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Category Archives: Rehabilitation
Benefits of Exercise for Seniors with Mobility Issues from Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease is an incurable, degenerative neurological condition that causes mobility issues due to excessive tremors, muscle stiffness, and impaired balance. Research shows that a regular exercise program can improve mobility and improve a patient’s quality of life if they suffer from Parkinson’s. This article discusses an exercise program for Parkinson’s patients, but as always [...]
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Do You Tweet?
More and more these days the term “social networking” has become part of our vocabulary and way of life. There are all sorts of various uses such as, communication with friends and family, promoting business, keeping track of news & events, and even keeping up to date with technology itself as it moves into the [...]
New Journal Article Highlights Potential Benefits of Lower Body Positive Pressure In Orthopedic Rehabilitation
A journal article published in the June 2010 issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation concluded that lower body positive pressure (LBPP) treadmill training devices could be highly effective for rehabilitation after orthopedic injuries and/or orthopedic procedures.
Body weight support has been used historically to unweight the lower extremities in orthopedic and neurological rehabilitation. [...]
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Good Research is Hard to Do…
As Chief Medical Officer at AlterG, a large part of my job is to help us organize and oversee the research efforts of our fantastic independent researchers. We hear directly from some of our customers that high quality research is important to help give scientific validity to the excellent results they see in working with [...]
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Practice Makes Perfect: Q & A with Current AlterG Users
On Monday, I had the opportunity to meet with Darwin Fogt, MPT and President of Evolution Physical Therapy. We got to chat a little about how he is using the AlterG in his practice. He has a beautiful facility in a penthouse suite across from the Los Angeles Clippers practice facility. You can read [...]
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Women Who Run | Part 2
Last week I told you how I became a runner. Six months into it, running was no longer solely about fitness and weight loss. Running had become something important I shared with friends. When I became injured, I felt like a big part of my world was taken from me.
It could be argued that I [...]
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The New Anterior Approach Hip Replacement Procedure