Health blog Category: Clinic Information
February is American Heart Health Awareness Month
February is American Heart Health Awareness Month and we all need to be aware how important heart health really is. Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the number one killer in the U.S. CVD includes heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke.
You can control a number of risk factors including:
- Diet
- Physical activity
- Tobacco use
- Obesity
- High blood pressure
- High blood cholesterol
- Diabetes
You can control these risk factors by planning for prevention.
Read full blogOverview of the Vestibular System
Jan 29th 2015Overview of the Vestibular System
The vestibular system is our balance organ and lies deep within the inner ear near the temporal bone of our skull. Its main components are three semicircular canals (posterior, anterior, horizontal), the cochlea, utricle, and saccule. The semicircular canals are responsible for sensing the direction and amplitude of head rotation. The cochlea is our hearing organ. The utricle senses motion in the horizontal plane, and the saccule senses motion in the vertical plane.
5 Ways to Relieve Neck and Back Pain
If you are suffering with back or neck pain, it can be confusing to determine the right way to relieve your pain and get back to normal activities. For some, permanent injury or changes in their body mean arthritis and the tendency for more aches and pains. However, it doesn’t mean you can’t do something about it and return to a pain-free life.
Here are some tips to relieve your neck and back pain:
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Oct 24th 2013Welcome to Loudoun Sports Therapy Center’s new website and blog. As it is our mission to provide our patients with the highest quality of care at all times, we are branching out to the internet to provide more services to educate our patients and the community. If you ask a physical therapist why they chose their profession, the inevitable answer will be “to help people”. And that’s exactly what we do. Physical Therapy provides the patient with the care and education needed to non-invasively reduce pain and inflammation, improve range of motion and strength, and regain function needed to have a high quality of life.
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