You Ran the Marathon! Now Let’s Talk About Your Legs

You Ran the Marathon! Now Let’s Talk About Your Legs

First things first: congratulations. If you laced up yesterday for the 50th anniversary of the five-borough TCS New York City Marathon, you covered 26.2 miles through Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan, and finished in Central Park. That is a big deal. Maybe you ran it for a personal best, for a charity,…

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

PT for Whole-Body Recovery October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to talk about early detection and also about what recovery looks like afterward. Surgery (mastectomy or lumpectomy), radiation, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy are life-saving, but they can leave physical side effects that last well beyond the final appointment. The Side Effects Most People…

National Physical Therapy Month

National Physical Therapy Month

What to Know About Specialized Care October is National Physical Therapy Month, a good time to recognize what physical therapists do. PTs are movement specialists who evaluate and treat the causes of pain and dysfunction, not just the symptoms. Physical therapy is a non-invasive, evidence-based approach to managing musculoskeletal conditions. Research also suggests that seeing…

Post-Prostatectomy Care: Regaining Continence and Function with Targeted Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation

Post-Prostatectomy Care: Regaining Continence and Function with Targeted Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation

What is a prostatectomy? Prostatectomy — the surgical removal of the prostate gland — is a necessary and often life-saving procedure for men diagnosed with prostate cancer. But the surgery disrupts structures central to bladder control and erectile function, and most men experience some urinary leakage afterward. How much, and for how long, varies widely….