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

Kaia Health Computer Vision Technology vs Physical Therapists: Who Wins?

A new clinical study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Medical Internet Research demonstrates that the computer vision technology from Kaia Health is as accurate as a physical therapist in suggesting exercise corrections.

Exercise & Rehab

WorkWell Unveils New Branding and Affirms Workplace Safety Commitment

WorkWell debuts its new new brand identity and website reflecting its industry leadership in workplace safety and its innovative and resilient spirit.

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

Physical Therapy to the Rescue

Erin Holland, PT, DPT, OCS, and Shirish Sachdeva, PT, DPT, MS, PGD-PPHC, FOR, BPT, explain how PT is improving fitness & wellness during the pandemic, in this feature for the October/November 2020 issue of Physical Therapy Products magazine.

Pilates

GoNoodle All Summer Long with New iOS App Features

GoNoodle announces new features added to the GoNoodle iOS app designed to help keep kids moving and avoid the summer slump.

Strength

Foot Drop Treatment: Timing Is Everything

Collaboration among rehab disciplines helps pinpoint the ideal timing for multifactorial decisions about bracing. Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation therapists Farris Fakhoury, PT, DPT, and Rich Klager, PT, DPT, NCS, explain the details in this Physical Therapy Products full-length feature.

Treatment Tables

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Tell us which features you consider essential for treatment tables, lifts, and workstations. You'll qualify automatically to win a $25 Starbucks Gift Card.

Fitness Apps, Home Fitness

Fitness Centers in Hilton Luxury Resorts to Feature Wattbike Indoor Bicycles

A partnership signed between Hilton Worldwide and Wattbike clears the way for the rollout of Wattbike indoor cycles for guests using the fitness centers at Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts and Conrad Hotels & Resorts across the United States.

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.