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
The Art of Physical Therapy
Finding New Exercise Routines with Ankylosing Spondylitis
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
Can What I Eat Really Change My Arthritis Pain?
I am a physical therapist and I have arthritis pain. There, I said it. Not a hard admission after all! Recently, many of my patients have been asking about things they’re hearing about helping arthritis pain by eating an anti-inflammatory
A PT’s Rotator Cuff Surgery Recovery: Mindfulness and ‘Radical Self-Care’
Julie first wrote about her shoulder repair surgery last July, sharing some of her experience of the first several weeks of adapting and healing. Now, more than a year and a half out from the surgery to repair two large,
Finding a New Normal
While working with clients, I try to do everything possible to help them return to all their “normal” activities. We’ll typically have conversations about doing things differently or even giving up some of their usual activities, and those conversations are