When Can You Safely Resume Sexual Intimacy after a Hip Replacement? After a hip replacement, one of the more common questions that we get at the Kennedy Center is when you can safely resume sexual intimacy. Renewing intimacy after a hip replacement with your partner can seem daunting. You might be concerned about pain or […]
By Kate Putzer, RN Even before I was hired as a nursing team member on the Kennedy Center staff, I always loved to volunteer. I first started out as a hospital volunteer at St. Michael’s in Stevens Point. Then, I continued volunteering in college at UW Oshkosh and joined the Oshkosh Jaycees after graduating nursing […]
Do you have pain in your hip and pain that radiates to the outside of your thigh? What is it and how do you manage the pain? These are commonly asked questions for the physicians at the Kennedy Center at Mercy in Oshkosh. Often patients are afraid to go to an orthopedic doctor because they think […]
We hear the word ‘hero’ applied every day to people who serve in the military, to firefighters and police officers and to ordinary people who risk their lives to do extraordinary things. This is a story about a different kind of heroism. On December 7, 2014, Jason ‘Jay’ Czoschke, a 41 year old husband and […]
On April 26, 2014, The Kennedy Center at Mercy staff took part in their very first 5k. The team, aptly named, Knee’d 2B Hip, was started as an initiative to lead a more active and healthy lifestyle while also having fun. The Glow 4 It Fox Cities 5k run/walk benefited The Arc Fox Cities, Inc. […]
