WE HAVE A NEW OFFICE!
- At August 11, 2016
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We moved to a new location in July 2016 and we are so excited for you to visit us here!
376 SW Bluff Drive, Bend, OR 97702
It’s easy to find — just east of the Old Mill District in the Century Plaza complex.
I’m also very excited for you to know about the other three practitioners
with whom I share this bright and comfortable space.
I am thrilled to be working with these three excellent healers:
Anita Elsey, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner
Dorothy Miller, Certified Rolfer
Solse Mara Sheran, LMT, Certified Advanced Rolfer
We are called The Peaceful Heart.
Links to their websites coming soon!
And if you haven’t met her yet, I can’t wait for you to meet
my assistant, Karyn. She’s incredibly competent and kind
and ready to help make your experience the best possible.
I’m sure you will agree!
Policies & Forms
- At August 11, 2016
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24-Hour Cancellation Policy
Unlike larger practices with staff to make a reminder call for an upcoming office visit, Hands on Healthcare relies on you to remember your appointment. If unable to make it to a scheduled appointment, patients are asked to contact Dr. Reichert at 541-419-8743 at least 24 hours in advance. It is sufficient to leave a message. Please request if you would like your call to be returned. I will be happy to re-schedule your appointment for the next available opening. Please DO NOT EMAIL OR TEXT cancellation messages. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, patients who do not give 24 hour notice will be billed for the appointment.
New Patient Registration Forms
You may print the New Patient Registration Forms and complete them at your convenience prior to your first visit to Hands on Healthcare. Please share all the requested information that you can easily supply and bring the completed forms with you to my office. Should you not have time to prepare the forms ahead of time, please phone me the day prior to your visit at 541-419-8743 to let me know that you will be arriving 15 – 20 minutes before your appointment to fill out the forms. I will set them out for you in the waiting area.
Click here to download the NEW PATIENT FORMS
Click here to download the NEW PEDIATRIC PATIENT FORMS (for kids 12 yo and under)
Late Arrivals
I understand that sometimes patients run late. If you arrive within 15 -20 minutes of your appointment time, I will likely be able to get you in for the rest of your scheduled time. Later than that, we likely will need to re-schedule. I appreciate it greatly if you call me to say that you are on your way; otherwise, I may leave the office to attend to other tasks.
It is true that there are times when I also may fall behind. Sometimes a patient’s needs spill over a little beyond the allotted time. If this happens, I will come out to the waiting area and let you know that I will be with you shortly. Once we have worked together, you will understand how this might occur and I will be grateful of your tolerance. You will be given the same consideration, should you ever require a little more time to complete our session. Occasionally, if there is a reason that I know will cause me to be late, I will attempt to call you to offer you a slightly delayed start time so that you may make best use of your day. I do respect everyone’s busy schedule and will do my best to provide timely and considerate service. Each patient will have my full attention during our sessions.
Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.
Holiday Stress
- At November 29, 2014
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The winter holidays in the US are all about “more is more” – more shopping, more presents, more parties, more of everything. The stress of making it all happen, especially for moms, starts sometime in November and continues pretty much non-stop until we collapse the day after Christmas. Brainstorming how we can do it differently this year seems like just another post on our “to do” list. Maybe you can take some pointers from the following article, adapted from MINDFUL magazine, December 2014, (embellished by S Reichert MD).
The holiday season can be challenging.
Our “to do” lists are huge, so we race through each day, trying to get things accomplished, and often end up feeling stressed., This year, add some sanity pauses to your schedule to calm the chaos and help you embrace the potential for joy that the season presents. Here are ways to help you be more mindful this holiday season.
1) Go deep
Take time to reflect on what the spirit of the season means to you. Become aware of how powerful and beneficial feelings of love and compassion toward others can be at this time of year. Deepen that experience by reaching out to share it. Attend a group practice, a church service or volunteer at your community center. Being part of something bigger can help you remember your true focus.
2) Devise a big stuff strategy
Plan well ahead, making decisions for yourself and jointly with others about what will happen during the holidays and who is responsible for what. Allow ample time for everyone to make arrangements and accomplish their share. Obtain consensus that, unless there are critical unforeseen events, plans will not change.
3) …and a small stuff strategy
Spend 5 minutes every morning planning your day. Sit with a cup of java or tea and write out an action plan. Include time for meditation, some fitness and self-care. Think ahead about healthy meals and how you plan to cook or buy them. Especially during hectic days, your plan will help you stay focused.
4) Banish stress by taking moments to pause
Our lives can be very stressful during the holidays. Take time to meditate – sitting, walking, wherever you can find ten or more minutes to break from your action-packed life. In moments of stress, it is in our power to step back, breathe, notice the sensations in our bodies, examine them with curiosity and release tension that may be creeping up on us. Allowing ourselves to step inside – away from the chaos and demands – and focus on only the present moment then gives us a fresh outlook when we re-join our day and move on. A more peaceful disposition may be the best gift you can give yourself and the one most appreciated by others. Try it out every day for the weeks leading up to holidays and see how much better you feel.
5) Manage expectations
Most of us have unreasonable expectations about what constitutes the “perfect” holiday. Examine your ideas about what will make this year more satisfying for you and those you love. Eliminate things that do not add to your overall happiness. Notice patterns you may retain from old family holidays which bring up negative feelings, require a lot of your energy and add to your stress. Resist doing things just because others expect you to perform in a certain way. Say “no” when tasks or even invitations do not elevate your holiday experience, but drain you and dampen your mood. Be true to yourself. Break free from negative “traditions” and politely choose to take care of yourself.
6) Change it up
No need to repeat old holiday traditions that may have run their course. Drop those that no longer serve and substitute something fresh and enlivening. Pot luck for holiday feasts saves one person from carrying the whole burden of cooking. Instead of large scale gift-giving, consciously choose fewer family gifts and do more charitable giving. Start a tradition of engaging in one new game or project the whole family can enjoy.
7) Resist the urge to over-spend on gifts
Happiness is not dependent on the stuff we possess. It’s good to model this for kids early in their lives.
8) Be grateful
Scientific studies have shown that people who practice gratitude are more optimistic, feel happier, and are more connected to others and the world. Focus on all you have to be grateful for and invite your kids and others to do it too.
9) Come up with a gesture to center yourself
Create a phrase or a gesture or play a piece of music that instantly grounds and connect you to who you really are. Then say it, play it, or do it several times a day and, especially, whenever you feel rattled. It can be as simple as saying, “This too shall pass,” blasting your favorite guilty pleasure song or clutching the locket you wear around your neck.
10) Go for long walks
In Central Oregon, we are blessed to have no shortage of choices of places to walk in the beautiful outdoors. Enjoy a “walking” meditation – paying attention to all the beauty to see and hear around you and fully appreciating your body moving through it. Convince friends to walk with you. Bonus: Cold weather exercise burns more calories than in warm weather.
11) Keep your sense of humor
Try not to take life or yourself so seriously – a sense of levity is enormously helpful in times of stress or distress. Life is funny, so laugh loudly and often, whenever you can, and ink some fun onto your December calendar. Doesn’t have to be elaborate, just something to look forward to – preferably something not holiday-related. Watch a funny movie, take the kids to cosmic bowling or have friends over to play Jenga. You’ll feel less bogged down if you sprinkle the holidays with normal activities that you enjoy.
I wish you a contented, delightful and peaceful season.
Reaching for something big
- At January 22, 2014
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- In Healing
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I read something like this on the Neale Donald Walsh Daily Inspirations this week. I am tempted to soften the potentially materialistic interpretations that some may infer, but will stop and invite you to get whatever you need from this message:
We should never be content with so little when we can reach out for something big.
The world is an abundant place—abundant with opportunity, abundant with good fortune, abundant with ideas and abundant with love. Reach into that abundance and take what is rightfully yours. It is your “inheritance”— your gift from the Divine.
You getting what is yours does not lessen in any way that which another may receive. Abundance is available for each and every one of us. Do not fail to reach for it in fear that it will not be there for you. How can it come to you if you do not reach for it? Let yourself have it. Do not be content with so little. Reach, stretch, believe in something big!
“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate all the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self transformation.” — Lao Tzu.
Doctors don’t heal or cure patients; when a person is ready to be well, the physician can facilitate the healing process by helping her patient to consider the body, mind and spirit aspects of his or her condition. The doctor uses her knowledge, skills, intention and support to help the person interpret the signals the body is giving. She offers her medicine to enhance the person’s own ability to remember and to achieve health and wholeness.