Promises to increase efficiency, enhance patient experience The first clinically validated and FDA-registered virtual reality therapy system for neurological rehabilitation and physical therapy treatment and assessment has been approved for use in clinical environments. Neuro Rehab VR’s XR Therapy System increases provider efficiencies and…
An Evidence Based Rationale for Application and Practice for the (Reluctant) Clinician Electrical Stimulation (ES) involves the therapeutic application of electrical impulses of sufficient intensity to induce skeletal muscle contractions in patients with neurological or musculoskeletal injuries. It is one of the most studied…
A new treatment for Parkinson’s Disease has emerged in the form of LSVT Big, offering hope and better patient outcomes over traditional methods LSVT Big is a research-based exercise approach for people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and other progressive neurological disorders that impair limb…
Researchers at Washington Univ. may have the answer A recent study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may help explain why effects of deep-brain stimulation can vary so much – and perhaps more importantly, point the way toward improving…
Activists hoping to make awareness key to healthcare issues in 2020 election As ALS Awareness Month came to an end last week, a call went out to encourage Americans to maintain a year-round focus on finding a cure for the fatal condition commonly known…
How can the technique ease suffering for patients with these conditions? Compared to many Eastern cultures, massage therapy is relatively new in the United States. For example, in China massage has been heavily utilized for over 3,000 years. Muscles and soft tissues are manipulated…
Physical therapists working with patients with chronic pain should consider use of Pain Neuroscience Education to help this population reach their goals. Pain is a normal human experience, and without the ability to experience pain, people would not survive.1 Living in pain, however, is…
A Feinstein Institute study published by Medical Research scientist Bruce T. Volpe, MD and Johanna L. Change finds that stroke patients with high function walking speed had the potential to return to normal walking speed with improved balance following isolated ankle training with a…
Vol. 18 • Issue 11 • Page 47 “Why do I have spasticity? What can I do to get rid of spasticity? When will it go away?” People who have any number of pathologies can suffer from spasticity. Spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic…