There’s no way around it. We are a lot less active as a society. In the past, people used to walk from place to place. Now they drive or even work from home or school. That means a lot more time sitting and a lot less time standing or walking around. No, a short walk to the refrigerator and back [...]
You’ve lived in New York City and are looking to go to a quieter place, where there is a lot less hustle and bustle. You could do a lot worse than move to East Meadow - a hamlet in Long Island that has both great education and activities for its residents. There are plenty of nearby businesses there that will [...]
Have you had an injury to your spine or had spinal disease? Specifically, have you been affected in the lumbar spine region - which is situated in the lower back? If that’s the case, then things like even just managing to stand upright for a short period of time can be extremely difficult. You will feel the pain and weakness [...]
You’re working from home. Whether you’ve been doing it for a while or just starting, more and more people are finding themselves in this scenario due to the whole COVID-19 situation. For the uninitiated, it can feel like a whole different world, especially when it comes to trying to do things like exercise and eat right. There are even some [...]
Physical therapy can do a lot for people, especially in ways that they may not have previously thought of before. Here are eight ways that physical therapy can help you relieve your pain and treat your condition. Managing Pain Without Opioids One of the reasons that there was an epidemic of people addicted to opioids was how free doctors were [...]
When people think of physical therapists, they think of a person working alongside someone who is injured or has had surgery. They visualize middle-aged or older people getting themselves back on track. Actually, they would be surprised at the varied number of people who use this and where they can be found. Physical therapists go to a lot of different [...]
Physical therapists can do a world of good for many people. The problem is, many people don’t seek out a physical therapist when they should. They may have the wrong idea of what happens or why they would really need it. Fortunately, there are answers to these. These are some of the myths that linger about the physical therapy field [...]
When one hears the term “herniated disc” or “bulging disc”, it may conjure an image of a disc like one used in the Olympics, bulging out of someone’s body. That’s not what happens when this common condition, which affects over three million people each year, occurs. It’s when the rubbery nucleus of a disc in someone’s spine pushes out through [...]
Massage may be regarded simply to “relieve tension” but its value in medical and therapeutic treatment may have been overlooked. Many benefits can be forwarded and argued regarding massage therapy, and these are not in question or disputed. Many have received its benefits and swear by it for a variety of uses from stress relief to relaxation. Its benefits abound. [...]
It’s always disconcerting for a person when they lose the ability to do things they once did without thinking. Formerly rote things like reaching to grab something nearby can feel impossible when one’s arm won’t straighten out. A leg may feel locked. This can throw day-to-day life into tumult. This happens to people all over the world for various reasons [...]
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