Life shouldn’t be spent counting down the minutes until your next dosage of pain medicine. But when someone is recovering from injury, surgery, chronic pain, or neurological challenges, considering the pain-induced physical limitations of everyday activities becomes second nature. Enter NEUBIE® (Neuro-Bio-Electric Stimulator). The NEUBIE® is revolutionizing the way electrical stimulation is used for neuromuscular […]
One of the most common questions when it comes to physical therapy is whether or not you need a doctor’s referral to get treatment. The answer? No! Except for Medicare, BWC or other federal funded insurance plans like the VA. So if you’re living with body pain simply because you don’t want to go to […]
Injury and pain don’t discriminate and aren’t exclusive to the athletic and physically stressed worlds. An athlete can injure their intervertebral discs, those magical discs that provide cushioning between vertebrae and absorb pressure put on the spine, but so can jobs thought of as physically undemanding like those of office workers and truck drivers. Inactivity […]
You’ve likely heard a disclaimer line similar to the following: Before starting a fitness routine, consult your doctor. For those who’ve done that, you know that doctors often mention a conversation with a physical therapist as your next step. Why is a physical therapist key to receiving the thumbs up for new fitness endeavors, you […]
An article entitled Top Reasons People Are Afraid To Go to Physical Therapy includes a spot-on list: People Are Afraid Physical Therapy Will Hurt People Are Afraid They Don’t Have Time for Physical Therapy People Are Afraid They Can’t Afford Physical Therapy People Are Afraid Physical Therapy Won’t Work People Are Afraid of Going to […]
Physical therapists (PTs) are known by many as “the movement specialists.” PTs study how the body moves and functions. PTs are specialists in the body, both how it works and what to do when the body doesn’t function ideally. Although thoughts of prescribed exercises shoot to the forefront of most people’s minds when PTs are […]
Lower back pain strikes 85-90% of Americans at some point. It is the leading diagnosis in countless physical therapy offices and “is also the leading cause of lost time at work, and billions of dollars are spent each year diagnosing and treating low back pain.” What do all of these statistics mean? Plain and simple: […]
You received the secret to healthy knees before you learned how to tie your shoes, and you can thank The Delta Rhythm Boys and their song Dry Bones for that. As the song goes: Your leg bone connected to your knee bone Your knee bone connected to your thigh bone Your thigh bone […]
Hammer hang-up. The Golf Chip. Swimmer’s Sacrifice. The above phrases are just as reasonable to use as a nickname for lateral epicondylitis (LE) as the one the world uses– tennis elbow. It is unfair that tennis elbow is exclusively the nickname of LE. That phrase diminishes LE’s far-reaching tentacles of pain and the number of […]