Consumer Guide to Steamboat Bodyworks-Psychic Medium

Feeding the Body Feeding the Soul, LLC
Nancy Cohen

Psychic mediums pretend to provide "readings", usually to connect clients with loved ones, which is what is offered in this listing along with "messages of love from Spirit". What psychic mediums really do is take advantage of people.

This individual also has two other listings in Steamboat Bodyworks, Energy Work and Nutrition and Diet, with RDN, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist as a credential. The knowledge and skills of registered dietitians comes from years of education based on scientific principles. Energy work and psychic medium don't.

A psychic medium energy worker dietitian is just not a good combination for consumers.

Cold reading is a series of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, mediums and illusionists to determine or express details about another person, often in order to convince them that the reader knows much more about a subject than they actually do.[1] Without prior knowledge of a person, a practiced cold reader can still quickly obtain a great deal of information about the subject by analyzing the person's body language, age, clothing or fashion, hairstyle, gender, sexual orientation, religion, race or ethnicity, level of education, manner of speech, place of origin, etc. Cold readers commonly employ high probability guesses about the subject, quickly picking up on signals from their subjects as to whether their guesses are in the right direction or not, and then emphasizing and reinforcing any chance connections the subjects acknowledge while quickly moving on from missed guesses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_reading

Consumer Guide to Steamboat Bodyworks-Pregnancy Wellness

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains


Selah


Because of the nature of the health services of these two organizations, they refrain from listing names of employees. This is for the safety and confidentiality for clients as well as employees, however, clients can and should ask questions about credentials, procedures, and all health related issues in order to make informed decisions about their health care.  

Consumer Guide to Steamboat Bodyworks-Pilates

Yoga Center of Steamboat

Pilates, pronounced pi lah teez, is a specific type of exercise method, named after Joseph Pilates. Sometimes instructors are certified, but it is not a requirement for teaching the method, nor is licensing through the State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies.

Consumer Guide to Steamboat Bodyworks-Physical Therapy

Johnson & Johnson Physical Therapy



SportsMed at YVMC



No names are listed for either practice, however, the websites that are listed provide useful information regarding practitioners and credentials.

The State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies does require licensing for physical therapists.

License information for all professions for which licensing is required is easily accessible.  https://www.colorado.gov/dora/licensing/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx

Consumer Guide to Steamboat Bodyworks-Pharmacies

Lyon's Corner Drug

No names are listed so no credentials can be checked.

Pharmacy is a term with Greek roots meaning sorcery, poison, drug, or medicine. In modern times, pharmacy is a health care profession that provides and dispenses drugs and medicine, and as such, pharmacists are required to have state licensing.

RX is from the Latin word meaning recipe.

Drugstores are a hybrid that combines the dispensation of prescription medicine with retail sales of cosmetics and other miscellaneous products. Enterprises that include pharmacies, such as grocery stores and general merchandise stores, are required to follow HIPAA (Health Information Portability and Accountability Act) to protect patient privacy, which includes communication between patient and pharmacist. Most of these kinds of businesses use some type of controls, such as barriers and signage, that is intended to keep shoppers and waiting customers some distance away from patient-pharmacist consultations. This is called reasonable safeguard, the minimum requirement under HIPAA laws, which do not require the elimination of all risks of breach of privacy as long as reasonable safeguards are used.
However, not all establishments have easily discernible reasonable safeguards and shoppers, waiting customers, pharmacy employees and retail employees may not be aware of how they might be infringing on patients' privacy. In that regard, patients' and consumers' considerations in protecting their privacy would be in their own best interest. It is always reasonable and appropriate to ask a pharmacist to ensure the privacy of all patient-pharmacist communications.

"Best of the Boat" is a designation that is not of much use for consumers. It is an advertising gimmick resulting from a popularity contest in which people vote for their favorite stores or businesses. However, the contest itself is not very popular. With a low participation rate, some businesses and stores win their category on a single vote, with other participants in the same category receiving no votes. All votes can come from relatives or friends or anyone with a vested interest in a store or business. "Best of The Boat" is designed to generate advertising dollars, not to assure consumers of quality of goods or services of any particular store or business.

Consumer Guide to Steamboat Bodyworks-Personal Trainers

Focused Fitness
Nicki Parks, ACE Certified Personal Trainer

The State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) does not require licensing for personal trainers. Nicki Parks is listed in the Ace Integrated Fitness Training® database as a personal trainer.

Requirements for ACE certification include CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and AED (automated external defibrillator) certification as well as basic first-aid.

This is important for clients. Due to the nature of personal training, which sometimes is done at the client's home or another private setting, and because physical exertion can cause injury or a health emergency, it is important for personal trainers to have relevant training to handle such situations.


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IronEdge Coaching - Heather Gollnick

The State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) does not require licensing for personal trainers.

"Numerous certifications" is listed for this individual, however, that is not much help for consumers. Without listing specific certifications, they cannot be checked and consumers are not given necessary information about the type of certification, which makes it difficult for consumers to determine whether this coach would be well-suited to their needs.  

Consumer Guide to Steamboat Bodyworks-Osteopathic Physicians

Dr. Jennifer McPeek, D.O.

DO stands for doctor of osteopathic medicine, which indicates graduation from an osteopathic medical school and a degree that is similar to MD, doctor of medicine. Dr. Jennifer McPeek is licensed with the State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), DR.0038739.

Credential protocols suggest proper placement of professional designations as Dr. before the name or DO after the name, but not both at the same time. In addition, periods are not used in academic degrees or other credentials.

Osteopathy is a term derived from two Greek words, osteon (bone) and pathos (disease). 

Osteopathic physicians can do the same things as medical doctors, such as diagnose, treat, order tests, and prescribe medications, with a major difference being that osteopathic physicians offer OMT, Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment, which consists of manipulation or massage of joints and muscles, which is based on the osteopathic theory that the structural integrity of the musculoskeletal system has a direct bearing on the structures and systems of the body and manipulation of joints and muscles can restore health to diseased structures and systems of the body.

The only problem with osteopathic theory is that no evidence exists to support it. 

Likewise, cranial osteopathy or craniosacral therapy, the theory of rates or pulses in cerebrospinal fluid as a diagnostic element and manipulation claimed to restore health, has lost credibility due to lack of evidence of biological plausibility, effectiveness and diagnostic value.

For Consumers

Osteopathic physicians' real value is as medical doctors and those who have completed residency training at a medical hospital have the knowledge and training consumers expect from medical doctors. Osteopathic physicians who promote manipulation do not have unique insight that offers benefits beyond possibly helping with back pain and osteopathic physicians who promote cranial osteopathy should be avoided altogether.