Posts Tagged ‘Branford’

Vertigo: Why Won’t The Room Stop Spinning?

For those of us who have experienced vertigo, we know how debilitating it can be. Dizziness, nausea, and a loss of balance can strike at seemingly any time.  We wonder, “Why won’t the room stop spinning?”  It may help to take a closer look at what vertigo is, it’s causes, and the different types of […]

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Proprioception: The 6th Sense of the Body

Balance is a complex thing in life, but in the body it takes on a whole different meaning.  Internally, we have to balance our heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol, breathing, and digestion.  The most critical thing to balance our body functionally is something most people don’t even sense.  It’s called Proprioception. Proprioception is our body’s […]

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Physical Therapy As Primary Orthopedic Care

Many people are still not aware of this, but you can come to physical therapy FIRST!! No, you don’t need to see your doctor first. No, you don’t need to go to the orthopedist first. No, you don’t need to wait to have your pain treated.  Use Physical Therapy as primary care for orthopedic injuries.  Since 2006, the […]

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Movement Is Medicine

If I had a dime for every patient we saw that had a complaint about lack of movement, you’d be seeing me at my beach house in the Bahamas.  Outside of pain, lack of mobility is the number one biggest complaint we get. In conjunction with pain and movement problems, the most common way for […]

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