When one hears the words physical therapy, what most likely comes into mind are masseuses. Yet physical therapy delves much deeper than your typical run-of-the-mill masseuse. The benefits of physical therapy far outweigh those of regular massages from untrained masseuses. What physical therapy is – is a science. It’s a far cry from the indiscriminate […]
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Osteoporosis affects millions of people and is the second biggest health problem worldwide. Osteoporosis is the condition wherein the bones lose mass and the bone tissues deteriorate. Osteoporosis makes bones thin, fragile, and highly susceptible to fractures. How does osteoporosis occur? The body continuously eliminates and creates bone cells. As a person grows old, usually […]
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You may have experienced having gone through a physical examination, x-rays and all, then a diagnosis of a rotator cuff tear. Now what started as an arm and shoulder pain ends with a doctor’s suggestion of immediate surgery. But hold your fire; an effective rotator-cuff tear physical therapy may just save you from having to […]
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Doesn’t water suggest life? Since the dawn of time, water has possessed an overflow of revitalizing healing properties. Water cleanses, purifies, soothes. In more medical terms it eliminates inflammation and infection. Helping healing better, and more cheaply, than many of our chemically advanced concoctions, the simple molecule does so much more it may be futile […]
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Two areas of physical therapy are Geriatric physical therapy and Neurological physical therapy. Geriatrics focus on the conditions that affect many people as they grow older – arthritis, osteoporosis, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, hip and joint replacement, balance disorders, incontinence, Parkinson’s and more. Neurological PT focus on individuals who have a neurological disorder or disease – […]
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