She tried everything — physical therapy, acupuncture, ultrasound, stretching, cupping, heat packs. She even took her grandmother’s leftover muscle relaxers. Nothing worked. That’s when she ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Mari Villar attends a therapy session with physical therapist C. Ryan Coxe at Chicago’s Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Villar has undergone 11 operations since a ...

All went to physical therapy, but their health insurers stopped paying before any could walk without assistance. Paulo spent nearly $1,500 out of her own pocket for more sessions. Millions of ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is enacting a new billing policy for physical therapy providers starting April 1 that will reduce reimbursements by an average of 17%. Blue Cross says the change ...

A Colles fracture, a break in one of the forearm bones near the wrist, commonly requires physical therapy after a period of immobilization. The exercises used in physical therapy are focused on ...

After wearing a cast or a splint, you may have noticed that the muscles and joints around your wrist feel tight. This is normal, and your first exercises after removal of your cast should be geared ...

Osteoporosis is a disease in which bone resorbs faster than it is formed, gradually weakening its structure over time and leading to fractures ... reported a novel therapy that combines these ...

The rehabilitation program was created by a physical therapy specialist (Y), orthopedic surgeon ... Efficacy of mobilization with movement in patients with colles’ fracture: a randomized clinical ...

During a pelvic exam, the practitioner discovered that Kates had tight pelvic floor muscles and suggested she try pelvic physical therapy. Kates was mortified. She'd spent 10 years treating ...

but poorer physical function than women without diabetes,” the authors write. “This could be the principal reason for the increased fracture risk observed in this study among older women with ...