Emerging trends point toward combining traditional treatments with new, noninvasive technologies for successful pain management and restoration of function. A feature for Physical Therapy Products by Rushi Shahiwala, PT.
Scientists have created sensors designed to respond to pressure and measure body position and movement. These sensors could be used to measure disease progress in Parkinson’s disease or sense joint movement in athletes, they note.
Academic and engineering experts from the University of Strathclyde and the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), have teamed up with UK and European partners to reduce rehabilitation times for patients with stroke, dystonia and sports injuries by up to 30% using video game-style technology.
(Reuters Health) - For some people, delaying knee surgery after an ACL rupture and trying exercise therapy instead may produce better outcomes over the long term, researchers suggest.
According to author Jeffrey P. Foucrier, PT, DPT, OCS, CMTPT, methods for managing pain include a reliable core of tested modalities accented by emerging and alternative products.
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.
Vigorous Innovations has launched the pro version of its Percussion Manager for Athletes, a portable deep tissue massager designed to be ultra quiet.
As part of their master's thesis study examining the relationship between muscle activation and injury, two kinesiology graduate students at The University of Rhode Island aim to help swimmers prevent and treat the shoulder injury commonly known as swimmer’s shoulder.
Support the Foot offers QUICK TAPE, which consists of a one-piece foot strap that, according to the company, duplicates the “Low Dye” method of foot wrapping for patients with plantar fasciitis.