Tips for Gardening

Unfortunately, every time you water the garden, you also water the weeds!  While many people garden for the pure pleasure of it  many others garden out of pure necessity.  Whatever your reasoning, gardening can be a fun but formidable recreational activity that can certainly result in injury. 

There are several tips you should wisely heed regarding the best equipment to use, along with using the proper technique in order to make your gardening experience both pleasurable and injury-free.

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Understanding Biceps tendonitis

Biceps tendonitis or tendinopathy refers to the inflammation or breakdown of the tendons that attach the bicep muscles to the shoulder. This condition can result in reduced shoulder mobility.

Understanding how this condition develops as well as the role that Physical Therapy plays in the healing process can quickly get you back on the road to recovery.

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From Our Blog: Exercise at Your Own Risk

By Tamer Issa, PT, DPT, OCS

Wouldn’t it be great if you could prevent exercise-related injuries before they happen?  Typically, a person comes in to see an outpatient physical therapist to address a specific pain problem that hasn’t gone away and has now resulted in a loss of function that is meaningful to them.

Unfortunately, self-determination coupled with the “wait and see” approach won’t work in all cases.  As an outpatient physical therapist, I tend to hear a common backstory from my patients as to how they ultimately ended up seeking physical therapy treatment due to an exercise related injury.

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Save Your Kids from a Lifetime of Takeout, Teach Them How to Cook

By Casey Seidenberg from the Washington Post

At the end of every school year, I am awed by how much my children have learned, the extent to which they have matured and the inches they have grown. The beginning of summer is a milestone worthy of pause.

On the flip side, I also mull over the things I had intended to personally teach my kids during the past year, goals that generally remain little more than a hope or dream.

Teaching them to cook is still on my bucket list. I also mean to teach them money management, meditation, how to resist technology (the toughest challenge of all!) and, once they can drive, how to change a tire. These are pretty basic ambitions, but honestly, I haven’t fully accomplished any of them.

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