Building muscle and increasing strength has never been more efficient than with the Kineo by Globus. The first robotic machine to offer variable strength loads, the Kineo will challenge muscles during the full range of motion for every movement offering athletes the opportunity to maximize their efforts and work efficiently.
Marathon training is about more than strategically adding miles and then tapering at the right times. Whether you have a series of marathon finishes under your belt or you're getting started on your first 26.2 miles you should be considering physical therapy in your marathon training preparation.
It's the beginning of 2018 and the time has come to finally take your health in your hands.
While you're making resolutions to hit wellness goals make sure to incorporate the health and wellness of your aching body, which might just mean scheduling physical therapy into your new year's plans.
The medical world is awash with quick fixes for "anti-aging" medicine. From eating to live to intermittent fasting to pumping faces full of botox, medical advances and research are helping people from all walks of life walk a little more confidently through the years.
Everyone loves the holidays. Family, friends, parties!! Cakes, cookies, drinks!! Presents! Snow! Celebrations!! The slow and steady weight gain! Wait a second...
No one is safe from holiday weight gain, but there are a few simple things you can do to keep the pounds off this year AND still enjoy some holiday indulgences.
If you're thinking about physical therapy, chances are good you're experiencing some pain and have serious questions you want answered. While your specific case will have some specific answers, here are three things you can just about always expect when you sign up for physical therapy.
Most people who have had a serious injury or surgery can tell you at length the physical benefits of physical therapy in their recovery. Here are five benefits from physical therapy you may not have heard of before, but that you definitely want to be aware of!
If you've been suffering from chronic pain, you might be interested to know that recent studies have gone so far as to claim that there "is no pain without the brain." Hopefully this is a heartening discovery for those suffering from never-ending aches, pains, and spasms, if only because it means there is a whole avenue of treatment you have to explore!
Strokes are the number one leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the US each year. One fourth of the (nearly) one million people suffering from a stroke each year will be under fifty-five years old. The good news in the midst of these staggering statistics: physical therapy can get your balance, and your life, back on track after suffering from a stroke.
After Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's is the most common neurological disorder in the United States, most notably causing physical tremors in the hands, arms, legs, jaw, and face. Other symptoms can include stiffness, physical instability, impaired balance, and a loss of coordination. With sixty thousand Americans getting diagnosed with PD every year, chances are good that you or someone you know is working their way through this disease every day.
Sloane Stecker Lincoln Square is hosting a FREE running event for anyone in the New York area interested in feedback from physical therapists on their running form.
Noraxon is at the forefront in technology for monitoring and analyzing biomechanics, the study of human movement to better understand athletic performance. For 25 years Noraxon has been providing the technology necessary for physical therapists, athletics and sports professionals, and other movement based healing modalities to best serve their patients or athletes.
Running is one of the best and most accessible sports in the world. Anyone with the will to give it a try and the open road can call themselves a runner, all it takes is deciding you're going for it and stepping- wait, running- out the front door.
While you may not be en route to The Tour de France yourself, that doesn't mean you can't put your own physical grit to the test by upping your training routine. A real contender doesn't achieve goals, they blow them out of the water. Follow these training tips to get the ball rolling, when you're ready to launch into full-on Tour de France mode, come in and start training.
We talk a lot about how to stay competitive as an athlete or a weekend warrior, but it's also important to make a plan for your fitness routine that you can work into your busy schedule. This is where decades of experience and world-class equipment come into the picture. While you can get a solid sweat session and calorie burn from an equipment-free living room session, if you're also interested in training and building your athletic prowess you want to workout with professionals and equipment.
With the AlterG Pro 200 athletes of all abilities are able to take their "active recovery" to the next level . Recent studies are showing that incorporating active recovery into training programs helps athletes both relax mentally and physically by reducing and removing lactic acid from the system. It's beneficial to incorporate active recovery both immediately after a workout as well as after a long competition or marathon.
It isn't uncommon to hear people talk about how they would practice yoga, but they're just not flexible enough. Or, even better, it's not uncommon to hear talk about going to the doctor, but not until they're a little bit healthier. It's just as common to hear people talk about wanting to be runners, except they just aren't fit enough to take up the sport.
Spring is quickly turning to summer and you still haven't been hitting the ground running like you promised yourself you would once those long, cold winter months ended. Catching a runner's bug is no easy task, but with these three easy steps you'll have a full-blown summer flu in no time flat.
You heard of SurfSET during its nationwide debut on Shark Tank and hankered to put your skills to the test, and now is the time to finally try it! Offering three stability settings (easy, intermediate, advanced) and four different workouts based on feeling the burn, finding balance, building strength, and finally combining all of these skills together the SurfSET offers a fun, full-body workout that will have you both laughing and sweating more that you have in years!
RA is an autoimmune disease, a disorder caused by the body's tissues being attacked by it's own immune system, which results in swelling and inflammation of the joints. This inflammation can severely inhibit movement and cause pain in the areas of the afflicted joint. While joint pain and inflammation are the most commonly known side effects of this disease it can also afflict pain on tendons, muscles, and ligaments. In some cases infections and organ damage are also side effects of RA.
No one likes going to see the doctor, whether that doctor is the dentist, general practitioner, or even a physical therapist. Even though everyone knows preventative care is always a better option than fixing something once it is broken, there's still a reluctance to take a chance and go see the doc before things get really bad. What if regular trips to your favorite physical therapist could save you from a costly (both in time and money...) surgery later on down the line? Perhaps then you'd be more likely to call in and schedule your appointment sooner rather than later.
Spring is the best time to be living in New York City, without a doubt, and you might even be one of those early morning/weekend warriors eagerly getting back to your routine in Central Park now that it's warming up. Next time you're logging miles around the reservoir, take a look at the folks sitting lazily in the grass or taking a slow jaunt through the park and consider that they might be doing the best thing for their personal training routine-- taking a rest day.
Everyone serious about their workout routine knows the path to fitness and weight loss is 20% workout and 80% nutrition. What few people consider is how to maximize the benefits of their workout with appropriate rest. Sometimes less really is more, so always strategically plan in rest days and activities to support your workout routine.
