Dr. Wendy Flapan, a Board Certified Physiatrist (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist), sees patients at Eastern Plumas Health Care\u2019s Graeagle Clinic. She received her medical degree from Midwestern University in Glendale, AZ, and completed a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at UC Davis. She also completed special training in medical acupuncture through UCLA. Dr. Flapan specializes in disorders and pain of the musculoskeletal system and spine.
\nRecently, EPHC\u2019s Director of Human Resources, Lori Crown, was very frustrated after taking her mother, Kelly Block, to the ER twice in the middle of the night for extreme pain, only to be told by ER doctors that nothing was really wrong with her. She recommended that Block make an appointment with Dr. Flapan, driving her up to Graeagle from Reno for the appointment.
\nAccording to Block, she too was very upset with the lack of real care she received in Reno. She worked for \u201cgifted doctors\u201d for most of her life, and was used to a high standard of care. \u201cI\u2019m older,\u201d said Block, \u201cbut I still expect the same care and sincerity that I used to get. I don\u2019t get it anymore in Reno, but I found it in Dr. Flapan. On my first visit, she seemed totally concerned with me as an individual. She makes you feel as if there\u2019s no one else around\u2014that you\u2019re important to her. The exam was extremely thorough. She set my mind at ease.\u201d
\nBlock said that perhaps what matters most to her is a having a doctor who is \u201cthorough and honest\u2014that\u2019s what counts with me. It\u2019s 90% of your battle. If you have a doctor who\u2019s honest, you can conquer a lot of things.\u201d She touched on the importance of the emotional side of medicine, which is also emphasized by Dr. Flapan. \u201cHer sincere response to my questions and the answers she gave weren\u2019t every day\u2014they were truthful and whole. I left feeling much better mentally because I got answers, and I hadn\u2019t had answers for a long time.\u201d
\nIt\u2019s clear that in complex cases, treatment is a process that involves ruling things out as much as pinpointing a single culprit. \u201cI asked if it was lumbar stenosis,\u201d said Block. \u201cAny other doctor would have come up with some story. God love her, Dr. Flapan said, \u2018I really don\u2019t know.\u2019 I appreciate so much being told the truth.\u201d
\nAccording to Dr. Flapan, \u201cSometimes it\u2019s good to know where you need to keep looking.\u201d But, in the meantime, they\u2019re chipping away at the problem (which includes back and leg pain as well as arthritis) bit by bit. Currently, according to Crown, Dr. Flapan has adjusted her mother\u2019s medications and \u201cshe\u2019s a different person,\u201d which includes finally being able to get good sleep at night.
\nBlock is clearly doing well, she has a youthful vitality, and a great admiration for Dr. Flapan. Block said the doctors she has seen recently inReno aren\u2019t \u201cthe type I used to work for. Dr. Flapan is. It\u2019s a long distance for me to come, but I feel so grateful. I worked for gifted doctors, and Dr. Flapan is one of those.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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