ABOUT Loved Twice

Loved Twice is a 501(c)(3) charity organization located in Northern California dedicated to delivering gently used and new baby clothes directly to underprivileged newborns upon their departure from hospitals.

Thanks to the generosity of the community and its many volunteers, Loved Twice has donated over 20,000 pounds of recycled baby clothing to more than 3,000 newborns in need through our network of over 30 social service partners. We are proud of our “green” approach, circulating items which can be reduced/reused/recycled, keeping them from landfills.

The idea for Loved Twice took flight in 2005 when Lisa Klein, San Francisco Bay Area Founder and Executive Director, collected donations of baby clothing from her friends and neighbors and sent them to a church in Louisiana to help families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Katrina was especially devastating to disadvantaged mothers who simply needed to keep their babies warm. Just having had her first child, Lisa was deeply motivated to help the victims of Katrina.

Lisa turned her compassion into passion and started Loved Twice to help underprivileged mothers care for their babies in her own community, giving them a better start in life with much needed essentials.

Watch Lisa Klein Featured on The Today Show!

Dr. Klein: Sleep Apnea has been noticed for hundreds of years, but was not paid its due respect in the medical profession until more recently.  In the 1800’s Charles Dickens wrote of an overweight young gentleman who would fall asleep while standing. Dickens’s book was.” The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club”.  Early in the 1900’s a brilliant physician, Sir William Osler, coined the term Pickwikian for people who were excessively tired during the day due to this condition… Today we know how dangerous this condition is.

Dr..Klein limited his practice in 1994  after a motor vehicle accident that caused herniated discs in his back and neck.  He learned about pain and its various necessary treatments by being a pain patient for several years. That experience was influential in helping him pass the necessary requirements and tests to become Board Certified as a Diplomat in the American Academy of Pain Management.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:30 to 1:00 pm

Dr. Richard Klein & Dr. Barbara Fisher

TBI, Sleep, Pain & Insomnia and How it Relates to Quality of Necessary Sleep

at the Michigan Head & Neck Institute

Dr. Klein: Sleep Apnea has been noticed for hundreds of years, but was not paid its due respect in the medical profession until more recently.  In the 1800’s Charles Dickens wrote of an overweight young gentleman who would fall asleep while standing. Dickens’s book was.” The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club”.  Early in the 1900’s a brilliant physician, Sir William Osler, coined the term Pickwikian for people who were excessively tired during the day due to this condition. .Today we know how
dangerous this condition is.

Dr.Klein limited his practice in 1994  after a motor vehicle accident that caused herniated discs in his back and neck.  He learned about pain and its various necessary treatments by being a pain patient for several years. That experience was influential in helping him pass the necessary requirements and tests to become Board Certified as a Diplomat in the American Academy of Pain Management.

A “Polar Bear Attack” has been reported by the media…

These are pictures of an actual polar bear attack.

The pictures were taken while people watched and
could do nothing to stop the attack!

Reports from the local newspaper say that
the victim will likely make a full recovery.

The photos are below

Body Mind Spirit Guide

Articles written by Dr. Richard E. Klein

Good News for Many!!! – NEW!

Good News for Many!!! March can come in like a lion and go out like a lamb. March is the time we begin to think ofhopefitlly putting away snow shovels and bringing out golf clubs.

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April 27, 2010, 6-8 pm.

Dr. Klein will kick off our “Chat With the Doctor” lecture series this month by talking about “What Seniors Can Do for Better Sleep”. Will be held at the Stefani Senior Solitude Center; please RSVP to 586-573-0438.

TRAUMA PRODUCING TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION PAIN

MANDIBULAR HYPER-EXTENSION

In motor vehicle accidents, particularly in a rear end collision, the suddenness of the impact, snapping the head backward, happens so quickly that the anterior neck muscles do not have a chance to relax.

As a result, they act as an anchor on the mandible holding it still and forcing the mouth excessively open, as the head continues to move backward into hyper-extension.

This action, the whipping excessively open of the mouth and its subsequent closure into normal position, results in self-reducing dislocation of the temporomandibular joint.  The masticatory and cervical musculature, ligaments, and the synovial tissues of the temporomandibular joint are simultaneously injured.  A frequent result of this type of injury is the anterior displacement of the TMJ disc and posteriorization of the mandible as seen in Fig. 19.

This injury is particularly important because it has been well documented that 60% of the people involved in motor vehicle accidents do not fully recover.  The same studies also clearly demonstrated that many of the people who do not fully recover continue to suffer from a temporomandibular joint dysfunction that is directly related to the accident, but in fact, HAS GONE UNDIAGNOSED.

The anterior displacement of the TMJ disc has been demonstrated to be the primary etiology of progressive disease, which results in degenerative arthritis.