Spring 2025 Newsletter

🌸 Spring Newsletter | Osteopathic Family Medicine, LLC – Wakefield, RI

Compassionate, Preventative, Whole-Person Care for Every Season

🌿 Welcome Spring with Better Health!

As the days get longer and flowers begin to bloom, it’s the perfect time to take stock of your health and make plans to stay well through the year. At Osteopathic Family Medicine, we’re here to support you with personalized, evidence-based care. This season, we’re excited to announce new services and upcoming group visits to help you stay proactive about your wellness.

👥 Group Visits – Now Forming!

We're offering new group medical visits to support patients with common health conditions. These visits provide education, shared discussion, and personalized guidance in a supportive environment. Ask us about joining an upcoming group!

  • Living Well with Diabetes: Nutrition, glucose monitoring, medications, and lifestyle tips
  • Heart Health & Hypertension Management: Understanding blood pressure, diet, activity, and stress
  • Women’s Wellness Conversations: Topics include perimenopause, hormone changes, preventive screening, and more

👉 Interested? Let our front desk or your provider know you'd like to be contacted when sessions open!

🌼 Featured Topic: Managing Spring Allergies

If you're one of the many dealing with sneezing, itchy eyes, nasal congestion, or fatigue during springtime, you may be experiencing seasonal allergic rhinitis.

Tips to Help Manage Symptoms:

  • Limit outdoor exposure on high pollen count days—especially mid-morning and windy days
  • Shower and change clothes after spending time outside
  • Use air filters at home and keep windows closed on high pollen days
  • Nasal saline rinses and OTC antihistamines or nasal corticosteroids can reduce symptoms
  • Talk to your provider about prescription options or allergy testing if symptoms persist

We’re happy to help you develop a personalized allergy management plan.

🔬 Featured Services – Office-Based Procedures and Testing

Our practice offers a variety of in-office procedures to support your ongoing care needs. These services save time and often reduce the need for referral or hospital visits.

Women’s Health Care

  • Pap smears and pelvic exams
  • IUD insertions and contraceptive counseling
  • Clinical breast exams
  • Care for perimenopausal and menopausal concerns

Minor Surgical Procedures

  • Cryosurgery or excision of warts, moles, and skin tags
  • Treatment of subungual hematomas (blood blisters under nails)
  • Laceration repair (stitches)
  • Abscess incision and drainage (I&D)

Joint and Musculoskeletal Injections

  • Cortisone injections or aspiration of fluid from swollen joints
  • Common areas: knees, shoulders, elbows
  • Trigger point injections for muscle pain

On-Site Special Testing

  • Cognitive screening for memory and thinking concerns
  • EKGs for heart rhythm evaluation
  • Rapid strep, COVID-19, and flu testing
  • Urinalysis and pregnancy testing
  • Long-term heart monitoring (Holter monitor)
  • IV hydration for dehydration or illness recovery

📅 Schedule a Spring Check-Up

Spring is a great time to update your preventive care, including your annual wellness visit, vaccines, and screenings. We’re here to guide you every step of the way with a whole-person, osteopathic approach.📞 Call us at 401-284-4555 or click on the patient portal link to book your appointment.

Wishing you a healthy and joyful spring,

Dr. Aaron Way and the Team at Osteopathic Family Medicine, LLC