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• Center helps seniors with outpatient PT care

  When a senior citizen needs physical or occupational therapy, it can be intimidating and even stressful to go to a large sports rehabilitation center or hospital-based clinic. ...read more

• "Ask the Expert" in Senior Living Frederick County Magazine

  Ask Your Question: My husband is still in an obtunded state, as a result of a fall, extensive bleed in the brain, and subsequent surgery to remove that bleed on March 2, 2009. He is beginning to respond to commands on his right side, but the progress is slow. Can you suggest any professional who could be helpful in assessing his situation and recommending a comprehensive physical therapy protocol for his recuperation. ...read more

• HCR Therapist Wins Top Award

  When Carol Zehnacker was in high school, she fell in love with the deltoid. That fascination with human muscles led her to a career in physical therapy. Earlier this month, the Frederick woman was named the recipient of the 2005 Kendall Award, Maryland's top physical therapy award. ...read more

• Multiple Sclerosis and the Role of Rehabilitation

  What is Multiple Sclerosis? Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. The central nervous system (CNS) is made up of the brain and spinal cord. Predominantly, it is a disease of the "white matter" tissue.
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• Parkinson's Disease: Can Physical Therapy Help?

  Actor Michael J. Fox and more recently, the late Pope John Paul II have helped to draw new focus and attention to the disease that primarily affects seniors. Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a progressive disease that primarily affects specific areas of the brain involved with movement, balance, and posture. ...read more

• Can Diabetes be Prevented? What is the role of Physical Therapy?

  To understand diabetes, we need to start with food. When we eat, some of the food is broken down into simple sugar called glucose. Glucose is carried from your gut into the blood and into the cells. In the cells, it acts as a main source of energy. ...read more

• Osteoporosis - The Physical Therapist's Role in Treatment and Prevention

  At first, the physical therapist (PT) sets the client up on an exercise program, works on their balance, and teaches them how to get the best care and in the right place. The next level of care may involve a rehab facility, nursing home, skilled nursing facility, assisted living community, or back to home. ...read more

• Are You Aware of Your Risk?

  In Part III, "Your Cushion Needs to Be More Than Just Your Rear", we ended our discussion by focusing on the importance of avoiding frailty, and we just touched on the problems that can arise in our bones as they become weak and brittle. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, 44 million Americans aged 50 and older are affected either by low bone mass or osteoporosis. ...read more

• HomeCare Rehab and Wellness, LLC Offers Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy

  Elizabeth Convey, a well known local music teacher, broke her hip and needed physical therapy to recover from the partial hip replacement. She didn't want to be restricted by "home bound" requirements for some service, so she turned to HomeCare Rehab and Wellness, LLC. ...read more

• Discovering the New World of Physical Therapy and Its Implications for You Part I

  Over the last few years, a lot of attention has been focused on what is "normal aging" and what isn't. Do we gradually just fall apart and die a slow death over the course of many years, or can we be healthy up to the end? Is there more help out there? Am I aware of all my options? These are the questions that my patients often ask me. ...read more

• Discovering the New World of Physical Therapy Part II: How Your Body Changes with Age: What's Normal, What's Not?

  In the last issue of Most Magazine, I posed several questions: "Do we gradually just fall apart and die a slow death over the course of many years, or can we be healthy up to the end? Is what I'm experiencing normal age-related decline or disease? These are questions I hear often from my patients. ...read more

• An Independent Man

  Life has dealt Alfred Farrell some devastating blows. But he's still standing - and walking, in spite of losing both legs - thanks to a positive attitude and physical therapy he received at home. A diabetic, Al is legally blind in one eye and has only one kidney, which doesn't function, so he needs dialysis treatments three times a week. And if that weren't enough to deal with. ...read more

• Fragility: How it Limits Healthy Living

  In our Part II article, we looked at normal changes that occur as we age and we just began to touch on the topic of frailty and pathologic changes like osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, and some forms of diabetes that may potentially be reversible or preventable. In this issue, we want to continue. ...read more