Category Archives: Osteopathy and rural medicine

I recently returned from the Hopi indian reservation in Northern Arizona.  I provide monthly medical services mostly ER and OB coverage at the hospital which is near fist mesa, in Polacca Arizona.  This is a very beautiful and remote part … Continue reading →

  In front of the clinic – two fauns nursing.  The engine of life ever at work. The laws of the natural world teach us beauty, proportion, and balance. We are centered by this mysterious force of nature, we are … Continue reading →

When you practice medicine in a rural setting you never know what is going to show up.  With limited equipment and resources we sometimes have to get very creative and always be ready for a change of plans.  A few … Continue reading →

In the Emergency Room some days are worse than others.  Today was a very bad day.  There was a single car roll over accident near our hospital.  The ambulance called to report one passenger had been ejected, that is never … Continue reading →

People often ask me why I choose to practice rural medicine.  “After all your training you could go anywhere,” they say.  It is true, rural medicine has its challenges; fewer diagnostic tools, little or no access to specialists, four or … Continue reading →