While there is no cure for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) physical therapy can help ease the symptoms of the disease and improve a COPD patient’s overall health. Here are five physical therapy exercises that our physical therapy team at Impact Med Sun City Center recommends for COPD patients. Exercising with COPD Before beginning an…
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6 Stretches You Need to Practice If You Sit at A Desk All Day
There’s nothing quite like a great stretch to keep you limber and mobile. Flexibility is critical for good muscle and joint health, especially when your career has you sitting in a chair or behind a desk all day. But did you know that when you sit or even slump your body, that your metabolism slows…
M.U.A. Treatments for Knee, Lower Back, and Neck Pain
When it comes to finding the proper treatment for pain in your lower back, knees, or neck, you may have run the gamut of everything possible and have little to no relief yet. There may even have been some treatments you’ve discovered that have given you temporary relief. But if you’re suffering from chronic pain…
Sprains vs. Strains — What’s The Difference and How Physical Therapy Helps
Maybe you’ve slid into the base wrong playing softball in your Bradenton rec league, or even landed wrong during a workout, and now your back is in throbbing pain? Whatever the case may be, the fact is sprains and strains happen all the time, and if you don’t understand the difference between them, you could…