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Preparation for Gardening: The Warm-Up
You wouldn’t play basketball or softball without warming up, so why would you garden without warming up. Gardening is a very physical activity requiring use of the entire body. Proper preparation is a key element in injury prevention. Spend 10 minutes doing a warm up....
How to Safely Use Heat and Ice Therapy
Have you ever had an injury and applied heat and ice on and off to help relieve the pain? Well, there’s a good reason for that! Superficial heat and cold are probably the most commonly applied therapeutic modalities. When ice is applied, the temperature of the skin...
TV Watching Workouts
Everyone could benefit from a little exercise, but did you know you could do it while watching television? We have some great suggestions to keep you active during your down time. Get off the couch to change the channel. A great way to keep you moving is by placing...
Stay Active in the Winter with the Every Other Day Walking Program
It’s no secret that we all struggle finding the motivation to keep active when the weather gets cold. So, what do you do when it’s 30 degrees outside and warm and cozy in your own home? Here are some tips to get those legs moving! While most exercise programs have a...
Exercise and the Pain Response
Everyone has heard the saying "no pain, no gain." This may be true in healthy individuals when it pertains to muscle burn associated with exercise. We prefer however to say "no gain with pain." Be sure to differentiate between pain and delayed muscle "soreness." When...
Understanding Medical Benefits
Helping patient’s understand their insurance benefits is one of the best gifts we can give. This is not only important for patients who are in-network with our office, but maybe more so for those who have less than desirable coverage situations. Our feeling is that a...
Listen Up
The other day someone asked me how I felt about the mask wearing restrictions being relaxed in New Jersey, even though masks were still required in health care facilities like ours. My immediate response was, “It couldn’t have come fast enough!” During this Covid...
Crafting The Customer Experience
What are the characteristics that exemplify a great customer experience for you? Is it the way the business made you feel? Is it the pleasantries of the staff, the welcoming feeling of the facility, the ease of accessing the services, or the way you felt...
Happy Feet
P.T. professionals can help patients recover from plantar fasciitis The pain can be agonizing. The causes varied. The impact, substantial. The condition? Plantar fasciitis. One of the primary symptoms of plantar fasciitis is pain to the bottom of the foot upon...
Better Together
This does not seem like a time for great optimism, but it has to be. Long before physical therapy was founded, the world dealt with great crisis, such as the Spanish flu of 1918, which tested human kind’s ability to progress and endure. In the age of physical therapy,...
Taking Care of the Skin Your In
Older Adult Skin Traits The most common trait with the older adult skin is that it is always dry. As we age, the skin begins to thin and less capable of retaining moisture. Thin skin is more easily torn, and less bacteria get in. Additionally, as the skin ages it...
The Art of Breathing
Practicing breathwork isn’t exactly groundbreaking or new to ourselves as physical therapists. For years we have instructed patients in “box breathing” to induce relaxation, control pain, and improve physical performance. For many people mouth breathing is...