Introducing: Dereck Hope, PT to our PerformanceWest Physical therapy team. We are proud to have Dereck join our team of exceptional physical therapists. He has accepted the director role over 3 of our clinics (Farmington, Clearfield, and Eden.) He has been working in a progressive physical therapy practice in Mississippi, since he left Utah 20 …
Read More..Knee Patients Spending Millions on Wasted Treatments, Study Finds
Wasted treatments for knee pain have racked up millions of dollars in medical bills, researchers reported Tuesday. Patients who had knee replacements went through treatments such as injections that did not help, that are not recommended, and that accounted for a third of their total medical bills, the researchers found. hey would have saved money, …
Read More..Seeing a Pelvic Physical Therapist after Giving Birth Should be our “New Normal”
Link to Original Article (Mama on the Mend) Going to a physical therapist (PT) after pregnancy and childbirth isn’t standardized care in America, but it absolutely should be. I sat down with three therapists at Body Connect Health & Wellness (where I get treatment) to learn more about why every mom should check in with a …
Read More..Bountiful hospital pioneering robotic-assisted knee replacement (KSL)
BOUNTIFUL — Successful businessman Wayne Belleau has an easy laugh. But walking is anything but easy. “It hurts down this side here, and it hurts down this side here,” Belleau said, gesturing toward his knees. His problems started back in his college days at BYU. “I played a lot of sports and got hurt a …
Read More..Smart Glove helps stroke patients rehabilitate
LAS VEGAS (CNNMoney) — After his father and two uncles suffered strokes, Hoyoung Ban decided to develop a device to help people regain control of their hands. Called the Rapael Smart Glove from Neofect, the white glove wraps around a patient’s hand and has movement and position sensors on the fingers and wrists. An Android …
Read More..Basketball’s Secret Weapon: A Physical Therapist
February 18, 2016: Kobe Bryant called her his secret weapon. And as head physical therapist of the Los Angeles Lakers, Judy Seto, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, MBA, CSCS, PES, CES, not only works to keep the 18-time NBA All Star healthy and on the court, but his teammates as well. Her responsibilities span a …
Read More..Back injury…are you doing things right?
Since I primarily treat people who have been injured on the job, I tend to see a lot of low back injuries, so I apologize if many of my posts are about the spine. With that being said, here is another. Recently I have been studying the effects of prolonged sitting and repetitive lifting on …
Read More..Injury prevention for runner
I had an interesting conversation with Dr. Johnston from Mountain Orthopedics the other day. We were talking about running injuries and he shared some interesting thoughts. The bottom line is, he is a very firm believer in variety. He feels the majority of running injuries he treats could be prevented if people didn’t always run …
Read More..Dizziness…is it BPPV?
Did you know the most common cause of dizziness is Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo? BPPV is caused by displacement of otoconia (“ear rocks/crystals” made from calcium carbonate) inside the inner ear. Causes of BPPV include infection, head injury and degeneration with advance age. The incidence increases with each decade of life. We can help! The success rate for a single …
Read More..Target heart rate during exercise
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