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.
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.
“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.
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.
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."
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Accountability questions:
Are you showing up to your PT appointments?
Are you performing your home exercises in between sessions?
Are you performing them with intention and intensity of effort?
Have you done heavy work or recreational sport that you are supposed to be refraining from?
Have you just lied to yourself or to your therapist when answering these questions?
Accountability questions:
Are you showing up to your PT appointments?
Are you performing your home exercises in between sessions?
Are you performing them with intention and intensity of effort?
Have you done heavy work or recreational sport that you are supposed to be refraining from?
Have you just lied to yourself or to your therapist when answering these questions?
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!”
Did you know when physical therapy first originated as a profession during World War I, physical therapists were known as “reconstruction aides”? During that time, only women were recruited to work with and restore physical function to injured soldiers.
Arthritis is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, and it affects 51.8 million U.S. adults 65 years of age and older. This condition is oftentimes treated or managed with the help of physical therapy.
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Physical therapy isn’t a new concept. In fact, many ancient writings from Greece, China, Persia, and Egypt describe the benefits of exercise, movement, and massage for treating various ailments.
“The human body has been designed to resist an infinite number of changes and attacks brought about by its environment. The secret of good health lies in successful adjustment to changing stresses on the body.” - Harry J. Johnson
James H. West once said, “Health is a large word. It embraces not the body only, but the mind and spirit as well; …and not today’s pain or pleasure alone, but the whole being and outlook of a man.”
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.
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Arthritis is the most common musculoskeletal disorder in the U.S., affecting about 51.8 million adults of at least 65. Other common disorders that can be effectively treated through physical therapy include back and neck pain, osteoporosis, and occupational injuries.
“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
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What is T.E.N.S. in physical therapy? T.E.N.S. stands for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. It is a method of electrical stimulation which provides pain relief by exciting sensory nerves and blocking painful impulses.
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a type of lower back pain caused by the narrowing of the spinal canal. While there is no cure for LSS, one study suggests that physical therapy can be used to effectively relieve its symptoms.
