April 24, 2025 | Green Bay Children's Museum, Hot Biddy's, Focus on Health (Sports Medicine)

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Good morning. Hey everybody, welcome in to Focus Fox Valley.
It is Thursday, April twenty fourth. I'm so happy you've
joined us for this midday program on WHBY. Perhaps it's
your first time tuning in, maybe you are a regular.

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Either way, anyway, I'm glad you're here. This show is
all about connecting you to our community through great information,
a little fun, and always community centered conversations at besides
the people who live here, the organizations that are part
of us, that causes the ideas, everything that helps our

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community communities to thrive, we like talking about it here,
so pull up a seat. You are welcome, and I
am so excited to share that Draft Day is here
and we'll talk a little bit more about some cool
elements of the draft in just a moment. But first
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love hearing from you, be it to comment on a guest,
ask a question, or just say hello. I love hearing
from you. So nine to zero two eight one on
eleven fifty is that number. I met several listeners last
night at Taste of the Draft. Thank you for coming
up and saying hello. Made my day to visit with

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some of you and hear about what you enjoy about
the show. And Taste of the Draft was a remarkable event.
So I'm going to start here because I had a
wonderful hour of interviews with Chef Bucker and also Anne
Marie with Jen Youth. Hearing about the event and talking
about gen Youth and their mission against fighting food insecurity

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here in Wisconsin, but of course all across the United States,
and you know, talking about it was remarkable and everyone
kept saying, you need to go to this event. In fact,
Corey Geiger was in studio with me last week and
he said are you going? And I said, oh, I
don't know, maybe, and he said, Haley, no, you've got
to go. This event is going to blow your socks off,

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and I kind of chuckled at him. But then the
opportunity did come for me to attend the event last night,
and I was so thrilled I was able to get
there first and foremost, the food aspect of this event
was incredible. Shout out to all twenty of those supper

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clubs for their presence at the event. It was a
supper club theme, which was really fun and introduced to
I think a lot of visiting folks a little bit
of our supper club culture here in Wisconsin. The food
was fantastic, from fried fish to prime rib and ribs

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and chicken and oh my goodness, scotch eggs and popovers,
charcouterie and relish trays. All of it was present. They
had ice cream drinks, they had the pretzel wall. My friends,
they had it. Everything was so delicious and I left
very very full of such good food. My favorites, though,

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I think, would have to be the popovers, which they
served with a compound butter that they say they make
different flavors of compound butter every single day. The flavors
they had last night were a strawberry cheesecake and then
a brandy old fashioned I mean, come on, and it

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was fantastic. I also shout out to Van Albels and
We'll talk with Chris later on today, but they had
Marry Me Chicken and it was incredible, incredible, so delicious,
a spectacular night. A lot of former Green Bay Packers
alumni also were there and they spent time talking with

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fans and attendees and signing autographs and taking fixtures. It
was cool to see them engaging and hanging out with
all of us, you know, players like Mason Crosby, Ammon Green,
Antonio Freeman, Jerry Kramer. It was really neat to see
these iconic and legendary players supporting this cause as well.

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And of course I got to hang out with land
and more a bit. My mom came with me and
our friends from Kiss FM were also there, so it
was a wonderful night. I did post some pictures on
my Facebook page. You can also see better pictures that
Landon took on the Whby Facebook page hosted at Shreiber

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Foods as well. A perfect location for this and just
a wonderful, a wonderful event. And I'll say this, I'll
say this. You know, we've been counting down to the
NFL Draft. It feels like we've been counting down forever
and we're finally here. And I have to say, I'm
really amazed by the incredible efforts from so many different areas,

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from of course the local leaders and public safety officials
to volunteer to workers organizations, the municipalities who've made this happen.
They've all worked together to bring this massive event to life.
And you know, we'll wait and see what the numbers
show us. We'll wait and see that. I think. If
there's one thing that I've heard from visitors to the area,

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Wisconsin has been welcoming so far. Wisconsin Night's have been
kind and helpful, and that's the best we can be, right,
People from all over northeast Wisconsin have poured hours and
hours of work into building and creating and organizing to
help get this thing rolling. I bet all of you
know someone who's connected to the draft in some way,

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shape or form, and Green Bay and the greater Green
Bay area. We will be on the national stage tonight,
and I'm proud to say this is kind of our backyard.
So if you're going, fantastic, have fun. If you're watching
from home, I get it. It's nice to be able
to be in the wet pants on the couch watching
the action. And we'll be covering the Draft from a

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Focus Fox Vlley perspective. Tomorrow, I'll be live from the
Draft and we've been bringing you content that I think
connects to Focus Fox Valley and are our mission here
in community. And I'm also just kind of trying to
soak in every bit of this experience because they say
it's once in a lifetime, So I'm going to enjoy
it as much as I can. Maybe you feel the

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same way. Let's enjoy it together, all right. Coming up
on the show, We've got so much fun things. Oh
my goodness. We will hear from the Green Bay Children's
Museum in just a moment. Heather Hyle is going to
talk with us about the fun event that they've got
planned for the kids. It's the future season ticket holder
tailgate event happening at the Children's Museum. We'll tell you

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more about that next. Also on the way, a local
food truck, Hot Biddies. They are excellent at creating the
Nashville Hot Chicken experience for you and they have landed.
They're at the Draft. We'll talk with them about the
preparation that goes into the Draft experience and what they're
looking forward to and serving food two thousands. So that's

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what's coming up on Focus Fox Valley in this hour
of the show. Hang tight and we'll bring you those
conversations next on Whby everyone's gearing up for the draft.

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We're trying to bring you as much fun content as
possible here on Focus Fox Valley. And this next topic
really speaks to my heart as a parent as we're
looking for some family friendly things to do during the
NFL Draft, and the Children's Museum of Green Bay and
the Green Bay Packers have stepped up. They are helping

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us find the fun when it comes to the draft,
and they're hosting some fun events this week for you
to attend. Sole about it. We've got Heather Hile joining
us business development director with the Children's Museum of Green Bay,
giving us the scoop. Heather, Hello to you, welcome to
Focus Fox Valley.

Speaker 2 (09:11):
Hi, Dare how are you today?

Speaker 1 (09:13):
We're great, It's finally here. It's draft week. How are
you feeling in Green Bay? Heather?

Speaker 2 (09:18):
We feel so good. You know. I drove by last week.
I had to see the site and it's just so
unbelievable that this is coming to our community. And Haley,
we didn't want the families in our community, especially the littles,
to not be able to get in on the fund.
So we've created some really fun opportunities at the Children's
Museum of Green Bay.

Speaker 1 (09:38):
You know, That's what I've been so impressed by when
we've talked about the Draft coming, and it's been a
long time coming, right, We've been gearing for this. We've
been talking about it for at least a year, and
everybody is seeming to find some way to connect with
the Draft. I love that. I love the energy. So
let's talk about the kids. So the Children's Useum of

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Green Bay a great space in general, but you've added
some special touches. How did you start planning this and
what was your idea to bring the Draft elements to
the children's Museum.

Speaker 2 (10:09):
Well, Hailey, we have a very strong relationship with the
Green Bay Packers and their foundation, the Green Bay Packers
give Back, so this was a natural fit for us
to partner with them and create something again locally. The
NFL side of the Draft is more running things over there,
so we wanted to incorporate what we do best in

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our strong suits and really cater to the littles who
might have off of school. You know these couple of
days and do something for them. So we have a
future season ticket holder tailgate event on Friday Tomorrow, April
twenty fifth, and it's an event about bringing the excitement
of being a green Bay Packer football fand of life
for kids, families and future season ticket holders. So, Hailey,

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this is a fun at family friendly event. It's going
to focus on the energy, the pride, and the community
of our green Bay Packer fans. Fans will experience a
warning full of interactive activities, creative challenges, all while building
those lasting memories as part of our green Bay football tradition.

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And whether you're a future season ticket holder or a
first time visitor, Haley, there is literally something for everyone.

Speaker 1 (11:23):
That's so great. Heather and I have to smile because
my husband, believe it or not, when he was little,
at least two years old, his name was put on
the season ticket waiting list and he ended up getting
tickets about twelve years ago thanks to his parents putting
him on that list.

Speaker 2 (11:40):
Congratulations. We have partnered, like I said, with the green
Bay Packers and the ticket office, so when you come
in you don't have to but if you would like
to put your littles on that list, we can get
you signed up. They even had little fun future season
ticket holder stickers made up to give you as a
nice little giveaway for signing up and doing that. Some

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other activities that we'll have going on that day, Hayley,
we invite families to come and tailgate in our back
museum parking lot. We do have limited space, so we
do as that. You just give me a call here
at the museum so I can make sure I reserve
a spot for you and get in the spirit again.
A lot of kids have never tailgated before, so how
fun t they're off of school, bring them here in

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the morning before anything's starting over there and maybe grow
some brats and have some fun.

Speaker 1 (12:31):
That is awesome and you you remind us, yes, a
lot of districts in the Green Bay area are off
because of the draft. That's how huge this event is,
so parents will be looking for something to do and reminder.
We're talking with Heather Heile here today, business development director
with the Children's Museum of Green Bay. So we've got
a tailgate. We're also hoping to get our kids moving

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a little bit. You've got a fun sized kids combine
tell us about this we do.

Speaker 2 (13:00):
So it's really fun to make up these names these
kids combined and doing all of those things, and the
creativity flows for us adults as well while we're here.
So we have a Packers Rookie Skills Challenge, so we'll
want to see your rest touchdown dances and again get
those bodies moving. Have the kids jump into action with
a series of fun non contact drills that can stimulate

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football skills. So they'll be able to test their speed
in a running challenge and show off their throwing accuracy
as a quarterback and you know target drill, maybe even
score a touchdown with some fun obstacle course style zone.
We also have a Packer's Spirit Station. As you know,
I really a big component to being a Packers fan
here in the area. So on the Spirit Station they

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can design their own custom Packers gear. They can decorate
foam fingers and many footballs and also paint their own faces,
so paint your own fan face so you we also
another fun thing our team. Again, they're so creative. There's
going to be a station where you make the call,
so we'll let you create your own penalty flags of

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stuff that you would throw in a football game, and
all of these things that they're making, Heyley, they get
to take home with them, so part of that memory with.

Speaker 1 (14:14):
That, All of this is so fantastic. I love the
football focus, but the Children's Museum in itself is also
an incredible space, Heather, will that be open as usual
for families to go and play and interact.

Speaker 2 (14:29):
Thank you. What a great question. So if you don't
want to tailgate and you just want to come to
the museum, we invite you to do that. But when
you enter the museum, it is an eight dollars museum
admission price and all of these activities are included in
that admission, so there's no extra fees for that. So
you come in. Our museum will be open. It's going

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to be gorgeous weather, so we'll have our outdoor space
available as well. And again, get the kiddos out, get
them involved in this draft history. Really is a historical
moment for our community, and let them take part in
maybe a little lesser congested area of our community.

Speaker 1 (15:08):
Yeah, you're really nestled in the fun zone of Green Bay,
adjacent to Bay Beach and the Wildlife Sanctuary. So you
really can make a day of it if you wanted
to as you should with the kids in Green Bay.

Speaker 2 (15:22):
And Hayley. That's a great point as well. Do you
want to mention our partners that we live by Bay
Beach Amusement Park will be open, so visitors who want
to make a day of it can go there and
ride the Zip and Pippin or their roller coaster. Our
friends over at the Baby's Wildlife Sanctuary, they'll be open.
You can go see some of the creatures over there

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that we love so much. So really you could make
a full day of this over here in our district.

Speaker 1 (15:52):
You can, and you're also away from the majority of
the congestion of the draft zone near lambeau Field.

Speaker 2 (16:00):
Yeah, no one's really sure what that animal looks like,
but we know that the NFL is asking everyone in
our community for lots of patients. And it's really a
teachable moment as well with your kiddos that we do
need to exercise that patience and using our manners and
being kind to one another as we all are excited

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and want to do all of the things.

Speaker 1 (16:22):
Well said Heather, So in general, if people want to
snag that tailgate spot or find more information on all
of the fun football and draft related things that the
Children's Museum has planned. Where can they go, where can
they sign up? Where can they call?

Speaker 2 (16:39):
Haley? They can go to our website which is gb
Children's with an s Museum dot org and they'll be
a pop up screen. It'll have that information right away
there on their staff page. You can both find a
nice photo of me there and you can just click
on my photo and it'll email right to me and
get you on that list, so we can get you

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tail if you want to. And Haley also, we'll have
tailgate games here, so maybe you just want to bring
a grill, or maybe you just want to, you know,
come and hang outside and build that fellowship. We'll have
some games outside too, some big Toss and some big Jenga,
you know, the fun outdoor games that come with tailgaming,
and of course fun music.

Speaker 1 (17:19):
Yeah, I love all of it. I'm so thankful that
we're creating some spaces for the kids to enjoy and
you know, just kind of immerse themselves in the draft
experience too, in their way on their level. This is awesome, Heather,
thank you so much for sharing about it with our listeners.

Speaker 2 (17:37):
Yes, thank you so much, Hailey. And if there's still time.
I do also want to share we do have equipment
from the equipment manager of the Green Bay Workers, so
they'll be able to try on shoulder pads and shoes
and gloves and I'll really immerse themselves in this experience
and of course get them on that season ticket holder

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a list because we love our green Bay Packers football here.

Speaker 1 (18:01):
In about two decades, you'll be glad you did it,
that's for sure. Yes, Heather, thank you so so much,
and I just wish you the best week ahead when
it comes to all the draft fun.

Speaker 2 (18:13):
It was well, Haley, thank you so much and go
pack though.

Speaker 1 (18:36):
You're listening to Focus Box Vave Whby and as we're
talking about the NFL Draft this week, we've got to
talk about the food elements. How will we feed those
hundreds of thousands of fans. Well, food trucks have been
the answer for a lot of that food provide and
we're going to talk with one of those food trucks

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that will be at the NFL Draft. It's Hot Biddy's,
which is known for their award winning hand cut, hand
breaded Nashville style fried chicken. Every time this food truck
comes across my Facebook feed, I am immediately jealous that
I cannot be there, and it sounds like they've come

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with quite a crowd and quite a fan base. So
we've got Aaron Cole with us here today, one of
the owners of Hot Biddy's erin hello to you, having
me hello, Well, I'm really excited to see we've got
some Fox Valley connections making their way to the NFL Draft.
But before we get to how you're at the draft,
let's start by talking and learning a little bit about

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Hot Biddies. And you've been around for a couple of
years now.

Speaker 3 (19:44):
Going into our third year right this yere.

Speaker 1 (19:46):
Congratulations. What's the Hot Biddy's origin story? I was joking
with you and what came first, the chicken or the truck?

Speaker 3 (19:53):
It was the chicken. Me and my wife had both
been to Nashville a couple of times and we fell
in love with the food, and we were both working
at jobs we didn't love. So we've always talked about
a food truck, and we were all kind of scared
to pull the trigger, and finally she said, you know what,
let's just do it, and we did it, and we've
been extremely successful since we've done it, So we do

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Nashville style fried chicken. Various takes on it. Bitty bowl,
bitty sandwich, dirty mac. Everything kind of has the Nashville
style fried chicken in it, so you can get anything
you want.

Speaker 1 (20:26):
Was that a fun menu to curate? Tell us a
little bit about that process for you.

Speaker 3 (20:30):
Yeah, I just I researched a lot of Nashville style
food trucks and saw what they were doing, and just
kind of did my own take on what they were doing.
In Nashville style is you know, originated obviously in Nashville,
but it is country wide and in Wisconsin, I don't
think it's as well known. So I kind of wanted
to bring that to the valley and show everybody what

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we were about.

Speaker 1 (20:52):
You bring some flavor, yeah, some spicy flavor, Yeah, tell
us what the how have people been loving that? Because
I think in the Midwest we can sometimes be a
little bit heat intolerant, you know, I was going to
say that.

Speaker 3 (21:05):
I just didn't want to on the radio. A lot
of people get our naked tenders, which is great. There's
no spice on those, but we can go mild medium hot,
and then we have our blistering bitty, which is like
a twelve out of a ten. Not a lot of
people touch that, so I think that naked tenders are
honestly the most popular. But yeah, time to step it up, Wisconsin.
Go with at least mild to get you started, and

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then once they have that, maybe next time you can
move your heat level up. As you come back to
our truck.

Speaker 1 (21:31):
Well, we love our chicken and we love our dipping sauces. Yeah,
that go alongside it. You've got to have a few
of those, yeap.

Speaker 3 (21:36):
Our homemade ranch. Everything that we make, Almost everything that
we make is homemade in our food truck, especially all
of our sauces. And being Wisconsin, you gotta have ranch.
I mean I think people put ranch in the purses
when they go to the supparate club. So we do
our homemade ranch, and then we do our homemade Biddy sauce,
which is like a ketchup hot sauce, male Worcestershire, a
bunch of other things I can't tell you. Then we

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have our homemade honey mustard. We have hot honey and
honey barbecue. I mean, everything's homemade, so everything's it's really
really good.

Speaker 1 (22:05):
I love all of that, and I will say hot
honey has become my new favorite condiment.

Speaker 3 (22:09):
Yeah, and even on like our dirty Mac that we
put our ranch in our bitty sauce on, people will
still put hot honey on there too, And I actually
tried it and it's phenomenal.

Speaker 1 (22:18):
That's amazing. I want to ask a little bit about
you know, food truck life and where you are any
given day. I know we're interviewing it around two o'clock
on a Wednesday, and you were just out for lunch
just today. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (22:33):
Finally, I think the weather's kind of cooperating a little
more so we can be out. The winters are long,
and we obviously don't work through the winter. Some food
trucks out there do. We don't. So now that it's
getting warmer outside, we're booked until October. So yeah, it's
time to get back to the grind.

Speaker 1 (22:50):
I love that we're talking with Aaron, the owner of
Hot Biddy's Nashville style Fried Chicken. And you have a
really cool opportunity come in your way this week the
NFL Draft.

Speaker 3 (23:02):
It's gonna be huge.

Speaker 1 (23:04):
How did you get to be at the NFL Draft?
Tell us about that process.

Speaker 3 (23:08):
We actually have a guy who lives in Manasha. He
works for Extreme Audio, and he came and he invited us.
So I don't think you could physically be closer to
Lambeau than we are at Extreme Audio without it being
closed off for all the draft activities. So it's really
awesome that we're so close for people to come to
our food trick.

Speaker 1 (23:28):
That's fantastic. So what type of preparation research have you
been doing to prepare for crowd sizes like we've never
really seen before.

Speaker 3 (23:38):
Yep, So we, like you said, were we handcut every tender.
So I'm I'm going to spend all day Monday, probably
most of Tuesday Wednesday just cutting chicken for hours straight
and just piling piling it in the fridge and hopefully,
you know, people will come out and see us.

Speaker 1 (23:57):
You know, you made this announcement on your social media page,
which by the way, follow them hot biddies, and you
mentioned that you're going to be at the draft, and
I saw so many comments from people saying you're gonna
sell out. People love this food, You're gonna sell out.
How are you planning for this? So how are you
planning for these crowds? I am a little curious because
that's a lot of food preparation. Like you said, handcutting everything.

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You've got some magic up your sleeve.

Speaker 3 (24:23):
Yeah, Monday is usually our prep day, so we prep
everything on Monday and then we do it all for
the rest of the week. So it's just going to
be a really extra long Monday, and we're just gonna
stack as much chicken as we can in the in
the food truck. And you know, when we sell out,
it'll be unfortunate, but we are still a food truck
and we probably will sell out, So we're just gonna
prep as much as possible.

Speaker 1 (24:44):
Yeah, do you have some extra hands coming in to help?

Speaker 3 (24:46):
You actually run with two or three people for a shift,
but we will have a fourth for those two days too.

Speaker 1 (24:51):
So what is the what has the impact been over
these years having this food truck? I know the Fox
Valley loves you, but you've been all across the northeast Wisconsin,
to Osh Gosh to the Green Bay area. You know,
what's it like when you pull up? What's the vibe
from the customer base? Do they follow you?

Speaker 3 (25:07):
Yeah? I think they're just excited that we're not another
taco truck. I mean, the valley has a lot of good,
really really good food. Trucks, but there are no Nashville
style fried chicken food trucks. So to find our own
niche I think singles us out from the rest of
the competition. Not competition, because we are all friends and
we talk and we give each other advice and all that,
but just having our own genre of food, if you will,

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and I think people really like that.

Speaker 1 (25:33):
Excellent. Well, Aaron, let's fill people in and where you'll
be for the NFL Draft. What's that schedule looking like.

Speaker 3 (25:39):
Yeah, we'll be there for Thursday for the first round,
and then we'll be there Friday as well, and we'll
be at Extreme Audio seven fifty seven. Mike McCarthy.

Speaker 1 (25:47):
Way wonderful. And beyond the draft, you are in the
Fox Valley almost a daily basis throughout October. You were saying,
back to full time.

Speaker 3 (25:56):
Yeah, we are booked until October, but we do still
have a couple of dates. If you ever want to
to book something, give us a call.

Speaker 1 (26:03):
Yeah, wonderful. And people can follow along social media to
see where you're located.

Speaker 3 (26:07):
Yeah, we post our schedule every Sunday for that following week,
so you can find us real easy.

Speaker 1 (26:12):
Excellent, Well, Aaron, We're excited for you, and thank you
for sharing a little bit about what this week will
look like. And I hope folks can go great some
really good food.

Speaker 3 (26:20):
Absolutely, thank you.

Speaker 1 (26:22):
We'll be back with more of Focus Fox Valley. Hello everyone,

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good afternoon. Welcome into Focus Fox Valley, part of your
midday lineup right here on eleven fifty Whby or find
us also at one O three five or one O
six three FM. I'm Haley ten Pass, joining you from
the Myron Construction Studios of Whby. Thanks for being here.

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It's NFL Draft Day. I believe the gates officially opened
about twelve minutes ago. Very exciting. Our Jonathan Craus is
on the grounds today. You can follow along on our
Facebook page actually, and Jonathan has made it his mission
to try and find a fan for all thirty two
NFL franchise ease at the draft, and so far he's

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up to at least fifteen sixteen. So well done, Jonathan,
and we'll check and see how he's doing maybe towards
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(28:05):
with the novels of Hollandtown and ran into them last
night at Taste of the Draft. Can't wait to catch
up and hear what they thought about the experience. Tomorrow,
I will be live from the Draft and honestly, we'll
see what comes our way. It's one of those days
where I'm hoping to find some folks coming to the area.
We'll see what types of conversations bloom from our visit

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to the Draft that will be coming your way tomorrow. Today, though,
it's a focus on health with Data Care, and I'm
really excited to introduce you to doctor Andrew Lung, who's
a sports medicine physician, all part of our focus on health.
You're listening to Focus Fox Valley and we're back with
our focus on health with Data Care, which is a

(28:51):
great opportunity for us to highlight different categories of healthcare
with our friends over at Thetacare and today we are
going to be learning more about well sports and orthopedics
as we feature today doctor Andrew Lung, a sports medicine
position with Data Care and Medical Center Orthopedic Spine and

(29:12):
Pain and he joins us on our phone lines here today.
Hello to you, doctor Lung, and thanks for taking the
time to highlight this important topic.

Speaker 4 (29:20):
Hey, thanks for having me. I really appreciate it.

Speaker 1 (29:23):
Well, we'd like to start by learning a little bit
about you, So if you could tell us your background
and how you came to be part of Data Care
and caring for the folks here in the Fox Valley.

Speaker 4 (29:35):
Sure.

Speaker 1 (29:36):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (29:36):
So I did my primary care residency and faily medicine
in the Chicago Land area, and then I did my
sports medicine fellowship at Indiana University in Indianapolis, and then yeah,
I'm now I'm in the Fox Valley with Data Care,
and so far it's been great. I'm a non operative
sports medicine physician, meaning I do help a variety of

(29:59):
folks ranging from young children all the way up to
elderly patients with different types of muscle skelepteal injuries. And
so whether these are sprains or strains or arthritis, those
are all things that I can help with from a
nonoperative standpoint. So I use the ultrasound to help with

(30:19):
injections and can also help coordinate folks with physical therapy
and oral medications. And topical medications to kind of help
them get back into whatever activities that they're looking forward to.

Speaker 1 (30:30):
Excellent. Well, I have to say I applaud Data Care
for being very on theme this week. It's of course
NFL Draft week, so sports is on the brain, and
I'm glad we can highlight this here today. And Andrew,
I understand that you're actually a former athlete and you've
also worked with athletes at most levels of sport, including
the NCAA and on an Olympic level as well. That's

(30:54):
pretty cool. Can you share a little bit about that
experience and how that maybe helps enhance the care that
you provide to patients as well?

Speaker 4 (31:02):
Yeah, definitely, Yeah, so, uh yeah, I played a lot
of competitive baseball growing up. But you know, being able
to to use medicine in my interest in sports, to
be able to work with athletes as well as non
athletes has been really you know, special for me. I
think that you know, with my background, as well as
being able to work with kids at you know, at

(31:23):
the high school level all the way up to you know,
the professional uh the NCAA and Olympic level, is is
really important because it gives me an idea of you know,
how people are able to take care of themselves and
see kind of what kind of commitment that they need
to have at those higher levels. And it lets me,
you know, kind of be able to speak to the

(31:45):
younger athletes and people who are interested in trying to
be big time athletes at a higher level and be
able to explain to them kind of you know, what
it takes, whether you know, we're dealing with an injury
right now, and what that meet, what that could mean
in the future, if you know, if we are able
to take care of them early in order to allow

(32:06):
them to continue to be you know, high level performers
later in life.

Speaker 1 (32:10):
Some important things. So for our listeners, here's a couple
of things that we'll highlight with doctor Lung today. We'll
talk about the importance of you know, getting outside of
course and exercising. We'll also have some advice for parents
and guardians to help your young athletes avoid injury. And
we'll also talk about, you know, when you do maybe
have an injury, how do you get back to it

(32:31):
and can train properly. So all these things will be
talking about today with doctor Long, but we'll talk first
about something for families. I think, you know, the weather
is finally warming up a bit, and lots of kids
are out making their return to spring sports. Just in
our house this week, doctor Lung, we've had soccer and
softball practice.

Speaker 2 (32:51):
Okay, yeah, we're.

Speaker 1 (32:52):
Returning to Yeah, so let's talk a little bit about
how parents and maybe guardians or anyone who's caring for
kids in sports right now. Now, how are we helping
our young athletes thrive and of course avoid injury. What's
your advice.

Speaker 4 (33:06):
Here, Yeah, so, you know, from a from a parent's
perspective or from a legal guardians perspective, we're usually the parents.
Parents and guardians are usually you know, the very very
in tune with with their kids and how, you know,
how they're acting and and things like that. And so
that's going to be something that I'd recommend for parents

(33:27):
and guardians is just paying attention to, you know, how
how are your kids doing before activity after activity, if
they're limping, if they're maybe not using the right or
left arm or something like that that's kind of out
of the ordinary for them. Is something to keep, you know,
just just stay observant for that, because what can happen
is that with you know, being wintertime kind of transitioning

(33:52):
to the warmer weather. You know, kids are really wanting
to get outside and being active, and I love that.
I think that that's great. But I think it's really
important though, that we kind of gradually increase that activity
to prevent injury. Obviously, the last thing that we would
want to happen is, you know, to get going too
quickly and then injuring themselves and then not being able
to necessarily you know, enjoy the rest of that warm weather.

Speaker 1 (34:18):
Excellent. Yeah, those are some really important things. And do
you ever advise, you know, when is maybe the call
to take a kiddo in If if your child is saying,
you know, my leg's been bugging me, you know, when
do we maybe start to notice Oh okay, I think
this might be something more serious. We might need to
seek someone who can help out.

Speaker 4 (34:36):
Yeah, yeah, definitely. So if you know, if the if
the child is you know, remembering you know, an injury,
whether he or she got hit or had a weird fall,
and you know maybe has you know, some swelling around
a leg or an arm and that's changing color, that
would be a reason definitely to you know, have have

(34:57):
the for the parent to kind of okay, we should
probably get this, you know, taken taken care of and
looked at, at least initially evaluated if there's pain, So
say you know, there's an ankle twist or a knee
injury or something like that, but then the child is
noticing that he or she's developing some hip pain or

(35:18):
some back pain, you know, those kinds of referral pain
type symptoms is definitely something that I would recommend the
child get evaluated for. And then any type of painful popping.
So sometimes there's different pops and cracks and things waking
up in the morning. But if it's something whereas like yeah, no,
I remember specifically, I you know, you know, twisted my

(35:40):
ankle and felt a pop and now I can't walk
on it, those are definitely times where you know, I
would I would urge parents and guardians to have them
taken care of and looked at, at least by a
medical professional.

Speaker 1 (35:51):
I have to admit, doctor Long, I just cringed a
little bit thinking of some of the moments in my
sports history of hearing some of those pops weeks, and
we need to get that taken taken taken a look at.
So I'm sure, a lot of other listeners can maybe
relate to those moments. We'll pause here, but we're gonna
come back and we're gonna highlights, you know, just the

(36:11):
importance of getting outside and exercising in general, and some
other great tips for parents out there to help your
child avoid injuries as they get back outside to train.
So stick with us. It's our focus on health with
data Care and you're listening to it on once again.
Welcome back to Focus Fox Valley. It's our focus on

(36:33):
health today with Data Care. Doctor Andrew Lung joins us
a sports medicine physician with Data Care Medical Center Orthopedic
Spine and Pain. So we want our kids to go outside.
I love that the weather's warm. I love saying the
phrase as a parent, go outside and play, Just get outside,
burn off that energy. And you know the why in this,

(36:53):
you know, remind us why is it important for these kids?
For our kids to be getting outside and ex sizing.

Speaker 4 (37:01):
Sure, so yeah, for for kids, it's definitely it's crucial
for them to get outside because one, it definitely helps
with physical health obviously, yes, the the pent up energy
and things of maybe being cooped up inside. But two
from a mental health standpoint. So when we're outside, we're
getting you know, sunshine exposure and things like that. That

(37:22):
does help with with well mental well being as well
as our physical well being. And so that's something definitely
that I like to promote. The other thing too, is
you know a lot of times where these kids are
able to then meet up with their friends, They're able
to run around, and they're you know, one able to

(37:42):
develop those relationships, which is really important outside of our
physical relationship or excuse me, our physical well being, but
I'm also developing those social skills to be able to
play with other kids. And then again with the sunlight too,
that does help with our development and production of vitamin
D and that's also going to be something helpful for

(38:03):
strong bones as well as muscle.

Speaker 1 (38:05):
Intendants, thoughts are great, great reminders. Let's talk though about
maybe easing into outdoor training, especially if we've been maybe
a little less active during the winter months. What's your
advice about maybe taking it easy and maybe slowly getting
back to playing outdoors.

Speaker 4 (38:26):
For sure, I think this is a difficult concept for
a lot of kids, and it's understandable because you know,
with the cold months, whether it's snowy, or just the
weather has has not been you know as you know,
as good for them to get outside. It it's it's
all very very easy to see, Okay, I have open space, sunny, warm,
let's go play. But you know, like we had talked

(38:48):
about earlier, it's it's going to be important that they
gradually ease into this kind of activity. So if mom
or dad is noticing that they're coming in and maybe
they're you know, limping a little bit because they maybe
played a little bit too hard, that kind of you know, communication,
I think is going to be really important. You know,
even after activity is you know, recognizing okay, how are

(39:09):
things going, how are you feeling, and making sure that
you know, kids kids have like an open line of
communication with their parents about how they're if they're having
any aches or pains.

Speaker 1 (39:19):
Great reminders. And I'll say, we were outside a few
weekends ago, was one of those first beautiful sixty degree saturdays,
and our kids were exhausted at the end of the
day and we were too. We had forgotten, you know,
you know, how how wonderful it is to be outside,
but yeah, it can drain you just a little bit too.
H All right, Well, you know last week we had

(39:39):
the Fox Cities Marathon on our show, Doctor Long and
I know that getting outside and running is a big
activity this this time of year as well. Are you
able to give us some tips for parents to help
kids avoid injuries as they're getting back outdoors to train
for maybe track and field or maybe it's a five
k this summer.

Speaker 4 (39:59):
Sure, so short distance sprints or even long distance running,
both of these, you know, are working your body in
different ways, and so one of the things before you
even get out to the track or to the field
is to be able to prepare your body for the
workout you're going to be doing. And one of the
you know, some of those are you know, preparation kind

(40:21):
of tips I would have include, you know, making sure
that one you're you're putting the right food in your bodies.
So nutrition is going to be huge. We got to
make sure that there's plenty of healthy foods, fruits, vegetables.
These things are going to help not only fuel your exercise,
but also prepare you for a good kind of cool
down after exercise. Now, you had talked about that exhaustion

(40:45):
that you guys were having after being outside after probably
you know a few months, maybe of being able to
really you know, exercise and get out. And that's another
thing is that it is you know, it will be
tiring before folks start kind of conditioning their bodies and
making sure that they're getting plenty of sleep both before
and after. You know, activities is definitely going to help

(41:05):
boost performance and you know optimize optimized performance too.

Speaker 1 (41:09):
All Right, some great, great reminders there. I also want
to ask about when is it appropriate for us to
seek a healthcare provider like yourself, doctor long. You know,
we often go should I go visit my pediatrician? Should
I take them to urgent care? Should they see a specialist?
You know, can you help us clarify when kids should
see these specific health care providers?

Speaker 2 (41:30):
Sure?

Speaker 4 (41:31):
So, for from a sports medicine standpoint, you know, different
activities can definitely cause pains, and so I think, you know,
any any questions in terms of yeah, you know, my
activity has definitely been different, or mom or Dad notices
that yeah, he really hasn't been using you know, this arm,
this leg he's been kind of guarding a little bit.

(41:54):
That's definitely something that i'd have you know, a sports
medicine physician to take a look at because you know,
these sprains and strains. You know, parents may not actually
see this happening, you know, during the activity, but they
are very you know, hopefully they're in tune with with
their kids, you know, after those after these activities, and
so if they're recognizing anything kind of odd or off

(42:16):
in terms of you know, physical movement or strength, or
you know, maybe the kid has described Okay, now there's
some numbness tingling. That would be you know, out of
the ordinary. That's definitely something that I'd have a sports
medicine physician or if there's an injury, you know, seeing
our orthopedic walk in clinic, I think would be really
really ideal, especially for runners. We had talked a little

(42:41):
bit about kind of getting back into running. What can
happen when we try to kind of push a little
too fast into you know, intense activities that sometimes we
can develop aches and pains, and sometimes those are sharp
pains in the in the foot, in the leg, in
the knee, and those things we need to watch out
for for what are known as stress injuries or stress fractures,

(43:01):
and that can come from you know, and it could
be inadequate nutrition. It could also be inadequate training prior
to kind of increasing that kind of intense physical intensity.
And so those are definitely things that may need to
be evaluated with imaging, maybe an X ray or possibly
even advanced imaging with with MRI.

Speaker 1 (43:22):
You're reminding me of all the shinsfluints I used to
get in college and the importance of cross training too.
Are you able to be touched on that a moment
and maybe highlight why maybe strength training or cross training,
maybe getting into a pool in addition to maybe the
outdoor activity might be beneficial or helpful.

Speaker 4 (43:40):
Definitely, So a lot of athletes young and older are
definitely excited about, you know, trying to stay active on
a regular basis for five, you know, six days a
week sometimes and you know, part of that, like I said,
it improves you know, physical health, but also mental health.
But I would say that the cross training with cycling, swimming,

(44:03):
using the elliptical, rowing on an ERG machine can also
be helpful as a low impact activity. These you know,
put a little bit less stress on those weight bearing
joints compared to running, jumping, jogging, those high agility cutting
movements and things like that. And so I think taking
taking days out of the week to be able to

(44:24):
focus more on you know, the lower impact activity with
cross training is really important.

Speaker 1 (44:30):
We're talking with doctor Andrew Lung today, a sports medicine
physician with Data Care Medical Center Orthopedic Spine and Pain.
Will pause and return with more of our conversation in
just a moment. You're listening to w HBY. It's our

(44:52):
focus on health with focus Fox Value Data Care of course,
joining us and doctor Andrew Long, a sports medicine physician
with Data Care Medical Center, Orthopedic Spine and Pain, and
we're giving a lot of great reminders to athletes out there,
to parents, to anyone maybe getting outside and moving their
body a bit more as the weather starts to warm up,

(45:12):
and you know it's it's the worst case scenario, doctor Lung.
You don't want your kids to get hurt. And I
want to ask a little bit about treatment options for
sports and injuries. I know maybe worst or best case
scenario surgery might be an option, but it's not the
only solution. Are you able to talk us through maybe
the steps you can take before ultimately maybe getting surgery.

Speaker 4 (45:34):
Yes, definitely so from my standpoint, you know, from being
a nonoperative sports medicine and physician. That's my specialty is
to be able to help with muscle skeletal complaints, injuries,
you know, overuse injuries, acute injuries without surgery. Now, I
can't promise that when you see me that I'm not
going to order some things and maybe you know, find

(45:55):
that it might be best that you actually see a surgeon,
and so I don't, you know, I don't want that
to necessarily be the case when folks come to me,
is like, Okay, well, I'm not getting surgery ever, because
you know, hopefully not and you know there are risks
with surgery too, but sometimes that is something that may
be best for the patient. But from my standpoint, what
I'm able to do is is to help from a

(46:18):
non surgical side of things, and so what that would
be would be oral and topical medications, considering getting them
into some physical therapy or occupational therapy. And what this
does is not only improve mobility and strength of the
muscles that are supporting, you know, considering the joint where
there may be some injury, but also help kind of
decrease that pain in the long term for you know,

(46:42):
other folks too that have more chronic issues such as arthritis,
I'm able to do injections steroid injections landmark based without
ultrasound or with ultrasound, And sometimes that can happen for
older folks with arthritis, is that they are out there
being active and you can have these exacerbations or flares

(47:03):
of arthritis that you know, it can be really uncomfortable
and kind of debilitating. And so I'm happy to help
from that non surgical portion as well.

Speaker 1 (47:12):
Well, Doctor Long. As we're talking today, there might be
folks listening saying, Okay, Haley, all this is great, but
I'm not an athlete. When would I ever see you know,
doctor Long? And I'm hoping we might be able to
clarify this just a little bit because sports medicine just
isn't healthcare for athletes?

Speaker 3 (47:27):
Right?

Speaker 1 (47:28):
Who is it for? Who does it include? And maybe
help us better understand that a little bit.

Speaker 4 (47:34):
Yeah, definitely, Yeah, I think there can be a misconception
when folks come to see me and they're like, well,
I'm not an athlete, so I didn't know if you
were the right person, you know, it comes to see me,
and yes, it is sports medicine, but I think, you know, overall,
it's more of a muscular skeletal medicine specialist that you know,
I think is a little bit more of an our
overarching term. And so yes, I do work with athletes,

(47:55):
but I work with you know, the weekend warrior. I
work with folks who are you know, you know, coming
off of other injuries, that are you know, just trying
to get back and doing some activities. They enjoy older
folks that are you know, wanting to try to stay
more active, especially during these warm months. And so, like
I had said earlier, I do work with you know,

(48:16):
younger kids as well as you know, folks in their
nineties in terms of different aches and pains that they
might have with from muscle skeletal pains and injuries.

Speaker 1 (48:27):
Yeah, can we talk about some of those injuries. What
types of injuries do you see?

Speaker 2 (48:32):
Sure?

Speaker 4 (48:32):
Yeah, so I see a pretty wide variety. So I see,
you know, we talked about overuse injuries, so sprains from
you know, different falls and things like, different types of injuries.
So there can be ligaments, sprains, there can be tendon
strains or muscle strains that can come from overuse. I
do work with fractures as well, and obviously if there's

(48:56):
any issue that you know, needs further surgical evaluation. We're
able to get that. You can get the patient connected
pretty easily. But a lot of times for different types
of injuries or you know, flares of us who arthritis
don't necessarily require surgery and may may actually you know,
start to get better, you know, with some immobilization with

(49:16):
a fracture, or even getting them in with physical therapy
or occupational therapy with you know, very organized kind of
range of motion and strengthening techniques with a therapist.

Speaker 1 (49:28):
Excellent. All right, Doctor Lung's going to stick around and
we're going to highlight some of the features at Data
Care Orthopedic Care Clinics. Uh did you know they've got
a basketball court and a swimming pool and other things
to help athletes heal and get better. So we'll talk
more about what those look like with doctor Andrew Lung
after we return from this final break. You're listening to

(49:49):
our Focus on Health with Focus Box Valley on w
HB Y. It's our Focus on Health with data Care

(50:09):
and we've been chatting all our with doctor Andrew Long,
a sports medicine physician with Data Care Medical Center Orthopedics,
Mine and Pain and if you haven't been. We're gonna
actually tell you a little bit about what the facility
kind of features some really interesting features at Data Care Orthopedics.
So let's talk a little bit more, doctor long about

(50:31):
what your space looks like. And I understand you offer
or try to at least really offer a comprehensive approach
to treating athletes. Tell us what that looks like.

Speaker 4 (50:41):
Yeah, definitely, Yeah, there's some pretty cool things here. So,
like you had brought up the basketball court and yeah,
so there's a basketball court and then also pitchers mount
and you know what these are used for can be
helpful for athletes who play these respective sports and can
help with some specific sports specific skills, you know, as

(51:03):
they as they're rehabbing and trying to get back into
the game. And so I think that that's something that's
really important that you know, sets our group apart from others,
you know, with that ability to not only work with
the general muscle strengthening and stability, but also okay, now
that we're kind of getting me back into the into

(51:25):
that kind of mode of being of being strong and stable,
but now we're let's let's kind of start to implement
some of these skills that you'll be using, you know,
once you're back on the court or back on the field.

Speaker 1 (51:38):
I think that's really important, you know, I'll just mention
in passing, I high jumped in college and I had
a couple of hip injuries during my time, and we
had some great trainers at UW Whitewater that helped me
through that. But the mental hurdles you'd have to kind
of go through to get back after injury, to have
these spaces, you know, to visualize yourself back playing and

(51:59):
doing so correctly with the watchful eye to make sure
you know things are working properly. That's got to help
a lot of these young athletes to kind of visualize
and get back on a mental side of things in
addition to the physical side of things.

Speaker 4 (52:13):
Right, I think that you know, the fact that you know,
we're in more of a controlled environment here with the
therapist and you know, the athlete the patient versus getting
them back onto the court or back onto the field
with you know, you know, for four other guys or
gals or you know eight other you know, eight other
teammates on the field and seeing how it goes. You
know that that's definitely one way of doing it. But

(52:34):
I think that you know, we're fortunate enough here at
OSP to be able to kind of have it in
a more controlled environment with yes that you know, kind
of hopefully decrease kind of mental stimulation that you're not
having that anxiety of okay, am I going to make
this shot? Am I going to be able to throw
this strike? Allows it allows the athlete to kind of
ease back into to those activities.

Speaker 1 (52:56):
Absolutely, And I hear you also have a video option
where you can kind of slow down and show kids
how their mechanics are working and such.

Speaker 4 (53:04):
Yep, and so that's something too that you know, from
an athlete's perspective, they can't you know, they can't see
themselves in terms of their form, and so being able
to slow down, speed up, and be able to record
these kinds of mechanics videos definitely allow you know, one
of the therapists to be able to visualize, you know,

(53:25):
what's happening at a slower speed than real time speed,
but then being able to then you know, tailor that
treatment in order to kind of correct those mechanics, because
those poor mechanics that are if they're you know, out
in you know, in the on the field, on the
court and still practicing those poor mechanics. Sometimes that can
cause issues down the way too.

Speaker 1 (53:45):
One thing I want to ask about is well, the
coordinated care that Data Care Medical Center and OSP provides
in addition to Neuroscience Group and other experts from Data Care.
Can we talk about the collaboration that you can offer
and what that means for patient care.

Speaker 4 (54:03):
Yeah, yeah, it's great, It's yeah. We're we're pretty fortunate
here because you know, obviously from the nonoperative side of things,
I've got great partners as well as a great athletic
training staff who definitely helped make you know, the days
go but go by smoothly. But also if we have
any issues with patients that we're seeing who might need

(54:25):
a different kind of care, whether it be surgical, if
we've you know, tried our non operative you know, therapies
for really severe arthritis, considering having a patient speak with
a joint replacement specialist is something that's you know, pretty
accessible because they can come back to the likely come
back to the same office, or if you know, maybe

(54:45):
they're not necessarily candidates for surgery but still are having pain.
We've got pain management as well as physical medicine and
rehab all under the same roof, and so it's something
where we can coordinate that care, you know, whether it's
the same day or even you know, within the next
few weeks hopefully, is something that's something that's really really

(55:06):
important and really really good for patients here.

Speaker 1 (55:08):
Yeah, that's awesome to know about that that collaboration. One
final thing to kind of touch on today, Doctor Long
is walk in care. And I know this has to
be beneficial for families. You know, it's Saturday, it's a
tournament weekend and something goes wrong. To have that walk
in care is really really beneficial for families. So tell

(55:29):
us about how this helps athletes who have an injury
and need to see be seen quickly. What kind of
options does data Care provide?

Speaker 4 (55:37):
Definitely yes. So, yeah, the the orth Peic Walking team
is great. They're you know, their dedication and their you know,
enthusiasm when they're when they're working with patients is it's unparalleled.
So and it's exciting because we know we work you know,
all around the same pod, so I can see they're
working you know, regular hours, extended hours on the weekends

(56:00):
as well. And what I think is special about this
group versus you know other general urgent care is that
with the general urgent care, the focus could be on
any type of injury or any type of complaint. But
what I like about our orthopedic walking clinic is, yes,
for those athletes, especially you know, playing soccer on the
weekends or basketball game or what have you, and you know,

(56:22):
having an injury, you know, these folks here, you know,
that's kind of their forte in terms of the things
that they're focusing on are with these acute you know,
very quick or immediate type injuries and pains, and so
you know, they're able to you know, splint and able
to get imaging where we have imaging on site. And

(56:42):
so that's something that is also you know, really beneficial
and important for the patient. And I think that with
these hours too that are available for folks to be
able to come in is really really ideal for young
young kids and older athletes as well.

Speaker 1 (56:56):
Excellent. So, I know, if you're in the Fox Valley area,
the Capital Drive location in Appleton provides urgent care services
for orthopedic conditions on that walking basis. And I'll also
note that the hours you can be found at datacare
dot org slash Orthopedics, or you can visit Orthopedic Walk
in Care Monday through Friday seven am to seven pm,

(57:17):
or Saturday and Sunday from seven am to three pm.
We've been talking with doctor Andrew Lung here today. Doctor Lung, First,
thank you so much for your time today. Anything else
you'd like to share when it comes to your work
and the care you're providing here in the Fox Valley.

Speaker 4 (57:33):
Well, thank you for having me. Yeah, you know, my
goal for folks is to be able to enjoy, you know,
the activities and hobbies that you know, bring them joy,
and that's my hope for folks. And so if you know,
if there are any issues that they're finding with you know,
getting through daily activities or not being able to play
X y Z sport or activity like they used to,

(57:54):
and are you know, wanting some further evaluation. We're happy
to see you guys here.

Speaker 1 (57:59):
You don't deserve to be achy in pain, so seek
doctor Lung in his colleagues with Datacare Orthopedics OSP. It's
been great to talk with you, doctor Lung. Again, thank
you so much for taking the time and hopefully we
can connect again in the future.

Speaker 4 (58:15):
Of course, I appreciate you guys having me on.

Speaker 1 (58:17):
Today, absolutely, and of course listeners. For more information, you
can visit theatacare dot org slash orthopedics to learn more
about doctor Andrew Lung and other colleagues with Datacare. That's
it for this hour of Focus Box Valley. Tomorrow, I'm
live from Radio Row at the NFL Draft. We'll draft
some outdoors favorites. But then here from a local cheese

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shop that's just opened down the road from the NFL Draft. Also,
the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Green Bay gets
a huge honor during the second round. We'll tell you
about it tomorrow. Make it a lovely day.