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From Costs to Timelines: How Prehab Physical Therapy Can Improve Workers’ Compensation Outcomes
Read More: From Costs to Timelines: How Prehab Physical Therapy Can Improve Workers’ Compensation OutcomesWhen surgery is part of a workers’ compensation claim, most people focus on what happens in the operating room and the rehabilitation that follows. That focus makes sense. Surgery often feels like the main event, and the moment everything else hinges on. However, some of the most important recovery work can happen before surgery even…
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How to Prevent Lower Trapezius Pain
Read More: How to Prevent Lower Trapezius PainIf you keep getting an ache between your shoulder blades that stretching never really fixes, your lower trapezius may be part of the problem. This muscle helps keep the shoulder blade in a good position when you reach, lift, type, and move through the day. If it’s weak or not doing enough, nearby muscles have…
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Dizziness After COVID: What’s Causing It and How Physical Therapy Can Help
Read More: Dizziness After COVID: What’s Causing It and How Physical Therapy Can HelpFor some people, recovering from COVID-19 takes longer than a few days, and it may involve waiting for a fever or cough to go away. Weeks or months later, they may still feel unsteady, foggy, lightheaded, or off balance. The CDC lists dizziness when standing, brain fog, headaches, and heart palpitations as possible long COVID…
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What Every PT Wishes Families Knew About Physical Therapy for Dementia and Alzheimer’s
Read More: What Every PT Wishes Families Knew About Physical Therapy for Dementia and Alzheimer’sThere is a quiet truth about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia that families often learn the hard way: Memory is not the only thing that changes. Walking, balance, and standing up from a chair can all start to feel different. Even the route from the bedroom to the bathroom can become more complicated than it used…
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Back-to-School Success: How Occupational Therapy Supports School Readiness
Read More: Back-to-School Success: How Occupational Therapy Supports School ReadinessThe start of a new school year can bring big feelings for children and parents alike. There’s the excitement of fresh backpacks, new teachers, and sharpened pencils, along with some nervousness about new routines, new classmates, and the first day of school. While families often focus on school supplies, schedules, and first-day outfits, school success…
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Tight Hamstrings and Back Pain: What’s Actually Happening
Read More: Tight Hamstrings and Back Pain: What’s Actually HappeningTight hamstrings and back pain often occur together, especially after long periods of sitting, driving, or working at a desk. You may feel pulling in the back of your thighs, stiffness in the lower back, or pain when you bend forward. Hamstring stretches can help some people, but tightness isn’t always the root cause. Sometimes…
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