A new study finds a lower risk of adverse post-treatment outcomes among returning military service personnel with chronic pain who received nondrug therapy. The study is published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Read the full article at...
By Debbie Overman More than a half century ago, Baby Boomers heard one of their generation’s favorite rock groups sing about what a drag it is getting old. The millions of people in this and the Gen-X demographic that’s right on its heels are now beginning...
Not wearing a sling – and engaging in early motion of the shoulder after surgery – leads to faster recovery and better 6-month outcomes, suggests a study published recently in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, published in the Lippincott portfolio in...
Stand Corrected is a harness-like stretching tool developed to help reduce the strain on the body resulting from hunching over various devices. An article published in a scientific journal notes that, when tilted forward, the head puts more pounds of pressure on the...
By Thomas Denninger, DPT, OCS Pain or pain with activity is the primary reason a patient seeks care from a physical therapy provider, like ATI Physical Therapy. Rates of chronic pain continue to increase and have reached epidemic level by some experts, citing that 1...
