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Spring into Action
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Spring is here and it is time to get moving. With warmer weather and sunshine rolling into the Pacific Northwest it is time to get outside and enjoy our beautiful mountains and trails. Whether you are planning to run/walk Bloomsday, return to golf or tennis, work in your yard, or start your spring cleaning, it is time to get moving and get healthy. We are here to help you get back into the swing of things, pain-free and safely, so you can enjoy life and have fun!
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23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health?
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Check out this great video which explains the benefits of moving and will help motivate you achieve your health goals.
A Doctor-Professor answers the old question "What is the single best thing we can do for our health" in a completely new way.
Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St. Michael's Hospital."
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Pain and the Role of Physical Therapy
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From MoveForwardPT.com
You may have heard in the recent news that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new guideline regarding prescription opioids. Here is link from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) regarding physical therapy’s role in pain management vs. opioid prescription.
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9 Things You Should Know About Pain
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Author: Joseph Brence, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT, COMT, DAC
1. Pain is output from the brain. While we used to believe that pain originated within the tissues of our body, we now understand that pain does not exist until the brain determines it does. The brain uses a virtual “road map” to direct an output of pain to tissues that it suspects may be in danger. This process acts as a means of communication between the brain and the tissues of the body, to serve as a defense against possible injury or disease.
2. The degree of injury does not always equal the degree of pain. Research has demonstrated that we all experience pain in individual ways. While some of us experience major injuries with little pain, others experience minor injuries with a lot of pain (think of a paper cut).
3. Despite what diagnostic imaging (MRIs, x-rays, CT scans) shows us, the finding may... read more
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Clinic News
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Gip is heading off to Physical Therapy School!
Gip will be leaving our Northside PT family at the end of May to attend Regis University this Fall in Denver, CO. Her sunny and warm personality will be greatly missed by our patients and staff and we wish her the best of luck. Here is a picture (above) of Gip and her boyfriend Ryan running Bloomsday last Spring.
Megan Roland, PT and Becky Hayes, PT are now certified ASTYM providers
ATSYM is one of the most researched and effective treatments which initiates a regenerative process that encourages resorption of scar tissue and the regeneration of damaged soft tissue. More on this to come in our next newsletter!
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www.therapeuticassociates.com/Northside
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Therapeutic Associates
Northside Physical Therapy
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6821 North Country Homes Blvd
Suite 102
Spokane, WA 99208
Staff Therapists:
Becky Hayes PT, DPT, CMPT
Susan Gray PT
Megan Roland PT
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(509) 325-6776
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Mon - Fri: 7:00 AM - 6:30 PM
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