Falling leads to an increased risk of being admitted to a long-term care facility and is the leading cause of injury and hospitalization for people 65 and older. Statistically, 30% of adults over 65 will fall each year.
07 Apr
19 Feb
Jumpstart Your Health: New Years Habits for a Healthy New You
Each new year offers an opportunity for introspection. In the rehab/wellness spectrum, we often ask the question: how can we help optimize the body’s heath to enhance productivity and enjoyment within the human experience. There are many pillars to health, but if you can nail these 6 this year, you’ll be well on your way to a healthy new you! The 6 key concepts we’ll briefly discuss in this post are: sleep, enjoy, think, move, eat, connect.
03 Sep
Optimize Your Golf Game
If a key muscle group is dysfunctional, then a golfer will perform a compensation during their swing in order to make contact with the ball. Our goal in optimizing our clients’ mobility and strength is to not only improve our clients golf games, but to train them to use their bodies optimally in all facets of life.
10 Aug
TMJ Pain/Dysfunction
The Temporomandibular Joint, or TMJ, is the most used joint in the body. It is estimated that one uses the TMJ 1500-2000x/day. Did you know 50-75% of people will suffer from at least one symptom of TMJ dysfunction in their lifetime? These symptoms can include pain, clicking, and more.
23 Jul
Get Over Yourself
Spine stability allows for movement initiation from the arms and legs. The purpose of this post is not to detail movement mechanics, but rather to outline the basics of how one’s alignment affects load and force transfer through the spine.
25 Jun
What is Pain?
Is pain a good thing? Pain affects your entire being and exceeds far beyond the location that ‘hurts’. It is important to understand why you feel pain and what you can do to reduce pain.
10 Jun
Guide to Optimal Sitting Posture
The average American sits 10 hours per day. That’s too much. While it is my personal opinion that we should decrease our time spent sitting, attempting to avoid sitting altogether seems unreasonable. Instead, we need to focus on how we sit. I will outline strategies to optimize your sitting posture.
07 May
Health and Wellness: What Every Patient Should Know
Inherent to this goal is our desire to help you feel better, move better, and live better. This article provides information that we believe is foundational to the understanding of overall health and healing.
27 Apr
Fight Chronic Inflammation and Chronic Pain with Antioxidants!
Chronic inflammation will make joints feel stiff, nerves more sensitive, muscles more spastic, zap your energy, and generally make you feel lethargic. One helpful step you can take while trying to sort out the source of chronic inflammation is to increase your consumption of anti-inflammatory foods, which are typically high in antioxidants.
17 Apr
Impact of Community
Community is important to physical and mental health. IPA Physio owner Gregory Vescera describes his journey in joining and developing a new community in Atlanta, GA.
