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Summer is a time to have fun and spend time outdoors. Now that the sun is shining, you are probably looking forward to some rest and relaxation as you plan your summer vacation. It’s a time when you can go out for a walk roll down the windows and take in everything…

Get the Most Out of Summer Minus the Injuries

Posture, fitness, and flexibility are critical to help remain fit and injury-free for any sport, particularly golf. The achievements of professional golfers like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Lorena Ochoa highlight a new athleticism associated with a sport that was once considered “leisurely.” Today’s men and women golfers, both amateurs…

Improve Your Golf Game with Physical Therapy

Scleroderma is a clinical condition that is characterized by changes in blood vessels, skin, muscles, and cartilage due to the formation of antibodies that fight against one’s own body (an auto-immune disease). This is classified as a ‘connective tissue disorder‘ that is most prevalent in female individuals between the ages of…

Scleroderma and Physical Therapy

Most people believe that arthritis is just something that happens naturally as you grow older; a typical and often unavoidable sign of aging. This is not always the case.  Arthritis can occur at any age. In fact, it can be inherited. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and…

Learn About Your Arthritis Pain

Giving birth is a life-changing experience. From a physical standpoint, childbirth has a significant impact on a woman’s body. Symptoms can vary greatly, and range from pain and headaches to tightness and incontinence. Aches and pains are common during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Discomfort can occur in the neck, lower back,…

Benefits of Physical Therapy After Childbirth

Myofascial release techniques encompass a variety of soft tissue therapies to treat pain, relax muscles, improve circulation and lymphatic drainage, and increase mobility. Physical therapists are masters of the methods that employ gentle touch and stretching to promote healing and relieve chronic conditions. Skin, muscles, tendons, and ligaments often become…

Physical Therapy can help with Myofascial Pain Syndrome

The feet bear the weight of the body upon them, but the heel of the foot receives little thought unless it begins to hurt. Pain can originate under the heel (plantar fasciitis) or the back of the heel in the Achilles tendon. Inflammation, swelling, and pain are common complaints associated…

Physical Therapy is the Answer for Heels

Making an appointment with your physical therapist usually means that you need to improve your physical stability. Once you set an appointment, make sure that you maximize it. These are some common guidelines that can help you make the most of your therapy appointment, whether at home, in a clinic,…

5 Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of ...

Multiple Sclerosis or MS affects the central nervous system and disrupts the normal flow of neurological impulses between the brain and the body. With MS, the body’s immune system begins to attack the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. It targets myelin, a substance that surrounds the nerves. When myelin…

Physical Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis

It’s the New Year. You’re probably thinking about how you can become healthier, be more pain-free, and move better than you do right now. Great thought! To help you along, here are 15 tips to get you healthy in 2024:  New Year Resolution Mistakes to Avoid Most individuals make some…

A Healthier You in 2024

Having a healthy life is easier these days with the availability of food supplements and health drinks. However, is that all we need? Of course not! Achieving optimal health in our lives requires discipline and hard work. But we can start in simple and small ways. The aforementioned are just…

Optimal Health Formula

Tennis elbow is one of the most common injuries but it doesn’t just happen to tennis players.  It is a condition in which tendon damage causes soreness or pain around the outside of the elbow or the lateral epicondyle.  The term tennis elbow is often used to describe any injury…

The Truth Behind Tennis Elbow