It has been a little over a year since I started my association with Verve, Dr Warkentin and his ever expanding staff - more precisely - family. It quickly became a home away from home with the atmosphere we have to work in and the clients who come for help. For me, it has been more than a little surprising at how very exciting it is to be able to follow a client's progress from initial visit to their freedom of pain, increased movement and health. What gives me the big rush is the ""Wow, I feel so much better"" or just the smile and big, relieved ""Thank you!"". And while I keep saying client, everyone who comes in has become so much more a friend. We talk about family, trips, interests, sports, so that when they are well, while you are so happy they have achieved that, it is also sad that it means, for some, their visits will be less frequent. This extension of friendship by a physician to his patients is really something to see; something you seldom hear about in this fast paced medical world. I have seen him do for so many quietly behind the scenes. Dr Dave is extremely generous with both his patients and his staff. More than once I have had clients say that ""coming here is like going to visit family, and you never get the feeling, as had at many places, like you are doing them the favor to come in"". (We are the Cheers of the medical community.) Dr Dave is truly one of those people who believes it before anyone can see it. His clinic is just the beginning of his dream and it will be very exciting to see where his vision and energy takes everyone in the future.
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