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Fitness

Get Your Fit(Bit) On

By: Laura Keys, DPT Fitness or activity trackers have been found to help people achieve greater levels of fitness, even with their busy daily schedules....

Health & Nutrition

All About Stress Fractures

By: Rachel Kyprianou, DPT, Shrewsbury Center A stress fracture is a small crack in a bone, most commonly caused by overuse, typically from an increase in...

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Health & Nutrition

Avoid Travel-Related Aches and Pains

by: Sarah Busenitz Whether your journey is five miles or 5,000, aches and pains could be an unwelcome travel companion. Here are some tips to help your body...

Types of Chronic Pain
Shoulder Pain

What to Expect: Rotator Cuff Surgery

The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles/tendons in the shoulder that stabilize the joint, allowing us to move our arms in space and...

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Headaches & Migraines

Is Your Neck Causing Your Headache?

Headache disorders affect more than half of the global population. Headache pain, pressure, and throbbing can be so debilitating that they interfere with work, leisure,...

Fitness

Follow These 6 Tips to Prep for Your First 5K

Whether your goal is to increase your fitness level, accomplish a new athletic goal, or compete against a friend, running a 5K is an excellent...

Physical Therapy

Women’s Health and Physical Therapy

By: Erin Lasher, DPT There is a common misconception that urinary incontinence is a normal part of female aging. Making matters worse, women typically turn...

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Physical Therapy

What to Expect: Total Hip Replacement

Surgeons perform an estimated 300,000 total hip replacement surgeries annually in this country. And with an aging population and seniors wishing to remain physically active...

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Fitness

Did You Know Your Spring Chores Burn Calories?

The U.S. Surgeon General recommends 30 minutes of moderate exercise five days per week. Did you know that 30 minutes of housework is considered moderate...

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Parkinson’s: Manage the Disease, Don’t Let it Manage You

by: Thomas Davis, PT, MPT, Area Manager in Raleigh, NC Approximately 1 million Americans are living with Parkinson’s disease, a chronic and progressive movement disorder. Symptoms,...

Physical Therapy

4 Misconceptions About Pain and Physical Therapy

Many people have relied on the expertise of a physical therapist at one time or another. Physical therapists are specifically trained to diagnose movement dysfunctions,...

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Knee Pain

Preventing Ski-Related Knee Injuries

By Christopher Ferlo, PT, Center Manager at Milford Center More than half of skiing injuries involve the lower extremity, with more than 30 percent of...

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