Foothills Physical Therapy is closely monitoring the COVID-19, aka coronavirus, situation as it continues to rapidly evolve. The health and safety of clients, staff, and visitors is of the utmost importance to us and we are taking proactive steps to
Is a boat ride a workout? When you are a 94-year-old man who walks with assistance of a rolling walker in your assisted living home, it definitely is! My father in-law Tad has always had an upbeat attitude toward life
Stretching has been an ever present component of my routine for just about as long as I can remember. It has played a role in my flexibility for dancing, sports, and yoga. And it has been a critical part of
One great thing about being a physical therapist is that I am always learning. Sometimes I learn in the clinic; sometimes studying on my own; and sometimes at a workshop. Recently, I attended a workshop called Body Reading 101. What
My daughter recently asked for my advice. She’s been having some elbow and shoulder pain since joining a climbing gym near her home in Pennsylvania. That’s too far away to ask her to just come in to Foothills for a
I’m in the weight room at the Y. Focused in. Feeling my shoulders work, then my hips and knees and always my core. It is 8 a.m., quiet and only a few people here. I am in my zone. I
You may wonder what a flatlander from Indiana knows about Nordic skiing? Growing up in the midwest, we did our fair share of sledding and ice skating. After moving east, I went into Eastern Mountain Sports on Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue
Ask anyone at the office: I’m the “can do” person. The table won’t move up or down? Ask Maggie. She can fix it. Window stuck? Ask Maggie. She can get it unstuck. Computer not behaving? Ask Maggie. She will get
After 40 years practicing as a physical therapist, I’ve been thinking a lot about what has kept my interest going all these years, long after graduating from PT school, and what’s helped to keep it all fresh. From the beginning,
I’m a 28 year-old woman with a young daughter, dog, husband, demanding job and an overall active life. After a time of troubling symptoms, frustrations and some worrying, I was given a diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a type of