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7 Tips for Sitting at Work (& Stopping Pain)
Read More: 7 Tips for Sitting at Work (& Stopping Pain)Poor posture and long periods of sitting are common in today’s workplace. In fact, people spend about 2,000 hours per year sitting with poor posture! And because of modern workplace demands, it’s usually difficult to re-adjust once you’ve become used to a certain position. It’s even harder to find time to stand and walk throughout…
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Can Physical Therapy Help with Your Headaches?
Read More: Can Physical Therapy Help with Your Headaches?Most of us have experienced a headache at some point in time or another. When the headaches become recurrent or happen by just turning your head, what do you do? This is called a cervicogenic headache and it has the potential to originate from the musculoskeletal system. The good news is that cervicogenic headaches can be…
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May is National Osteoporosis Month
Read More: May is National Osteoporosis MonthThe skeleton that supports your every move is always remodeling. When bones are sufficiently and properly stressed (as during weight-bearing and resistance exercise activities), bones become stronger and healthier. Osteopenia and osteoporosis are diseases that involve a breakdown in the normal healthy bone remodeling process. When bones don’t properly remodel, they can become less dense…
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Your IT Band May be the Reason for Your Knee Pain
Read More: Your IT Band May be the Reason for Your Knee PainDo you have a sharp pain on the outside of your knee? It could simply be your Iliotibial Band (also known as the IT Band). The IT Band originates near your hip bone and functions as a stabilizer for both the hip and the knee and aids in protecting the ACL from excessive force. However,…
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Parkinson’s Disease & Physical Therapy
Read More: Parkinson’s Disease & Physical TherapyParkinson’s disease is a chronic progressive movement disorder. Meaning that the longer a person has this condition the harder it becomes for them to move. This disease works by breaking down a dopamine pathway in the brain. As a result, dopamine is not delivered to the Substantia Nigra in the Basal Ganglia. The Basal Ganglia…
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What is IASTM Therapy?
Read More: What is IASTM Therapy?By: Joe Fiore/Director – Ivy Rehab Decatur, IL IASTM stands for Instrument Aided Soft Tissue Manipulation, and may also be called ASTYM or Graston. Both ASTYM and Graston techniques are specific types of IASTM, much like Xerox is a type of copier. IASTM therapy is used extensively in the outpatient orthopedic setting due to the…
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