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Hand Therapy / Joanna Lanz

Smartphones & Hand Therapy

………Hand therapists can assist with appropriate biomechanics and provide guidelines for timeframes a patient should devote to device use. Smartphone applications can be used to improve specific motor skills as well as for logging activity and setting reminders to help achieve goals. Incorporating smartphone use in hand therapy may provide motivation and convenience resulting in better outcomes.

Health / Tanya Quaresma

Don’t let the Flu sneak up on you!

I am sure this winter season either yourself or someone you know has had a nasty cold. Some of us have even had the Flu this year. I have done some research on the https://www.cdc.gov/ and put together a nice, easy to read blog to inform you about the Flu and whether or not you should be worried when your next cold hits.

Hand Therapy / Vicki Moitoso

The Functional Capacity Evaluation and Work Conditioning Programs at Ortho RI, Foundry Division

The Functional Capacity Evaluation and Work Conditioning Programs at Ortho RI are designed for patients with work related injuries. The overall goal of both programs is to assist physicians, by providing information to help determine when a patient is ready to return to work and incidentally, in many cases, give patients the confidence in their ability to return to work.

Physical Therapy / Cindy Napier

Functional Dry Needling in Physical Therapy Treatment

Dry needling is a treatment technique emerging into mainstream physical therapy. I attended a course through Kineticore: Functional Dry Needling Level 1 on October 21-23. Patients have lots of questions like, “how does it work?”, “Is that like acupuncture?”, “will it hurt?”. Prior to taking this course I had some similar questions .

Knee / Dr. Anthony Deluise

Jumpers Knee

With girl’s high school volleyball season in full swing and boys/girls basketball season just around the corner, it is prime time for patellar tendinopathy, or “Jumper’s Knee.” The patellar tendon is the soft tissue just below the patella, or knee cap, that connects on to the tibia, or shin bone. The patellar tendon is the connection of the

Health / Michelle Choquette

What are Nightshades and Why do People Avoid Them?

Anyone that knows me knows that I eat a pretty healthy, whole foods-plant based diet. So naturally I was very intrigued when I started hearing all the buzz earlier this year about Patriot’s quarterback Tom Brady’s anti-inflammatory diet. The main factor I found the most interesting was his avoidance of nightshade vegetables and I quickly wanted to learn why……

Exercise / Mike Lopes

Preparing for a New Obstacle, Part 2: Completing a Sprint Triathlon

In my first installment of this blog, I wrote about how I became interested in competing in a sprint triathlon and what I did to prepare for the race. How I got started, equipment that I had to buy, tips for your workouts and finally my fear of the swimming portion of the race. I’m […]

Healthcare / Ortho Rhode Island

Collaboration between Ortho Rhode Island, UnitedHealthcare aims to boost value-based care

PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS – Ortho Rhode Island has collaborated with UnitedHealthcare to dedicate more resources to care coordination among Ortho RI’s providers and primary care physicians. The Ortho RI partnership of Blackstone Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, Foundry Orthopedics & Sports Medicine and South County Orthopedics (and West Bay Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery, which will join later […]

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Travel Blog

Few things are as exciting as planning a trip or vacation with family or friends. Significant time, effort and money are involved in this process and an unforeseen or nagging injury can make traveling difficult and sometimes stressful. Here are a few things to consider to help make your traveling painless. Lumbar Support: Whether you’re […]

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