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Benefits of Women’s Health Physical Therapy
Hab-it, an expert panel of women's physical therapists and personal trainers recently highlighted why it is important to choose a women's health physical therapist: Women's…
Pelvic Floor Spasm: Often Misdiagnosed When Assessing Pelvic Pain
Despite their commonality, pelvic floor musculoskeletal disorders too often go unrecognized during the evaluation of pelvic pain syndromes. Contemporary OBGYN highlighted this prevalent women's health…
PT Guide to Shoulder Impingement
Physical Therapist's Guide to Shoulder Impingement Shoulder impingement syndrome occurs as the result of chronic and repetitive compression or "impingement" of the rotator-cuff tendons in…
Increasing Physical Activity
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 68 percent of adults over the age of 20 are either overweight or obese (for…
Warmup Exercises Reduce ACL Injuries
Simple warmup exercises might be enough to prevent one of the most common serious knee injuries suffered by youth athletes, especially females. A study published…
Back Pain Is Often Over-Treated
Despite abundant evidence and published guidelines calling for conservative initial treatment of most back pain through methods including physical therapy and over-the-counter medications such as…
Bone Health
Physical therapists are experts in improving and restoring mobility and play an important role in ensuring optimal bone health. Healthy bones can help you stay…
Arm and Wrist Pain Treated With Physical Therapy: Laura’s Story
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has provided the following case study, highlighting successes of physical therapy. Laura's broken wrist, and pain related to lymphedema, threatened…
APTA’s Benefits of Physical Therapy
This October, in honor of National Physical Therapy Month, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is outlining the Benefits of Physical Therapy. Physical therapists are…
National Physical Therapy Month
October is National Physical Therapy Month! What is National Physical Therapy Month? National Physical Therapy Month (NPTM) is a commemoration held each October by the…
PT Effect at Little Italy Festa
Come see us this Saturday from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, as an official Vendor, at San Diego's Little Italy Festa! We'll be setup on…
Study Finds Physical Therapy As Effective, Less Expensive Than Steroids
The American Physical Therapy Association (http://www.apta.org/) recently highlighted a study published in the August Annals of Internal Medicine. This study, the first of its kind,…
