Harris Physical Therapy - Sport & Spine Specialists

11/18/2014

Seeing a PT for your arthritic knees or hips not only helps in the short term; but, also in the long term. Avoid unnecessary pills, injections, and surgery. See your Physical Therapist for your arthritic pain.

Osteoarthritis Outcomes Improved With Physical Therapy: http://buff.ly/1xQMyQ8

11/05/2014

What shall we do with our new beards and mustaches?? Let's move with them. Get outside and show them off and enjoy better health. Watch the video below to get more ideas and information on how movement/activity/exercise is what us men can do NOW for better health.

http://youtu.be/QQRIaFqUPeQ

Check out our new website http://www.evanshealthlab.com/ http://twitter.com/docmikeevans Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shin...

09/23/2014

Did you know that 1 in 3 seniors falls each year? Together, we can change that statistic! Today is Falls Prevention Awareness Day. Celebrate by learning six steps to prevent a fall. Please share! www.ncoa.org/6stepstopreventafall

Every 15 seconds, an older adult is seen in an emergency department for a fall-related injury. Sept. 22 is Falls Prevention Awareness Day. Stay safe with these tips!

09/09/2014

Tips for return to school and return to sports for our children. If you have questions about how to avoid over training injuries or what to do if your child is having pain with sports, give us a call or stop in. We will be happy to help.

541-397-0707 or
Info@HarrisPT.co

Official Sports Trauma and Overuse Prevention (STOP) sports injuries campaign blog. Sport injury prevention information and tips.

08/21/2014

Regular exercise is likely NOT able to overcome the harmful effects of sitting all day...

Perhaps we've been beating a dead horse on this subject, but it's worth repeating: sitting all day is bad for you. Like, really, really bad.

08/19/2014

A Physical Therapist can help you move better and experience less pain at any point in you life. It's not too late to move forward...

Hit by a car while riding his bike at the of 14, Tim Haitz was critically injured; spending days in a coma, weeks in the Intensive Care Unit, and months in traction. He didn't stand and bare weight for almost 10 months after his accident.

After the accident, his life as he knew it, changed. Called "swivel" for the unusual manner in which he walked by kids who were once his friends, Tim also stopped doing all the athletic and active things he once loved. Never properly rehabilitating his injuries, he went on to live a life of dysfunction and pain. It wasn't until his late 30's when he began to work with a physical therapist that his life would change course yet again, but for the better. He overcame his disabilities to become a professional cyclist, and was so inspired the impact of his physical therapist, he returned to school to become a physical therapist.

In this episode of Move Forward Radio, Tim discusses his injuries, how they affected his life, and how physical therapy changed his course. Tim's physical therapist Michael Noonan, MS, PT, joins him to talk about the complexities of overcoming those injuries, and what Tim has achieved. http://bit.ly/1qmA3Vl

08/14/2014

A new survey from our friends at Safe Kids Worldwide shows that athlete safety may not be prioritized enough in youth sports: http://usat.ly/1qa9wL0

With the start of a new school year comes a new season of youth sports, and with it growing concerns about player safety.

08/12/2014

As many Americans look to maintain healthy and active lifestyles up to and through their retirement years, their knees are struggling to keep up. Wear and tear can lead to osteoarthritis, which can lead to debilitating pain. And increasingly, people are turning to knee replacement surgery to help solve this problem. In this podcast we discuss what patients face when they elect to get a total knee replacement. http://bit.ly/1uKwFYr

07/07/2014

As many Americans look to maintain healthy and active lifestyles up to and through their retirement years, their knees are struggling to keep up. Wear and tear can lead to osteoarthritis, which can lead to debilitating pain. And increasingly, people are turning to knee replacement surgery to help solve this problem.

In this episode of Move Forward Radio, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Brian Burnikel, MD, and physical therapist Jackie DelGiorno, PT, DPT, OCS, discuss what patients face when they elect to get a total knee replacement - from the crucial pre-operative conditioning, to the surgery itself, to the almost immediate physical therapy that follows, and the long-term prognosis. http://bit.ly/1kwOJ1P

07/03/2014

Happy Independence Day! Harris PT will be closed on July 4th to enjoy all the downtown The Dalles festivities. I hope to see you all out there :-)

06/02/2014

Hip fractures in older adults can be severely debilitating and can lead to significant medical expenses, but a study published in the American Journal of Public Health (“Physical Activity and Inactivity and Risk of Hip Fractures in Men” – April 2014) suggests that 4 hours of walking each week can significantly reduce hip fracture risk later in life.

Data from a study of nearly 36,000 men, conducted over a 24-year period, revealed that men who walked 4 or more hours a week at a brisk pace had a 62% lower risk of hip fracture than men who walked fewer than 4 hours a week, and that even men who walked 4 or more hours a week at a slower pace experienced a 43% lower risk of fracture than men who walked fewer than 4 hours a week. http://bit.ly/1rCkUFy

05/29/2014

- Pain is a construct of the mind 100% of the time
- Pain is an output of the brain used to protect us
- Pain is not a measure of tissue damage
- The more input that indicates something is dangerous (eg, spinal models with "slipped discs") the more likely the brain produces pain as an output to protect us.
- The longer we have pain (duration) the easier it is to experience pain (hypersensitivity)
- The longer we have pain, the less precise and specific it is (pain spreads)

Why do we hurt? Do we actually experience pain, or is it merely illusion? In this video, Lorimer Moseley explores these questions, and position the pain that...