Manual Physical Therapy of Ulster

07/01/2024

Wow! I’m absolutely blown away- thank you to everyone who voted for me to make this three years in a row! I so appreciate all of you ❤️

07/01/2023

This is pretty cool!! Thank you everyone for 2 years in a row! ☺️

07/01/2022

I feel very honored and excited to thank everyone who voted for me for the Chronogrammies Readers' Choice Awards winner for the Best Physical Therapist in the Hudson Valley! Woohoo!!

Thank you to the 20,000 people who participated in this year’s Chronogrammies

12/03/2021

‘A regular exercise routine can cut your risk of a fall by 20 percent to 30 percent, research has suggested’.

Don’t let this common bone break steal your independence and health.

03/09/2021

A single particle repositioning procedure is effective in treating about 80% to 90% of cases of BPPV.

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is an inner ear disorder in which changes in the position of the head, such as tipping the head backward, lead to sudden vertigo – a feeling that the room is spinning. The vertigo sensation can range from mild to severe and usually lasts only a few minutes. It may be accompanied by other symptoms, including:

➡️Dizziness
➡️Lightheadedness
➡️A sense of imbalance
➡️Nausea
➡️Vomiting

BPPV develops when calcium carbonate crystals, which are known as otoconia, shift into and become trapped within the semicircular canals (one of the vestibular organs of the inner ear that control balance). The otoconia make up a normal part of the structure of the utricle, a vestibular organ next to the semicircular canals.

In the utricle, the otoconia may be loosened because of injury, infection, or age. They land in a sac, the utricle, where they are naturally dissolved. However, otoconia in the semicircular canals will not dissolve.

As a person’s head position changes, the otoconia begin to roll around and push on the tiny hair-like processes (cilia) within the semicircular canals. Those cilia help to transmit information about balance to the brain. Vertigo develops when the cilia are stimulated by the rolling otoconia.

Movements that can bring about an episode of BPPV include:

➡️Rolling over or sitting up in bed
➡️Bending the head forward to look down
➡️Tipping the head backward.

Read more!: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/11858-benign-paroxysmal-positional-vertigo-bppv

06/11/2020

How perfect –an exercise for the body AND the brain!

The plank is a tough workout for the brain and body. Adding in an exercise ball to the plank does not make it any easier😬

It does, however, stimulate the brain a little differently. Planking forces us to use our core and stability muscles which send signals via the spinocerebellar pathways to the brain. Stimulating the cerebellum and strengthening those pathways can help with a whole host of issues. When you add in an exercise ball, the stabilizing muscle groups have to work even harder, sending more stimulation up to the brain.

Try it out and see how you do. If you don’t have an exercise ball, just doing this on the ground is good enough! See how long it takes for your body to start shaking. This is known as dyssynergia. The more you perform the exercise the easier and less shaky you should get, which means those brain pathways are becoming more efficient!!

07/09/2019

Most headaches are highly treatable in physical therapy with a combination of hands on manual therapy and physical therapy exercises.

Headache pain is very common. Physical therapy for headaches is one of the best, most effective treatments available today. Learn how PT can help with your headache pain.

05/12/2019

Spinal manipulation may be an effective therapeutic technique to reduce migraine days and pain/intensity. "
PT can certainly help!

“A systematic review found that spinal manipulation may be an effective therapeutic technique to reduce days, pain and intensity. Read the full study here: https://t.co/7jvWvICDWO”

05/09/2019

05/01/2019

Conclusion: Analysis of the literature indicates a negative effect of NSAIDs on bone healing. In pediatric patients, NSAIDs did not have a significant effect. The effect may be dose or time dependent because low-dose/short-duration exposure did not affect union rates.

NSAIDs are effective pain relievers, but might their use lead to delayed bone fracture healing?

01/08/2019

Did you know?
Many herniated discs, osteoarthritis and other signs of degeneration are very normal!
You can compare those findings with grey hair or wrinkles- as part of normal aging-

Make sure to rule out all possibilities of pain rather than just relying on your mri, ct scan, or X-ray

10/03/2018

... knee replacement should only be considered after you’ve tried everything else, says Harpal S. Khanuja, M.D., chief of hip and knee replacement surgery with the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Johns Hopkins.

Knee replacements are on the rise. Here’s what you should know to help boost your knee health.

09/21/2018

An easy way to map out a brain injury and the symptoms that go along with it…

Today is - do you know the signs? You can help New York concussion survivors by becoming a member of BIANYS today. https://bianys.org/become-a-member/

09/15/2018

“A regular exercise routine can cut your risk of a fall by 20 percent to 30 percent, research has suggested.”

Don’t let this common bone break steal your independence and health.

05/20/2018

Make your own ice pack! Fill a gallon or quart size Ziploc bag with 3 parts water and 1 part rubbing alcohol. Then freeze. Does a better job than the frozen peas!

What's best for your aches and pains?

05/12/2018

*20% of all concussions take three weeks or longer to recover...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem in the United States. Each year, traumatic brain injuries contribute to a substantial number of deaths and cases of permanent disability. In 2010 2.5 million TBIs occurred either as an isolated injury or along with other injuries.

* 15% of all high school sports injuries are concussions
* 47% of all concussions in high school are from football

Post-concussion syndrome
◾Persistent post-concussion symptoms lasting three months or longer
◾Indicator of concussion severity
◾Precludes RTP while present
◾Increased risk of depression

*20% of all concussions take three weeks or longer to recover

Second-impact syndrome
◾Occurs within minutes of concussion in athlete still symptomatic from prior brain injury, which can be earlier in same event.
◾Vascular engorgement leads to massive increase in intracranial pressure and brain herniation resulting in severe brain damage or death.
◾May occur with associated small subdural hematoma.
◾Except for boxing, most cases in literature in adolescents.

*20% of former players who had experienced 3+ TBIs & depression--> 3 times the rate of those with zero TBIs

http://carrickbraincenters.com/concussion/
http://www.cdc.gov/

05/02/2018

To kick off brain tumor awareness month!