If Asthma is limiting your activities or causing trips to the Emergency Room, you'll want to find out about asthma triggers and controls, medications, inhalers, spacers & how to handle emergencies.

Allergy & Asthma Associates. 4155 Moorpark Avenue #6, San Jose. Call (408) 243 2700 ext 404 to register. Call for dates and times

Learn about common back disorders, their causes, posture guidelines and how to protect your back with good body mechanics. Call for dates.

SCCIPA Members must be referred for PT evaluation by their SCCIPA physician. Therapist will refer Member to Back Care class.

Mountain View Physical Therapy. 490 W El Camino Real, Mountain View. (650) 961-7370.

Learn about blood sugar levels, self-blood glucose monitoring, classifications and symptoms, medications, nutrition, exercise, skin & foot care & prevention of long term complications. Our class will help you manage your care. SCCIPA Members may be asked to pay a copay for each appointment if required by your health plan. Pre-authorization is required through your physician. A support person is encouraged to attend the appointments and class at no additional cost.

Initial Appointment: An individual meeting with a nurse or dietitian diabetes educator to assess your individual needs, identify your blood glucose goals and introduce or review/ update your blood glucose monitoring and help you develop a testing schedule, review your medications, and provide information about how food affects blood glucose.

Dynamics of Diabetes Class: After the Initial Appointment, you will be scheduled for a comprehensive seven hour diabetes course covering the basics of diabetes self management and prevention of diabetes complications.

Follow-up with Dietician: This individual appointment is scheduled after the Dynamics for Diabetes Class to help you develop your individualized meal plan and exercise plan based on the information you learned in the class. The goal is to assist you in achieving optimal blood glucose control and a healthy lifestyle.

Follow-up Appointments: Individual or group appointments may be scheduled to assist you with ongoing support and education. These can be to review your meal plan, carbohydrate counting, blood glucose readings, exercise program, medications, insulin injection training, insulin pump training for those who qualify, and other diabetes educational programs.

Dynamics of Diabetes. Diabetes Society of Santa Clara Valley. (408) 287-3785. 1165 Lincoln Avenue, Ste. 300, San Jose.

Call to schedule your appointment. Office hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 am - 5 pm

Group Program: 7-weeks, conducted by Breathe California OR Individual Counseling: confidential counseling phone calls available through many HMO Plans.

O'Connor Hospital $70 ($50 for Seniors). 2105 Forest Avenue, San Jose. Call (408) 998-5865 to register. Wednesdays, 7-8:30 pm, 9/12 - 10/24