by jasonwhite | Jun 11, 2018 | ChoosePT, MoveFowardPT, Physical Therapy, Scoliosis
We recently started a series for Scoliosis Awareness Month and covered the topic of what scoliosis is. In this post, we’ll cover how it feels (from a patient’s perspective) and how it can be diagnosed. Scoliosis is usually a pain-free condition, but pain may occur as...
by jasonwhite | Jun 7, 2018 | MoveFowardPT, Physical Therapy, Scoliosis
June is Scoliosis awareness month, so we’ll be featuring some information from MoveForwardPT about scoliosis and how physical therapy can help! The first question that has to be answered is, what is scoliosis? Scoliosis is a condition that affects the normal shape of...
by jasonwhite | Feb 27, 2017 | ChoosePT, Exercise Therapy, General, Mobility, MoveFowardPT, Pain Management, Physical Therapy
Over the past month or so, we’ve been focusing on how physical therapy affects chronic pain. Lower back pain is one of the conditions where statistically speaking, most patients treat it with prescription opioids rather than pursue alternative therapy. In...
by jasonwhite | Feb 20, 2017 | ChoosePT, Exercise Therapy, Mobility, MoveFowardPT, Physical Therapy
Every now and then you hear an inspiring story like Charlie’s that moves you to action. That’s exactly what this testimony should do. According to MoveForwardPT’s website, Charlie didn’t start running until he was 55. Now 73, he’s...
by jasonwhite | Jan 30, 2017 | General, Physical Therapy
The tendency these days is for physicians to recommend surgical procedures before any other kind of approach to muscular/skeletal injury or deformity, particularly in spinal cases. This sort of recommendation is not always a bad one; surgical practice, technology,...
