Beach Team Has A Visit From Santa
Tired and overworked Santa Claus
showed up for therapy today. With help of First Choice team, he will be on his feet by Christmas!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our patients, friends, and their families from First Choice Beach Team.
showed up for therapy today. With help of First Choice team, he will be on his feet by Christmas!Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our patients, friends, and their families from First Choice Beach Team.
Junior League of Panama City
At First Choice Physical Therapy we strive to make our patients better. We also look for ways to make our community better too. One way is through sponsorship of local organizations. The Junior League of Panama City is a longstanding organization in which our Practice Manager Vicki Barwick and Dr. Brett Frank’s wife Lacey are members. The organization works to help clothe the children in the Bay County School System that are in need, as well as initiate skills and comaraderie among students in afterschool programs such as Girls On The Run and Kids In The Kitchen.An up and coming event for the League is the Reindeer Race 5K and Santa Shuffle at St. Andrews State Park on Saturday, December 14th. Our own Brent Holtgrewe along with his wife Sandy and Emily Schmitt and husband Josh will be participating. If you would like to participate with your family or by yourself the closing date for registration is December 13th or feel free to just come out and cheer our First Choice family on.
Give yourself a gift
As we start December and race towards the end of the year, many of you are trying to figure out just the right gifts to buy. Don’t overlook something for yourself as well. If you have an ache, pain, tear or pull that has been making you miserable, now may be the best time for you to get it taken care of. Many people have already met the deductible on their insurance plan for 2013. Why wait until January 2014 to get the care you need?Remember that you do not need to have a prescription for physical therapy in the State of Florida.
A beautiful soul
The other day while sitting at a local mechanic shop, I had the opportunity to witness a beautiful soul. There was an elderly lady waiting for her car as I was and I sat and observed her interaction with others In the waiting area. Her conversation was salted with compliments, encouragement and optimism.With each news story that was on the TV in the waiting area, she would find the good in each. One customer commented on the high gas prices and her reply was “it is a privilege to drive and gas prices are double what ours are in some countries”. Her response to an Obamacare story was “we are blessed to have quality healthcare in this country” and “clean living has it’s rewards”. She encouraged a young mother with “you are such a gentle and carrying mother”.
She didn’t really notice I was taking all of this in or the influence her actions were having on me and undoubtedly others. When she left, she wished everyone a wonderful holiday season and I couldn’t help but feel she made everyone’s day a little brighter. I felt encouraged to seek out the good in every situation and be more thankful rather than critical. This holiday season, may we all count our blessings and realize that our actions, comments and conversations can have an impact on people’s lives without us even knowing it…. just like that beautiful soul had on mine.
Scott Champagne, PT