Berg-Hooker

Former area resident Cim Berg-Hooker says she has fond memories of serving up a variety of meals at Rugby’s Cornerstone Cafe years ago. These days, Berg-Hooker provides health care services to treat a variety of conditions using effective and natural therapies as a nurse practitioner in Minot.

“My sister owned the Cornerstone Cafe and I worked there as a waitress for several years. My parents still live in Rugby, so Rugby’s home to me,” Berg-Hooker said recently when she chatted about Legacy Health Clinic, which she founded in Minot in August 2021. Berg-Hooker’s parents are Harlan and Viola Berg.

Legacy Health Clinic “is the very first IV therapy clinic in Minot,” Berg-Hooker said. “Our clinic specializes in new and innovative forms of health care treatment like IV therapy and medical marijuana that many clinics in North Dakota don’t provide.”

Berg-Hooker called intravenous medication, or medication delivered through the veins “the fastest, most efficient delivery method to distribute vital fluids & nutrients throughout your body. The best part about IV therapy is that unlike traditional oral supplements, our IV therapy treatments have a 100% absorption rate and get to work to replenish your hydration levels, restore your vitamin and nutrient balance, refresh your cosmetic appearance.”

“When patients come into the clinic, we give them a menu and they pick what they need,” Berg-Hooker explained. “So, it helps target different goals like weight loss, allergies, pain management, migraines, brain functions … we have all kinds of different treatments. And we have add-ons as well. We have Toradol to treat migraines. For allergies, we can give Benadryl. We give (Vitamin) B-12 for fatigue, so we have a whole bunch of different options for IV therapy.”

“They can start noticing a difference within about two hours,” Berg-Hooker said of her patients. “It varies on how many treatments they need with IV therapy. I have some that have chronic migraines and they come in once a month. Some who are just getting over influenza or COVID need one treatment, sometimes a couple of treatments. As far as the treatments, it varies on the person and the symptoms they have.”

“I’m one of the very few medical marijuana providers in this community,” Berg-Hooker added. “I use it to treat a variety of conditions, like anxiety, PTSD, chronic pain, glaucoma, migraines, cancer, autism, fibromyalgia. The list goes on. Patients who come in do have to have a diagnosis to be approved (for treatment with medical marijuana). But, once they’re approved, they can start on the medical marijuana.”

Berg-Hooker said people travel to Minot for Legacy Health Clinic’s services from all parts of the state.

“I have patients who come from Dickinson for medical marijuana,” she said. “I have several from Devils Lake. I have some from Rugby. I have some from Williston and some from Bismarck. So they travel a long way to be approved and be able to use their medical marijuana card.”

“The best part of medical marijuana is it’s a natural plant from the earth and that’s why a lot of people want to get away from all their (traditional) medications and do something that’s natural,” Berg-Hooker said. “Patients follow up with me in three months and then every six months and we see many benefits in how it’s changed people’s lives.”

“A lot of patients are on medications with side effects that they had daily,” Berg-Hooker added. “For example, anti-anxiety medications – some patients are on several of them. And they have side effects like just not having any moods, not being able to sleep. They get started on the medical marijuana and they start to see they just don’t have side effects with medical marijuana that they do with different medications.”

“I’m also seeing patients who come in for medical marijuana who’ve gotten off their medications because the medical marijuana’s giving them such relief, whether it’s pain relief or migraine relief or anxiety relief,” Berg-Hooker noted.

“For the most part, that’s their goal – to get off medications or to lower the amount of medications they need,” Berg-Hooker said.

When asked what she’d tell her friends from her Cornerstone Cafe days, Berg-Hooker said, “I would like Rugby residents to know that I came from a small community and have my own clinic that’s close to Rugby. I really enjoy seeing familiar faces and being able to help them with anything as far as their healthcare.”

Legacy Health Clinic is located at 1324 20th Ave. SW in Minot. For more information, call 701-838-6000.