Physical Therapy

My Husband Has a Harem!

Myra Demeter | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Stroke Recovery, Life After Stroke, Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational-Therapy, Teamwork Spirit, Compassion, Fifty News

this is Tuesday it must be Lisa. If this is Thursday it must be Gretchen. If this is Monday, Wednesday or Friday, it must be Vivian. These are the women in Dan's life today.

Read Post

Elder Independence: Establishing Common Ground

Ilaina Edison | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Family Caregiving, Caregiving, Home Health Aide, Caregiver, Physical Therapy, Music Therapy, Caregiving Tips, Family Caregiver, Caregivers, Common Ground, Healthy Living News

Whether you're caring for an aging parent or a neighbor in your apartment building, or helping a home health aide connect with your ill spouse, look to establish common ground to drive forward a successful caregiving relationship.

Read Post

When 'Strengthen Your Quads' Is Bad Advice for Beating Knee Pain

Richard Bedard | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Chondromalacia, Cartilage, Physical Therapy, Knee Pain, Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, Personal Health, Fitness and Exercise, Healthy Living News

I was a journalist living in Hong Kong when I developed knee pain from riding my road bicycle too hard in the city's low mountains. I damaged the cartilage in the joints, and both knees constantly burned while I sat at a desk during 10-hour workdays. Over time, they got worse.

Read Post

Knowing Your Body

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Awareness, Arm Pain, Body, Physical Pain, Mind-Body Awareness, Exercise, Voice, Meditation, Treatment, Singing, Physical Therapy, Massage Therapy, Gratitude, Wellness, Healthy Living News

Over the years, I've seen the incredible benefits of placing awareness and positive attention on the vocal mechanism. What we mentally attend to -- even in the physical realm -- responds. Is the same not true for the rest of my body? For yours?

Read Post

How to Keep Your Achilles Tendon in Good Health

Allen N. Wilkins, M.D. | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Achilles Tendonitis, Alex Trebek, Conservative Treatment, Achilles Tendon, Home-Exercise, Physical Therapy, Tendon Surgery, Fitness and Exercise, Healthy Living News

The Achilles is the biggest tendon in the body, and is crucial for all movements of the foot during walking, running and jumping.

Read Post

Addressing the Obesity-Arthritis Connection

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Arthritis and Obesity, Arthritis, Healthy Living Body, Weight Loss, Physical Therapy, Arthritis Weight Loss, Exercise for Weight Loss, Joint Replacement, Hip Replacement, Healthy Living News

"It's a terrible problem," she said, "They can't exercise without pain before the operation, but if they don't lose weight, their new knee or hip will wear out and they may develop other orthopedic problems."

Read Post

Simple, Natural Ways To Heal Back Joint Pain

Loren Fishman, MD | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Yoga, Healthy Living Body, Backache, Chronic Pain, Joint Derangement, Back Joint Pain, Physical Therapy, Lower Back Pain, Sacroiliac Joint Derangement, Healthy Living News

Recently, several patients came to my office with urgent appointment requests. It turned out three of them had a common, suddenly severely painful condition some doctors don't believe exists ...

Read Post

Clamping Down on Carpal Tunnel

Loren Fishman, MD | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Pain, Yoga, Carpal Tunnel, Wrist, Health, Carpal-Tunnel, Physical Therapy, Wrist Splint, Benefits of Yoga, Healthy Living, Healthy Living Body, Chronic Pain, Healthy Living News

Luckily, there seems to be a real benefit from conservative treatments for carpal tunnel, including splinting, ultrasound, yoga and carpal bone mobilization, at least in the short-term.

Read Post

Illinois Diver Helps Disabled Vets Defy Gravity Underwater

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scuba Diving, Jim Elliott, Disabled Vets, Disabilities, Diveheart, Volunteer, Illinois Department of Veteran's Affairs, Greatest Person of the Day, Greg Rodriguez, Physical Therapy, Diving, The Diveheart Foundation, Veterans, Impact News

Jim Elliott first saw the transformation in his daughter, who was born blind. Frustrated, and teased by other kids at her mainstream school, she threw...

Read Whole Story

Paralyzed Physical Therapist Awarded $66M In Lawsuit

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Legal News, Physical Therapy, Legal, Lawsuit, Ny News, Lawsuits, New York News

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A jury has awarded $66 million to a western New York woman who was left paralyzed when a weight machine at the physical therapy ...

Read Whole Story

Feldenkrais: Everything You 'Know' About Healing May Be Dead Wrong

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yoga, Moshe Feldenkrais, Men's Fitness, Tai Chi, Feldenkrais Guild, Stacy Barrows, Pilates, New York, Michael Phelps, Norman Doidge, Alexander Technique, The Brain That Changes Itself, Feldenkrais Institute, New York Times, Physical Therapy, Feldenkrais, Healthy Living News

A brain without a body could not think. -- Moshe Feldenkrais When I told her that cross-training on the exercise bike only added hip joint stiffness ...

Read Post

Falling For Feldenkrais: A Patient's Progress

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

What I'm after isn't flexible bodies, but flexible brains -- Moshe Feldenkrais For an obsessive swimmer who craves the endorphins, the past two years...

Read Post

Fighting the Good Fight to Win Olympic Gold--Part II

Nikki Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pain, Nikki Stone, Olympian, The Biggest Loser, Weight Loss Tips, Athlete, Passion, Spine, Diet, Motivation, Wellness, Comeback, When Turtles Fly, Inspiration, Health, Weight Loss, Physical Therapy, Injury, Overcoming Adversities, Symtrimics, Sports News

For all those fighting the good fight let me share my story of overcoming one of the greatest adversities I've ever endured: coming back from a spinal...

Read Post

Fighting the Fight to Win Olympic Gold

Nikki Stone | Posted 11.17.2011

For all those fighting the good fight, let me share my story of overcoming one of the greatest adversities I've ever endured: coming back from a spi...

Read Post

Hilbert Potter, Disabled Kentucky Veteran, Helps Other Amputees Learn To Walk Again

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leap Program, Hilbert Potter, Kentucky Orthopedic Rehab Team, Amputations, Clay Smithers, Positively Kentuckiana, Disability, Physical Therapy, Veterans, Disabled Veterans, Kort, Lower Extremity Amputee Program, Leap, Video, Impact News

After machine gun fire claimed Hilbert Potter's leg during Operation Desert Storm, he learned to walk again with the help of a prosthetic leg and a de...

Read Whole Story