Bonheur Medical, PC

Mental Health Clinic

Physical Therapy Clinic

An entity, facility, or distinct part of a facility providing diagnostic and treatment services related to physical rehabilitation. Physical therapy is a dynamic profession with an established theoretical and scientific base and widespread clinical applications in the restoration, maintenance, and promotion of optimal physical function. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants are licensed health care professionals who are experts in the movement system and help individuals maintain, restore, and improve movement, activity, and functioning, thereby enabling optimal performance and enhancing health, well-being, and quality of life. Their services prevent, minimize, or eliminate impairments of body functions and structures, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. Physical therapy is provided for individuals of all ages who have or may develop impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions related to (1) conditions of the musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and/or integumentary systems or (2) the negative effects attributable to unique personal and environmental factors as they relate to human performance.

Lactation

An individual trained to provide breastfeeding assistance services to both mothers and infants. Lactation Consultants are not required to be nurses and are trained through specific courses of education. The Lactation Consultant may have additional certification through a national or international organization.

Acupuncture

Bonheur Medical, PC is an Acupuncture practice in Hoboken, NJ with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in treating symptoms of physical and mental health disorders. Acupuncturists at Bonheur Medical, PC perform treatment of chronic pain, emotional disturbances, and pain resulting from acute injury or illness. Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment that involves inserting needles into a patient's skin at key neurological points to promote rapid symptom relief. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Acupuncture practices include migraine, arthritis, anxiety, high blood pressure, nausea, dental pain, depression, allergies, and chronic pain in the joints, bones, and muscles. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Acupuncture practices include auricular acupuncture, electroacupuncture, and acupressure, as well as procedures that use acupuncture principles, such as like moxibustion and cupping.

An acupuncturist is a person who performs ancient therapy for alleviation of pain, anesthesia and treatment of some diseases. Acupuncturists use long, fine needles inserted into specific points in order to treat painful conditions or produce anesthesia.

Dietetics

Bonheur Medical, PC is a Dietetics practice in Hoboken, NJ with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in assessing, diagnosing, and treating dietary and nutritional problems. Registered Dietitians at Bonheur Medical, PC perform nutritional counseling for people who wish to lose weight, have an eating disorder, need a customized diet for health reasons, experience food allergies or intolerances, suffer a digestive disorder, or wish to improve athletic ability. Dietetics is a medical specialty focused on the use of food and nutrition to promote health and manage disease. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Dietetics practices include anorexia, bulimia, diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, acid reflux, cancer, obesity, pregnancy, food allergy and intolerance, and celiac disease. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Dietetics practices include creating exclusion diet plans, advising patients on supplement use, creating specialized diet plans for diabetic patients, offering patient and parental nutrition education, prescribing some types of medication, and referring patients to other specialists as needed.

A Registered Dietitian (RD)/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) is an individual uniquely trained in the science of nutrition and practice of dietetics to design and provide medical nutrition therapy (MNT) and other evidence-based applications of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) that exemplify the profession's systematic approach to providing high quality nutrition care. Registered dietitians provide MNT for the purpose of disease prevention or management, or to treat or rehabilitate an illness, injury, or condition, with the use of specific, indicated physical and cognitive nutrition care services comprised of one or more of the following aspects of the NCP: nutrition assessment/reassessment, nutrition diagnosis, nutrition intervention (e.g., nutrition counseling, therapeutic diet ordering, and nutrition education) and nutrition monitoring and evaluation.