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Treating Osteoarthritis with Physical Therapy(Post)
Arthritis is one of those conditions a lot of people expect to develop as they age. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of musculoskeletal pain and disability. According to a study, an estimated 2 ...
How to Treat Mid-Back Pain(Post)While low back pain is the most common type, middle-back pain is just as uncomfortable, debilitating and becoming more prevalent with more and more people suffering from postural deficits. Fortunat ...
Therapeutic Ultrasound & It’s Uses(Post)Therapeutic ultrasound is one of the most popular modalities in physical therapy due to its ease of use, applications for multiple issues and time efficiency. Research has shown ultrasound therapy de ...
Treating musicians with Physical Therapy(Post)How physical therapy can help symptoms associated with playing musical instrumentsMusicians are a population in physical therapy that don’t get much coverage. Their injuries may not come from the som ...
How To Treat Herniated Discs with Physical Therapy(Post)I meet people all the time who complain of low back pain as a result of herniated disc. What they don’t know is physical therapy can give the herniated disc time to heal and that the pain they experi ...
Can Ultrasound Therapy Help My Arthritis Pain?(Post)When you’re suffering from arthritis pain, it can be overwhelming trying to find the right options to manage symptoms long-term. Not only do oral pain medications come with the risk of sometimes d ...
World Physical Therapy Day(Post)How physical therapy helps patients “add life to years”...September 8th was World Physical Therapy Day and this year’s theme was “Add Life to Years” which speaks to the positive impact physical thera ...
EW-54 4-Wheel Covered Scooter for Your Mobility Issues(Post)Just because a person has mobility issues doesn’t mean they want to use any old mobility device. Especially when there’s a need to use mobility devices long term, it’s important to find a scooter th ...
October: National Physical Therapy Month(Post)October is National Physical Therapy month and the continuing theme is #ChoosePT in order to raise awareness and empowerment for patients with chronic pain to seek treatment for pain management(APTA ...
How to Use Cold Therapy across Diverse Patient Populations(Post)When faced with a choice of heat or ice, most patients, when they are at home, will choose heat. It feels better, more soothing, than say the sometimes shock of an ice pack. However, in most cases, ...
Electrical Stimulation and the Treatment of Phantom Pain(Post)Phantom pain is pain that feels like it's coming from a body part that's no longer there. Doctors once believed this post-amputation phenomenon was a psychological problem, but experts now recog ...
The Lifecycle Guidelines of Whitehall Hydrotherapy Tubs and Turbines(Post)The use of Hydrotherapy whirlpool tubs has for years been an important tool for athletic trainers. High schools through professional sports use hydrotherapy tubs in the treatment of athletes to he ...