GET UP. Seriously. That’s all. But it’s not the only thing you can do. Take 4 good, deep and slow breaths. Look out a window. Pinch your shoulder blades back, down, and together as you look up to the ceiling. Raise your arms overhead a few times as high as they’ll go. Make eye contact…
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If you are visiting or planning to visit your local outpatient physical therapy clinic, how much does it cost you? This topic occasionally comes up when prospective clients see our service fees and instinctively recoil because, yes, the evaluation alone is likely a bigger number than several copay amounts. But are you truly paying less…
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Discharged. It’s the word we use in healthcare to say that a person no longer requires the skilled intervention of a licensed clinician. But what does that mean for you if you are that person being discharged? To start, being discharged is not prognosis-dependent, it is environment-dependent. You are no longer “requiring” service from that…
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“If you were already good enough what on earth would you spend your money on?” – Matt Haig, Notes on a Nervous Planet 12 weeks in-person therapy and another 12 weeks of home exercises didn’t improve pain or function for people with hip osteoarthritis (1). 6 sessions of osteopathic manipulative treatment had little effect in…
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Originally held March 30, 2021 Please note: Our fitness/wellness services are for general fitness and conditioning. Such programs/services are not considered medically necessary physical therapy or medical treatment even if the services are provided by a licensed physical therapist and are not a substitute for individualized therapeutic exercises that are prescribed under a physical therapy…
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Extension. It is the technical term used to describe a direction of movement or range of motion. If you were standing and facing a mirror, extending a joint would likely result in that body part moving backwards, away from the mirror. You might be wondering why this direction is so important to maintain with age.…
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How It All Works The stim-u-lus wakes up the noci-ceptor, the nociceptor signals to the dor-sal horn, the dorsal horn relays to the thal-amus, and then the cortex steps innnn! Hey! Feeling pain is normal. If a sensation triggers special organs called “nociceptors” to fire, that signal gets bounced all the way up to our…
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If you’ve ever had an intra-muscular vaccination before, you know that a common side effect is soreness in that muscle that can last for a few days. Is that so bad? Not really on its own BUT here’s what typically happens when people feel a sore body part: they favor it. For some, they can…
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As 2021 comes roaring around the corner, millions of people begin reflecting back on times past, where they are now, and what they’d like for the future. We’re sure you’ve been there–those feelings that have you saying, “Oh my god, I’ve dealt with this long enough! This year is going to be different. I’m going…
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Perhaps you’ve read the testimonial from our wonderful client Tim about his thoughts on how we compared to what he was getting from his health insurance network. If not, here’s part of what he had to say: …What was being offered by my regular health care providers was very substandard in comparison. Tim, T Reading…
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