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My Daughter Weds

My First Born, Anna Katharine Marries Jackson Forster

Watch this beautiful highlight video to see the culmination of a year of planning and 7 years of dating. I love that Anna Katharine and Jackson are high school sweethearts! Looks like our first born is following in mom and dad’s footsteps 🙂

Be sure to click full screen and unmute the sound. You are sure to love this video. It was a perfect day.

Special thanks to Tommy Kilpatrick for his fine work on this video.

 

Wade Baskin is Back!

14938256_10154633384800786_1822770451419707600_nForgive the absence! I installed some interesting software that allowed my blog to be smashed! It has taken me a while to return, and I finally made it! So, forgive any articles that may not have been recovered … or anything in general that just looks crazy.

Regardless, I’m back, and I look forward to sharing great material with you that can only help. Learn from my mistakes and also my wins!

I have one daughter out college, and now she is heading up my practice marketing. She is engaged and soon to be married. Wow. My son is a junior at MSU, and my youngest is finishing her eighth grade year. Time is flying and it is true that it goes fast regarding your kids so revel in every moment you have with them. I’m lucky to have taken this advice, and I still enjoy grabbing all of them together for outings – skiing trips being my preference.

At this point in time, I’m booming in my practice even though I’m surrounded by chop shop therapy outfits. I’ve aligned myself with the best of the best in the world in both practice and marketing so I can continue to ensure the growth of my company in order to serve our communities with only the best physical therapy services available. It’s sad to see so many people going to other therapy settings getting “traditional therapy” and substandard results – it’s my mission to stop this. Physical Therapy is a powerful method of restoring health and vitality when used at it’s highest levels. Most PT’s simply get their doctorate, get their license then take a job punching a clock. Some even go work for other doctoring professions like physicians. That’s strange in that what other doctoring profession do you know of that gets out of school and goes to work for another doctoring profession. Again – weird.

My friends, when you have an ache, pain, or a physical problem that is keeping you from operating at your best, go to your private practice Physical Therapist. These are your die hard PT’s that love what they do and they had the balls to open their own practice and put their skills to the ultimate test. Only a select few in the US have done this. There are other good therapists out there, but when you go to a therapist who’s livelihood depends on how good his or her results are with each patient, don’t you think that’s the kind of care you deserve? Or, do you want to go to the one who works a job at the local hospital outpatient department, the local PT chain, or the PT that works for the doctor’s group? You do have a choice. And only one choice guarantees you the best chance of getting the absolute best care.

Secret: it all costs the same! No matter how specialized they are, all PT costs about the same! So, it makes sense to seek out the best and go to them. You can go to the PT chain (like Drayer, Encore, Results Physio or the like) and get the typical heat, electrical stimulation, and some exercise….Or you can go to your private practice PT, get a thorough exam that will probably surprise you, get results the very first visit that definitely will surprise you, and you’ll say, “I didn’t know PT could do that.” You might even wonder why your doctor didn’t send you there in the first place! The answer is simple, life is about relationships, and your physician probably has a relationship with the other PT facility…usually financial and possibly familial. If your Physician works for the hospital then he or she may have to refer you to the hospital PT only.

If your Physician has employed his own PT (again, that’s weird, and in some states illegal), then of course, he or she will refer you to their outfit. The selling point is that they have their own PT that’s right here and works closely with the physicians so as to offer the best care. Well, it just doesn’t work that way as PT’s don’t need MD’s in the same building to provide the best care. Sounds good though when they say it. My mom even went for it!

The other special PT’s are the ones that choose to work for private practices because they believe in their vision and mission.  In fact most of them run as far as they can from the hospital and corporate PT cultures as they grind you away while they bill the heck out of patients using your PT license. These PT’s love the freedom to practice this amazing science and art, and private practice allows them to do that.

The Best news: we still live in the USA where freedom of choice remains (for now). You can choose to go to your own PT

That brings me to this. You definitely want to have your own PT. You want that PT that you connect with, that you trust, and who you can depend on. They will be keeping your body going for many years through the minor pings to the major pangs. Drugs and surgery are your other choices that generally don’t sound very good. PT is the only profession trained to get your body to get out of pain and get back to living using safe, natural methods that don’t have side-effects that can kill you. And the good PT’s use state of the art methods that work pretty fast and can handle the strangest of conditions.

Just so you know: PT’s that work for my clinic have to pass 4 tests before they get an interview: aptitude, IQ, skills, and personality. Show me any other outfit that does this, and I’ll show you the best PT clinic in that area. Our PT’s are dedicated to the patient and they are passionate about learning more and more everyday.  These guys are few and far between, and you’re lucky to find one. When you do, stick with them.

Rant over – as you can tell, I love my profession, and I love what it can do for people who have physical ailments.

Let’s see, since I last wrote, we’ve recovered from the tornado basically. We still have too many storage units with damaged stuff in them. I think it’s emotionally hard to go back into them and take action. I’ve jumped back into practice full time to build it to where it needs to be and to make it the #1 most sought after PT clinic to attend and to work for. We’ve had a great year – an amazing year, even though a chain PT (corporate PT) clinic came to our little small town. I learned how to not lose anymore of my hard earned money on investments (ha!), my inlaws are soon to move into town which is a good thing as it’s that time, and we’re about to have our 2nd Christmas in our rebuilt home – blessed.

 

 

 

 

Tornado Damage Update Lousiville MS June 2015 on a Ninja

Over 1 year later, after April 28, 2014 when an F4 changed our lives, we’re still putting things back together. We’re also discovering that glass shards and debris tend to find the most unique places to hide!

Regardless, another step forward was made this week as I got my damaged Ninja all fixed up. I decided to take it out with my GoPro Hero3 (helmet mount) and do a quick update video on the tornado damage in my immediate area: Richardson Rd., Henry Moore St., Wood St., McCullough Rd., and Hwy 14/E. Main St.

Take a ride with me as we survey the changes since “the storm” as we call it. Many houses are simply gone, a lot of us are rebuilding, and yes – we’re not done! We have about a month until we plan to be back in our house still being repaired.

Baskin House Tornado Damage Update

Louisville MS Tornado Damage Update 1 year later

Thank you for all of your well wishes!

It has been a year of rebuilding, reflection and gratitude. We have seen the best of our friends, family and those unknown.

We’re not not done, but we’re almost to the finish line. I do want to take this time to personally recognize some very special people who helped us. Please forgive me if I leave someone out, but we’re not done.

Once we get back into our house, we will be formally recognizing and thanking all – we simply feel we have to.

Thank you,

Karen Allen
Jackson Forster
David & Lisa Forster
Karen Baskin VanDyke
Granddaddy Baskin
Ryan Maynard & OPFN
Mark Clark & Met Life Insurance
Mike Childs & FUMC Family (for a place to stay)
Shannon Baskin
Lisa & Johnny Luke
Darby Nowell
Robin Chastain
Lainey Smith
Ricky & Lynn Smither
Susanne Blalock
Glynda, Kelly, Robbie, Grant, and Glyn
Delbert Hoseman & Staff (yes, our Secretary of State personally helped us during salvage)
Katherine Darnell
Ashley Cochran
Greg Tacker, my KA Brothers, & our DSU Family
Kristie Perrett Sbravati
Missy Hannah Kistemaker
The Bullocks & Bullock Toyota Staff
Flint Minshew
Curtis, Cory, and Mary Nell Richardson
Walley Bennett
Jennifer Bennett
Timmy Cole
Will Hill
Tommy Edwards
Terry Woods
Jimmy McPherson

Like I said, there are others, and I will formally recognize all once we are back in our home. It looks like we’re about 1 month out now. Hard to believe it has been a full year!

Although we’ve had tremendous weather delays and several other hoops and barriers to overcome, we’ve made it through.

Stay tuned for updates, and I welcome your questions and comments!

Wade Baskin

 

Baskin Family Tornado Damage

20140428_172613Dahouse damage tornado ms baskintornado damage to left side of baskin houseHello All…Thank you for all your well wishes, prayers, and thoughts. We are gradually getting on our feet and digging out all of our remaining belongings. Our community is strong and we’ll pull out. So many of you want to help, and it’s just been so overwhelming to try and think about what to ask for…and just accepting help in general.

So Many of you have asked how to donate and contribute, so I finally got internet access at a friends house to where I could set this up. Again thank you for wanting to help – means more than you know. This is our emergency funds account.

Once we get back to normal operations, we’ll donate any extra to our charity, St. Jude.

We have limited access to internet right now, so I’m putting this post up at a friends house. Again, just know that we are so grateful to all our friends and family.

UPDATE 11/15/2014: We are still in temporary housing and all is moving along well. We have what we need and are moving forward. We’ve had to secure additional finances to fully rebuild our house, and we aren’t the only ones who’ve had difficulty with insurance. Our insurance is Metlife, and they are doing the best they can it appears. The adjuster, Mark Clark, is sparse in terms of having access to him when we find new issues. But when he does return our calls or answer emails, he tends to come through. We are 20% complete on the rebuild.




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