written by Michael Bacon PT, Director of Rehabilitation Recently United Health published the American Health Ranking Senior Report 2016 which looks at the health of our seniors (age 65+) through several criteria. One of the most disturbing trends was an increase in physical inactivity amongst the senior population. In fact there was a 15% increase in physical inactivity between 2013 …
Tag: physical therapy
14April
Low back pain is common and it’s miserable. Several resources estimate that at some point during an American lifespan, 80% of population has or will suffer from low back pain severe enough to miss work. A large, comprehensive study published in the journal Spine December 6, 2010, demonstrates that Medicare patients who received early physical therapy intervention (within 4 weeks …