We are celebrating National Physical Therapy Month by recognizing the immense value physical therapy provides and raising awareness on how physical therapy can benefit just about anyone. What is Physical Therapy? Essentially, physical therapy is health care that aims to ease pain and help you function, move, and live better, as summarized by WebMD. People of
Strokes or Cerebral Vascular Accidents (CVAs) are different depending on the type, location, and duration of the stroke. The duration is why it is so important to get someone suspected of having a stroke immediate medical attention and thus the importance of keeping F.A.S.T in mind. What Does the Location Have To Do With It? Our brain is organized into
As always, it depends. Starting your rehab before surgery, also known as pre-habilitation, can be beneficial. Many times physical therapy and surgery are looked at as two distinct options and it is true that physical therapists work to avoid invasive surgical procedures. However when necessary, the two can also compliment each other to obtain the
It doesn’t take long working as a physical therapist to start tallying every time you hear the words, “my doctor told me I have the worst ________ he has ever seen.” You start hearing from patients that they were told their non-painful hip, knee, or shoulder, is worse than their painful side. Followed by the
