Think Thin and Be Thin

PUT YOUR MIND TO WORK AND REACH YOUR WEIGHT LOSS GOAL

Arthur Bouier, D.O., Weight Loss/Weight Maintenance program is designed to help you lose weight in a physician supervised facility. We combine medication, meal plan, motivation and discipline to help you lose weight and keep it off. Average weight loss at our clinic is about 10-15 lbs in 2 weeks and 20-30 lbs per month. Being successful in our program is a question of mind over matter. There are five basic strategies to accomplish your goal:

1. Self-Monitoring/Knowledge is Power - increase your self-awareness of what food you eat.
2. Stimulus Control - Make a plan for exercise and healthy eating. You are never to busy
3. Setting Realistic Goals - Realistic weight loss goals are easier to reach. Don't let yourself down.
4. Stress Management - Stress can cause relapse or weight gain. Find stress reduction techniques
5. Small Changes, Big results - Discipline, Healthy eating and Exercise is the key.

Our program works! Try it! You have nothing to lose but weight, and a world of Self-Esteem to gain.

External CounterPulsation

(ECP) THERAPY: THE FRIENDLY HEART TREATMENT OPTION

We are proud to announce a new treatment that is being offered by our office called ECP (Ehanced External Counterpulsation Therapy). This new service is ENHANCING AND ENRICHING the lives of Cardic Patients! ECP is a noninvasive treatment for heart failure and symptomatic coronary artery disease patients. Treatment typically given in 35 one hour session over a seven week period. The benefits have been shown to persist for years. Research suggest EECP promotes the release of beneficial growth factors, improves the neurohormonal milieu within blood vessels and encourages the proliferation of collateral vasculature. Since January of 2000, Medicare has been providing reimbursement of EECP therapy for patients with moderate to severe angina, dyspnea, and gatigue due to obstructive CAD or ischemia with CHF. EECP has received clearance from the FDA for use in treating congestive heart failure.

Currently we are using Vasomedical's advanced state-of-the-art EECP external counterpulsation system, which is comprised of an air compressor, a computer console, a set of cuffs and a treatment table. To receive treatment, patients lie down on the table and have their caves and lower and upper thighs wrapped in the cuffs. The system is synchronized to the patients cardic cycle which inflates the cuffs with air to create external pressure when the heart is resting (diastole) and deflates the cuffs just before the heart beats (systole). The systems action, which pulses counter to the heart's beating, increases blood flow to the heart muscle, decreases the heart's need for oxygen. This system is the only counterpulsation device shown in clinical studies to provide improvements in exercise capacity, peak oxygen consumption and quality of life.

Geriatrics

THE DOCTOR IS IN...YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Ascending Home Physcians provides the highest quality health care in the comfort of the patient's home. We offer primary care, home visits, and geriatric care for our patients, including elderly parents or grandparents that require superior, personal health care. Contact us at Ascending Home Physicians for complete, compassionate care from the initial visit to diagnosis and prognosis.