Meet the Experts
In partnership with Baptist Health South Florida, the Health Channel, features medical specialists who discuss important health issues and answer live audience questions. Meet some of our contributors:
Our experts in Neurology
Gabriela M. Ortega, PT
Gabriela M. Ortega, Supervisor for Acute Rehabilitation at West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains if you have a stroke on the right side of the brain, the deficits will appear on the left side of your body. She also says stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability, because the brain controls everything, and […]
Alexandra Turcios
Alexandra Turcios, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, considers everybody has experienced back problems. She advises being aware because sometimes people don’t know how to use appropriately their body biomechanics. Overweight, ageing, smoking, diabetes and heart diseases also affect the body and may cause back problems, she says. Strain is an injury […]
Dr. Jobyna Whiting
Posture is one of the most important things that can affect how your necks feels. “We have several muscles that attach from our head and from our neck down to the lower part of our body. Maintaining good neutral posture is going to keep you from overworking those muscles in the wrong kind of way […]
