A Look at Just What the Vestibular System is and Does
Vestibular System - what it is and what it does: Often mispronounced and even more often overlooked, the vestibular system’s main anatomy is very tiny and located deep in the inner ear. It is not something that the doctor or therapist can see if they were to...
Posture…Don’t Skip This Blog!
How many of you were told by a parent “sit up straight”? I bet the answer is nearly 100% of you heard this growing up. As a child sometimes (or all the time) you ignored what your parents said. Well, guess what, your parents were exactly right. Now that you’re an...
iMove TelePT becomes iMove PT!
You may have been thinking over the last four months, “What in the world has happened to iMove TelePT?” All the iMove TelePT Facebook Lives, Facebook posts, blogs, all the fun...poof, gone. Well we’ve been undergoing a little bit of a transition... A transition we are...
How Do I Get Back to the Golf Course After Injury?
Injuries are part of every sport, and golf is no different. The Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) performed a study of 32,000 golfers to find out the most common golf injuries. Not surprisingly low back pain was the most common injury, followed by left shoulder...
Patient Benefits With Telehealth Physical Therapy
Undoubtedly the word telehealth or some version of the word may be one of the most popular google word searches in 2020. The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced people throughout the world to search for other health care options. The benefits of telehealth are not...
Why Telehealth Physical Therapy?
I know what you’re thinking, really I do! The following scenario is presented to me all the time… “How can telehealth for physical therapy work? I mean you do so much with your hands how can it possibly work? I can see it working for a primary care physician, but not...
Your Target Heart Rate for Weight Loss!
As technology has evolved in our society, one thing you can bet on is that Americans are more overweight than ever. In fact, a February 2020 US News and World Report article shows frightening data. In the year 2000, 30.5% of Americans were considered obese. ...
I Have Leg Pain, Please Help!
You have heard the old song before...I’m sure you have...the ankle bone is connected to the knee bone, the knee bone is connected to the hip bone, etc, etc. Did you know who first recorded that song? Hint, read to the end of the story and you’ll find the answer...
The Shoulder: A Beautiful Piece of Art… For the Most Part!
I’m sure that you or somebody closely related to you currently has shoulder pain or has experienced it in the past. If you have experienced it first hand you know the debilitating effects of a painful shoulder. Who would have thought that reaching behind into...
You’re Such a Pain In My Neck!
Do you have pain in your neck, pain that just never seems to go away? Do you have headaches that affect your full physical capability? Does your pain start in your neck and then spread down to your shoulder blade and into your arm? If you answered yes to any, or...