Longevity

Longevity Through Movement: How Physical Therapy May Add Years to Your Life (and Life to Your Years)

January 23, 2025 | Health News | Like |

It’s well known that physical activity is an important aspect of a healthy lifestyle. It can reduce the risk of several common mortality factors, including arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, coronary heart disease, stroke and more. However, people don’t often think of physical therapy as a means of creating a more active lifestyle. Physical therapy doesn’t have to be just about recovery – it can be a proactive approach to enhancing your quality of life.

Exercise

New Year, Stronger You: 5 Simple Exercises to Help You Start 2025 Right

January 16, 2025 | Health Benefits | Like |

The beginning of a new calendar year is often full of optimism and hope, as many of us resolve to live better and improve our lives over the next year. A common resolution is to improve our exercise habits and health. Unfortunately, many times these resolutions will be short-lived or unfulfilled altogether. So, as we turn the page on 2024 and make our way into another new year,

Osteoporosis

Bone Up! The Role of Physical Therapy in Preventing and Treating Osteoporosis

January 9, 2025 | Health News | Like |

According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, an estimated 10 million Americans suffer from osteoporosis. An additional 44 million have low bone density, putting them at increased risk of developing the disease in their lifetimes. While it’s more common in adults over 50, and more likely to effect women than men, the truth is osteoporosis impacts millions of lives of either sex every year.

Osteoporosis

Joint Health in Aging: Physical Therapy’s Role in Managing Osteoarthritis

December 20, 2024 | Health Benefits, Health News | Like |

Our bodies can present many different challenges as we age, including joints that become stiffer and less flexible. Aging joint cartilage can become thinner, ligaments can shorten and become less flexible, and loss of muscle strength can put extra pressure on your joints. As a result, joints can feel stiff and uncomfortable. This discomfort can be even greater in individuals dealing with osteoarthritis.

Prehabilitation

Prehabilitation: How Starting Physical Therapy Before Surgery Can Lead to Better Outcomes

December 12, 2024 | Health Benefits | Like |

There’s a growing trend in the world of physical therapy. Many patients that are soon to undergo surgery are opting for a pre-surgical healthcare intervention intended to reduce complications and enhance post-surgical recovery. This intervention is known as preoperative rehabilitation, or prehabilitation (prehab if you’re really into brevity). The proponents of prehabilitation cite its many perceived benefits and low risk (for most people),

Balance and Stability

Balance and Stability: Simple Tips to Reduce Your Risk of Falls

November 21, 2024 | Uncategorized | Like |

One of the under-appreciated aspects of a regular exercise routine is the impact it can have on improving your balance and stability. While we tend to focus on enhanced strength and flexibility, the truth is that improved balance and stability – particularly as we age – can play a major role in preventing injuries caused by falls.

Exercise

5 Exercises to Enhance Your Flexibility

November 15, 2024 | Uncategorized | Like |

People will often use flexibility-enhancing exercises to help them recover from an injury or recent surgery, but these exercises shouldn’t be reserved exclusively for recovery. Keeping your body flexible is a key part of preventing injuries in the first place, and a healthy body is important to overall well being. Incorporating some simple flexibility exercises into your daily routine can be a great way to prepare your body for an active lifestyle,

Frozen Shoulder

Defrost the Pain: Why Physical Therapy is the Key to Treating Frozen Shoulder

November 11, 2024 | Health Benefits, Health News | Like |

As if aging didn’t present enough challenges, 2-5% of us will eventually experience a painful condition known as “frozen shoulder”. Also known as adhesive capsulitis, frozen shoulder is an inflammatory condition that causes stiffness and pain in the shoulder joint, and significantly reduces range of motion. Frozen shoulder typically affects people 40 and older and is more likely to occur in women.

Nutrition

You Are What You Eat: The Role of Nutrition in Injury Recovery and Prevention

October 25, 2024 | Uncategorized | Like |

In today’s information-rich world, it’s easy to find conflicting opinions between “experts” in various disciplines. There is no shortage of controversy around many topics that people care about. You would be hard-pressed, however, to find any doctor, dietician, or otherwise-qualified expert that would deny the connection between a person’s diet and their physical health. The nutrition we consume is inexorably linked to our body’s ability to grow,