As spring arrives and sunshine beckons us outside, many of us enjoy refreshing our homes and gardens for the good weather ahead. Spring cleaning and gardening are not only great for your home, but a good way to get your body moving as well. Your physical ...
Fall Prevention and Training Clinic at Orthopedic Physical Therapy Institute
Our Physical Therapists often help patients recovering from falls in our clinic. Many don’t consider risk of fall to be something to worry about or focus on preventing, but at Orthopedic Physical Therapy Institute we see first hand just how devastating a ...
5 Tips to Make Your Home Exercise Program Successful
At Orthopedic Physical Therapy Institute, it is our job to get you back to health after surgery or injury. We know just how important physical health is to quality of life, and we take our job seriously. With each appointment, our Physical Therapy team a ...
5 Ways to Avoid Bone and Joint Injuries When Shoveling Snow
'Tis the season for our physical therapists to see patients come to our clinic with strains and injuries from snow shoveling. Often we see bone and joint injury, or damage to the hips, knees, or back from shoveling. As physical therapists, it is not only ...
Winter Tips To Prevent Falls For The Elderly
As we head into the colder months, we want to remind our elderly patients to take extra care when maneuvering the ice and snow. Studies show that when facing icy conditions, adults over the age of 65 had double the odds of having great difficulty when le ...
Together We Can Drive Change
Hello, The focus across outpatient rehab over recent weeks has been on advocating against the proposed Medicare cuts to our industry. At WebPT, we’ve been working to educate as many people as possible on the consequences these cuts will have for pat ...
How to Avoid Work Related Injuries
Work related injuries can happen suddenly and at any time. Work environments can be rough. It’s important to take care of your health and try and always report a work injury. Far too many people never report their accidents and never receive the medica ...
Finding the source of pain in your heel
Plantar fasciitis presents itself in the form of pain in the heal, the thick tissue that connects your heel to your toes is called plantar fascia. Plantar Fasciitis is commonly caused by strain injury causing micro-tears to the ligament as it attaches ...
Covid-19 Outbreak – A Special Message To Our Patients
To Our Patients: Due to the latest events of the Covid-19 outbreak, we want to ensure you of our commitment to your health and safety. At this time we are open and taking extra precautions to ensure cleanliness in our clinics. We are clo ...
Relief of Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
The sacroiliac (SI) joint is the joint between the sacrum and the ilium bones. This joint is similar to the shocks on the car, it is meant to absorb and transfer force between the body and legs. We have a right and left SI joint.