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Business Leaders Will Join Together

To Help Local Family Build A Forever Home

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Palm Beach County to partner with Habitat for Humanity and help local
(HFHGPBC) announced that Executive Build (formerly families build a path to a better life through affordable
CEO Build) will take place on Friday, Sept. 27. This is an homeownership. Participants are encouraged to put their
annual fundraising event in which local executives and leadership into action by rolling up their sleeves and picking
business leaders leave their offices to pick up hammers up construction tools to literally build a home and hope
and help build a home alongside a Habitat Partner Family. alongside families in need. In addition to creating a tangible
This year’s event is cochaired by Robyn Raphael-Dynan and lasting impact in the community, the event provides a
and Adam Handfinger. unique networking opportunity for the executives, a hands-
Robyn Raphael-Dynan is the president of RCC on volunteering opportunity, and high brand visibility for
Associates, South Florida’s leading general contractor firm. their businesses.
The firm specializes in building restaurants, hospitality and “By bringing together corporate leaders, government
commercial projects. She also serves on the HFHGPBC officials and the families we serve, we hope to shine a light
Board of Directors. on the critical need for affordable housing in our community
“As a board member and a longtime Habitat supporter, I Robyn Raphael-Dynan and Adam Handfinger and work together to address it,” said Jennifer Thomason,
am excited to be cochairing this year’s Executive Build on CEO/president of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Palm
Sept. 27. I look forward to collaborating with fellow business construction law specialist. Beach County.
leaders in our community to create a lifelong impact for “I am thrilled to cochair Executive Build 2024 alongside During the one-day event, executives commit to a
families in need of affordable housing,” said Raphael-Dynan. Robyn,” shared Handfinger. “I look forward to adding fundraising goal, select a half-day shift, build alongside
Adam Handfinger is a comanaging partner of Peckar my voice to advocacy for affordable housing and helping Habitat families, learn construction skills, and create
and Abramson’s Miami office, chair of the Client Service families in need build brighter futures.” new connections among peers and the community. No
Committee, and sits on Peckar and Abramson’s Executive Executive Build is an annual fundraising and home- construction experience is required to participate.
Committee. He is certified by the Florida Bar as a building event that brings executives and leaders together Individuals are required to fundraise or donate a
minimum of $3,500 per person to build. Corporate
Sponsorships start at $5,000. To sponsor or learn more
Community Safety about Habitat’s 2024 Executive Build, email dayana.rooks@
habitatgreaterpbc.org. To learn more or donate to support
Executive Build financially, visit https://habitatgreaterpbc.
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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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