Help Guide Your Physical Therapist When Developing a Personalized Action Plan

Help Guide Your Physical Therapist When Developing a Personalized Action Plan

Healthcare professionals are beginning to change their traditionally one-size-fits-all approach to one that’s more targeted to each patient’s needs. When you go to physical therapy for hip pain, for example, your treatment plan isn’t necessarily going to be identical to the patient with the same diagnosis on the next treatment table. Instead, physical therapists acknowledge…

Why Physical Therapy is About More Than “Getting Better”

Why Physical Therapy is About More Than “Getting Better”

When a patient makes an appointment with a physical therapist (PT) to rehabilitate after a shoulder injury, for example, it’s because he wants to get better, right? Well, yes, but what exactly does that mean? As it turns out, “getting better” means different things to different patients. To some, proper recovery from a shoulder injury…