What is Benign Positional Vertigo (BPV)? It is the most common cause of vertigo where you experience brief bouts of dizziness with changes in position or movement of the head. This vestibular disorder can be successfully treated with physical therapy.
Physical therapy isn’t just for adults, in fact, it can be used to diagnose, treat and manage a variety of developmental, congenital, neuromuscular, skeletal, and acquired diseases and disorders in infants, children and adolescents as well.
A true quote from the book - Pain Recovery: “It is not an easy reality to face, but just as your chronic pain did not develop overnight, neither will the solution to finding relief develop in a day or two.”
“The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.” - P. T. Barnum
Do you know that a great number of insurance providers include at least a minimal amount of physical therapy coverage in their policies? Make sure to check with your insurance provider to know what coverage it provides.
Do you know that many of today’s physical therapy techniques are actually thousands of years old? Hippocrates and Galen are believed to be among the first to promote the use of massage and hydrotherapy as far back as 460 BC.
It’s a common myth that you can do physical therapy yourself. In reality, you need the expert care and guidance of a licensed physical therapist for a successful treatment plan.
There are numerous types of physical therapy that address different types of injuries and various parts of the body. Examples include acute care, orthopedic, cardiovascular and pulmonary rehab, post-operative care, wound care, lymphedema management, and neurologic rehabilitation.
According to a study published by the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine, physical therapy could help some people with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) - a type of lower back pain caused by the narrowing of the spine - avoid surgery.
Did you know physical therapy began in the United States as a result of World War I and the poliomyelitis epidemic of the 20th century? Before that, Americans believed disabilities were “irreversible,” and therefore, medical attention was not given.
The first school of physical therapy was established at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. The first physical therapy research was published in the U.S. in March 1921 in "The PT Review."
According to the report, 75.7 million, or 1 in 3 adults in the United States suffer from neck or back pain. Physical therapy is an effective treatment approach used for pain management.
Thomas Carlyle has rightly said, “Ill-health of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy!”
Most recent reports suggest that more than 100 million Americans, about 1/3, suffer from persistent pain. That affects Americans more than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined.
Physical therapy can not only help heal sports injuries, but it can help improve overall athletic performance as well. The exercises and practices involved in physical therapy help to restore the optimal potential of the professional, amateur or recreational athlete.
Phantom limb pain is the pain experienced by people who lose an arm or leg. By practicing mirror box therapy, the patient’s brain can be tricked into turning off the pain.
Athletes may still opt to receive physical therapy, even if they haven’t suffered an injury. Since physical therapy focuses on strengthening muscles and joints, increasing flexibility, and improving coordination, it helps athletes enhance their overall athletic performance.
The first association for physical therapists, originally known as American Women's Physical Therapeutic Association, was founded in 1921 by Mary McMillan. Today, this association is known as the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
“Healing severe or chronic pain, I believe, includes transforming our relationship to the pain, and, ultimately, it is about transforming our relationship to who we are and to life.”--Sarah Anne Shockley
According to historians, Hippocrates and Galen were the first to support the use of massage and hydrotherapy as far back as 460 BC. Ancient writings from China, Persia, and Egypt also describe the health benefits of exercise and massage.
There are several types of physical therapy depending on the ailment or injury to be treated. Some of the examples include: acute care, orthopedic, post-operative care, cardiovascular and pulmonary rehab, wound care, lymphedema management, and neurologic rehabilitation.
“The longer you have pain, the better your spinal cord gets at producing danger messages to the brain, even if there is no danger in the tissue” --Dr. Lorimer Moseley
