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Category: Health & Wellness
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Exercise Can Grow Your Brain – Not Just Your Muscles
It’s time to talk about our most prized “muscle.” The brain. Research shows different activities have quite specific mental effects. Here’s how moving your body could sharpen your ideas and memory retention. Working your body’s real muscles can actually benefit one’s grey matter. Different exercises can be linked directly to certain parts of the brain.…
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Backpack Safety – What Parents Need To Know
It’s one of the most common back-to-school purchases – a backpack. But when it comes to buying a backpack, parents shouldn’t take a one-size-fits-all approach. We need to keep an eye on what our children are putting into the pack and carrying around on a daily basis. Saddled with homework, heavy books, and technology, today’s…
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Fall Prevention- Getting Ahead of Gravity
Every year falls kill approximately 30,000 Americans. Many more are injured and permanently debilitated by a fall. As a physical therapist, my advice is that we should all maintain or improve the physical attributes that prevent a fall. Fall prevention training has been proven to reduce your chances of having a fall event. Here is a…
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A Dog Walk a Day Can Keep the Doctor Away
By Carly Bach, DPT Been on a dog walk lately? Well, you may want to consider adding a visit with Fido to your daily routine. Studies are showing that interactions with animals and pets can have great benefits for your health and the effects can impact everyone from small children to the elderly. Here are…
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Healthy Aging Month – The Positive Aspects of Growing Older
If 40 is the new 30, then 50 is the new 40, right? You may be “over 50”, but you don’t have to be “over” having fun and living your best, healthy life! Actually, it’s even more important to get started on healthier habits and ditch the bad ones. Your early to mid-50s are when…
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We Love Teachers at Ivy Rehab!
We love our teachers! Back to school means a lot more than just decorating classrooms and passing out books. We know that the reality of being a full-time educator means the possibility of back pain. It comes with the territory of being on your feet all day long five days a week. According to the latest injury…
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On Your Mark – Ready For Race Day
A successful race day starts with appropriate preparation and training. Whether you’ve been training for your first couch-to-5K or you hit the race circuit every weekend, summer weather is here and that means plenty of chances to participate in fun walks/runs, competitive 5Ks, half-marathons, triathlons, and cycling events. No one is immune to injury or…
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Surgery with Less Opioids
The opioid epidemic has impacted a large part of every community. Thanks to doctors like Dr. Sean McMillian, Chief of Orthopedic Surgery from Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County in New Jersey, and his team, patients can now have shoulder surgery with fewer opioids because of a special nerve block that lasts up to 96…
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The Sleep Factor
By Matthew Dancigers, PT, DPT Physical Therapist / Clinic Director, Granby Clinic, Norfolk VA Getting rest, or more importantly, getting good sleep, is vital to many aspects of life. As we sleep the brain is “washed” with valuable fluid, clearing away the waste products of a busy thinking day. Dr. Maiken Nedergaard, Professor of Neurosurgery at…
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Spring Tips for Gardeners and Golfers
By Megan Downey Spring is officially here, and as the weather improves, most of us will be spending more time outdoors doing the activities we love. For some of us, this includes dusting off our rakes, shovels, and clubs as we get ready to return to some of our favorite seasonal hobbies. Whether it’s spending…
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5 Exercise Tips to Keep That New Year’s Resolution
Make no mistake about it – we are fully entrenched in the Holiday Season. Next up after all the shopping, meal preparation, stress, and overeating, comes the dreaded New Year’s Resolution. The most common resolution, of course, is to exercise, lose weight or get in shape. “This is the year!” Sound familiar? As an avid…
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Understanding How Pain Works
Pain is difficult to understand and even more difficult to live with. If you’re suffering from persisting pain, below is an excellent video from Hunter Medical & Lorimer Moseley to help you understand and better manage your pain! You can also watch their TEDx talk here. If you know someone who is suffering from persistent…