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Tips & advice from our therapists
Practical guidance on pain, recovery and moving well — written by the team at BEAT Physical Therapy.
Post-Op Complications: Red Flags and Risk Factors You Should be Concerned with
It can be difficult to identify if what you feel after surgery is normal, run-of-the-mill discomfort or if it is post-op complications to be concerned…
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Anatomy of the Shoulder Girdle
How the shoulder works: the bones, joints and rotator cuff muscles that move your arm, and why stiffness or weakness can limit reaching overhead.
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What is good posture and what can you do about it?
What good posture looks like when standing, sitting and working at a computer, plus simple ways to improve it.
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When is the right time to replace your shoes?
Oftentimes it’s WELL before you lose the tread pattern on the bottom of your shoe. Your foot shape, degree of stiffness, arch height, and foot strength…
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Guide to Resistance Training
This is a guide on how to determine the correct amount of sets, repetitions and load of an exercise, based on your specific needs. Always consult with…
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Returning to Exercise Safely
Everyone can agree that exercise and eating right are helpful to improving mental health, improving physical health and reducing the risk of disease. With…
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Total Joint Replacement
Answers to common questions after a hip or knee replacement: where to recover, stairs, living alone, swelling, and what to ask your doctor before surgery.
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Conservative treatments options before surgery
If you have ever been told by a medical provider that you are “bone on bone,” your joints show a lot of “wear and tear” or that you have “no cartilage…
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How to prevent a fall?
Have you noticed yourself losing your balance or being clumsy more often? Do you hold onto walls or furniture around the house walking from room to room?…
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Occupational Therapy vs Physical Therapy: Which is Right for You?
You know you have aches and pains that you don’t want to live the rest of your life with. You need a medical professional to not only ease your pain now…
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What are the Best Morning Stretches?
What do you do each morning after you wake up? Everyone has a morning routine, even if you didn’t consciously design one. You get out of bed, grab a cup…
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What can cause back pain while breathing?
Breathing should be so easy you don’t even think about it- literally. If you are experiencing back pain with your breath, this is difficult to do. If back…
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Learn More About Potential Seat Belt Injuries in a Car Accident
If someone asked you the best way to stay safe in a car accident, what would you respond? If you said “wear a seatbelt!” you are not wrong. Statistically,…
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Tips for Raking and Avoid Low Back Pain or Shoulder Injury
The days are getting shorter and the crisp autumn winds are blowing as the leaves start to change color. Fall is a wonderful season for exciting things…
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Help for Stress-Related Headaches in Columbia MD
You’re driving across town during rush hour, sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. You’re already late for work and you know your boss will be mad. You…
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5 Reasons To Undergo Physical Therapy After a Car Accident
No one plans to get into a car crash. That is why it is called an “accident” after all! For this reason, it can be tough to know what to do next,…
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Disc Bulge vs Herniated Disks
A disc bulge or protruding disc is when the disc in between the vertebral bones of the spine bulges out from its normal position without rupturing. The…
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Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease that affects all joints of the body, especially weight-bearing joints like the knees and hips. The knee is the…
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What is Scoliosis?
Scoliosis is when the spine deviates to either the right or left side creating a “C” curve or sometimes a double “S” curve. At first, the “C” curve is…
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a genetically inherited connective tissue disorder in which a gene mutation impacts the normal production of collagen in…
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