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Uncategorized / Cindy Napier

TAKE A BREATH AND BE STRONG

The muscles of the body will work to overcome a resistance force when they are required to do so. When resistance training is performed on a regular basis, your muscles become stronger. This improves muscle performance and allows for greater ease with everyday functional tasks such as lifting children, carrying grocery bags, walking up and down stairs and doing yardwork.

Knee / Dr. Anthony Deluise

Keys to Early ACL Rehab

ACL reconstructions are a commonly performed procedure at the Foundry division of Ortho RI, with the majority of the patient population being young, active people. While the rehab process is long and intense, there are some early keys that can jump start the rehab process and improve the likelihood of returning to 100%.

Uncategorized / Michelle Choquette

How to Enjoy a Healthy Gardening Season

Whether you grow a large vegetable garden, or just enjoy a variety or flowers in your yard, gardening is a popular hobby people of all ages can enjoy. Gardening can be an excellent activity to achieve both physical exercise and reduce stress.

Uncategorized / Mike Lopes

Preparing for a New Obstacle Sprint Triathlon for Newbies (Part 1)

This year my new challenge and goal is to compete in a Sprint Triathlon. For those not familiar with a sprint triathlon, it is the shortest triathlon made up of 3 parts, an approximate ½ mile swim, a 12 mile bike ride and a 3 mile run to finish.

My next two blogs will be about my experience competing in my first sprint triathlon. The second installment will be essentially a “do and don’t” on what to do on race day and my overall experience at the race.

Shoulder / Kyle Anderson

Pendulum Exercise after Rotator Cuff Repair: To swing or not to swing

The pendulum exercise, also known as Codman’s Pendulums, are frequently used for patients with shoulder pathologies to provide gentle joint distraction and joint oscillation to reduce pain. This exercise is also frequently used post operatively after rotator cuff repairs for early joint mobilization, increased flow of nutrients to the joint space and pain reduction.

Uncategorized / Joanna Lanz

Toxic Chemicals in Every Day Products

Do you know what’s in the deodorant that you smear into your armpit each day? How about the soap, shower gel, lotions and myriad of products that you slather on to look and feel your best each day? We have all learned to read labels on the food we eat. However, many of us do NOT read labels when choosing personal care and home cleaning products. What you put ON your body can affect your health just as much as what you put IN your body. Our skin is our body’s largest organ! According to Dr. Samuel Epstein, (Former Head of the Cancer Prevention Coalition and author of TOXIC BEAUTY) it is more dangerous to put a product on your skin than to ingest it. Our bodies detoxify what we eat. Chemicals in products placed onto our skin are directly absorbed into our bloodstream.

Elbow / Ortho Rhode Island

Tennis Elbow Injury

Tennis elbow is an injury that usually occurs in the tendon that attaches to the elbow. Despite the name, tennis elbow doesn’t only affect those that play tennis. While tennis players are at risk for this type of injury, other sports that involve repetitive motion, such as baseball or golf, also carry the risk of […]

Uncategorized / Vicki Moitoso

Happy Occupational Therapy (OT) Month!!

April is National Occupational Therapy (OT) month. I love being an OT. Since I am now up in the proverbial Foundry blog rotation it seemed like the perfect opportunity for me to promote my chosen profession. I think the best way to do that is to simply explain what Occupational Therapy is (and does) and why it such a unique profession.

Physical Therapy / Ortho Rhode Island

Pulled Muscle Injury

A pulled muscle, or strain, occurs when the muscle becomes stretched, or torn. A pulled muscle can be caused by a number of different everyday activities, including sports, or heavy lifting. This type of injury can occur in any muscle, but it is especially common in the back, neck, shoulder, or hamstring. Symptoms of a […]

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