Amity Fitness

01/30/2024

Core Chronicles: Unveiling the Power and Perks of Strengthening Your Core - Amity Physical Therapy - Maria Ny - Incorporating core strengthening exercises into your routine can help improve posture, stability, and overall body strength. It can also reduce the risk of lower back pain and enhance athl...

09/08/2022

Amity Fitness is proud to welcome our newest personal trainer Tim Higgins. For those of you who have been patients of our Milford location, you have undoubtedly worked with Tim in his role as PT aide for our therapists Pete and Shannon.

Tim is now excited to take on his new role as lead personal trainer in our newest Amity Fitness location at 135 Cherry St, Milford, CT.

To set up your training session with Tim, contact him at (203) 693-2350

01/19/2022

06/22/2021

Inspirational to say the least! What’s limiting you from being the best version of yourself today?

05/27/2021

03/24/2021

3 Stretches for Foot/Leg Problems

In this video, we will review three common problems that afflict the leg, ankle, & foot, an easy stretch for each condition, and some quick info about how shoe inserts (foot orthoses) can help.
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02/23/2021

Myofascial pain syndrome is often a nagging problem that has the potential to impair one’s mobility and degrade quality of life. While strategies like improving your posture can reduce the chances of developing myofascial pain and at-home prevention measures like the “WITY” exercises can allev...

02/18/2021

Exercise CAN Lower Blood Pressure

Let our PT's help you form an exercise plan to lower your blood pressure. Give us a call today.

02/09/2021

In our last post, we explained that although it’s not completely clear what causes myofascial pain syndrome, several factors have been identified that likely contribute to its development. One risk factor that’s worthy of our attention is the use of poor posture while sitting. And since working ...

02/02/2021

As the winter and cold months are firmly upon us, many seniors start to slow down and tend to go out less frequently and ultimately move their bodies less. And this has never been more evident than the last 11 months since the onset of COVID-19. This can be the perfect combination to allow muscle [....

02/02/2021

Snow can’t stop us! We’re here and ready to go for you!

Despite the snow out there we are here and ready to get you back on your feet. Hopefully wrestling with the snowblower and shovel didn’t strain your back or shoulder too much. But if you put a little too much force into that last shovel full of snow, give us a call at (203)-389-4593 and we’ll get you moving again

01/27/2021

Over the last few posts, we’ve looked at a few of the most common knee conditions and offered some tips to help if you’re dealing with one of these problems or to reduce your risk. While these solutions are often effective for alleviating pain and improving function, in some cases knee pain will...

01/27/2021

How to Avoid Ski Injuries

If a skiing or snowboarding vacation is coming up, you may be interested in these simple exercises to prepare for it.
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10/16/2020

The biggest misconception in orthopedics is that you need an image to figure out why you’re in pain. The reality is most images such as X-rays and MRI’s will show normal and expected age related issues such a arthritic change in joints and disc degeneration in the spine

However, most pain that people experience is either not caused by these findings or one of multiple other dysfunctions going on which cause pain.

Movement dysfunction is not able to be seen on an image. But observing a patients specific movement patterns can lead your directly to the true source of your pain by finding muscles which are not creating proper control of your body.

Think outside the box and diagnose beyond what may be seen on an image!!

PSA: Did you know that you don’t need a physician referral/prescription to begin physical therapy? Call us today 2033894593 to avoid unnecessary and costly imaging and get to the root of your pain!