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Setting and Keeping New Year’s Resolutions For Your Health
- Posted in ´ Therapy Techniques
With the New Year comes New Year’s Resolutions, those self-improving goals that are easy to set but tough to keep. And when it comes to New Year’s Resolutions, the most popular always seem to deal with our health. As we begin 2016 and set our resolutions, here are a few recommendations to help you set and ... Read More
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Helpful Tips to Staying Safe During the Holidays
- Posted in ´ Therapy Techniques
The holidays are a wonderful time filled with cold days, large quantities of comfort food, and visits from family and friends. However, it’s also a time when many people experience pain from the changing seasons, holiday shopping, and icy walkways. To help you avoid pain and better enjoy this wonderful holiday season, we recommend following ... Read More
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Finding Confidence in Mobility
- Posted in ´ Therapy Equipment, Therapy Techniques
As a physical therapist, I treat many people who experience a fear of falling. According to a recent study, 50% of individuals who have had one fall and 20% of individuals who have never had a fall report being concerned with falling and that they decrease their activity level as a result. This in turn ... Read More
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Just Add Water: Aquatic Therapy Eases Patients into Physical Therapy
- Posted in ´ All, Therapy Techniques
Physical therapy can be extremely beneficial for people who experience pain in their joints and muscles, or who have recently undergone surgery and need recovery support. However, some people may struggle to improve balance, strength, and independence at the rate they desire with land-based physical therapy. Fortunately, there’s a simple solution for this challenge: Just ... Read More
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Exercise is great, but what about pathology?
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Exercise regiments that are found in magazines are helpful in finding quick, simple activities that can be performed with little to no cost and with minimal instruction. However, if you have any pathology involved, such as a herniated disc or rotator cuff tear, certain activities may not only be non-beneficial, but actually exacerbate your condition. ... Read More
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Watsu Aquatic Therapy
- Posted in ´ All, Therapy Techniques
One of our therapists, Richard, has had many years experience providing aquatic therapy. One of the techniques he uses is Watsu aquatic therapy. It is amazing to see the response from patients that have had the hardest time just being able to relax. Watsu aquatic therapy is ideal for relieving back pain and muscular tension, ... Read More
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