by Logan Wathen, DPT Some journeys begin with a setback. Mine began at 16 years old with a torn ACL. As a high school student, I found myself walking through the doors of Northern Michigan Sports Medicine Center as a
Did you know, that Hippocrates introduced the idea of manual manipulation for pain relief in 460 BC? Hector practiced a physiotherapy technique called "hydrotherapy” – which is Greek for water
Winter is coming to northern Michigan, and that means our physical therapy offices are about to see a patient or two every week who injured themselves while clearing their
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Shirley, a 73-year-old physical therapy patient. When I asked her what brought her to me, she replied “my world is shrinking, and
One of the most common questions physical therapy patients ask goes something like this: "My _____ always hurts when I _____. I usually just try to ignore the pain
I recently listened to Tim Ferris’ podcast which had Peter Attia, MD, on as a guest. Dr. Attia spoke about what he hopes to be able to do in
Total knee and hip replacements are among the most common orthopedic surgeries performed in the United States. Each year, over 7 million of these procedures are performed between these
As our population continues to grow in the 70 and older demographic, there has been a concurrent increase in the number of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other
I moved to the area in 2005 and it was my first full year as a practicing clinician. During that year, I had several patients tell me about how
You may have heard of “robotic” assisted surgery for procedures such as a knee replacement. Ongoing advances have seen this technology spread in application to other types of surgeries
