Sticking with Your Exercise Program in 2024
Exercise and fitness-related New Year's resolutions are always popular. Riding the New Year momentum makes starting an exercise program in January easy. But now that it's February, it can be hard to stick to it. Life gets busy, the weather is terrible, motivation drops, and the excitement has worn off. Time magazine has estimated that 80, we asked PhysioPartners' therapists for their best tips to keep exercising through the February dip and into the spring.
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Posted on 2024-02-02
Aaron Rodgers' Road to Recovery
Aaron Rodgers’ Injury: The Path Back to the Field
By Tyler Nord, SPT
When Rodgers ruptured his Achilles tendon, many fans were left wondering what the next steps would be for the 39-year-old quarterback. It was reported that he would have surgery in the days following his injury, determined to return to the football field. Typical surgical interventions for Achilles rupture consist of percutaneous and open repairs. Rodgers opted to undergo a new style of open repair, described as the Spe...
Posted on 2023-10-10
Home Exercises Magnify Your Investment in Your Health
Completing Your Home Exercises Magnifies Effects of Your Physical Therapist's Care
If you've been to physical therapy, you likely received a home exercise program. Research says that if you do your home exercise program, you'll have a significantly better chance of meeting your goals and feeling better. Not doing your program increases the risk of recurrent injury or flare-ups with less positive outcomes long term. Unfortunately, even though they're important, adherence to home exercise program...
Posted on 2022-06-05
Avoiding Injury as We Return to Activity
By Mandie Martuzzo, PTBoard-Certified Clinical Specialist Orthopedic Physical Therapy
During the stay-at-home period, we have all been much less active than we are used to. Even if we have made an effort to exercise, we are still engaging in much less daily activity than normal. Going to work, walking around, running errands, all add physical activity to our days.
Tissue responds to stress placed on it. So, less stress on the tissue (e.g. inactivity) can lead to muscle atrophy or decreased s...
Posted on 2020-06-26
Physical Activities for Parents & Kids!
COVID-19 has eliminated the question of what stay-at-home moms/dads do forever! Now the bigger problem emerges: How do they fit in the daily physical activities their children desperately need? Public resources such as playgrounds and parks are no longer safe, so the need to get creative for home activities is in high demand.
Running, jumping, and active movement is important for a child’s health because it reduces weight, increases muscle strength, improves bone density, and stim...
Posted on 2020-05-11
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