Category: Health Research
Six Ways to Motivate Yourself to Move When You’re Feeling Down
Evidence-based research has consistently found that physical activity can improve emotional wellbeing and alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety. However, depression or mood dysregulation can impair an individual’s ability to motivate themselves to engage in physical activity. The good news …
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Why Diets Don’t Work, and What You Should Do Instead
Americans sure do love a new diet, spending over 30 billion dollars on diet trends each year. Yet while the number of Americans who claim to be on a diet is rising each year, obesity numbers are also rising, so …
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4 Things I Learned at CSM: Perspective from a Student Physical Therapist
Every year in February the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) hosts the nation’s largest physical therapy conference called the Combined Sections Meeting (CSM). CSM 2023 was hosted this past weekend in beautiful San Diego. I was fortunate enough to attend …
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Top 10 Tips for Caregivers
Caregiving for others can be a stressful and difficult task. Whether it’s becoming a caregiver for an aging parent, spouse, child, or any loved one, we often dive in heads first with little to no experience or advice on how …
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Wearable Sensor Promises More Efficient Early Cancer Drug Development
Wearable electronic sensors hold tremendous promise for improving human health and wellness. That promise already runs the gamut from real-time monitoring of blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms to measuring alcohol consumption and even administering vaccines. Now a new study published in the journal Science Advances [1] …
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Long COVID Sounds Awful! What Can Be Done?
In November, we introduced you to Long COVID and all the challenges it brings. This month we are going to talk about what physical therapists can do to help people living with Long COVID. Early in the pandemic, therapists started …
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