When we talk about Vertigo, most people gear up for a conversation about Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 cinematic masterpiece. However, as much as we can appreciate a true film classic, that’s not what we physical therapists are referring to. Instead, we are talking about that sensation a person can feel where their environment spins and canContinue Reading »
With physical therapy, your balance problems can be treated to help decrease your fall risk and prevent serious injury. Physical Therapists are trained to understand which body systems are out of whack and how it needs to be addressed. Let’s look further into how balance issues develop, how we can diagnose where the balance issuesContinue Reading »
Fitness Over 50? Just because you have achieved that milestone of breaching half a century doesn’t mean you can’t stay fit. Here’s our top tips for staying active as a 50+ year old. Fitness becomes more complicated as we get older for a variety of reasons. We are more prone to injury, our bodies feelContinue Reading »
Many of us have been more sedentary in the last year than ever before. Confined to our homes, bound to our desks and computer screens by circumstances out of our control. The good news is that things are getting back to normal. We have a year’s worth of beach trips, weekends at the lake, visitingContinue Reading »
What is Sciatica? Sciatica is a condition characterized by crippling pain and paresthesia in the general region of the distribution of the Sciatic Nerve. The Sciatic pain is often mixed up with the normal back or hip pain that one may experience, however they are not the same. Sciatica is a unique pain thatContinue Reading »
We asked our college intern, Leann Coronado, to help collaborate with us on a blog for Simply Physio. Leann has been shadowing with us over the summer and is a student at Appalachian State University, she plans to apply to physical therapy school in the near future. Can I get hurt playing pickleball? As is true withContinue Reading »
I’d like to share a timely reflection from Fr. Richard Hendrick, OFM,. (shared to me by a mentor of mine) I pray that you’ll be encouraged by his wonderful words in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis.“Lockdown” by Fr. Richard Hendrick, OFMYes there is fear.Yes there is isolation.Yes there is panic buying.Yes there is sickness.Yes thereContinue Reading »
We pride ourselves in putting the CARE back in health-care.And we realize there is a lot of fear and anxiety surrounding Covid-19.We understand you may have questions about how we can all do our part to stay healthy.Well I personally think that when the market crashes and is low, that is the best time toContinue Reading »
A little over 2 years ago I started Simply Physio. This was a huge step of faith for myself, my wife, and my family. My wife, Faith, and I met in Chattanooga back in 2007. I was fresh out of physical therapy school and she had just recently graduated from Covenant College. We got marriedContinue Reading »
Have you heard that Whole Foods is adding make your own almond milk stations in their stores? Looks pretty cool, huh… especially when you market it in a nice, sleek set-up like in the picture. I kinda want to try it, don’t you? My son developed lactose sensitivity and we have been drinking almond milkContinue Reading »
