Indie PT Physical Therapy Inc

01/06/2022

Because it’s not every day that your client turns 103!

🥳 💪🏼  ♥️

12/02/2021

Rolling out with some GEAR today!

04/22/2021

Bike riding is great because it:
- challenges your balance ⚖️
- promotes cardiopulmonary and circulatory health ❤️ 🫁
- can improve your memory 🐘
- gets you outside 🌳 ☀️
- makes wearing skintight spandex completely acceptable 😆

Now get out there and ride! 🚲

PS always wear your helmet 🧠

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04/19/2021

Changing stereotypes of aging! 💪🏼 🚲

Happy 80th birthday to the President of Ireland 🇮🇪 Michael D Higgins. The president was born in Limerick on the 18th of April in 1941

04/19/2021

Frailty isn’t what you think.

Frailty is:
💡 A clinical state of being vulnerable to stressors
💡 Age-associated decline in resiliency and reserve

⚠️ Nearly 16% of men and women over 65 are considered frail

⚠️ Pre-frailty (meeting some but not all criteria for frailty) is estimated to affect between 28-44% of adults over 65

Believe it or not, the presence and course of frailty has less to do with how many gray hairs you have than the actions you take to manage and improve your health. Frailty is less often inevitable than it is inadvertent.

Where do you fall on the Frailty Curve?

No matter where that is, there’s always potential for improvement. If you seek the wisdom and guidance to realize those gains, we are ready to help. 🤝

“All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living.
Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.”

- Martha Graham 💃🏻

04/17/2021

Couldn't attend our recent class on Flexibility for Better Balance?

Feel free to watch the recap and don't forget to 'Like' our page for notifications on our upcoming events!

We hope to see you all soon!

04/03/2021

Discover the key ability you'll want to preserve as you age in our latest blog post!

Read, share, enjoy!

Discover the best exercise that can help you defy age-related statistics, maintain better health, and mobility in our latest blog post.

03/29/2021

Read our blog contribution to Care Indeed; a great company for those looking for formal assistance at home.

There’s another issue with chronic, age-related conditions and it relies on how we view aging.

02/16/2021

Watch Geoff Fong speak on the topic of Mobility & Movement: A Positive Impact On the 3D's (Dementia, Depression, Diabetes).

Don't have those diagnoses? Geoff ALSO goes into the little known reasons why mobility specifically helps combat the more common challenge with aging: frailty and accelerated physical decline.

Watch the recap here ---V

Do you know what dementia, depression, and diabetes have in common? Are you interested to learn about the medical condition most of us will have at the end o...

02/09/2021

🤕 Whoa!

Did you know people who fall LESS OFTEN are actually MORE LIKELY to be injured ⁉️

According to one recent study, people who fell 1-2 times per year reported more notable injuries than people who fell >5 times per year!

Why?

Well, authors observed that less-frequent fallers were more mobile day-to-day and thus tended to fall while doing things like walking. Compare this to frequent fallers who tended to fall from chairs, bed, or during transfers between the two.

Authors also noted that nearly 1/3 of happened with backwards loss of balance and 1/4 happened to the side. In our experience, most people feel afraid of falling forwards, but the study suggests that this happens less often.

In any case, no matter if you fall infrequently or often, falls are a leading cause of death and disability among people over 65 and there is a lot that can be done to PROACTIVELY reduce risk.

Scheduling a FREE consultation with us is a great way to learn how you can take control of your fall risk factors and move with better confidence.

Visit us at:
https://indiept.com

AbstractBackground. Although a fall is a necessary prerequisite to a fall-related injury, previous studies suggest that frequent fallers are at lower injury ris

02/09/2021

🚨 Hip fractures sustained in a fall are a major cause of disability and even early mortality ☠️

The Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy has just published updated practice guidelines regarding aspects of best care after you sustain a hip .

💡Good news is that even if you haven’t had a hip fracture, rehab activities like developing your thigh muscle strength, balance skill, and walking ability can also PREVENT you from falling in the first place!

If you fall once per year, or feel less confident in your balance or ability to move you should have your balance and fall risk assessed.

Indie PT can assess and give you ideas to manage your fall risk in just a few minutes by video chat!

Schedule a consultation today
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Hip fractures become more common as people age. If they occur when someone is 65 years of age or older, there are a number of things that can ensure a good outcome. Once hip fractures are treated, ...

02/09/2021

Most-Asked Monday
We seek to answer the question: can aging be cured?
Read this week's post here:
https://indiept.com/2021/02/08/can-aging-be-cured/

Every week we'll seek to give our 2c on the internet's most-asked questions on health and aging.

If you have a question burning to be answered, let us know in the comments section below!