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The kinesiology profession of my choice is Physical Therapy. I have always been fascinated by the profession. Even more so, when I began volunteering at the Center for the Intrepid at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX. The Center for the Intrepid is a facility with a prosthetic and fabrication lab, indoor pool used for recreation therapy, gait lab and rock climbing wall along with an array of health care professionals to provide top care to the military soldiers. This is where my interest in…

Each year, 50% of Americans over the age of 18 develop a musculoskeletal injury that lasts longer than 3 months. Most of these injuries can be healed naturally through physical therapy even though some people don’t know that. In some cases surgery can even make the condition worse and often hinder the patient’s mobility even more than before the surgery causing the recovery time from the accident to increase, even more surgeries as a cause of the first, or leaving them with physical impairments…

Current Trends In recent years, there has been a surge of noninvasive rejuvenation progresses aimed at the treatment of fine wrinkles and tightening of skin, using a variety of external laser and light sources. A series of three to five IPL treatments termed “Photo Rejuvenation” has recently been commercialized and is accessible in many dermatology labs nationwide. The principle behind tightening of the skin is based on the theory that heating collagen fibers with high intensity light energy…

Notably, Kinesio tape is made up of thin cotton and acrylic-acid-consisting porous fabric. As such, Kinesio tape is a unique non-latex adhesive patch. Its function in pain reduction can be explained on the bases that once it adheres to the VMO muscle of a patient with anterior knee pain, proprioception input increases hence facilitating muscle contraction (35). Additionally, the tape is applied over the iliotibial band, tensor fasciae latae and VL muscle to hinder tension of the muscles as well…

Among the many different aspects there are to physical therapy, sports physical therapy is my main point of interest. There are many reasons I was drawn to this aspect of physical therapy. For instance, a relative of mine played professional sports, when he was playing everything was fine but once he got injured it was like they didn’t know him. I watched him go to physical therapy for years for his acl injury. Watching the physical therapist work with him and build his confidence and physical…

How A Podiatrist Tests You For A Gait Problem If you have foot pain or a physical abnormality that affects your gait, you can develop pain in your back, hips, knees, or feet. The solution to this problem is to visit a podiatrist to have your gait assessed so the doctor can recommend shoe inserts or orthopedic shoes to compensate for the way you walk. By bringing your body back into alignment when you walk, you can often eliminate chronic pain and foot soreness. Here are a few ways your…

Ohio State Care Point Gahanna has a physical therapist that I visit with for the my pain in my neck along with my headaches. It is a nice facility with and open drive up entrance for people who cannot walk far. After getting in the doors to the building there are multiple suits. The one that I have to go to is all the way back at the end of the hall. When you walk through the suit door to the left are desks and the last one is the desk that I sign in at. Down the hall a little further is where…

Herniated and Bulging Disc Injury from a Car Accident It’s not uncommon to acquire a herniated and bulging Disc injury from a car accident. Our personal injury lawyers are always ready to help you. We can help you understand what a herniated disc is; how you get a herniated disc from a car accident; and how you get a bulging disc from a car accident. We can also help you should your degenerative disc disease worsen after a car accident. If you think you’re suffering from this neck problem…

By combining infant massage with vocal interaction, infants can be provided with the stimulation they need to “increase weight gain, improve growth and gastrointestinal function, improve neurobehavioral outcomes, reduce infant stress, promote pain attenuation, improve heart…

Before the American with Disabilities Act, there were other laws passed in order to improve with quality of life for those with disabilities; acts such as the education for all handicapped children, which ensured that all children even those with disabilities, had a free public education. According to Minor and Minor the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, which focused on accessibility to and within federal buildings (2014 Chapter 1, p.8). The American with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Revised…