Your body has a lot of joints: hips, knees, ankles, wrists, shoulders and more. When you get pain in those joints it can be debilitating. Joint pain is treatable, and also has a few common causes. Arthritis The most common is arthritis. Osteoarthritis is the most common form. It occurs when cartilage in your joints […]
What Is Osteoarthritis… Osteoarthritis Physical Therapy
Many people talk about having arthritis, but there are different kinds of arthritis. Osteoarthritis (“OA”) is the most common form of arthritis. It affects people as they age, and in those over 60 years old about 10% of males and 18% of females are affected. Before 45 years of age it is more common in […]
Aging Issues – How Physical Therapy Can Help Treat Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis can be a debilitating disease, and those who suffer from it often think nothing can be done to help. They would be wrong. Physical therapy can help. Bone disease Osteoporosis is a bone disease where the thickness of the bone becomes porous and brittle. The bone density gets low. Dense bone is stronger and […]
