Health Blog Category: health and wellness
7 Best Physical Therapy Posture Exercises
Have you ever considered the toll sitting at a desk all day at work or school has on your body? Have you heard how sitting is the “new smoking,” meaning prolonged sitting is as harmful to the body as smoking? At Synergy Therapeutic Group, physical therapy can help determine if posture contributes to your aches and pains and what you can do to fix your posture and eliminate your pain!
In our modern world, we spend far too much time staring at a computer screen, hunched over our desks, or looking down at our phones.
Read full blogFind Relief From Repetitive Stress Injuries With Occupational Therapy
Have you been struggling with tendonitis and are frustrated with how long it takes to recover? Do you notice your pain worsens after a long day working on the computer? At Synergy Therapeutic Group, our occupational therapists can help resolve your tendon issues and, better yet, how to avoid one altogether! Tendons are connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone. Tendons help our bodies move by transmitting forces created in the muscles to our bones.
Read full blogOccupational Therapy Can Help Tennis Elbow
Have you been dealing with an annoying ache in your forearm and elbow after every tennis game you play? Have you noticed that ache becomes severe pain every time you bang into something? Are you frustrated now that your elbow hurts just lifting a cup or even holding a pencil or pen? The pain you are experiencing is likely tennis elbow. Rather than hope it goes away, it’s time to get it assessed!
Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) has been shown to affect up to 50% of all tennis players.
Read full blogPhysical Therapy & Healthy Diet: A Formula For Active Lifestyle
Have you been dealing with stiff, achy joints? Do you notice you struggle to keep your energy up and wonder if your eating habits affect your ability to get and stay active? You may be suffering unnecessarily due to poor food choices.
Fortunately, at Synergy Therapeutic Group, our physical therapists are highly skilled at resolving old and new injuries and providing you with all the tools you need, including nutritional guidance, to live a healthy, active lifestyle!
Read full blogOccupational Therapy Solutions for Shoulder, Elbow, and Wrist Pain
Are you experiencing pain in your shoulder, elbow, or wrist? Is it difficult to reach, lift and hold things in your everyday routine? Regardless of where you are feeling pain in the upper extremity, our team of occupational therapists at Synergy Therapeutic Group can help!
Determining whether your pain results from a specific injury or the cumulation of repetitive stress is the key to resolving your condition. Getting to the root cause of your situation and identifying the underlying trauma or inflammation of the arm’s tendons, cartilage, or nerves can mean the difference between a quick resolution and long-standing pain.
Read full blogSpecial Needs and Coping: Tips for Helping Your Child Understand Emotions
Coping Skills Can be Difficult – Physical Therapy Can Help
Physical therapy can be an integral part of developing these coping skills, and your work with the physical therapist can be just as beneficial for you as it is for your child with special needs.
Parents of special needs children have to learn many different coping skills, and they also need to help their child develop better coping mechanisms.
Today’s blog will cover some of the best ways to help your child develop better coping skills.
Read full blogDo You Have a Swallowing Disorder? Speech Therapy Can Help!
Do you or your child have difficulty eating or drinking? This can be dangerous to your health and put you at risk of choking.
However, Synergy Therapeutic Group in offers therapy that is specifically tailored to a person’s needs for speech, voice, language, feeding, and swallowing. Our speech therapists work hard to assist our patients in developing strong oral motor skills and reducing problems with eating, drinking, swallowing, and communicating.
If you are unsure whether you or your child has a swallowing disorder, please contact Synergy Therapeutic Group clinic right away.
Read full blogHow Speech Therapy Can Help You With A Speech or Voice Disorder
Synergy Therapeutic Group offers therapy that is specifically tailored to a person’s speech, voice, language, and swallowing needs. Our speech therapists work hard to help patients improve their speaking skills as well as their voice volume and quality. They can also help patients with eating, drinking, swallowing, and communicating problems.
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a speech disorder that is interfering with their ability to communicate with others, know that practice name’s extensive therapeutic services can help provide guidance and relief.
Read full blogAre You Searching for a Way to Help Your Child’s ADHD and Motor Issues?
Is your child having difficulty paying attention? Is this having an effect on how they play on the playground? A pediatric physical therapist can offer advice and treatment to help your child.
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is defined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as “inattention, e.g., difficulty holding attention, trouble organizing tasks, or easily distracted, and hyperactivity/impulsivity, e.g., excessive talking, fidgety, or trouble taking turns.”
If your child has difficulty with motor planning and is showing signs of ADHD, please know that we are here to help.
Read full blogPediatric PT Can Help With Balance and Gait Disorders
Is your child having trouble staying upright while walking or running? Do you see them moving in strange patterns? If this is the case, your child may have a balance or gait disorder. Underlying musculoskeletal and neurological disorders in children can cause or aggravate balance or gait issues. There are numerous causes for this condition, which can result in both physical and mental limitations in daily life. Fortunately, pediatric physical therapy can be beneficial.
At Synergy Therapeutic Group, we can treat the underlying cause of your child’s symptoms and help them live a better life.
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