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Siegfried’s Baseball Passion Leads to Hall of Fame

2022-10-28T23:59:54+00:00October 28th, 2022|

"Siegfried's Baseball Passion Leads to Hall of Fame" Article Published on Tuesday, February 2, 2016  by Starla Pointer in the local News-Register/McMinnville, Oregon   Doctor George Siegfried’s passion for baseball revolves around competing and staying in the game. After more than 50 years of athletic experience, his zeal for the sport appears as great as [...]

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Desperate for Relief…

2022-10-29T00:04:26+00:00October 24th, 2022|

  "If you are one in 30-Million American's who suffer with Chronic Sinus problems, 'Have tried everything,' and if you are sick and tired of suffering , and are DESPERATE for relief, then this message is for you"  If you always, or even occasionally, suffer with chronic sinus problems and endure symptoms like sinusitis, dry [...]

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My Confession Blog

2022-04-20T23:15:21+00:00April 18th, 2022|

  Dear Friend, When I meet people in McMinnville, they usually say, “Oh, I know you. You’re the doctor that I’ve seen in the ad with your son Chris, from the Bachelorette.” Well, I want you to know a little more about that picture and why I use it in my ads. Years ago, when [...]

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What Is Your Brain Stem? It lies deep in your brain and leads to your spinal cord.

2021-10-29T20:40:31+00:00May 5th, 2020|

  Functions: Breathing, Heart Rate, Swallowing Reflexes to seeing and hearing (Startle Response). Controls sweating, blood pressure, digestion, temperature (Autonomic Nervous System). Affects level of alertness. Ability to sleep. Sense of balance (Vestibular Function). Observed Problems: Deceased vital capacity in breathing, important for speech. Swallowing food and water (Dysphagia). Difficulty with organization/perception of the [...]

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Concussions and Nasal Specifics: Office and Home Care

2022-10-29T00:01:48+00:00May 29th, 2017|

Concussions and Nasal Specifics: Office and Home Care Concussions occur when there is either a blow to the head which “concusses the brain” and possibly the spinal cord. There are basically two kinds of concussions: Impact—blow to the head/neck/spinal cord--and Non-impact, like a whiplash from a car accident that does involve the head but perhaps [...]

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What Is Your Cerebellum? It is located at the base of the brain.

2021-11-05T04:37:11+00:00May 5th, 2017|

Functions: Coordination of voluntary movement, balance and equilibrium. Some memory for reflex motor acts. Observed Problems: Loss of ability to coordinate fine movements. Loss of ability to walk. Inability to reach out and grab objects. Tremors. Dizziness (Vertigo). Slurred speech (Scanning Speech). Inability to make rapid movements. Thank you for your attention. Our next [...]

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What Are Your Temporal Lobes? They are on both sides of your head above your ears.

2017-05-05T01:29:33+00:00May 5th, 2017|

Functions: Hearing ability, memory acquisition, some visual perceptions, categorization of objects. Observed Problems: Difficulty in recognizing faces (Prosopagnosia). Difficulty in understanding spoken words (Wernicke’s Aphasia). Disturbance with selective attention to what we see and hear. Difficulty with identification of, and verbalization about objects. Short-term memory loss. Interference with long-term memory. Increased or decreased interest [...]

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What is Your Parietal Lobe? It is near the back and top of your head.

2017-05-05T01:23:30+00:00May 5th, 2017|

Functions: Location for visual attention. Location for touch perception. Goal directed voluntary movements. Manipulation of objects. Integration of different senses that allows for understanding a single concept Observed Problems: Inability to attend to more than one object at a time. Inability to name an object (Anomia). Inability to locate the words for writing (Agraphia). [...]

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