May31st 2017Chronic pain is one of the most common complaints of patients today. Luckily, physical therapy is suggested and widely used to help treat, and prevent chronic pain. Chronic pain, which is defined as pain that lasts for several months, or in some cases, years, affects at least 116 million Americans each year. Physical therapists play
Apr15th 2017You Guessed It! Physical Therapy! Spinal Chord Injuries can range from minor to severe and can effect a patients life drastically. Luckily with modern medicine and ever evolving discoveries physical therapy can help rehabilitate a person. There are roughly 12,000 people ever year that suffer a spinal chord injury and while 30% of them are
Mar15th 2017Chances are…. You or someone you know will end up getting a joint replacement surgery. A total joint replacement is a surgical procedure where an arthritic joint or joints is replaced with a prosthetic metal, plastic, or ceramic device. Researchers believe that the benefit of preoperative physical therapy was derived mostly from the way it
