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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Adventist Health Clear Lake is pleased to welcome Dr. Andrew Chung, MD, to its medical staff.
Chung specializes in comprehensive ophthalmology, which includes cataract surgery as well as management of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy
Chung will provide eye care at the Adventist Health Clear Lake Medical Office on Lakeshore Drive in Clearlake. Eye surgeries will take place at the hospital with followup visits at the clinic.
“Dr. Chung is an excellent addition to our provider team,” says Brent Dupper, executive director of outpatient services. “His focus on preventive care and excellent surgical technique will ensure our patients see better and live fuller lives.”
Chung strives to utilize the latest technology and the most current techniques in surgery to ensure excellent surgical outcomes. His care philosophy is to take a whole-person approach to eye care.
“Healthy eyes require a healthy body,” he explained. “That is why I like to take time with each patient to discuss how lifestyle and other medical conditions can affect their vision.”
Chung chose to specialize in ophthalmology because of his interest in surgery balanced with a passion for ministry. “It is remarkable what a difference an eye procedure can make in a person’s quality of life,” he said.
Chung obtained his college degree from Oakwood University, graduating as valedictorian.
He then completed medical school followed by his ophthalmology residency at Loma Linda University where he also completed the United States Navy's refractive surgery training course.
While his primary passion is ophthalmology, Chung also has a strong interest in mission work, traveling, promoting a healthy lifestyle and spending time with his wife.
He has worked extensively with community organizations providing for the needs of the homeless. He is also the founder of At the Door, an organization that provides free, hands-on coaching about healthy lifestyle changes to families in their homes.
Most recently he spent a month in Zambia providing eye care and performing surgeries to restore vision.
Chung joins a growing eye care team at the Adventist Health Clear Lake Medical Office, including optometrist Dr. Wayne Ogata, OD, and ophthalmologist Dr. Delmer Fjarli, MD, who provides diabetic eye care.
Patients can schedule an appointment by calling 707-995-4518.
The Adventist Health Clear Lake Medical Office, located at 15230 Lakeshore Drive in Clearlake, welcomes most insurances, including MediCal, Medicare, Partnership HealthPlan of California and private insurances.
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The study, published in the journal The Annals of Internal Medicine, used a randomized trial of 320 predominantly low-income, racially diverse adults ages 18 to 64 with nonspecific cLBP.
Participants received 12 yoga classes, 15 physical therapy visits, or an educational book and newsletters about managing back pain, followed by a 40-week maintenance period with yoga drop-in classes or home practice for the yoga group, and physical therapy booster sessions or home practice for the physical therapy group.
About one-half of participants in both the yoga and physical therapy groups reported reduced pain and disability, compared to about one-fifth of participants in the education group.
The yoga and physical therapy participants were about 20 percent less likely to use any pain medication at 12 weeks compared to the education group.
While the study found manualized yoga designed to help cLBP was as effective as physical therapy, “the results may not generalize to typical nonmanualized, community-based yoga classes,” the authors write. “Future studies should focus on pragmatic trials of nonmanualized yoga classes.”
Previous research has already shown yoga is effective for cLBP, the authors write, but its effectiveness compared to physical therapy was unknown. Likewise, little is known about yoga’s effectiveness for minority and low socioeconomic status (SES) patients with more severe functional disability and pain.
“Despite pain’s disproportionate impact on minority and low SES groups, few cLBP studies and even fewer yoga and PT trials have targeted these populations,” the authors write.
“Finding that yoga is as effective as physical therapy for chronic low back pain is important in that yoga can be performed long-term at home or in group settings where there is social support, it has additional mental health benefits, and may be a cost-effective alternative,” said Weinberg.
Michelle Samuels writes for Boston University Research.