As the popularity of winter sports continues to rise, so do the number of skier and snowboarder injuries. In a review article, lead author and orthopaedic surgeon Brett D. Owens, MD, offers injury prevention tips.
Reactive Training announces the consumer launch of the Core-Tex Reactive Trainer, designed to be portable, versatile, and to complement any home gym setup to enable consumers to train in 3D, just like elite athletes and pro sports teams.
In a recent company news release, Life Fitness announced that SCIFIT Systems Inc will be joining the company’s brand family.
A new study in mice at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests gene therapy one day may help patients with osteoarthritis, especially older people who are overweight.
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A new Northwestern Medicine study that followed individuals at high risk for knee osteoarthritis (OA) for 10 years suggests that vigorous exercise did not increase their risk of developing OA and may even protect them from it. The study was published in JAMA Network Open.
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CORA Health Services Inc has invested in specialty training for clinicians to address the unique needs of post-acute COVID-19 patients and also those affected by social distancing and inactivity, it announces.
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Is it safe to go running right now, NPR asks. Researchers and runners share their answers to this and other questions.
Read MoreResults from Physical Therapy Products’ annual survey indicate the good times of 2019 helped build a confident environment for purchasing in the early going of 2020, Frank Long, MS, notes in its February/March 2020 issue.
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The study reveals the benefits those sports drinks actually deliver when the effects of dehydration, and exercise-associated hyponatremia set in among serious endurance athletes, CNN reports.
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If you need some motivation to achieve your 2020 fitness goals, consider incorporating one or several of these new fitness trends from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), News-Medical Life Sciences reports.
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Physiotherapy is beneficial in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, and while more research is needed, expanding traditional exercise programs to include aerobic and cardiorespiratory components along with patient education may improve outcomes for patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis as well, according to a study in Rheumatology and Therapy.
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The Utah Automobile Dealers Association, in conjunction with the non-profit organization Mobility for Kids, recently donated more than 100 Pumper Cars, as well as adaptive physical education programming, to school districts throughout Utah.
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PEAR Sports announces the new and improved PEAR Health & Fitness Platform, an enterprise software platform that is built to deliver smart digital coaching solutions. It includes Training Intelligence to create and manage personalized workout, therapy, and wellness programs.
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A showcase of products inspired by the spirit of innovation and built to help physical therapists support treatment that is truly patient centered. This feature appears in the October/November 2019 issue of Physical Therapy Products.
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Exercise is healthy, but what are people in pain from osteoarthritis–particularly in the knees and hips–supposed to do, The Washington Post asks.
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Regular physical activity, including lighter intensity activities such as walking, is associated with reduced risk of hip and total fracture in postmenopausal women, according to new research from the University at Buffalo.
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Reflexion Health launches HelloPT, a digital physical therapy platform that combines tailored injury prevention with telehealth access to licensed physical therapists.
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Patients with chronic shoulder pain have the potential to experience improved range of motion using mirroring techniques in a Virtual Reality (VR) environment, according to study conducted by Karuna Labs.
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