As a seasoned physical therapist, I’ve seen firsthand how crucial fall prevention is for seniors. Falls can have devastating consequences, often leading to fractures, hospitalizations, and a loss of independence. However, with the right strategies and interventions, we can significantly reduce the risk of falls and help folks maintain their mobility and quality of life.
Understanding the Risks of Falling
Aging brings about various changes in our bodies that can increase the likelihood of falls. Reduced muscle strength and flexibility, impaired balance and coordinati…

In this blog post, we are going to discuss rehabilitation and rehabilitative therapy.
What Are Rehabilitative Services?
Rehabilitative services are defined on the healthcare.gov website.  “Rehabilitative services are those health care services that help you keep, get back or improve skills and functioning for daily living that have been lost or impaired because you were sick, hurt or disabled. Furthermore, these services may include physical and occupational therapy, speech and language pathology therapy, and psychiatric rehab services in a variety of inpatient and/or …

Home Health Rehab has become a valuable and essential mode of providing rehabilitation services to people of all ages and medical necessities. As defined by the American Physical Therapy Association, “Home health care is provision of skilled therapy services in the patient’s place of residence.

Home care may actually be provided in the patient’s residence, the caregiver’s home, a hospital emergency room, skilled nursing facility, residential facility, group home, hospice, or elsewhere in the community.” [1]
Types of Home Health Rehab
There are two different t…

“Stand up straight!” How many times have you heard those
words in your life? Chances are the answer is a lot. Most of us accept that
good posture is important, (see “Why it Matters”
below), but often we’re more likely to notice someone else’s postural shortcomings than sense our own. Even when
we make an adjustment, such as bringing our shoulders further back, typically
they drift right back to where they were as soon as we stop paying attention.
What’s a well-intentioned person to do?

The answer is paradoxically simple and complex and requires
a whole-bod…