by Alex Dirienzo | Aug 15, 2022 | Medical Tip
What Physical Therapy Can Do For Arthritis From The APTA Arthritis is a chronic condition that causes inflammation of the joints. It can cause pain, stiffness, and swelling. The hips, knees, hands, and spine are the most commonly affected joints....
by Alex Dirienzo | Aug 1, 2022 | Medical Tip
by Morgan Hoffman-Smith (Ithaca College SPT) What is mindfulness? “The state, process, and practice of remembering to observe moment-to-moment experiences with openness and without automatic patterns of previously conditioned thoughts, emotions, or...
by Alex Dirienzo | Jun 29, 2022 | Medical Tip
From The American Physical Therapy Association As we head into the dog days of summer, the weather is heating up. For the nearly 5 million people in the United States with Fibromyalgia, they might experience a different kind of heat – the burning pain...
by Alex Dirienzo | Aug 11, 2021 | Medical Tip
by Monica Zeisz PT, DPT Arthritis is not just an adult disease; it happens in children too. What is Juvenile Arthritis? An autoimmune disorder by which healthy cells and tissues are attacked by the body’s own immune system; essentially joint inflammation...
by Alex Dirienzo | Jun 10, 2021 | Medical Tip
From The APTA Scoliosis is a condition that affects the normal shape of the spine, altering a person’s overall trunk alignment and posture. Scoliosis causes the spine to move to the side and turn. This condition can occur at any time during the lifespan, but is...