I love abbreviations. They make our lives easier and if used frequently it becomes a part of daily rituals. There was once a well-known abbreviation known to everyone who had a cellular phone. S.M.S. stands for short message service. The Whatsapp messaging app has taken it over in popularity.
From January 1 2017, I would like to introduce a new abbreviation; one that I may someday hope will become as well known as the S.M.S here in Mallorca. S.M.C. is an abbreviation that will be known to the Non Spanish speaking residents/visitors either living and or working on Mallorca.
S.M.C. stands for Skeleton & Muscle Consultant. The idea for this abbreviation came about while working on Mallorca as an osteopath and rehabilitation specialist. Mallorca is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a popular vacation island. Beautiful nature, a well-connected airport, fully equipped marinas and sportive activities all year round make the island a well-visited hub for many tourists and workers.
Unfortunately accidents do happen and when they do, you would like to get the best available care to get you back on your feet as soon as possible. This where the SMC comes in handy! If you have an issue with understanding the Spanish language, the SMC can assist you. If you need to know where you can get a MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) as soon as possible, the SMC can assist you. If you need to see a specialist dealing with any part of the skeletal body, the SMC can assist you to help you the best choice available to you. Also if you had any musculoskeletal treatments and you would like to have more information regarding your injury, rehabilitation and or follow up care in your country of residence, the SMC can also give assistance.
For instance, a temporary worker twisted her ankle during work and was rushed to the hospital for treatment. Here it was unclear if the ankle was broken or not but they put a cast around the ankle until the knee. She was told to buy crutches and she would not be able to walk on the ankle for 3 weeks. She decided to consult a SMC and found out that the ankle needed to be repositioned and a cast was not necessary. Three osteopathic treatments in a one week and homework exercises during the week got her back walking on her feet after one week! This is just one of the many examples where a SMC can play a crucial role in your health!  If interested in a consultancy, please contact Joe Arrindell Jr. via email: joe@carefourhealth, facebook page http://facebook.com/CareFOURHealth, whatsapp: +34635870606
 
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​I am very happy with the latest makeover of the Care 4 Health™ website. What started out, as a dream 5 years ago has now become a reality; a clinic where I can treat people, helping them to have a better quality of life. I remember talking to a certain Glenn Hollaman from Island Creations in the Netherlands. We discussed the importance of having a professional logo and more important it had to be personal, not something taken off Google images. Thus came the logo for Care 4 Health™, then came the website. At that moment I was still working in Belgium. In 2012 I moved to St.Maarten where I started the first clinic of Care 4 Health™. It felt good to be home working with the residents on the island. A year later I moved to Mallorca for 6 months. At that time I was more focused on getting back into the Euro-Asian market of professional sports. I moved to Dubai. There I worked with the U.A.E. national team of Judo. We won 2 gold medals during the international cup of 2013. After that I moved to Skydive Continental Cycle team, here I stayed with them for 6 months before moving back to Mallorca. It was then I knew this was where I wanted to start the second clinic of Care 4 Health™. I started with Dr. Seita from Medical Health. After that I worked with Dr. Fisser from Centrum Medico Son Caliu, here I also had an office in his practice. In the meantime I got back into working with professional cycling teams. Early 2015 I worked with team Mtn-Quebeka, now called Dimension Data. In September 2016 I got a call to work team IAM Cycling and my first job with the team was La Vuelta. I remember joining the team and the day number 2, one of the riders got knocked off his bike while cycling on the road in Malaga. My assignment was simple: Fix him so he can ride and finish la Vuelta. It was a challenging but a rewarding job, he was able to ride and more important he finished La Vuelta one month later. Then came the new season, during the first training period I got extra tasks: doing a warming up with them before training, after training cooling down/ stretching, testing the riders to see where their level of fitness started and then making them a training program to excel during the 2016 season. Our results speaks for themselves, the complete team behind the cyclists gave the full 100%.
At the end of the 2016 season, we can all say: IAM finished the 2016 season with a bang!
I came back to Mallorca beginning of September and started working again at Care 4 Health but this time at the Spa of Hotel Son Caliu. It is a wonderful place, a large office with lots of light, a well-equipped gym to be able to do medical rehab, outside space to work with clients and more. I also changed the booking system to being online with more facilities for the clients.
The last that remained to be changed was the website. This was done by Marion Broz from www.snaphomestudios.com.
He is also the photographer for the new pictures and the man behind the layout of the new website. Thank you Marion for your amazing work and I am happy to be able to put www.carefourhealth.com online.
 
 
 
Joe A.A. Arrindell Jr. D.O