SLIERS Chillin’ with Tony Hawk

SLIERS, along with a some wonderful volunteer physicians, provided successful medical coverage for Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom Huck Jam @ the Idaho Center in Nampa on August 18.

New- Back School!

Do you or anyone you know have back pain?  Back School provided through St. Luke’s ♦ Idaho Elk’s Rehabilitation Services will help answer any questions you have and give helpful hints to manage your back pain.
            We will discuss common causes of back pain and why some people are more likely to experience it than [...]

Lymphedema: Effects of Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a unique situation for a woman’s body.  The hormones released during pregnancy and the expanding uterus can affect the expectant mother’s veins.  Consequently, one in three women experience common vein ailments such as heavy, tired, aching legs or swollen feet and ankles.  Existing varicose veins tend to worsen during pregnancy.
These conditions occur for [...]

Living with Multiple Sclerosis: What Speech Therapy Can do for You!

There is a common misconception that a speech-language pathologist only treats speech production and articulation.  However, when working with individuals with a neurological diagnosis, we target so much more.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) affects approximately 1 in 700 people or about 400,000 Americans with over 1,500 Idahoans diagnosed. Many people go without treatment or help because [...]

Tony Hawk’s “Boom Boom Huck Jam”

SLIERS is the official medical provider for the “Boom Boom Huck Jam” on August 18, 2008.  SLIERS Athletic Trainers and Physical Therapists, along with volunteer physicians, will be keeping all of the athletes on their bikes and boards.  But, that isn’t even the best part… 
SLEIRS is hosting a chance to win a Tony Hawk BMX [...]

SLIERS, Project Play & Magic 93.1

Friday, August 8 was “Dan Tooker in the Morning’s Play Anything Day” to benefit ”Project Play”.  From 6am to 6pm, Magic 93.1 listeners could call in and request any song on earth to be played for a $20 donation to “Project Play”, if they didn’t care for a song playing- they could kill it for $40, and to [...]