July 8, 2021by Amy Jo Sorensen, DO It’s time to schedule sports physicals for junior high and high school athletes who are playing a fall sport. Sports physicals are key to helping your teen play safely and prevent injury. What forms are required? From 7th-12th grade, sports physicals are required in Minnesota for all athletes playing school … Continued
October 20, 2020 MANKATO (October 19, 2020) — The Women’s Health Forum, an annual and free Mankato Clinic event, will be a virtual event on Tuesday, October 27. For the safety and health of our community, the Women’s Health Forum will be hosted on the WebEx Event Center platform. This year’s topic is “Belonging is … Continued
October 26, 2020 MANKATO (November 5, 2020) — Mankato Clinic has launched the Diabetes Care Center in the Main Street location to offer comprehensive care for type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes to help people of all ages successfully manage this condition, prevent complications and lead a healthy life. November is National Diabetes Awareness … Continued
October 26, 2020 MANKATO (November 13, 2020) — To support organizations that share its mission, the Mankato Clinic Foundation has approved $21,625 in grants to community organizations during quarter four. Receiving grants for quarter four are: Camp Sweet Life Adventures – 2020-21 High School, College Diabetes Network, CSL Connects ($2,500) Lutheran Social Service of … Continued
October 27, 2020by Sagan Dobie, PA-C According to a survey from the Prevent Cancer Foundation, more than a third of American adults have skipped scheduled cancer screenings during the pandemic. Cancer isn’t waiting for COVID-19 to end. So don’t let it delay your routine cancer screenings. Screenings are tests to find cancer before symptoms show up. … Continued
November 29, 2020 MANKATO (December 28, 2020) — The Mankato Clinic is proud to announce that Advanced Pain Management-Mankato is now part of the Mankato Clinic and will continue to provide innovative pain management services in this region. Mankato Clinic and Advanced Pain Management have been in partnership from the very beginning. The Advanced Pain … Continued
November 30, 2020by Greg Nelson, MS, LP When life gets difficult – and we know life has been difficult in 2020 – we can still find joy in our everyday lives. And sometimes, joy actually finds us. So how do we boost the joy factor in our lives? Joy is more than a feeling. It’s like … Continued
January 3, 2021 MANKATO (January 6, 2020) — The Mankato Clinic began administering the COVID-19 vaccine this week to more than 300 physicians, providers, nurses and staff who are working on the frontlines of this virus. Katie Smentek, MD, lead COVID-19 physician, was among staff who received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine today. … Continued
January 4, 2021by Erin Gonzalez, MS, RD, LD It’s natural to start thinking about ways to make changes for the New Year ahead. How many years have you vowed to cut out all the sugar, exercise every day, and lose weight once and for all? Maybe you have had the experience of starting a new diet … Continued
January 27, 2021by Katie Wojtalewicz, Psy.D, LP Imagine you are in a tug-of-war with a monster who represents all of your anxieties and bad feelings. You are on opposite cliffs. Between you is a bottomless drop off. You strategize. If you pull hard, the monster can fall into the abyss. If you pull too hard, the … Continued
