ISSA PHYSICAL THERAPY

After a one week absence, we are back with a few additional links! A few random topics regarding health care, medicine and physical therapy.  If you didn’t see our link yesterday on our Facebook page  about young athletes and concussions, take a look here.   1) Another post regarding the merits of foam rolling at [...]

Keeping it short and sweet this week.  Enjoy this week’s links!!   1) Every few months there are stories a high school or college athlete that dies from sudden cardiac arrest.  How do we prevent this from happening? Should we be screening these athletes? 2) Really?  The Iphone is great, but I don’t how to [...]

NFL draft week is upon us, and so is the conclusion of the ever increasing hype of the NFL draft.  For those in the DC area, its a reminder of the one thing that the Washington Redskins are good at:  creating excitement in the offseason but not during the season!   With the draft rapidly [...]

Today’s links are short and sweet.  It’s the usual topics…healthcare, nutrition, fitness, pain, rehab, etc…. 1) Ever wonder why MRI machines make loud noises?  2) Keep your chin up!! 3) The NY Times is at it again.  Can exercise make you overeat?  There are certainly a lot of ways to look at this.  The short answer [...]

As physical therapists, we often get asked a large variety of questions as it pertains to fitness, health, and nutrition.  We generally proceed with caution when it comes to nutrition, weight loss, and similar topics as this can be seen outside of our scope of practice.  Nevertheless,  we will often make recommendations for where individuals [...]

This week’s links comes a few days late, but here goes 1) Five finger shoe lovers….there is a class-action lawsuit out, but who knows whether this will hold up in court.  See one of our old posts for our thoughts on these shoes. 2) Check out what others in the country are saying about dry [...]

Pictures of the new office!  

It’s finally official. We are open for business in our new space. The last week has flown by with packing and unpacking, but we are excited for our fresh start and the future! A day late, but check out this weeks links!   1) It seems like there articles like this every week. Yet another [...]