Thirteen years ago, 32-time marathoner Jim Indelicato was running errands when he suddenly felt ill. He called his daughter, a nurse, who met him on the side of the road along with an ambulance. After several tests at the hospital, Jim learned he had suffered a brain stem stroke.
“I was retired less than a year from the Air National Guard after a 40-year military career, 我的身材很好,吉姆说。. “It was a shock when this stroke happened, and I knew I was lucky to be alive.”
在医院住了两个月之后, he was released and came home on a ventilator and tracheostomy tube. Jim, a hard worker and natural-born athlete, was determined to heal and walk again. He started receiving treatment at Logan Health Center at the 斯蒂芬一. Paraquad的Orthwein中心, and eventually transferred to Logan’s 蒙哥马利健康中心.
“Paraquad was an amazing experience and working with the Logan clinicians there really helped Jim. 他这么坚决, he wanted to continue to work on certain goals, 所以我们来到蒙哥马利健康中心,黛安·因迪里卡托说, 吉姆的妻子. “At the time, he was having a hard time swallowing and he needed to work on his balance.”
杰西Politowski, DC (’13), is a faculty clinician at 蒙哥马利健康中心 and has been overseeing Jim Indelicato’s treatment for the past few months.
“Everyone at Logan knows and loves Jim and Diane. I met them when I started working at Logan in 2021, but I recently took over Jim’s care after his previous clinician recommended me,”医生说。. Politowski.
While originally visiting 蒙哥马利健康中心 three times a week, the Indelicatos now only visit twice a week due to Jim’s improvements.
“We do a lot of different things with Jim,” explained Dr. Politowski. “One technique we have performed is cranial adjustments, which help with swallowing and gagging. We also do a lot with vestibular balance coordination to try and better his balance.”
Diane says she has noticed Jim’s balance improve significantly, and he is able to walk with a walker and is practicing walking with a cane. His swallowing has also gotten better, and he is able to eat solid foods.
“We can’t say enough good things about the work he has done with the students and doctors at the 蒙哥马利健康中心,黛安娜说。. “They have encouraged him and pushed him to improve, and he has responded to it. It’s incredible the vast scope that chiropractic treatment can reach and how many different areas it can help improve.”
The students also can’t say enough good things about the Indelicatos.
“I actually met Jim and Diane last trimester in the Health Center,艾丽·福德雷尔解释道, 三个月8 捏脊医生 (DC)学生. “They’re very personable people and after getting to know them, I kind of begged to work with Jim this trimester.”
作为一个教学诊所, the 蒙哥马利健康中心 employs students approaching their final trimesters in the DC program. As a result, Jim sees a new student clinician every trimester. 他目前正在与艾利森合作.
“I told Jim at our first appointment that we needed to make a game plan, and together we have figured one out that is really making a difference,艾利森说. “His goal now is to fully walk with a cane, so we have been focusing a ton on his balance.”
Between appointments at the Health Center and home exercises, Jim doesn’t quit.
“Jim is very motivated and consistent with his exercise. He will go as hard as you push him,”医生说。. Politowski. “His goal to walk independently with a cane will be hard, 可能需要时间, 但吉姆喜欢挑战. He doesn’t have a quit button, and everyone here admires that.”
Jim and Diane said everyone on the Logan staff are incredibly supportive and the front desk team is always attentive. The Indelicatos have been grateful for the high level of knowledge and diagnostic ability the doctors have at 蒙哥马利健康中心.
“吉姆有一天在车库里摔倒了, and I took him to our primary care doctor, who prescribed him some anti-inflammatory medication after a quick examination,黛安娜说。. “I brought him to 蒙哥马利健康中心, and the doctors immediately noticed one of his ribs was out of place, 于是他们开始着手研究. Within a couple of days, he was doing much better. 它们在这里所做的一切都很了不起.”
While his prognosis after the stroke was uncertain, Jim is doing better than anyone could have anticipated, largely due to the work he has done at the 蒙哥马利健康中心.
“Jim is treated so well here,黛安娜说。. “He feels like a rock star because everyone knows his name and appreciates his determination and hard work. The students and doctors here are amazing, 每次我们进来, they have new suggestions and different ideas for Jim—even as far as doing cranial adjustments, 哪些是非常有效的. We are lucky to be able to bring him here to continue his recovery.”