by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Aug 6, 2015 | Education, Healthy Living, Injury Prevention, Technology
The health effects of prolonged sitting has been a hot topic lately, and Bob Patterson, MPT, MBA, CAE recently addressed the issue in the APTA’s orthopedic magazine. For the average American who sits 13 hours/day, research results don’t offer good news. We know there...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Aug 5, 2015 | Education, Pain Relief, Seasonal
From homework and tests to extra-curricular activities, students already shoulder plenty of weight during back-to-school time. Their backpacks should be the least of their worries, says physical therapist Kent Bond, PT, of Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro....
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Jul 1, 2015 | Education, Neck Pain
You’ve been having some tingling in your hand and your doctor orders an MRI. The results showed you have several bulging discs in your neck! Things must be pretty bad, right?! Not necessarily, and decisions on treatment should never be based on MRI results alone. In a...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Jun 30, 2015 | Injury Prevention, Joint Replacement, Post Operation, Prehabilitation
The stronger you are before surgery, the stronger you’ll be after. That’s the philosophy behind prehabilitation (or “prehab”), the process of improving strength and functional capacity before surgery through a comprehensive and targeted exercise program – a process...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Jun 4, 2015 | Keeping Kids in the Game, Pain Relief
I recently had the opportunity to take a Kinesiotaping (KT) course and am finding it very useful in clinic. You may at some point have seen an athlete on TV sporting funky patterns of brightly-colored tape, and thought, “What’s that supposed to do?” There are pages...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Jun 3, 2015 | Exercise Weather, Healthy Living
The lure of a warm summer day is often difficult to resist. Whether your idea of a good time is golfing, cycling, hiking or fishing, or simply spending time working on the yard, the brighter, longer days have a way of motivating us, infusing a level of energy and...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | May 7, 2015 | Aging & Active, Arthritis, Education
To the 43 million Americans who have low bone density, putting them at high risk of osteoporosis, medical researchers have an important message during this National Osteoporosis Month: exercise is good medicine. But not just any exercise – weight-bearing,...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | May 7, 2015 | Aging & Active, Arthritis, Education
While dozens of arthritis types are being recognized this month — rheumatoid, gout, lupus, and so on — as physical therapists we most commonly treat osteoarthritis (OA). This refers to the degeneration of joint surfaces over time, often from overuse or previous...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Apr 2, 2015 | Education, Injury Prevention
No one likes being reprimanded for their poor posture, and we all know we really ought to sit up straight, but why is that? Why does it matter? Well I could hand you a laundry list of excellent reasons to maintain proper posture, but here is just one little example...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Apr 2, 2015 | Education, Injury Prevention, Keeping Kids in the Game, Sports
During a time when child obesity is high and programs are telling our kids “Let’s Move,” an increasing number of children and teens are bucking the trend of inactivity by competing in organized sports. Youth participation in sports, in fact, is on the rise, according...
