Quadriceps Stretch Hello folks! Beyond Basics Physical Therapy’s latest health tip is the quadriceps stretch! Victoria LaManna, DPT, PT, CLT at Beyond Basics Muscles involved: The quadriceps. The quadriceps are a muscle group that has four separate muscle heads,...
Fiona McMahon, DPT, PT Pain is a common part of our lives. We experience it in both large and small doses, from stubbing your toe on a table leg to the pain of childbirth or a broken bone. As clinicians, we see pain on a daily basis and patients with some kind of pain...
Fiona McMahon, DPT The dog days of summer are here, folks! Walking from the subway to your apartment feels akin to walking on the surface of the sun and it’s nearly impossible to avoid sweating through the back of your shirt on your way to work. It’s time to think...
Fiona McMahon, DPT, PT Pelvic Health 101 is back with some old favorites like, “Something’s wrong with my what?†and “Why is pooping so difficult?†as well as some new additions to our curriculum such as “Does my diet really matter?â€, a look into how diet...
Fiona McMahon PT, DPT Mary McMillan, Mother of American Physical Therapy September 8th is World Physio Day! Phyisos aka “Physical Therapists†as they are are called in the States, help people in many different ways. In America, the founding mother of physical...
By Fiona McMahon, DPT The week of March 7 through March 13 is recognized as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Week. In an effort to help raise awareness for this condition we wanted to dedicate one of our blog posts to the subject of MS, how it affects people with the...
