Health & Wellness

I’m suspicious of any activity that requires a signature on a liability waiver.

I’ve gone years, in fact, finding plenty of things to do that don’t require a waiver. I’m rethinking that. Northeast Ohio has had an indoor recreation boom recently, and the activities look like a lot of fun.

Trampolines, rope courses, climbing walls, indoor cycling. All are great winter-busting activities and don’t require layers of clothing and boots better than the ones I already own.

Here are a few places to try, either with some friends, alone (if you’re self-conscious) or with a grandkid or two.

Play: CLE is an indoor adventure park in Avon with the added bonus of serving both food and alcohol. It’s got a zip line, a rope course and a climbing wall. playcle.com

Sky Zone in Boston Heights offers an indoor trampoline park with ladders, climbing walls and other activities. skyzone.com

Zip City in Streetsboro has an indoor zip line, a trampoline park, a ropes course, a Ninja course and two Ninja laser mazes. zipcityusa.com

Ray’s Mountain Bike Park in Cleveland is open October through April. Don’t have a mountain bike? Rent one there. The course is user-friendly for folks of all skill levels. raysmtb.com

The Golf Dome in Chagrin Falls has an indoor driving range, mini golf and batting cages. thegolfdome.com

Get Air Cleveland in Middleburg Heights is just what it sounds like: a trampoline park with foam pits, trampoline walls and other indoor adventures. getaircleveland.com

Marie Elium fell off a mini-trampoline in middle school and hasn’t been on one since.

Arthritis Pain

What to Do, When to Get it Done

By Reuben Gobezie, MD

Question

I have bone-on-bone arthritis. Does that disqualify me from treatment?  

Answer

No, we have helped many with bone-on-bone, or stage four, arthritis. Regenerative medicine procedures are used to stimulate healing and speed up repair for a wide range of painful bone, muscle and joint conditions. We have found it is especially helpful for patients with osteoarthritis.

Regenerative treatments work by activating the body’s natural healing process through injections of the body’s own healthy stem cells to stimulate tissue regeneration and natural healing. Using our own stem cells for therapy is the standard of care for this sort of treatment, and is what has been regulated by the FDA.

We all carry stem cells that act as the body’s “repairmen.” With arthritis, the body’s ability to sustain healthy cartilage may have diminished. The Regen procedure takes healthy, regenerative cells from an area of your body, typically your hip bone, in which these cells are more abundant and injects them into the affected area. When stem cells are concentrated and injected into a joint with arthritis, this can help restart a new healing response that will eventually help ease pain and may also stimulate the growth of new cartilage in that area.

For many patients, these treatments have allowed them to avoid surgery or ongoing steroid injections, or lets them stop taking regular pain medications. Our patients walk out of the procedure and can return to normal activities in just a couple days after rest. Most patients find their mobility greatly improved with pain relief lasting for as long as two to eight years. The treatments are non-surgical and are outpatient, performed in one office visit, and result in little downtime for the patient.