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Here are some answers to the com­mon ques­tions patients have around start­ing ther­a­py and counseling.

Joni Cook greets patients at QMG Can­cer Insti­tute with a warmth that comes from a deep place of under­stand­ing. She’s not just a friend­ly face; she’s a fel­low can­cer sur­vivor who can relate to their strug­gles on a per­son­al level.

Each hol­i­day sea­son, Quincy’s Waver­ing Park trans­forms into a daz­zling win­ter won­der­land for the Fes­ti­val of Lights, a cher­ished tra­di­tion led by Eric Doo­ley and his fam­i­ly. For years, Eric’s health chal­lenges, includ­ing severe knee pain stem­ming from a high school ACL injury, made the phys­i­cal­ly demand­ing work of cre­at­ing the dis­play near­ly impossible.

Turn­ing to Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) for help, Eric began treat­ment with Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er Mary Beth Deck­er and even­tu­al­ly under­went knee replace­ment surgery with Ortho­pe­dic Sur­geon Dr. George Crickard III. The surgery was life-chang­ing, allow­ing Eric to walk with­out pain and ful­ly embrace his role in the Fes­ti­val of Lights.

The QMG Pedi­atric Ther­a­py team has some gift sug­ges­tions for the kids in your life. 

It doesn’t take long for a pic­ture-per­fect win­ter set­ting to turn haz­ardous. Between the ice, snow, and bit­ing cold tem­per­a­tures, win­ter is a prime sea­son for slips, trips, and ankle injuries. Dur­ing win­ter, the amount of ankle sprains and breaks increas­es dra­mat­i­cal­ly. Here’s how you can pre­vent ankle injuries this season.

Dr. Kendra Conkright, a physi­cian with Quin­cy Med­ical Group’s Pitts­field Clin­ic, is deeply com­mit­ted to her com­mu­ni­ty. Grow­ing up in near­by Grig­gsville, she devel­oped a strong con­nec­tion to the area and its peo­ple. Her child­hood expe­ri­ences with a med­ical con­di­tion sparked her inter­est in health­care, and she pur­sued her edu­ca­tion with the goal of return­ing to serve her community.

Care­givers face immense chal­lenges, includ­ing finan­cial strain and emo­tion­al stress. Learn how Mimi McK­in­ney and Michaela Fray-Tappe over­came these obsta­cles and the impor­tance of com­mu­ni­ty sup­port for caregivers.

At QMG, we have an amaz­ing group of phys­i­cal ther­a­pists who are all about help­ing you feel your best. Each mem­ber brings spe­cial­ized exper­tise, ensur­ing patients receive the right treat­ment for their needs. We offer phys­i­cal ther­a­py ser­vices in Quin­cy, Canton/​Lewistown, Mt. Ster­ling, and Pitts­field for all ages.

Kris’s jour­ney through breast can­cer began with a con­cern­ing dis­cov­ery while on vaca­tion, lead­ing to a diag­no­sis that would chal­lenge her phys­i­cal­ly and emo­tion­al­ly. Sup­port­ed by her fam­i­ly and the com­pas­sion­ate team at Quin­cy Med­ical Group, Kris under­went chemother­a­py, a dou­ble mas­tec­to­my, and recon­struc­tion. Her sto­ry is one of resilience, grat­i­tude, and heal­ing, as she now hears the words ​“can­cer-free” and feels like her­self again. 

Hol­ly B. pur­sued a career in health­care after years as a stay-at-home mom. Start­ing as a care­giv­er and inspired by a nurse she worked with, she became a med­ical assis­tant. Now, Hol­ly has found her pas­sion in pro­vid­ing care to patients at Quin­cy Med­ical Group.