Category: Exercise & Rehab

Exercise & Rehab

Neck Hammock for Pain Relief Available on Kickstarter

Developed by a physical therapist based on the principles of cervical traction, the Neck Hammock is a portable and compact unit designed to help relieve neck pain from home, work, or anywhere.

Exercise & Rehab

Telehealth Study Aims to Help Shape Virtual Physical Therapy Treatment

Brooks Rehabilitation, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, and Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital are teaming to launch a research study to obtain vital data and feedback that will be used to help shape the future of telehealth rehabilitation in response to public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Exercise & Rehab

Taking Therapy In Stride

Running injuries are commonplace, but technique and technology can help therapists troubleshoot problems before they develop. A feature for the January 2018 issue of Physical Therapy Products by Caitlin Noble, PT, DPT.

Aquatic Therapy

The Healing Environment of Water

A growing outpatient clientele embraces the weightlessness, warmth, and gentle resistance of aquatic therapy and wellness. A feature for the January 2019 issue of Physical Therapy Products by Rich Harris, MSc, CSCS, PTA, CES, CSAC, and Jose Dominguez, PT, MS, ATC.

Body Weight Support Systems

Unweighting: Maximizing Use of the X, Y, and Z Axis

Specialized technologies are improving how gait patients get past their fear of falling and optimize their progress in lower extremity rehab. A feature for the August/September 2020 issue of Physical Therapy Products by Monty Merrill, MS, PT, OCS, FAAOMPT.

Cardio & Conditioning

New for the New Year: the FreeStep LT3 Recumbent Cross Trainer from Teeter

Released just in time for the New Year is the FreeStep LT3 Recumbent Cross Trainer, designed to...

Pilates

FDA Clears Stimwave’s StimQ Peripheral Nerve Stimulator System

Stimwave LLC announces that its StimQ Peripheral Nerve Stimulator (PNS) System has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration.

Strength

FDA Expands Its Clearance for the Indego Exoskeleton

Parker Hannifin Corp announces it has received expanded FDA clearance for its Indego exoskeleton, for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) levels T3 and below in home and community settings.

Treatment Tables

Help! I Have Vertigo!

Kelsi Smith, PT, DPT, looks at vestibular rehabilitation from the patient perspective.

Fitness Apps, Home Fitness

Telehealth Exercise Program Engage-PD Shows Promise for Keeping Parkinson’s People Active

A remote coaching program, called Engage-PD, could help people with Parkinson’s disease stay physically active, even when in-person events aren’t feasible, Columbia University researchers suggest, in a study published recently in Physical Therapy.

Work Related Injuries

Workers in Pain: Employers Take a New Twist to Prevent Costly Injuries

With healthcare costs projected to rise 4.9% in 2020, many large companies are ready to try something new. They plan to spend more upfront to try to prevent higher costs later on. For conditions like chronic back pain, that means trying to prevent injuries or treat them with innovative physical therapy to avoid surgery and potentially, opioid additions, Reuters reports.