Oh no! I have Degenerative Disc Disease! Now What?
You just came back from your physician's office and you were told you have Degenerative Disc Disease in your low back! Do not worry, do not lose sleep. Although you may be an aging adult, this process in your low back probably began to start in your 20's or 30's. Take...
Recovery After A Total Knee Replacement
Some reports estimate over 750,000 knee replacements are performed each year. That’s a lot of kneedy people 🙂 Maybe you are reading this and have already had a total knee replacement and you are wondering what comes next. Or maybe you’re considering it and want to...
The Senior Golfer: Is Golf Safe for My Low Back?
Golf is a beautiful sport. It has both mental and physical components which invigorate those that play it. You don’t play it because of the consistently easy aspect of it but rather because it is continuously challenging. You make a 30 foot putt on the previous hole...
Manual Physical Therapy: What is it and how can it help me?
What is Manual Physical Therapy? Physical therapists do more than exercise their patients? I thought only chiropractors did manual treatment, but physical therapists do too? Read on and learn all about the beauty of Manual Physical Therapy and how this type of...
Why Do I Have Chronic Pain?
Chronic pain is a hot topic not just amongst the physical therapy world, but all of medicine, health, and wellness. Anyone of any age can experience pain and likely will at least once in their life, but what is pain? You may be thinking something along the lines of,...
Be Aware of Your Posture During Posture Awareness Month
It’s funny how life can be cyclical. When you’re a kid, you have your folks constantly nagging at you about sitting up straight, pulling your shoulders back and not sitting too close to the TV! Then, 50 years down the road and with far greater wisdom than you had...
Parkinson’s Disease and LSVT-BIG
byline Dr. Jordan VanDyke. What is Parkinson’s Disease? Parkinson’s Disease is a progressive neurological disease affecting the nerve cells of the brain that contribute to normal body movements, causing them to be weakened or die. With it affecting nearly 10 million...
Three Ways to Decrease Your Arthritis Pain
Do you experience joint pain, stiffness after longer periods of immobility, or pain with getting out of bed in the morning? If you answered yes, you could be one of 27 million Americans experiencing symptoms of degenerative joint disease, more commonly known as...
Improving Balance to Improve Your Quality of Life
Improving balance is key to so many improvements we can make in our lives, and is often an underrated aspect for most people. It effectively impacts nearly everything you can do - from exercising, to walking, to going to the bathroom, to cooking a meal, to even just...
New Year’s Resolution for the iMove PT Community: Seniors Safely Starting Their Exercise Program in 2022!
Wow, 2022 is now here! With a new year comes many New Year’s resolutions! Excitement is everywhere, I’m going to do this, I’m going to start doing that, etc, are typical comments we hear at this time of the year. Sadly, a recent study from the University of...