Drink up, Buttercup! The importance of hydration in our everyday lives to maintain healthy living.
We’ve all heard from our doctors, therapists, coaches, trainers, and of course, our mothers, how important it is to drink water. When you’ve been outside working in the heat or exercising, it seems like a no-brainer to drink water to cool down. But did you know...
Fall Prevention for your Home
With fall right around the corner, there are so many things that may excite you: cooler weather, return of football, changing of the leaves, visits to pumpkin patches, all things pumpkin spice, the list could go on. But there is one thing that could stop all of your...
Back-Saving Backpack Positioning for a Successful Back to School Season
Back to school…back to school. It’s August, so it’s back-to-school time for everyone. All you hear about is “Back to School savings”, “Back to School trends”, supplies lists, Meet the Teacher nights, and the list could go on, but is anyone talking about “Proper...
Exercising with Osteoarthritis
One of the biggest misconceptions that comes along with a diagnosis of osteoarthritis, no matter which joint of the body, is that exercise will increase the joint pain, therefore further progressing the osteoarthritis. This is FALSE, believe it or not! Exercising at...
Myth Busting: Back Pain and Arthritis
Welcome back iMove PT community! We’ve all heard someone talking about their Uncle Arthur paying a visit. Or folks dealing with “the Rheumatism”, or their “Achy Bones”... Whatever you want to call it, arthritis is no fun and is everywhere in our society. In fact,...
iMove PT Can Help your Neck Pain Immediately!
Welcome back iMove PT community! Our last blog talked all about the why behind neck pain. Now that you have a better understanding of the cause of your neck pain, it is time to talk about just how our therapists treat that nagging neck pain. The Initial Evaluation I...
Help Me…My Neck Pain Won’t Go Away!
Do any of the above sound familiar to you? If you said yes then you are one of the 80% of Americans that will experience neck pain during their lifetime. Another unfortunate statistic is that up to 50% of Americans will experience chronic neck pain. And I would...
iMove PT…True One on One Physical Therapy
Quick question for all of you who have received physical therapy in the past...How many times did you receive physical therapy only to see your physical therapist treating one, two, or even three other patients at the same time? The above scenario,...
Why do I have low back pain after my Spring yard work?
Oh no, here it comes again! You read the 5 tips to avoid low back pain during the Spring yard work season from the last iMove PT blog...but your low back pain is rearing its ugly head again. As part of our treatment approach, the physical therapists at iMove PT...
5 Tips to Avoid Low Back Pain During Spring Yard Work!
Who doesn’t love Spring? The days are getting a little bit longer, the temperature is getting a little bit warmer, and the birds are starting to chirp! All this beauty and then...the yard work begins. Over my nearly three decades as a physical therapist, one trend I...