Understanding Jaw Pain: When It’s More Than Just Stress
A Physical Therapy Perspective on Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMD) Written by Aviel Haberman, DPT Temporary jaw pain, clicking, or tightness when chewing are often easily brushed off as incidental, but for many people, these symptoms are part of a broader...
Reversal and Prevention of Mild to Moderate Dementia
Written by Michael Moore, PT Anyone who reads our FPT newsletter regularly will remember in our last edition around Thanksgiving, I wrote an article on exactly that Thanksgiving topic. When our team was meeting early in January to ask for volunteers for our January...
Prevention of Overuse Injuries in Youth Sport
Article Written by Brigit Lim, MPT The start of fall usually signals the start of scholastic sports, ramping up to a more competitive level for those involved in advanced leagues, or perhaps the start back to recreational sports after a summer off. Wherever the...
A Critical, and the Complex, Aspect of Lumbar Spine Management: Mitigating Position Forces
Article written by Tim McGonigle, PT “We are surprised over and over again at the symptom control and tolerance for activity people can have even with significant disc and bony spinal pathology when they have a good ergonomic situation, their soft tissues are supple,...