Christopher Dacanay
A NEW APPROACH — Friends, family and Wintersville officials participated in a ribbon cutting for the new alternative wellness center ORRA at 108 Warren Lane. From left are Village Administrator Jesse Kosegi, Police Chief Lou Vandeborne, Jennifer Durbin, Lily Durbin, Mayor Mike Petrella, ORRA owner Ashley Durbin, Rachel Durbin, Chris Howder, Pepe Barajas, Police Capt. Jason Fabian and Councilman Randy Spence.
WINTERSVILLE — Asked about the name of her new business at 108 Warren Lane, Ashley Durbin said its name pretty accurately sums up her goal.
She explained the letters in ORRA stand for Optimize, Rejuvenate and Recharge Alternatively.
“It’s also a play on words because aura is a synonym for energy,” said Durbin, who offers a variety of devices and procedures she said can help people feel revitalized.
While Durbin is a registered nurse, she stressed ORRA is not a health care facility but an alternative wellness facility with approaches that differ from most conventional medical treatments.
For example, a visitor to ORRA may stand on the platform of a machine that sends vibrations through his or her body, causing muscles and joints to contract and be heated.
With another device, a visitor will inhale a humidified airstream, causing water molecules to enter their mucous membranes during a 30-minute period.
Visitors also can lay on a soft mat containing coils through which a mild electromagnetic field is generated in a procedure that has been used in pain management among other things.
The largest device found at ORRA is an ozone sauna, a steam chamber that covers all of an individual’s body but his or her head, and is designed to oxygenate the body.
Not all of the approaches have been embraced or encouraged by the medical community.
But Durbin said she has found them to be effective in treating recurring health issues, including chronic pain, that plagued her from an early age.
“These devices have changed my health dramatically. I didn’t think I would live a normal life before,” she said.
Durbin said she believes the human body is designed to heal itself, but there are many exterior toxins that harm it.
She added those interested in learning more are welcome to tour ORRA with no further commitment.
A 2016 graduate of Indian Creek High School, Durbin earned a bachelor of science degree in public health at Slippery Rock University and a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Xavier University.
A former emergency room nurse with the Cleveland Clinic, she worked in a similar alternative wellness facility in Cleveland before returning to the Ohio Valley to open her own.
“I’m very happy to be back, to be close to family, and to share everything I’ve learned,” said Durbin.
For information or appointments, she can be reached at (740) 424-3394.
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