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Light Therapy Workshop in Whitehouse Station

May 09, 2025 01:46PM ● By Jerome Bilaos

Light therapy is a valuable treatment that can significantly reduce healing time. Understanding the use of different colors and how they impact health situations is extremely important. For example, choosing an inappropriate color for a health situation may compromise effectiveness and may also impact health in negative or unexpected ways. 

For those interested in light therapy, A Wellness Club for Pets & Their People is offering a workshop at 11:30 a.m. on May 4 to introduce participants to the concepts and benefits of light therapy. The workshop will be conducted by Owner Marion Huska, who is also a health educator, certified holistic health counselor, and jin shin practitioner. The fee is $15 per person for the workshop. 

A Wellness Club is open for walk-ins on Sunday from 12noon-3 p.m. for all services for both animal companions and people; and Monday-Thursday during “lunchtime rejuvenation” walk-in hours 11:30 a.m. - 2 pm. Jin Shin sessions available walk-in hours and by appointment. 

Location: Bishop’s Plaza, 431 Route 22 East, Whitehouse Station. For information call 908-218-8929 and AWellnessClubNJ.com. See ad, page 10.
In-Print, Wellness News Briefs May 2025
Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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