Anna Langlois-Athlete of the Month for Encore Rehabilitation of Priceville

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Congratulations to Anna Langlois, Athlete of the Month for Encore Rehabilitation-Priceville, Alabama!

Anna is a Senior at Priceville High School where she plays Basketball (#14) for the Bulldogs and has served as JV Team Captain. After graduation, she plans to attend Wallace State Community College and become an Ultrasound Technician.

Anna is the daughter of Scott and Misty Langlois.

Way to go, Anna! We wish you all the best!

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1794 S. Bethel Road, Suite C, Decatur, AL 35603
256-274-6582

Risk of Lymphedema Following Cancer Interventions

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Lymphedema is an abnormal accumulation of protein and water that causes swelling, occurring most frequently in an arm or leg. Cancer interventions often damage portions of the lymphatic system and are the leading cause of lymphedema in the United States. The lymphatic system is a complex system made up of lymphatic fluid, lymph nodes, vessels, collectors, the spleen, and thymus. Its main functions are to drain substances that cannot be absorbed by the vascular system and also plays a role in your immune response.

Surgical procedures such a mastectomy, lumpectomy, or lymph node resection remove or damage lymph nodes in the affected region, decreasing your body’s ability to filter out this lymph fluid. Radiation treatment also poses a threat for lymphatic system damage. Since lymphatic vessels are mere millimeters beneath the surface of the skin, scar tissue formation along radiation treatment areas can impair lymphatic flow through these vessels. These cancer interventions compromise the lymphatic system which significantly increases the risk of developing lymphedema.

According to the Academy of Lymphatic Studies’, 50-75% of patients that have undergone a mastectomy secondary to breast cancer acquire lymphedema within 5 years. Any cancer that requires surgical intervention and/or radiation on or near the neck, armpit, or groin are also at an increased risk of developing lymphedema. Examples include the following: Breast, prostate, uterus, bladder, lymphoma, and melanoma. Although the majority of lymphedema diagnoses are secondary to cancer, lymphedema may also occur secondary a congenital malformation of the lymphatic system (primary lymphedema) or secondary to trauma, infection, malignant tumors, or chronic venous insufficiencies.

Early detection and management of lymphedema is key! Recognizing these early symptoms and talking with your doctor can ensure you receive proper lymphedema treatment and obtain adequate education and tools needed to manage your diagnosis.

Early signs and symptoms of lymphedema include the following and may come and go at first:

  • Swelling in all or part of the affected region – pressing on the skin with your finger may leave an indentation, which is called pitting edema
  • Abnormal feeling in the extremity, such as tingling, numbness, tight feeling, heavy felling, or just that something doesn’t feel right
  • Rings or clothing fitting differently
  • Veins or tendons harder to distinguish

Regardless of whether lymphedema was caused by cancer interventions or by another source, it is important to know that there are trained therapists nearby that can assist you in understanding your diagnosis. The current gold standard for lymphedema treatment is Complete Decongestive Therapy (CDT) which consists of manual lymphatic drainage (MLD), compression bandage application, decongestive exercises, and skin care. Treatment for lymphedema is available at many Encore Rehab locations. For a complete listing of Encore Rehabilitation clinics, please visit our website at encorerehab.com .

For additional information, please come to one of our free educational meetings held on the 3rdWednesday of each month on the 2nd floor of the Neuroscience Center in Ocean Springs, Mississippi (building right next door to the Cancer Center) or contact one of our Encore Rehab clinics.

This article was written by Jaime Garrett, MS, OTR/L for Encore Rehabilitation in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. 

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3603 Bienville Blvd., Suite 200, Ocean Springs, MS 39564
228-818-1207

 

Good Hope High School 3rd Annual Weight Meet

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Good Hope High School held their 3rd Annual Weight Meet on March 3, 2018.  Teams competing in the meet included Good Hope, Vinemont, Susan Moore,  Holly Pond, and Peabody (Tennessee). Congratulations to Good Hope High School who won both the Boys and Girls Divisions! Encore Rehabilitation Athletic Trainers were at the meet providing sports medicine coverage.

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Behind the Scenes at the AHSAA Basketball State Finals

There are many dedicated people who work behind the scenes at the AHSAA Basketball State Finals to make it a memorable experience for the High School Teams and Coaches who make the State Playoffs. Here are a few of these individuals.

Teams Pass Gate Crew: Sidney James, William Taylor, and Ed Daniels. When teams arrive at The BJCC Legacy Arena, the Pass Gate Crew assist the teams with checking in, getting to the locker rooms, answering questions, and any other assistance requested.

Cheer Team Coordinator Sandra Seals assists the cheer squads throughout their time at the AHSAA State Finals. She loves working with the different cheer teams to make the State Finals experience special.

Multiple persons assure the game runs smoothly by keeping stats, running the clock, announcing the games, and much more.

Larry Robinson has been helping at the High School State Basketball Finals since 1977. He assists in variety of ways, primarily coordinating the awards for presentation and managing the basketballs for the games and warms ups, but you can find Larry doing many other things as the need arises.

Janis Clements has been a Team Host for 25 years. As a host, she meets the team at the door on game day, escorts them to the locker room and basketball court, and then sits with the team throughout the game to help in any way needed. Janis is proud of her association with The Birmingham Tip-Off Club.

These are only a few of the many people who work behind the scenes to make the State Finals an experience of a lifetime!

AHSAA State Basketball Finals Celebrate 25 Years as Combined Extravaganza in Birmingham

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A groundbreaking idea 25 years ago changed the face of Alabama High School Athletic Association basketball. Why not bring the girls’ and boys’ state semifinals and finals to one site for a week of the best basketball in the state? It had never been done in Alabama and the format proposed for that 1994 championship tournament was likely the first ever in the nation.

The AHSAA would crown its champions at one site, all classifications, with girls’ and boys’ games alternating until all the nets had been cut down.

“I think everyone will agree it’s been a great 25 years for basketball in our state,” said Steve Savarese, the current AHSAA Executive Director. “Having all the teams playing at one site makes for a special environment to showcase our student-athletes, their coaches and all the fans.

“The tournament has been a great success for the AHSAA and for the city of Birmingham. We are grateful for all of our partners who make it such a memorable event.”

The genesis of the tournament finals coming to the state’s largest city came from the Birmingham Tip Off Club’s then-president John D. Clements and then-AHSAA Executive Director Dan Washburn in 1993. Clements’ idea was to bring the six prep champs to the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center for a “Tournament of Champions” to create an extra buzz for the sport. Washburn rejected that idea, but offered a different plan – why not crown all the champions in an event in the Magic City to generate a next level of excitement?

Clements and his fellow Tip Off Club members leapt into action, creating the Alabama Basketball Foundation to serve as the organization to administer the tournament, securing sponsors, housing at the Sheraton Civic Center hotel for the teams and officials, and creating a volunteer program that rallied the community around the teams and the event.

Former Tip Off Club president Jim Conrad prepared a tournament manual that has served as a blueprint for conducting the event. A logo and marketing theme was put into place – “State Finals, 48 Teams, 1 Dream” – that was used for many years.

Clements said the consolidation and move of the tournaments to Birmingham had its risks for the AHSAA, including the end of the long tradition of having eight boys’ teams advance to the finals. The makeup of the first Alabama Basketball Foundation board helped smooth the transition. The board was made up of Tip Off Club members Clements, Edgar Welden, Ron Edwards, Bill Meagher, Dick Coffee III and Mike Washburn. Members from the AHSAA were Washburn, Jimmy Cal, Max Ray from the Central Board of Control, Vestavia Hills High School coach Fran Brasch and Bryant-Jorden Scholarship Foundation board member Larry Striplin.

The agreement that combined the two tournaments into “Final Four” extravaganzas also started the four regional tournaments, dubbed collectively as the “Road to Birmingham.”  The first year the Regionals were played at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Jacksonville State University, Wallace State Community College in Hanceville and Faulkner Community College in Bay Minette. Along the way, the south site moved to Troy University, the University of South Alabama and is currently held at Dothan Civic Center. Since that first season, approximately 2 million spectators have watched the state championship qualifier tournaments.

Through the years, Corporate Sponsors have stepped forward to provide financial support as well as in-kind products for the participants. The Tip-Off Club has continued to support the Championships games with much-needed manpower and other support.

Welden, a Birmingham businessman and longtime supporter of high-school athletics, told the Over The Mountain Journal in a 2016 interview: “I really think putting the boys and the girls in the same venue was one of the best things that ever happened for girls’ basketball in the state. We put them on equal footing with the boys and gave them a showcase they hadn’t had previously. Other states have followed our format.” That unique concept has been copied by other several other states since then.

Encore Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine is proud of our association with the State Basketball Finals and with the Alabama High School Athletic Association. Encore is the Official Provider of Athletic Training Services for the AHSAA. Encore Sports Medicine Teams provide services at all AHSAA Championship and Regional Events.

 

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2018 State Basketball Finals Schedule

THURSDAY, MARCH 1

4:00 PM 1A GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (PHILLIPS VS. SPRING GARDEN)

5:45 PM 1A BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (GEORGIANA VS. SACRED HEART)

FRIDAY MARCH 2

9:00 AM 2A GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (SAMSON VS. SAND ROCK)

10:45 AM 2A BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

12:30 PM 3A GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (LAUDERDALE COUNTY VS. PISGAH)

2:15 PM 3A BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (HILLCREST-EVERGREEN VS. PLAINVIEW)

4:00 PM 4A GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (DESHLER VS. MADISON ACADEMY)

5:45 PM 4A BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (CORDOVA VS. MADISON ACADEMY)

SATURDAY MARCH 3

9:00 AM 5A GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (CHARLES HENDERSON VS. CENTRAL-TUSCALOOSA)

10:45 AM 5A BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (EUFAULA VS. SYLACAUGA)

12:30 PM 6A GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (HAZEL GREEN VS. RAMSAY)

2:15 PM 6A BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (CARVER-MONTGOMERY VS. PAUL BRYANT)

4:00 PM 7A GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (MCGILL-TOOLEN VS. SPAIN PARK)
5:45 PM 7A BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (MGGILL-TOOLEN VS. MOUNTAIN BROOK)

 

Encore Sports Medicine is proud to be the Official Provider of Athletic Training Services for the Alabama High School Athletic Association

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Want to learn more about our Sports Medicine Program? Visit our website at encorerehab.com or call Gary Barfield, Director of Business Development and Sports Medicine at 404-933-4336.

 

Nancy Curtin and Encore Rehabilitation of Gulfport-Orange Grove

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Stretching, exercises, and electrical stimulation. That’s how Nancy Curtin regained movement in her broken arm as she worked with the physical therapists at Encore Rehabilitation of Gulfport-Orange Grove.

Nancy shares, “The staff, therapist and technicians are all knowledgeable, professional, and caring. I looked forward to spending time with them at every appointment. My mobility in my arm is back to where it was before I broke it.”

Thank you, Nancy, for choosing Encore Rehabilitation-Orange Grove! 

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15476-A Dedeaux Road, Gulfport, Mississippi 39503
228-539-3232

Robert McLaurin recovering with Encore Rehabilitation-Citronelle

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Thank you, Robert, for choosing Encore Rehabilitation-Citronelle! 

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19195 North Third Street, Citronelle, Alabama 36522
251-866-0464

 

2018 AHSAA State Basketball Championship Schedule, Feb 26-March 3

AHSAA State Basketball Championships
Legacy Arena, BJCC, Birmingham (Feb. 26-Mar. 3)

Monday, Feb. 26
CLASS 1A Girls
Phillips (28-3) vs. Linden (19-3), 9 a.m.
Spring Garden (30-3) vs. Loachapoka (21-4), noon
CLASS 1A Boys
R.A. Hubbard (26-6) vs. Georgiana (29-3), 10:30 a.m.
Sacred Heart Catholic (21-10) vs. Cornerstone (25-7), 1:30 p.m.

CLASS 2A Girls
Phil Campbell (27-5) vs. Samson (29-3), 3 p.m.
Sand Rock (22-8) vs. Keith (19-8), 6 p.m.
CLASS 2A Boys
Tanner (21-11) vs. St. Luke’s Episcopal (21-8), 4:30 p.m.
Lanett (24-5) vs. Aliceville (20-2), 7:30 p.m.


Tuesday, Feb. 27
CLASS 3A Girls
Lauderdale County (34-2) vs. T.R. Miller (29-0), 9 a.m.
Pisgah (28-1) vs. Midfield (27-9), noon
CLASS 3A Boys
Lauderdale County (23-9) vs. Hillcrest-Evergreen (22-3), 10:30 a.m.
Plainview (32-2) vs. American Christian (26-8), 1:30 p.m.

CLASS 4A Girls
Deshler (32-2) vs. Saint James (22-9), 3 p.m.
Madison Academy (25-7) vs. Greensboro (24-6), 6 p.m.
CLASS 4A Boys
Cordova (24-9) vs. Andalusia (26-5), 4:30 p.m.
Madison Academy (24-8) vs. Greensboro (23-11), 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 28
CLASS 6A Girls
Hazel Green (33-2) vs. LeFlore (28-1), 9 a.m.
Ramsay (23-4) vs. Opelika (22-9), noon
CLASS 6A Boys
Hazel Green (22-9) vs. Carver-Montgomery (28-7), 10:30 a.m.
Parker (24-8) vs. Paul Bryant (29-4), 1:30 p.m.

CLASS 5A Girls
Wenonah (24-7) vs. Charles Henderson (30-4), 3 p.m.
Scottsboro (28-3) vs. Central-Tuscaloosa (26-7), 6 p.m.
CLASS 5A Boys
Wenonah (28-7) vs. Eufaula (28-9), 4:30 p.m.
Talladega (21-10) vs. Sylacauga (28-6), 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Mar. 1
CLASS 7A Girls
Sparkman (29-5) vs. McGill-Toolen Catholic (24-6), 9 a.m.
Spain Park (28-6) vs. Lee-Montgomery (23-9), noon
CLASS 7A Boys
Sparkman (30-4) vs. McGill-Toolen Catholic (24-6), 10:30 a.m.
Mountain Brook (32-4) vs. Central-Phenix City (21-4), 1:30 p.m.

CLASS 1A Finals
Girls Finals, 4 p.m.
Boys Finals, 5:45 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 2
CLASS 2A Finals
Girls Finals, 9 a.m.
Boys Finals, 10:45 a.m.

CLASS 3A Finals
Girls Finals, 12:30 p.m.
Boys Finals, 2:15 p.m.

CLASS 4A Finals
Girls Finals, 4 p.m.
Boys Finals, 5:45 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 3
CLASS 5A Finals
Girls Finals, 9 a.m.
Boys Finals, 10:45 a.m.

CLASS 6A Finals
Girls Finals, 12:30 p.m.
Boys Finals, 2:15 p.m.

CLASS 7A Finals
Girls Finals, 4 p.m.
Boys Finals, 5:45 p.m.

AHSAA Basketball State Finals Official Website – click Here

Encore Sports Medicine is proud to be the Official Provider of Athletic Training Services for the Alabama High School Athletic Association

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Want to learn more about our Sports Medicine Program? Visit our website at encorerehab.com or call Gary Barfield, Director of Business Development and Sports Medicine at 404-933-4336.