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The Importance of Patient Education in Physical Therapy
Physical therapy is a large profession with a large toolbox of treatments and interventions. Some of these common interventions include hands-on manual therapy, specific strengthening exercises, stretches, and re-learning how to do activities of daily living and...
Why Paying Out of Pocket for Physical Therapy is Better than Using Your Insurance
1) Finding a good physical therapist who takes your insurance and has availability is near impossible. Many of the clinics in LA have waitlists and inconvenient hours (i.e. close at 2pm!). It is on you to call around to all the PT clinics in your area and find one...
What Is Prehab And Why Is It Important?
According to dictionary.com, physical therapy is defined as follows: the treatment or management of physical disability, malfunction, or pain by exercise, massage, hydrotherapy, etc., without the use of medicines, surgery, or radiation. Even the dictionary website...
How to relieve neck pain
Neck pain is a very common musculoskeletal complaint that seems to be growing as computer and phone use has expanded. In fact, up to 80% of the population in the United States has complained of neck pain within the past year. There are a large number of other factors...
Do I need a referral in California from my doctor to see a physical therapist?
Physical therapists and patients have partial direct access in California, while other states have full direct access. Partial direct access allows patients to see a physical therapist without a referral or prescription for 12 visits or 45 days, whichever comes first....
Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Cracking: What Is It?
Crack! Did you know physical therapists can perform joint mobilizations on your spine? Have you heard your back pop, felt better, but are curious as to what’s going on when that happens? Spinal mobilizations are not actually your “bones cracking”; your physical...