Category: injury
Slippery Conditions Causing Fear of Falling? 5 Tips to Prevent Falls Outside
3 million people are treated for fall injuries in the emergency room each year and 800,000 people are hospitalized for these injuries.1 Most often these hospitalizations occur due to a head injury or a hip fracture.1 Winter weather is coming …
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Feeling Numbness or Tingling in Your Legs? 5 Strategies to Manage Impaired Sensation
What is Peripheral Neuropathy? Peripheral Neuropathy is a condition where the peripheral nerves are damaged.1 Peripheral nerves are located outside of the brain and spinal cord.1 Mononeuropathy, polyneuropathy, and neuritis are common classifications of peripheral neuropathy.2 Mononeuropathy affects one nerve …
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Falls are a Major Public Health Problem: 5 Ways Your Physical Therapist Can Reduce Your Risk for Falls
More than 1 out of 4 Americans age 65+ falls each year!1 Falls can result in major injuries including head injuries such as TBI (traumatic brain injuries) and broken bones such as a hip fracture. More than 95% of hip …
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Getting Back to Exercise? 5 Tips to Prevent Training Injuries
Summer is the perfect season to get back into exercise. The extra hours of sunlight and time spent outside may enliven you to start exercising or try a new form of exercise, or even increase the duration or intensity of …
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Physical Therapists Help Active People Live Better
Physical therapy has lots of benefits for active people. Athletes, performers, weekend warriors, and people who work in physically demanding jobs can all benefit from the expertise of a physical therapist. Here are 3 ways physical therapists help active people …
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5 Exercises for the Pool
After a long winter of exercising inside your home or at the gym, you may want to change scenery. Incorporating pool workouts is the perfect way to mix up your routine. Buoyancy is an upward force provided by water that …
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