Incorporating strengthening exercises into physical therapy can enhance recovery and relieve pain, although clients and even some physical therapists might need some convincing, Nate Murray, PT, shares in the October/November 2021 issue of Physical Therapy Products.
A year after the pandemic onset, an upward trend in facility-based equipment purchases reflects confidence in the future of in-person visits, according to an analysis of a Physical Therapy Products readers' survey.
A special type of physical therapy is helping some patients with the novel coronavirus breathe more easily. The type of physical therapy, called manual therapy, is a bit different from the typical physical therapy and has helped some COVID-19 patients, according to Fox News.
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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Vive Health offers the Vive Balance Pad, designed to help users develop stronger knees and ankles for injury recovery and prevention.
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What’s the right time to open a modern PT mega-practice? When the local market gives you the signal to expand. Mike Studer, PT, MHS, NCS, CEEAA, CWT, CSST, shares how the writing on the wall helped guide the the decision to open his practice’s third facility: The RE_Building.
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Resistance bands are versatile, easy to pack and inexpensive, shares NextAvenue, which looks at their popularity in the general population outside of the physical therapist’s office.
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Featuring more intuitive navigation and streamlined function, the newly released Biodex Advantage BX software is designed to work with the Biodex System 4 Dynamometer that helps clinicians return athletes to sport safely.
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Neofect unveils Neofect Smart Balance, a lower-body rehabilitation device that uses augmented reality to help patients recovering from stroke, ambulatory injuries, and other lower body disabilities regain function in their legs.
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Therapy to strengthen pelvic muscles has been the standard treatment for men dealing with urinary incontinence after prostate surgery. However, a new study from UT Southwestern’s Departments of Urology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation suggests that may not be the best approach.
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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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Abilitech Medical will begin clinical trials of the Abilitech Assist in 2020 as it seeks to obtain FDA clearance of its product, a wearable device designed to help people living with muscular dystrophy or multiple sclerosis, or have experienced a spinal cord injury or stroke, perform activities of daily living more easily.
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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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Three physical therapists from Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals share vignettes about how robotic technologies helped advance patients toward their rehab goals, in this feature that appears in the October/November issue of Physical Therapy Products.
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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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SWORD Health, a tech-enabled physical therapy provider headquartered in New York, has won first prize at the UCSF Digital Health Awards 2019, in the Employer Wellness & Prevention category, the company announces.
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A physical therapist and testicular cancer survivor shares the health benefits of rehabilitation after cancer, according to CURE.
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Patients might not be receiving optimum care for knee osteoarthritis, note researchers who suggest that exercise-based interventions should be prescribed more often.
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