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Low back pain affects nearly two-thirds of Americans. However, a whopping 37 percent do not seek professional help for pain relief, according to the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) Move Forward Low Back Pain Survey. “Most people experience low back pain at some point in their lives, but many people don’t realize they can [...] What you do and don’t do affects your genetic tendency toward obesity, according to a new study presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism 2012 Scientific Sessions. For example, researchers found that people can cut the genetic effect of obesity in half by walking briskly for an hour [...] Physical therapist-led rehabilitation and strengthening exercises are superior to at-home, unsupervised exercise for those recovering from arthroscopic acromioplasty (a type of shoulder surgery), according to a new study published January 2012 Journal of Rehabilitative Medicine. Arthroscopic acromioplasty may be used to surgically remove bone spurs or growths on the outer edge of the shoulder [...] |
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