Lilac Direct Primary Care

It’s that time again! Join Dr Julie Rietze with Lilac Direct Primary Care for our next Walk With A Doc event THIS Saturday at 9:00 am at Comstock Park on the south hill. This event is FREE and all are welcome! Meet at the rock fireplace near the corner of 29th & Post. We hope to see you there! Register here: https://lilacdpc.com/walk/

Join Dr Julie Rietze this Saturday May 18 for our next Walk With A Doc event! This doctor-led walking group is a safe, fun, and FREE community event where you’ll take a walk (or roll) at your own pace, learn about a health topic, and meet new people. Learn more and register here: https://lilacdpc.com/walk/

What a fantastic turnout for our first Walk with a Doc event! Thank you to everyone who joined us for a refreshing stroll and engaging conversations about health and wellness. Let’s keep walking towards a healthier future together! Link in bio!

It happens all too frequently that the older members of society become isolated.

Some remain frightened of COVID, RSV, influenza, and rightly so.

Their families might live far away, or are too busy to visit as often as they want. Or their spouse, siblings, friends have passed away.

How can we engage these patients? Some ideas might include:

Physical activity, especially resistance training to increase strength & improve balance to prevent falls.

Volunteer in the community, which can be done remotely or outdoors.

Take up a hobby or join a group online doing similar activities.

Join a walking group of similar age seniors outside or masked and social distancing!

Do you have other ideas? Share in the chat!

Enroll or book a call with Dr Rietze today! (Link in bio)

RSV is Respiratory Syncytial Virus, a highly contagious virus and common cause of pneumonia in children, especially newborns to 5 years of age.

Studies have found that a large number of our older patients develop pneumonia secondary to RSV as well.

So a vaccine was developed to protect both populations. It is available for children under the age of 8 months, women who are between 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy, and patients ages 60 and older.

Talk to your P*P about whether they recommend the vaccine for you and/or your child.

Or if you are a member at Lilac Direct Primary Care, you can text, email, call or schedule an appointment with Dr Rietze to discuss it!

Enroll or book a call with Dr Rietze on the website today! (Link in bio)

It’s that time of year! So how do you know how much to give your child when you can’t contact a doctor at your clinic?

We dose medications for children based on their weight, specifically in kilograms.

Start with converting your child’s weight from pounds to kilograms: (Weight in pounds) divided by (2.2) = Weight in kilograms

Tylenol dosing: 15 mg per kilogram per dose, to be given every 4 hours as needed.

Ibuprofen dosing: 10 mg per kilogram per dose, to be given every 6-8 hours as needed.

Or if you are a member at Lilac Direct Primary Care, call Dr Rietze and she will talk you through it!

Enroll or book a call with Dr Rietze today! (Link to website in bio)

Time: Wasted time spent going to urgent care or waiting for a doctor you’ve never met at your clinic.

Energy: The frustration involved with waiting for an appointment, waiting for the doctor, waiting for a call back, and getting through the phone tree.

Money: The savings on medications, labs, and imaging could pay for half or all of your monthly membership fee.

Enroll or book a call with Dr Rietze today on the website! (Link in bio)

Resistance training is recommended for all ages: 2-3 days a week, targeting all major muscle groups, with 3-4 sets of 6-12 reps each.

This means dedicated time to improving muscle strength, with the aim of maintaining or building strength, improving flexibility, and preventing balance issues in the future.

Think of targeting all major muscle groups in 6 movements: Vertical push, Vertical pull, Horizontal push, Horizontal pull, Hip hinge, and Squat. These can be achieved simply with bodyweight, resistance bands, and low weight dumbbells!

For children, these movements can be achieved by simply playing on playground equipment.

Dr. Rietze is seeing patients! Book an introductory call or enroll now on the website! (Link in bio)

It’s been a busy 2 1/2 weeks!

The response and enrollment at Lilac Direct Primary Care has been really amazing. I am so grateful to my patients - I have seen young children and their parents, parents with grown children, teenagers, grandparents, siblings, and more!

Thank you to my family for all the hard work and sacrifices made to make this dream a reality. Thank you to all of the members of Lilac Direct Primary Care who believe in me and in this model. Thank you to my DPC colleagues who have helped me in countless ways, including providing me a space to see patients!

Patients have loved spending a full hour with me - we talk about acute issues, chronic issues, their health goals, and how we can partner to achieve those goals.

You can now enroll directly on the website or schedule an introductory call with me! Go to https://lilacdpc.com to enroll today!

In general, the American population gets way more protein than they need, even those who follow a plant based diet!

It’s fiber that our American diet is deficient in! Fiber is essential for gut health, and it has been proven to lower cholesterol, control blood sugar, achieve a healthy weight, reduce the risk of certain cancers, and maintain strong bones.

Some foods rich in fiber include beans, oats, nuts, berries, whole grains, apples, broccoli, and more!

Check out the website NutritionFacts.org- it has information that is scientifically proven and evidence based including recipes, articles, and videos.

Book a call with Dr Rietze today, to learn more about membership at Lilac Direct Primary Care! (Link in bio)

It’s just like Direct Primary Care, except the services are provided by specialists!

In Spokane, there are a few Physical Therapy groups doing direct care, meaning they do not bill insurance for their services. Check out Trey Nichols at NW Mobile Physical Therapy: https://www.NWmobilePT.com! NW Mobile PT

Hopefully more specialists are on the way! We really need Psychiatry and Neurology providers doing Direct Care here in Spokane, and Endocrinology would be great too! We’re keeping our fingers crossed!

It’s been a great first week for Lilac Direct Primary Care! Book your call with Dr. Rietze to learn more and enroll! (Link to website in bio)