Family Practice

All of the physicians at Bakersville Community Medical Clinic are board certified in family practice. This certification provides for improvement of the quality of medical care available to the public; establishment and maintenance of high standards of excellence in the specialty of Family Practice; improvement of the standards of medical education and facilities for training in the specialty; determination by examination the fitness of specialists in Family Practice who shall apply for certificates and to design and conduct such examinations; and, granting and issuing to physicians certificates in Family Practice and to suspend or revoke same.

Our Mission at the Bakersville Community Medical Clinic is to provide excellence in medical care and we believe that our certified family physicians have successfully demonstrated their ability and have proven their commitment to the public, the specialty of Family Practice and the profession. Their excellence is maintained throughout the physician's years of practice.

Nurse-Midwifery

Nurse-midwifery provides care for women throughout the life-span. Nurse-midwives provide care for pregmant women, including pre-natal and birth services in both the hospital and the home settings. They provide well-woman/gyn care, including annual exams, pap smears, family planning, peri-menopausal and menopausal health care. Nurse-midwifery care at Bakersville Community Medical Clinic includes health screening tests and treatment options for some conditions include herbal and homeopathic, as well as prescription, treatments. Clients are encouraged to make their own healthy choices. Nurse-midwifery care also includes newborn care, infant care and sports physicals. Clients who need further evaluation are referred to the appropriate health care provider.

 

Chiropractic

Chiropractic services provided by Philip Cope, D.C., focuses on muscle and joint health. Pain and lack of mobility are the usual cause for consultation with Dr. Cope. These problems may occur in muscles and joints of any area of the body, head to toe.

Dr. Cope's treatments usually take thirty minutes of hands-on-therapy. The extended treatment time enables him to use procedures that loosen the muscles allowing the adjustments to be given more gently. As a result, there thends to be fewer sessions needed to correct the muscle and joint imbalances and/or malpositions.

He may give suggestions for modifications of sitting, sleeping or working positions if they are significant in the cause of pain. Frequently, Dr. Cope recommends 5-10 minutes per day of individually prescribed therapeutic movements for limbering and strengthening. At times referral to or consultation with other physicians are necessary to facilitate optimum health.

 

Acupuncture

Acpuncture is one aspect of Chinese Medicine, and what we know as acupuncture, the Chinese call Jin-Jui. This translates as "needle-burn," which refers to two of the forms of Chinese Medicine. Chinese Medicine in its entirity encompasses acupuncture, moxibustion, herbal and dietary therapies, Tui-Na (a form of soft tissue and joint manipulation or massage) and the Chinese exercise arts Tai Ji Quan (T'ai Chi), Qi Gung (Chi Kung), and Wu Shu (Martial Arts...sometimes called Kung Fu). Acupuncture, or the needle aspect, refers to the use of extremely fine wire needles to access the body's senergetic circulatory system. Acupuncture stimulates the body's intrinsic healing ability by activating points on the energetic channels along the pathway of its circulation. Each point is a tunnel, or access root, to the deeper circulatory channels within--it is a point on the body where that energy surfaces, so that we are aable to influence those energetics back towards health. The "burn aspect" refers to moxibustion, which is the burning of an herb, maxa, also know as Artmmisia Vulgaris. It is commonly formed into sticks or cones for therapeutic use. When burned and held 1 to 2 inches from the skin, it gently warms the energetic points, stimulating and strengthening them. The burning maxa does not touch or burn the skin. While acupuncture works with an energy that is already there and acts to redirect the body toward health, maxabustion actually increases ints energetic strength. Maxa builds, acupuncture directs and balances.