In today’s digital world, smartphones are used for just about everything. It’s not uncommon to spend hours on social media, texting, or watching videos on your phone or tablet. You see it at the dinner table, on the subway,...
A lot of people think of speech therapy as just for children with a lisp or stutter. Slurred speech, delayed speech, stuttering, and communication difficulty are common reasons you might seek out a speech-language pathologist. But really, how does...
Does it hurt when you yawn, chew food, or sing? Are you having difficulty eating a sandwich or biting into a bagel? Have you felt an increased amount of stress recently? Do you clench or grind your teeth? If...
The number of U.S. emergency room visits, pain medication orders, injections, imaging studies, and surgical interventions directed at lower back pain continue to rise. Physical therapists frequently meet people who report their fitness efforts have been hampered by low...
By Randy Wanttaja, M.A., CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist at Southeastern Physical Therapy’s Kempsville clinic in Virginia Beach, Virginia. With the new year approaching, it seems that everybody is trying to get on a plan to eat healthier and get back into their...
By Michael Hannett, SPT, CSCS from Ivy Rehab Hackensack, New Jersey location clinic. What is Frozen Shoulder? A “frozen shoulder”, also referred to as adhesive capsulitis, occurs when the shoulder becomes increasingly stiff and painful. Frozen shoulder can occur after a...
River Steinberg, a speech therapy graduate student clinician from Ivy Rehab partner clinic, Southeastern Physical Therapy in Virginia Beach, VA, defines aphasia as well as facts, symptoms, and tips to help communicate: What is Aphasia? After a person has experienced a...
With the growing awareness of the opioid epidemic occurring nationwide, there is also a growing body of evidence that physical therapy offers a great first line of defense against the various types of lower back pain (LBP). The effectiveness of...
It’s one of the most common back-to-school purchases – a backpack. But when it comes to buying a backpack, parents shouldn’t take a one-size-fits-all approach. We need to keep an eye on what our children are putting into the...
Often when we think of a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP), the image of a school-age child comes to mind. We visualize a child with a lisp, stutter or another difficulty with pronunciations of words. With May being Better Hearing and...
Poor postural habits are something that most of us, as humans, are guilty of from time to time. But do we ever really stop and consider the consequences our bodies suffer as a result? With the addition of smartphones...
Below you’ll find an excellent infographic from our friends at the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) regarding low back pain. If you’re one of the 61% of Americans with low back pain we can help you get back on...