After-Surgery Care
One of the most important things you should do after surgery is to follow all the post-surgery care instructions from your doctor. Don't be naive enough to think that your doctor's instructions don't apply to you.
The Importance of Stretching
Stretching can help your overall flexibility, but it is also important for improving your posture. It can help manage the pain that is caused by tight muscles and help you stay balanced.
Tips to Follow When Returning from Injury
While exercising can help heal and prevent injury, it can also cause re-injury, and it’s important that you take your time when returning to the gym. Here are some exercise tips to follow when easing back into a post-injury exercise routine.
Staying Motivated During Physical Therapy Homework
No one, meaning you or Simone Biles, can see progress on a day-to-day basis. The body simply does not work that way. The best way to see progress is to track your day-to-day exercises and reflect on them after a month or a few weeks.
Physical Therapy After a Spinal Fusion
Spinal fusion mimics the bone healing process and immobilizes that area of the spine by connecting two or more bones. This surgery is not just limited to the spine, as it is done on other areas of the body, such as the feet or ankles – with that said, fusion is quite common in regards to the spine.
Tips to Follow During Physical Therapy
When it comes to physical therapy and exercise, shortcuts take longer. Physical therapists strive to lead you back to health and normal movement but need 100 percent effort from their patients. This includes giving your full effort during physical therapy and also following the at-home regimes as close as possible.
Musculoskeletal Disorders in Farmers
Farming is physically and mentally taxing. While your team is working long hours to finish up as fast as possible, fatigue and soreness will eventually set in. However, that nagging pain might not be soreness, but a musculoskeletal injury instead. Left unchecked, this could lead to lasting pain and discomfort, significantly impeding your future work.
Preventing Knee Pain
The Runner’s Stretch is one of the most common stretches we do before exercise. The Runner’s Stretch is where you pull your foot back to your butt to stretch your thigh. While this stretch does stretch your thigh, it can actually jam your kneecap and cause pain in your knee.
After the Surgery – What Now? (Part 3)
Inpatient physical therapy may very well start prior to your procedure with a visit from the physical therapy team. They'll assess your needs in terms of getting around and what not and help to devise a plan to get you moving after surgery, too.
After the Surgery – What Now? (Part 2)
The first of these two is Social Work. Now, when most people think of the words “social worker” images of orphans and what not tend to come to mind.