CEBU Physical Therapy Homecare Services

06/10/2022

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19/06/2022

Did you know?

A Physical Therapist can help people with VERTIGO💢

Vertigo is a sensation of spinning, rocking, or moving even if sitting still. Symptoms are worse with moving the head or body, such as rolling over in bed or bending over to pick something up. If aggravated, vertigo can also be associated with lightheadedness, nausea, or even vomiting.

Our physical therapists will complete a
comprehensive evaluation to determine the
underlying cause of your vertigo and create a
customized program to address your needs.

Treatment for vertigo may include:
▪️Eye tracking exercises
▪️Balance exercises on various surfaces
▪️Walking exercises with various head movements
▪️Habituation (Brandt Daroff) exercises
▪️V Canalith repositioning procedure

07/06/2022

This!

USE IT OR LOSE IT - This picture (from a BBC programme on health & ageing) shows the muscle wastage of the thigh from 35-55-85 years old. The white in the middle is the femur, the red is the quads & hamstrings & then the white is subcutaneous fat.

Muscle strength is closely related to the absolute quantity of muscle mass, which is also reduced with aging. Between the ages of 40 and 50 years, we can lose 8% of our muscle mass; this loss accelerates to 15% per decade after age 75 years.

This decrease in muscle mass (sarcopenia) is thought to contribute to the development of functional limitations and disability in old age and potentially might explain part of the association between strength & mortality.

“Sarcopenia is the age-associated decline in muscle mass, strength, and quality that begins as early as the fourth decade of life and is a major contributor to poor health and disability in older adults.

The progressive loss of muscle mass and the concomitant decline in muscle strength (dynapenia) are associated with a large and diverse group of pathologies including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), cardiovascular disease (CVD), frailty and disability, increased risk of falls and fractures, loss of physical independence, cognitive decline and depression, lower quality of life, and all-cause mortality.

The etiology of this muscle loss is known to be multifactorial with reductions in activity levels and inappropriate nutrition playing central roles”

Exercise training and proper nutrition can have dramatic effects on muscle mass and strength. An optimal intervention program may include an exercise-training schedule that incorporates both resistance and aerobic exercise with adequate intake of total calories and protein.

Whether your goal is to build muscle, lose fat, improve your fitness or sports performance make sure you are doing some form of weights training, consistently, so you can age gracefully

There is no such thing as “too old to start” (Exercise at any age stimulates protein synthesis and increased muscle mass and strength) and there is no reason to ever stop.

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28/05/2022

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30/04/2022

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26/03/2022

We are primary care providers, period!

Physical therapists use physical, neurological, behavioral, nutritional, psychological, and depending on the jurisdiction - imaging studies and pharmacological interventions - to diagnose and treat acute and chronic health conditions.

It is time we step in and demonstrate how to provide true “health care” versus the “sick care” that is offered to people which is reactive, costly, and ineffective.

Physical therapists practicing in primary care models can offer countless examples of its efficacy for patients.

We need to continually push back against any insurance company, state licensing board, or professional colleague who tries to block or disempowers us from functioning at the top of our scope of practice.

https://www.apta.org/apta-and-you/leadership-and-governance/policies/pt-entry-point-healthcare

16/03/2022

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03/03/2022

Yes and yes

🦴 A patient’s fracture risk increases as one leg stand time decreases, meaning that the shorter the time a patient is able to stand on one leg, the higher their risk of fracture is.
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⏰ Improve one leg stand time = decrease injury risk!
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👥 Mariana Wingood reviewed this paper for the new March 2021 issue of the Physio Network Research Reviews⁠
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📝 Ref: Larsson BA, Johansson L, Mellström D, Johansson H, Axelsson KF, Harvey N, Vandenput L, McCloskey E, Liu E, Sundh D, Kanis JA(2021) One leg standing time predicts fracture risk in older women independent of clinical risk factors and BMD. Osteoporosis International.33(1), 185-194.

02/01/2022