April 29, 2026---9-10---Working on Wellness Wednesday—Show 51-88

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(((YEE HAH—I’m Bill Zortman and Welcome to our Working on Wellness Wednesday Show---Show 51-87—In our It’s OUR Business Series.

  Wellness is a Big Deal---and at the suggestion from those in medical circles we have taken the middle of the week’s 9-10 Show—to share Working on Wellness Wednesday----

  The healthy show we have of the 8 that we do in a normal week.

   Joe Kippley share with us from the Community Health Center Conference in Rapid City what you are expecting---and the importance it will be all across South Dakota—and particularly those of us in Sioux Falls—and East side----

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   As I understand it—the conference in Rapid City is for community health centers from Wyoming, North and South Dakota----

   Key area of collaboration---how we can save costs across our communities for health care---

   There will be sharing of best practices to improve clinical quality

    Looking at the best ways to spend Rural Health Transformation grant funding----

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    What were your hopes going to this REGIONAL CONFERENCE on what you can learn---and what kind of difference working together could have for our communities and region-wide---

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     Joe we ---if you can---to give us an update on the conference between now and the end of our 10:00 (central time Show)

   Thanks for joining us----

======we’ll check with the head of the South Dakota med school---on what he is working on----and his hopes for not only the conference going on now in Rapid City---but for those med students in classes here in East River---

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9:18/00---Wellness Wednesday 2

   Dr. Tim Ridgway is a frequent guest on our show---and we enjoy as does our audience having some of his med students join us –tell us what they are doing—what they will be---and why the chose medicine-----

Ellie Blue is joining us this morning----and she will be talking about

• Her 4-year journey in med school
• Her coupled match with her husband—Mason
• Where she hopes her career takes her---and what her ambitions are
• As Dr. Ridgway shared---Ellie is well spoken –and will be a good interview this morning…

-----------------Ellie---thanks for choosing medicine—and joining us please stay and touch as you get out into the medical world—doing the best to take care of your patients need---

  --------just ahead—Joshua Jorde---chiropractor worth working with following Fox Business News

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9:29/30---Wellness Wednesday 3

  Welcome back to our Working on Wellness Wednesday---Dr. Joshua Jordee—comes calling once a month or so---and his advise as our listeners tells us—is practical and useful---

   Dr. Jordee—welcome back to our show

   People injure themselves all throughout the year and most of the injuries are done in or around the

home. Working out, cleaning house, moving, packing, gardening, etc. But what about those injuries that happen at work?

   A lot of people don’t like to use workman’s compensation unless an injury is extremely severe and I think that at least part of that is due to not knowing how it works. It can be used for any injury that occurs on the job or at the worksite (including slipping in the parking lot) that isn’t the result of one-s own clear failure to adhere to regulations. Those OSHA manuals exist for a reason, after all.

    However, one very important thing to know in South Dakota, at least, is that who you go to first is both entirely up to the employee and also can get locked in by your employer. An employee who goes to a medical doctor or other doctor recommended by their employer is going to have to stay with that physician unless they get written approval by their employer to change providers or are referred to a specialist.

    While the employee is required to inform their employer of which physician they want to go to either before or as soon as possible after initial treatment, they are not required to go to any physician

recommended by their employer.

    Because of this, some individuals may want to seek chiropractic care for their injury whether from a chiropractor they are already familiar with or for the first time, but going to a medical doctor first could keep the employee locked in. However, employees are allowed to seek a second opinion without the employers approval, though at their own expense.

   It’s also important to note, because some people are unwilling to avail themselves of worker’s compensation, that if you decide significantly after the fact, especially because a condition has worsened, to make use of it, you could run into denials, at least in part. An employer is, understandably, not responsible for a condition worsening, even if it was very obviously from a work injury, if the employee doesn’t take timely steps to correct it or at least prevent it from worsening.

Of course, it’s for the best for anybody regardless of where, when, or how an injury came to be, to get it checked and taken care of before it gets worse. However, in an instance where somebody else is responsible such as a work injury or other personal injury case like an auto accident, it’s even more imperative to not leave a problem alone until it gets worse or you may end up responsible not just for the exacerbation, but even have an uphill battle proving the initial severity of the injury too long after the fact.

So if you have an injury, don’t leave it alone longer and let it worsen. As always if you need a chiropractor I can recommend three good ones at Jorde Chiropractic Clinic at 2821 S Center Ave. 605-33- 0880

   Dr. Joshua Jorde—thanks for the visit-----

One more stop in our Working on Wellness Wednesday—please come right back

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9:45/30---Wellness Wednesday 4

  Sioux Valley Energy---and Safety Awareness---

Sioux Valley Energy and Southeastern Electric, touchstone Energy Cooperatives SVE Mission Statement

Planting season, farmers and ag producers are heading to the fields—

  Be aware of clearance above and below

  What should someone do if there is contact with power lines or facilities

---------stay in vehicle

---------call 911

---------If there is a fire—jump clear without touching the vehicle and shuffle-hop for 40 feet

-----in construction season----call 811 before you dig

-----What to do once facilities/lines are located

-----hand-dig around mark lines

----National Work Zone Awareness week—April 20-24th---2026

---SVE and Southeastern Electric Cooperatives are promoting Driving Safety—starting with mid April through Memorial Day weekend

----Keep hands on the wheel—eyes on the road—distractions to the side

----be aware of work zones

---we often see power lines delivering electricity to our farms and businesses –just how powerful are those lines?

---what is the number one thing farmers can do to avoid contacting powerlines?

----what should a farm if a powerline, pole or green box is hit  

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----------We’ll get you ready for our 10:00---It’s YOUR Agri Business Show----when we come back---

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9:56/30---Wellness Wednesday----

  Good to have our guests in our Working on Wellness Wednesday show—quite the cross-section---and our audience tells us—they enjoy listening because It gives us a difference prospect of that medical treatment that is so important with us----

  10:00 hour this morning---Yes the Agri Business Show---is coming next…

  ---a reminder that both Norm Anderson who makes sure you can hear our show—and gets out the written blog and more---is taking Thursday and Friday off---so I was asked if I would be willing---to take a couple of my days---Thursday and Friday as well----

  My wife said yes quicker than I did ---so we will be back after some important family duties today—and thru the weekend.

  For now –our time is up—thank you for yours….