The Importance of Stretching – Stretch to Prevent Injury

Written by MRCP on November 15, 2021

How These Simple Physical Therapy Techniques Keep Your Body Safe

If you have ever been to a sports game or watched the Olympics, you will notice every athlete stretching both before and after serious physical activity. One of the biggest mistakes people new to exercise (and plenty of pros for that matter) make is failing to properly stretch out their muscles. For the same reason that everyone prefers waking up slowly to suddenly, your muscles need time to prepare themselves for hard activities, while also benefitting from winding down when it is all over.

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What Are Modalities and How Are they Used in Physical Therapy?

Written by MRCP on October 15, 2021

Understand the Physical Therapy Treatment Process Generally speaking, in the medical profession, a modality is considered a kind of therapeutic agent (normally a physical one) which aids a practitioner in the therapeutic treatment of a patient. In physical therapy, it...

Neurological Physical Therapy

Written by MRCP on September 12, 2021

How It Can Benefit You The brain has an incredible ability to adapt to adversity and help the body recover, or at least better manage, even the most debilitating of conditions. If you have recently suffered a neurological injury or...

Diseases that Can Be Treated with Physical Therapy

Written by MRCP on August 30, 2021

Learn How Physical Therapy May Help You Physical therapy is an effective treatment option for an incredibly wide range of diseases. It capitalizes on the body’s own ability to heal and strengthen itself in order to improve a patient’s quality...

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy

Written by MRCP on August 20, 2021

Understand the Process of Recovery with A Trained Physical Therapist Cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy is a specific type of treatment focused primarily on improving the lungs and heart. It is used for those suffering from a wide range of...

Dealing with Acute and Chronic Permanent Injuries

Written by MRCP on August 10, 2021

Find Relief with the Help of an Experienced Physical Therapist In the time following permanent injuries, there can be an immense amount of work that the body needs to undergo through physical therapy in order to recover. Depending on the...

Common Accidents that Require Treatment with Physical Therapy

Written by MRCP on July 25, 2021

How Physical Therapy Can Help Reduce Pain and Improve Quality of Life It is commonly believed that physical therapy is only required for people suffering from sports injuries or recovering from serious bodily trauma. However, the reach of physical therapy...

Plantar Fasciitis: What is it? How Can Physical Therapy Help?

Written by MRCP on July 14, 2021

Understanding One of the Most Common Orthopedic Complaints Plantar fasciitis is by far one of the more frequently reported diagnoses in the orthopedic field. Exhibiting itself as a pain around the base of the heel, the condition may not be...

Vestibular Disorders & How Physical Therapy Can Help

Written by MRCP on June 14, 2021

Understanding How Physical Therapy Can Improve Your Quality of Life A vestibular disorder occurs when an injury or disease affects the inner ear, your brain or the nerves that connect these two organs together. Normally, your vestibular system is responsible...