Wound Care Fort Mill SC
Infinite Wellness
Specialties
Chiropractic
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted: ACN, Aetna, Beech Street, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, CNC, Carolina Care Plan, Cigna, Celtic, Focus, Great West, HNS, Humana, Medcost, Medicare, Multiplan, OptumHealth, United Health.
Medicare Accepted: Yes
Workmens Comp Accepted: Yes
Accepts Uninsured Patients: Yes
Emergency Care: Yes
Doctor Information
Residency Training: Life University
Medical School: Life University, 2008
Additional Information
Languages Spoken: English
Dr. Ken Curtis
Specialties
Chiropractic, Chiropractic neurology subspecialty
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted: Aetna, Anthem, Beech Street, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, CCN, CNC, Carolina Care Plan, Choice Care, Cigna, Celtic, Focus, Golden Rule, Great West, Health Network Solutions, Highmark, Humana, Medcost, Medicare, Multiplan, Optum Health, Physicians Health, Priv
Medicare Accepted: Yes
Workmens Comp Accepted: Yes
Accepts Uninsured Patients: Yes
Emergency Care: Yes
Doctor Information
Primary Hospital: Piedmont Medical Center
Residency Training: New York Chiropractic College
Medical School: Life Chiropractic College, 1990
Additional Information
Member Organizations: Alpha Zeta Honorary Professional Fraternity Who's Who Professional Registry Who's Who of American Colleges and Universities
Awards: Elected to Board of Directors, SC Chiropractic Association, 1998-2003 Elected to Sherman College Board of Regents, 1993-2005 SCCA Palmetto Club charter member, 2002 Commendation from SC House of Representatives 1993 First chiropractor granted courtes
Languages Spoken: English,Spanish
Hinkley Holistic Health
Specialties
Chiropractic, Spinal Decompression, and Rehabilitation
Insurance
Accepts Uninsured Patients: Yes
Doctor Information
Medical School: Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic, 2006
Additional Information
Languages Spoken: English
Proactive Chiropractic and Rehab Center
Specialties
Chiropractic
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross, Cigna, United Health care, Medicare/medicaid and many more
Medicare Accepted: Yes
Workmens Comp Accepted: Yes
Accepts Uninsured Patients: Yes
Emergency Care: Yes
Doctor Information
Medical School: Cleveland Chiropractic College, 2005
Additional Information
Member Organizations: ACA
Languages Spoken: English,Spanish,Russian
Fort Mill, SC
Advanced Pain Relief Center
Specialties
Neurology, Chiropractic
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted: We accept all insurance plans.
Medicare Accepted: Yes
Workmens Comp Accepted: Yes
Accepts Uninsured Patients: Yes
Emergency Care: Yes
Doctor Information
Primary Hospital: Piedmont
Residency Training: Life College
Medical School: Life College, 1990
Additional Information
Member Organizations: SCCA Board of Directors, Sherman College Board of Regents
Awards: Commendation SC House of Representatives
Languages Spoken: English,Spanish
Charlotte, NC
Annals of the Strange, but True
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Well-known for devouring the flesh of corpses, fly larvae, also known as maggots, are the last thing you’d expect—or want—to see in a hospital room. Yet based on a new study published in Wound Repair and Regeneration, these disgusting critters may just be the saviors of people suffering from a particularly intractable type of wound.
The study involved 50 patients with pressure ulcers (aka bedsores), the painful, ugly spots that are the curse of the wheelchair-bound and bedridden. Their sores had failed to respond to conventional treatments—creams and surgery—and were therefore fertile breeding ground for gangrenous infections.
So it was time for some heavy hitters. Civil War doctors are the ones who first noticed that wounds with maggots in them healed faster. Seems the tiny flesh worms have little to no interest in healthy, living tissue, but a strong affinity for the necrotic stuff around a pressure ulcer. Maggot therapy fell out of favor over the years (no surprise), but it seems to be making a bit of a comeback. So the researchers decided to give it a try.
The first step: Each volunteer was treated with five to eight creamy white maggots per centimeter on their bedsores. Then, a bandage was placed around the wound and covered with a por-ous sheet of nylon or mesh. Some maggots escaped, but those that didn’t quickly consumed the dangerous dead tissue, while secreting an enzyme that appears to promote healthy tissue growth. After three weeks, 80 percent of the patients’ wounds had healed—nearly twice as many as healed with conventional treatment.
The ghoulish heralds of death made even the nurses queasy. But to the patients, the concept of hosting a few flesh-eating insects for a couple of weeks wasn’t a problem. Maybe that’s because they were facing amputation if the treatment failed. Or perhaps it’s because in their former lives, they had faced much tougher challenges: They were all WWII vets.
—James O’Brien
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