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Admirals Cove Foundation

Celebrates Eight Years Of Community Impact

Since its inception in 2016, more than $17 million in Can Help; Edna W. Runner Tutorial Center; El Sol; Els for than 100,000 patients needing access to inpatient and
Admirals Cove Foundation(ACF) grant funding has been Autism Foundation; Families First of Palm Beach County; outpatient imaging services.
distributed to continue impacting programs focused on First Tee – Florida Gold Coast; Hanley Foundation; Admirals Cove Foundation will open the 2024/25 Season of
education, health and social services, thanks to the collective Hearts for Moms; In Jacob’s Shoes; inSIGHT Through Giving grant application on July 1. To be eligible to apply for a
giving efforts of The Club at Admirals Cove donors. Education; Jack the Bike Man; Loggerhead Marinelife grant, organizations must be a registered 501(c)(3) committed
During the eighth Season of Giving Campaign, Center; The Lord’s Place; Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Meals to impacting the lives of Northern Palm Beach County
Admirals Cove Foundation continued the tradition of on Wheels of the Palm Beaches; My Clinic; Palm Beach residents in the areas of education, health and social services.
enriching lives by distributing 20 educational scholarships Food Bank; Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Foundation; The grant application closes on Aug. 1. More information can
to club employees, 13 educational scholarships to the Paws 4 Liberty; Place of Hope; Sweet Dream Makers; be found by visiting www.admiralscovefoundation.org.
children of club employees and 26 local nonprofit program Take Stock In Children Palm
grants, vetted by 62 Allocation Committee volunteers. Beach County; Vita Nova;
During the ACF Philanthropy Celebration, the Admirals and the Wounded Veterans
Cove community came together to celebrate the 2023/24 Relief Fund.
Season of Giving by presenting full grant funding to the During this joyous
following charitable nonprofits: Admirals Cove Employee evening, the ACF Board of
Scholarship managed by The George Snow Foundation; Directors also announced
Admirals Cove Employee Relief Fund managed by the a $5 million pledge with
Emergency Assistance Foundation; Aid to Victims of community partner Jupiter
Domestic Abuse; Back to Basics; Chasin A Dream; Clinics Medical Center, for the
Admirals Cove Foundation
Imaging Center. This
partnership will impact more

27 local nonprofits received grant funding to impact the northern Palm Beach County
community. Photo by Steven Maritine

ACF Board members and staff in front of the Admirals Cove
Foundation Center for Imaging at Jupiter Medical Center
– first row (left to right) Charles Ezrine, Margot Lessans, Eric Becker, ACF Board
Rebecca Divine, Nancy Bush, Ashley Costa; second row president welcomed attendees
(left to right) Joe McCart, Erica Scherzer, Andy Kahn, Jill to the 2024 ACF Philanthropy
Riehl, Suzanne Carroll (missing Eric Becker). Photo by Celebration. Photo by Steven
Tracy Benson Maritine 33 Admirals Cove employees received educational scholarships. Photo by Steven Maritine

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SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH CARE

Chronic pain sufferers find welcomed

relief through pain management.

By Valerie Staggs
When Dr. Nathaniel Drourr started his and depression specifically is exceed-
career as a pain management physician 26 ingly common in people with chronic
years ago, the specialty was a new concept pain,” says Drourr. He encourages pa-
in the medical field. While the idea of a tients to be advocates for themselves. “You
physician solely dedicated to helping treat have every right to ask your doctor for
patients with chronic pain might have another opinion. If you’re not happy with
seemed unusual back then, today physi- where you are, ask for a referral or make an
cians like Drourr are bringing welcomed appointment yourself.”
relief to patients who have often given up
hope that they will ever be pain-free.

“Usually by the time patients get to us
they have tried a fair amount of things,”
says Drourr, who has been practicing at
Jupiter Medical Center for his entire ca-
reer. “Many have been to surgeons, they
have tried physical therapy, they’ve “Patients come to us for a whole list of rea- way to treat many different conditions
sometimes done pretty significant pain sons. The most common is back pain and is through multiple different avenues,”
medication. We’re that next step after a leg pain or sciatica type pain, but patients says Drourr. “However, we always like to
lot of the common treatments fail.” can also have neck or arm pain, shingles start with non-invasive therapies first.”
type pain or pain related to cancer.” Non-invasive therapies can include hot/
Chronic pain is defined as pain that no cold therapy, anti-inflammatory medica-
longer serves a useful purpose. Drourr uses Pain management physicians see new pa- tions, physical therapy, massage therapy,
the analogy of burning your hand to ex- tients at an initial consultation where they chiropractic care and TENS unit, a mild
plain. “If you stick your hand near a flame are asked in-depth questions about their electrical nerve stimulation technique. If
and it burns, you pull your hand away for pain. Typical questions touch on where non-invasive treatments alone do not stem
good reason. Once that burn heals and the the pain is located, what makes it better the pain, pain medication therapies and
initial pain goes away, any pain you have or worse and what treatments the patient injection therapies may be added to the
past that normal time is chronic pain.” has already tried. A physical examination treatment plan. Surgery and spinal cord
is also conducted. The goal in the initial stimulators can also be a consideration for Nathaniel Drourr, MD.
Patients are often referred to a pain man- consultation is to develop a treatment some conditions.
agement physician by a primary care doc- plan to address each patient’s specific type
tor or another physician such as a surgeon of pain. Left untreated, chronic pain can cause a For more information about pain
or orthopedic specialist. Some, like Dro- host of other health problems. “Psycho- management treatment, visit:
urr, also accept self-referrals from patients A wide range of options are explored in logically, how they feel about them- jupitermed.com/services/
directly. developing each treatment plan. “The best selves, how they interact with others, pain-management
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