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The Warm-Up Revolution

The Warm-Up Revolution

Unnati Topiwala2023-12-21T14:46:29-05:00September 21st, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized, Physical Therapy Articles, Injury Prevention Articles|Tags: Flexibility, Physical Therapy, health, warm-up, balance, Physical exercise, Sports medicine, Warming up, Stretching, Sports injury, Medical specialties, Human activities, Physical fitness, Thomas Joyce, Lunge, workouts|

How many of you remember spending half an hour standing in a circle with your teammates before practicing counting “1…2…3…” as you gradually stretched individual muscle groups? My guess is, probably most of you. As we continue to move into an age of analytics within sports, the efficacy of warm-ups in their ability to decrease injury risk and prepare athletes for sport is gaining more attention. In The Past Traditionally, warm-up programs have consisted of short bouts of aerobic activity [...]

Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT)

Melissa Baudo2020-04-07T12:12:56-04:00February 20th, 2020|Categories: Vestibular Rehabilitation Articles|Tags: Sense of balance, Vestibular Rehab Therapy, PJ Pruszynski, Vestibulo–ocular reflex, Nervous system, balance, RTT, Perception, Neurological disorders, Organ systems, neuro rehab, Vestibular rehabilitation, Balance disorder, VRT, Vertigo, Sensory systems, Vestibular system, Vision|

We have discussed in a few previous blogs that dizziness or imbalance caused by a multitude of conditions can be treated through Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy, VRT. What is VRT and Does it Really Work? The short answer is that VRT has been shown to improve dizziness and imbalance by improving natural reflexes, utilizing alternative strategies to maintain balance, and getting the body used to irritating motions and environments. VRT looks different for each person because the reason they are dizzy [...]

The Balancing Act: Changing Pain

Alex Wilkins2023-12-15T00:21:40-05:00March 7th, 2018|Categories: Physical Therapists News, General Information, Injury Prevention Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Wellness Articles, Physical Therapy Articles|Tags: The Creative Healing Shift, Dyspareunia, balance, Physical Therapy, health, wellness, chronic pain, pain, stress, Perception, Pain management, Nociception, Suffering, Acute pain, Low back pain, Psychological stress, Organ systems|

A recent National Institutes of Health study determined that nearly 50 million American adults have chronic pain and nearly half of those are reported to have severe pain. Our society and culture has provided many of us with many wonderful amenities of life, but at the same time, it has created a wide array of stressors and unhealthy activities. This can make it difficult to find balance in mind and body. Often, these imbalances can contribute to causing chronic pain, [...]