Bethesda Physiocare Reopening on June 1st: What You Need to Know
At Bethesda Physiocare, your health and well-being are our top priorities. We are following recommendations from the CDC, the Maryland Department of Health, and the “Best Practice Procedures” guidelines from the American Physical Therapy Association, as we are getting ready to slowly open Bethesda Physiocare again to our patients on June 1st. We would like to share […]
Scar Tissue Physical Therapy Management for Pain and Mobility Management
We all at some point have had a wound, big or small, or even a surgery that after a few weeks started to look like normal skin and eventually barely noticeable. But that is not always the case. If you have a scar from a surgical procedure or other injuries it might interfere with how […]
Why You Must Know About Physical Stress Theory to Make the Most Out of Your Rehab
The Physical Stress Theory was proposed in 2012 to help guide physical therapy rehabilitation. It basically says that any change in the stress applied to any tissue in your body will have a predictable response, and that applied stress is a combination of three things: time, intensity, and direction. Translating this into a more practical […]
Exercising Through Injury: The Dos and Don’ts of Recovery
If you regularly exercise or are active through other means, then you may end up with some sort of related injury at some point. There are myriad ways to incur an injury, but most of us will experience an injury at some point in our lives. This in itself is normal, but there is a […]
Telehealth Physical Therapy
“The future has a habit of suddenly and dramatically becoming the present.” – Roger A. Babson (Originally posted on the Myopain Seminars website) During the COVID-19 outbreak, many physical therapy offices have closed the doors to direct hands-on patient care or switched to offering telehealth PT services only. While telehealth PT is quite common in […]
Is “Poor Posture” Really that Bad?
It is a long known recommendation from health professionals, parents, teachers, media, etc. to “make sure you have a good posture.” It has been said plenty of times that if you have bad posture you will develop chronic pain, mostly the typical neck pain and back pain. Or if you already have pain, then “it […]
