Intuition wins! (GPS your intuition)

Funny thing happened yesterday, spending time near downtown Philadelphia...second time in as many weeks.

Someone said to me "I am late to this place because the GPS took me the wrong way".

It made me reflect on my patients comments, sometimes feeling helpless with joint pain. This is found in comments they have such as "I now have a high sugar count and have gained weight because I can't exercise".

Truth is, the driver of the car was not forced to drive that way. A voice in a box simply told them turn right, possibly against their own intuition.

If your joint pain is keeping you from running, don't let it get the best of you. Find ways to strength train with lighter weights, more reps, keeping your heart rate up. Find ways to eat better, less frequent, or less volume.

Like the GPS voice, the appeal of the mass marketing (Burgers, Fries, Soda, Beer, Ice Cream) voice will tell you one thing, but let your intuition take you the other way.

Always let your intuition win.

Jump it now! Obese, overwieght, or a warning sign?

Jumping to better health!

Is your child obese, slightly overweight, or just a warning sign about future disease. Its important to know the differences in Bodyfat and BMI.

BMI

A BMI of 18 to 24 is considered norm (acefitness.org/calculators/BMI-calculator/aspx)

In the end, the BMI may not tell you about your child's general health and wellness right now, but may be an excellent indicator about potential future disease (diabetes or heart disease).

Body Fat

Is the estimated amount of fat that makes up your son's or daughter's overall weight.

Ideal numbers are all over the internet. Understanding your body fat helps you understand your general level of fitness now.

So, use both numbers for your child to understand how they are now (body fat) and understanding their potential for systemic disease as they age!

Vacations Close?

78 Million Baby Boomers.

125 Million people going on Vacation this summer.

4 PTWs to help you get from here to there, in less pain, with more mobility, enjoying life the way it ought to be for you.

Call today for relief tomorrow. You deserve a painfree vacation!

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Montgomeryville Physical Therapy Video

Videos for our website are done, next month, you will see home exercise instruction of many of our commonly issued home exercises.

Lansdale Physical Therapy - Live to Learn

An old saying goes "If you live to learn, you learn to live"

Live to learn by your mistakes, make change, alter your route, then you learn to live!

Like this guys physical performance, do you have joint pain when you run?

Try: Run with new sneakers. Still no change.
Try: Run on softer surface, or the other side of the road? Still has joint pain after running.
Try: Run with less intensity, less speed, shorten your stride. Still has joint pain after running.
Try: Run on a treadmill. Still has joint pain.
Try: Running in water. No joint pain.

This fellow did 2 weeks of running in the water, each day followed by land exercises for strengthening the quads, hams, and hip musculature.

Then 2 weeks of EFX at 120 to 150 strides per minute, levels 8 through 12, with land exercises as above.

Then 2 weeks of running at 4 mph to 6 mph on the treadmill, land exercises.

Then returning to road running, 60% of previous performance, building up 5% each week.

No joint pain.

This fella lived to learn, and as a result, learned to live life to its fullest! Back running.

Robert Babb, MBA, PT, Physical Therapy

Doom the Rheum!

Rheumatoid Arthritis is a chronic, sometimes disabling disease that includes joint pain, muscle shortening, swelling in the joints, and a host of other symptoms that can limit your activity.

The American Physical Therapy Association research (June 2011, JAPTA) reports that individuals who attend a Physical Training program that includes cardiovascular exercise, education, and self-management strategies will help! Improvement in the cardiovascular conditioning can lead to better quality of life and in many...promote participation of recreational and sport activities.

So, if your off your tennis game cause of those achy joints, give a Physical Therapy professional a call to see how they can help you get back on your game!