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Order a Massage to Your Door with Soothe App
Story by Cassie Hepler Los Angeles, California based massage on demand company Soothe delivers a licensed, insured massage therapist to your house, office or hotel within 60 minutes! Soothe celebrated 5 years in August 2019 by rolling out Soothe Plus subscription service, plus a Soothe Stretch program for the workplace. Over the years, Soothe has given almost 1 million massages worldwide and is 70 markets across 4 countries, with over 13,000 background-checked therapists to boot. Not too shabby! Think of them as the Uber or Lyft of massage therapy. My lifestyle and travel blog ExplorewithCassie.com worked with Soothe app when they first rolled out and came to the Philadelphia, PA market.…
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Scoliosis Fusion Surgery and Scars Only Make Me Stronger
Story, photos by Cassie Hepler You know it’s funny. I didn’t know how having scoliosis surgery would effect my modeling and acting career. But surprisingly it only made it – and me – stronger. Apparently everyone is not a shallow Hollywood jerk face we are all lead to believe. People barely notice the scars and if they do, a simple retouch in Photoshop or Lightroom clears them up in one fell swoop. As humans, we are not perfect. It is our imperfections that make us beautiful. Since healing from surgery, I feel like a new, better version of myself. The kind of person who doesn’t take crap from anyone and…
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Setting Scoliosis Straight Brings Stars to Light at Pyramid Club
Photos, story by Cassie Hepler Setting Scoliosis Straight presented Starstruck Gala on a rainy Saturday in May at the Pyramid Club, sponsored by Harms Study Group. Known for its sky-high networking of elites and even the notorious playground for the Hollywood illuminati, this charity black tie even was supporting discoveries in spinal deformities with one of Philly’s best views around. From someone who suffers with the disease and just underwent a lower lubmar scoliosis fusion in February at Jefferson Hospital under the cautious eye of Dr. Joshua Heller, neurosurgeon, this was an event near and dear to my heart. If you want to learn more about scoliosis surgery, I delved…
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On The Mend: Healing and Feeling Fine From Scoliosis Fusion Surgery
Photos, story by Cassie Hepler From the last post I made, I have progressed so much it is actually unbelievable sometimes. Since the first physical therapy session at Novacare in Bala Cynwyd in April, I have been making “double progress” as my physical therapist Chip said. The last time I went, I got yelled at for trying to do a plank on my own at the gym because I’m “not ready yet”. However, I can now do a plank with ease at 20 second intervals. The next challenge? Working back up to side planks which used to be easy for me to continue to straighten out the fusion (I still…
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I Am Now Part Robot! Scoliosis Fusion Surgery a Bionic Success
Story, photos by Cassie Hepler Well, it is now almost 2 months since I was sliced and diced at Jefferson Hospital on Feb. 12, 2016 around 9 a.m. Three days before surgery, I was told by my employer to use up my vacation days and then go on unemployment. So much for that plan of being supported and having nothing to worry about but recovery. But this is the rhythm of my life. My life has never been easy and deep down, I had a feeling it was too good to be true. Too late to file for any disability claim, I just focused on the task at hand: mentally and…
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Scoliosis Surgery Set for February 12 at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia
Story, photos by Cassie Hepler You have probably been wondering where have my personal blog posts have gone? Well, it’s been one busy year with passion projects! We launched Explore-Philly.com and Explore-NJ.com in January of 2015 and have been making waves since then. From what I’ve been told, even people who don’t read anything follow our online magazines. Thank you for your continued support! Including working weekday mornings as assistant editor at the Philadelphia Public Record and going to casting calls with my agency, modeling and acting when I can squeeze it in, I’ve been one busy bee. The bad news? My once manageable lower lumbar scoliosis (read the blog…