Why Sitting is Splintering Your Spine
By now, it’s no secret that desk jobs can take a toll on your body – especially your back. While sitting is never ideal, office environments generally provide optimal conditions for prolonged sitting – ergonomically efficient chairs, keyboards, high-quality monitors, etc. However, the COVID pandemic has shifted many workers away from their office desks. Home desks are typically […]
5 Exercises for Lower Back Pain
Lower back pain is one of the most common complaints we see in physical therapy. Since the back plays such a major role in almost all movement, even a mild case of back pain can be debilitating. Although major cases of back pain should be discussed with your physical therapist, we’ve gathered some exercises to […]
Kick-Start Your Weight Loss With Metabolic Conditioning
Metabolic conditioning is an often used but little understood term that gets thrown around in the fitness industry. While metabolic conditioning is a real practice that can aid in weight loss, it unfortunately also gets used as a buzz word to sell products and services – usually from vendors who don’t understand what it actually […]
10 Quarantine Workouts You Can Do at Home
Recently, we’ve found ourselves in a world where even going to the gym can be risky. People are having to adjust with workouts you can do at home rather than the usual gym routine, and making do with little to no exercise equipment. Paired with the potential for negative side effects from working at home, […]
How Much Does Physical Therapy Cost?
How Much Does Physical Therapy Cost? Any way you look at it, healthcare costs are no trivial matter. And when you factor in high deductibles and pricey specialist visits, the numbers only go up. In today’s world, it’s necessary to examine the cost of each step of your healthcare in your treatment plan. The first […]
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolution
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolution Wondering how to keep your New Year’s resolution? You’re not alone. People around the world make New Year’s resolutions each year, but most fall off the wagon within a month. Yet, year after year, almost half of the US makes a resolution for the upcoming year. Having a […]
New Strategies for Chronic Pain
Chronic pain can be devastating. You wonder if you’ll ever feel normal again. You’ve tried everything…. pills, chiropractic, miracle cures, injections. Or you spend time trying to find the right surgical solution, but no one can guarantee that surgery will fix the problem and might even make it worse. You wonder if you’ll have to […]
Coronavirus Treatment: How PT Helps with Life After COVID
By now, it’s no secret that COVID-19 has changed the world forever. Physical therapy, like the rest of the healthcare sector, is no exception. Patients are desperately seeking coronavirus treatment both before and after illness. Throughout the course of COVID, physical therapists have played an important role in reducing strain on the healthcare system by […]
Getting Race-Ready: A Runner’s Guide
Now more than ever, our patients who are training for a race often ask us what they need to know to stay healthy through the course of their training regime and on through race day. So, we figured it was high time we shared our pro tips. So, whether you’re running for the first time, […]
Physical Therapy Exercises for Lung Health
Breathing Problems & COVID-19 Breathing is one of the most important processes that the human body performs. Breathing is the body’s way of facilitating gas exchanges that allow cellular respiration to occur, primarily by bringing oxygen into the body and flushing carbon dioxide out of the body. To put it simply – without the breathing […]