Health tips for the Holiday Season
The Holiday season is upon us. It’s hard to believe but Friday is the 1st of November. This is the time of year where the office treats are here in full force, the weather is colder and the days are shorter; it’s easy for us to get in hibernation mode and let our health goals take the back seat.
Typically this time of the year we begin the excuse of “it’s the holidays” and “I’ll get back on track January 1st.&rd...
Posted on 2013-10-28
Fear and Pain
Pain is an undesirable consequence of musculoskeletal injury and is an experience unique to each individual. There are many factors that contribute to the pain experience. The noxious stimulation from injured tissues produces sensory aspects of the pain experience, and this seems to be the most obvious contributing factor. However, there are also cognitive, emotional and behavioral aspects of pain and a growing recognition that these factors play an important role in the way an in...
Posted on 2013-10-21
Physical Therapists as Primary Spine Providers
One of the anticipated outcomes of health care reform is an increase in the number of US citizens enrolled in health insurance plans. A potential consequence of increased enrolment may be a shortage of primary care physicians (PCP) to accommodate the increased number of insured individuals.
But there does not have to be a shortage of qualified health care providers in our new health care system. Let me explain.
Currently, PCP’s manage the o...
Posted on 2013-10-07
When Is It Time To Seek Physical Therapy?
Many folks aren't keen to rush into surgery. A study published earlier this year found that physical therapy can be just as good for a common injury and at far less cost and risk. Although therapy didn't always help, many of those who stuck with therapy had improved as much six months and one year later as those who received surgery right away, researchers found.
To find out more about physical therapy, Huff/Post50 spoke with Alice Bell, a physical the...
Posted on 2013-09-30
The Importance of Physical Therapy after Hip Replacement Surgery
Imagine being so stiff, so limited in mobility or in so much pain that being able to walk or even get out of chairs becomes a difficult process.
Symptoms such as arthritis, hip fractures and years of wear and tear are some of the reasons why hip replacement may be required. If an orthopaedic doctor decides a patient is a candidate for hip replacement surgery, consumers should know the procedure generally has a high success rate.
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Posted on 2013-09-23