In 2004, the Angels founded the “Angels Baseball Foundation”. Since then, they have been involved and partnered with a variety of local community and outreach programs to better serve the community.

Their mission focuses on initiatives aimed to create and improve Education, Health Care, Arts & Sciences, and Community related youth programs throughout the region, in addition to providing children the opportunity to experience the great game of baseball and its countless positive attributes.

Through support and donation, the Angels Baseball Foundation has been able to provide grants ranging from musical programs to at risk youth shelters and academic scholarships. All providing opportunities for the youth to learn, discover and foster their hopes and dreams.   

Discover what you can do to Give Back.

http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/ana/community/baseball_foundation.jsp

Spring is definitely in the air, so much that it feels a little more like summer. Actually all winter has felt like summer. So why not welcome the warm weather with some family fun at the Mission Viejo YMCA.

Saturday April 26th they are hosting their “Healthy Kids Day”, a perfect way to kick off summer time events and activities.

The YMCA is a fantastic non-profit organization that strives to build healthy habits for the entire family. You will find games, crafts, rockwall, laser tag and more. Want to see where your childs swim abilities are? No problem they will be hosting free assessment test.

Want to do something good for people you don’t know? They are also hosting a donation drive for homeless families. Bring a small baby essentials (diapers, wipes, care items) and you will be entered to win a free 3 month family membership.

Support your local YMCA today.

http://www.ymcaoc.org/healthy-kids-day