Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center
Canton, MI · Grosse Ile, MI
The weather is hot, the gym is closed, and you’ve been trying to relax under our current global circumstances during these hazy days of summer. Taking a day off here and there from some type of exercise is no problem, but if you’ve been consistently missing your regular run, bike ride or gym session and notice…
DetailsWHY YOU NEED A PHYSICAL THERAPIST ON YOUR HEALTHCARE TEAM With health in sharp focus as a result of the pandemic, now may be a good time to look at the team of experts you have in place and see if there are any improvements you could make. You probably have a family doctor, dentist,…
DetailsThe intervertebral discs undergo more dramatic alterations with age than any other musculoskeletal soft tissue structure or component of spine. All discs eventually develop similar changes, but within the same person and among persons they vary in rate and extent. In particular, in one person degeneration of one or more discs advances more rapidly than…
DetailsWhen you experience a temporary low back pain at the first time, you can expect it to go away by itself in few days. But you should not pass this opportunity to take care of it. Low back pain is a sign that you and your body are not in balance. Occasional back ache after standing longer…
DetailsHeadache is a common pain complaint that can be produced by many sources and causes. Too often we mask the pain by taking medication without proper examination. Fortunately headache rarely is a sign of serious medical condition. Nevertheless, headache may be caused by serious pathology and therefore the source of any headache needs to be…
DetailsSince I read Alan Stoddard’s words: His hands are his instruments, and what more delicate or refined instrument is there on this earth? The hands communicate (1), I have been interested in Manual Therapy. Manual, hands-on techniques commonly applied by physical therapists are based on Cyriax, Osteopathic, Mennell, Maitland, and Kaltenborn-Evjenth approaches. All of these comprehensive evaluation and…
DetailsSummer is here and we all are getting more active with different outdoor activities from gardening to running and water activities. That’s great because physical activity and exercise have both temporary and continual effects to cardiovascular function, tissue perfusion, metabolism, hormonal balance, and musculoskeletal tissues. The maintenance of normal bone, tendon, ligament, cartilage, and muscle…
DetailsThe current practice of medicine and physical therapy is based upon the Newtonian model of reality. This model is primarily a viewpoint that sees the world as an intricate mechanism. Doctors and therapists conceptualize the body as a type of grand machine, which is controlled by the brain and peripheral nervous system: the ultimate biological…
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