Healthcare News
What is dynamic stretching and how to do it
Source: Medical News Today
Dynamic stretches are movements performed at a slower pace than most workouts. People tend to do dynamic stretches to warm up their muscles and prepare for exercise.
Electromagnetic stimulation may improve arm and hand function after spinal cord injury
Source: Medical Xpress
Ghaith Androwis, Ph.D., and Steven Kirshblum, MD, received a grant from BrainQ Technologies to study a potential treatment for arm and hand dysfunction in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury. The study is titled, "The safety and effectiveness of the use of a brain-computer interface-based electromagnetic field treatment in the management of patients with chronic spinal cord injury: A pilot study."
Which Exercise Regimen Works Best to Ease Lower Back Pain?
Source: HealthDay
Chronic lower back pain can make the most routine tasks difficult. But a new study suggests patients can learn new, practical and less painful ways to move through individualized "motor skills training," or MST.
Physical Therapy for Biceps Tendonitis
Source: Verywell Health
If you have pain in your upper arm or shoulder, you may have irritated your biceps tendon, a condition known as biceps tendonitis. The pain may limit your shoulder motion and make performing normal work and recreational tasks difficult or impossible.
Physical therapy access may reduce opioid prescriptions
Source: Healtheuropa.eu
A new study has shown that patients who first saw a physical therapist or chiropractor for lower back pain were much less likely to be prescribed opioids.
