We’re well into 2018 in our physical therapy clinics in Elizabeth and Jersey City, so we all know what that means: healthy diet resolution time! We know how hard it can be to stick to any diet resolution that we make for the year, but we’re here to help with our 5 tips to help you STICK to your diet goals for this year and beyond.
For back pain, we’ve heard the tips about maintaining living a healthy life, and maintaining a healthy weight before. But what if you’ve a healthy adult that’s followed all the “rules” but still have back pain that just won’t seem to go away? What does this mean for you?
With a degenerative disease like Parkinson’s disease, there are many who think that there’s nothing that can be done to slow its’ effects save for medications. But we’re here to tell you that’s not the case at all! With the LSVT BIG program, we have helped so many Parkinson’s patients over the past couple of years regain movement that they had thought was lost forever!
If you’re like most people that we’ve seen for Physical Therapy, then you’ve suffered from back pain at some point in your life. Statistics show that, currently, 80% of the population have had at least one run in with some type of pesky back pain. And, unfortunately, chances are good that the way that you handled the back pain wasn’t the best possible solution. All too often, people go for high-tech tests, heavy drugs, or surgery too soon.
Living with pain is not fun at all. It’s exactly the reason why the first phase of Dr. Asha’s 3 Phases of Healing in Physical Therapy is to get rid of any pain, numbness, and tingling symptoms that you are experiencing.
As Physical Therapists, it’s one of our favorite months of the year! From back pain to foot pain, neck pain, and everything in between, staying physically fit and active is consistently being proven more and more as THE way to go in order to stay healthy.
Happy National Physical Therapy Month! Every year for a whole month, we join thousands of other fellow Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy clinics in highlighting and celebrating our profession and its’ impact on health and wellness.
This year, we’ll be joining the APTA in highlighting the importance of Physical Therapy in the fight against opioid addiction.
So to celebrate, we’re taking National Running Day and turning it into a month long celebration in the clinic! Every workday, we’ll be posting video on our Instagram of a staff member that’s “getting their run on” in the office. Even though we’re stuck in our office, that’s no reason to not be able to get in a run!
All month long we will be highlighting the benefits of fitness, & how participation in sports can help with your overall fitness and quality of life. Follow us on our Instagram as we’ll be putting up some great material all month long on exercising, staying fit, and leading a healthier, more active lifestyle!
