Fall Testing for the Community Dwelling Older Adult The incidence of falls among community dwelling older adults is on the rise according to a recent study out of the University of Michigan. The study, which was printed in the Journal of the American Medical Association for Internal Medicine, describes an analysis of data from 1998-2010
If you are planning on returning to some type of physical activity after a long period of down time, you should watch this video. In this blog segment, we will demonstrate 4 movement tests that you can perform on yourselves to determine if your body is physically ready for a return to activity. The injury
As the snow slowly melts and temperatures start to rise all of us have begun to think about returning to outdoor activities. Due to the harsh weather of the winter months, most of us have become sedentary and have not had much exercise. During this time, generalized deconditioning, reduced flexibility, and weakness may have developed
If you have ever experienced pain in your shoulder, elbow, or wrist, you probably thought that these symptoms were being caused by a condition directly related to those body parts. What you may not realize, is that pain in your arm, could actually be coming from a pathology originating at your neck. A
If you have pain in your knees when going up and down stairs, this could be the first sign that you are developing Osteoarthritis (OA), according to researchers at Leeds University. This new study, published in the journal Arthritis Care & Research, aimed to investigate which patient reported activities are first associated with knee pain,
Choose Your Path Do you wonder what living your life would be like if you were in better physical health? Have you thought about starting an exercise program, but avoided it because you feel you’re too out-of-shape to begin, too unhealthy? Do you suffer with health issues, such as diabetes, heart disease, hyper tension or
What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a growing epidemic thanks to our dependence on technology. In fact, it’s been reported that 1 in every 20 Americans suffers from CTS. Your carpal tunnel is a passageway that runs through your wrist that is about the width of your thumb. It runs in
Anyone who takes up running quickly comes to find that everyone’s feet are very different from one another. Depending on the size and shape of your feet, you could be prone to many different common foot problems, which are often discovered when a person starts running regularly. Physical therapists are beneficial to runners because they
It doesn’t seem like there’s an end in sight for all the snow we’ve been getting on Long Island! As it continues to come down heavily, we’ll all be out there shoveling snow quite often, which can actually be a great workout if you do it right.
The place where your abdomen meets your leg, and where your inner thigh muscles attach to the pubic bone, is called your groin. The groin can be strained in a number of ways, but groin strains most often occur in the upper muscles of the inner thigh, nearest to the pubic bone or in front