Post Category: Health and Wellness
Is Your Balance Setting You Up For An Injury?
January 10th, 2018Balance gives us the ability to do many things. Our balance and vestibular system develops from infant all the way through adulthood and then begins to decline. Most people don’t know their balance is not optimum until they suffer a sports injury, trip/fall, or lose their balance in the shower. No matter what your age,
5 Ways to Avoid Joint Pain
January 2nd, 2018Do you find your joints aching for no apparent reason? Or maybe you notice that this bitter cold makes your knuckles ache. Even small aches and pains are your body’s way of telling you something is not working and should not be ignored. According to a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study, 30% of the
Are Your Hips Killing Your Back?
December 6th, 2017Are you like many people, with an aching back at the end of the day or worried about lifting an object due to your back going out? You are not alone, over 80% of the population will suffer back pain at one time or another in their life according to CDC data. It is the
Why pay cash for physical therapy?
October 27th, 2017Every year more and more of our patients are paying cash out of their own pockets for our physical therapy services. Like most health care providers, we bill insurance companies as a service of convenience for our patients. Patients may opt for cash-based physical therapy programs for many reasons. Deductibles have climbed to $5000 or
How Physical Therapy Can Benefit Cancer Patients
October 1st, 2017Let’s face it…when your doctor says the “c word,” it changes your life. It’s important to remember that you have support and whatever your struggle is, there is often someone there to help you. Physical Therapy is noninvasive, natural, and requires no drugs but you can get results and make yourself more comfortable in a
Posture up for Prevention!
August 18th, 2017Technology has developed incredible ways to make things quick, convenient, and comfortable. Comfort at home, comfort in the car, and comfort at work. Most of which involves sitting. Sitting is one of the biggest factors that creates postural problems. When you think about the things we work on, they are pretty much right in front
Six Easy Steps to Less Pain and More Energy
June 7th, 2017Do you sometimes feel sluggish, tired, achy, sore, or have low energy? Those could be signs that a daily routine of sitting for long hours in your car, at your desk, or at home watching TV is starting to wear your body down. Your body is meant to move, so the unnatural act of sitting
How to walk better
May 12th, 2017You may be asking, “isn’t there just one way to walk?”  Not much to think about.  But on the contrary, it’s important HOW you walk for hip, knee, back, and leg pain.  Walking is often the best medicine. Learning to walk properly is a big part of the rehabilitation of knee and hip pain. Here are
How to Be Healthier, Stronger and More Active
May 12th, 2017When you get right down to it, health doesn’t have anything to do with looking like a supermodel;Â it’s really about having a body whose every system is in good working order. The great news is that you have more control over everything happening in your body — from your circulation to your breathing and stress
Squat Form Check
May 11th, 2017The Squat is a full body compound exercise and works the whole body.  Often our patients will learn proper squat form during their physical therapy treatment. Squat Form 101 Your build determines how proper Squat form looks like for you. The wider your shoulders are, the wider your grip should be and you should not have