Family and Community

Mother’s Day is only a few short days away so we’re making it a little easier for you to find the perfect gift for all the moms in your life – fast! A little private time for relaxation is something every mom can use… Add in some time on the table getting a professional massage […]READ MORE

Although a growing body of scientific research shows us that exercise lowers the risk for cancer and aids in recovery, it seems that the message is not reaching patients. Many cancer patients do not engage in physical activity or discuss the subject with their oncologists, according to a study published in the July issue of […]READ MORE

Stop and think before you reach for that dinner plate. A smaller plate may be just the right size when it comes to weight loss. It’s simple advice, really. Use a smaller plate, eat a smaller portion. But does it work? Apparently, it can. Researchers studied the eating habits of first-graders who were allowed to […]READ MORE

Let them sleep. That’s the advice of researchers who studied the sleep habits of teens struggling with obesity. A new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that increasing the number of hours that adolescents sleep may lower the prevalence of obesity for that age group. In fact, fewer […]READ MORE

New research, presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2013 Annual Meeting and published online simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine, is emphasizing the importance of physical therapy for patients with osteoarthritis who are recovering from a meniscal tear. (Read the article on MedScape.) This study followed patients with knee osteoarthritis and […]READ MORE

Higher test scores. Weight loss. Improved sleep. It seems physical activity for youth now has another health benefit: reducing the risk for fracture in old age. That’s what researchers from Sweden found when they studied children ages 7 to 9 over a six-year span. They compared two groups of children. One group exercised daily for […]READ MORE

The next time you reach for something sweet to drink at the gym, you might want to check the listed ingredients for sugar. That’s because new research shows sugar-sweetened sodas, sports drinks and fruit drinks may be associated with 180,000 deaths annually worldwide. The research was presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, […]READ MORE

Athletes suspected of experiencing a concussion should be immediately removed from play, according to a new guideline released by the American Academy of Neurology. This is a change from using concussion grading systems, said Dr. Christopher C. Giza, a co-lead guideline author, in a news release from the AAN. Instead, Giza said, each athlete should […]READ MORE

They spoke no English, the man and his wife from San Salvador. When he injured his shoulder on the job, his physician referred him to In Motion at Chilled Ponds for physical therapy. To help facilitate communications, a niece accompanied the couple to act as interpreter on their first few visits. When In Motion was […]READ MORE

A new poll shows that many parents do not believe their children are overweight. National statistics suggest that nearly one-third of all children are either overweight or obese according to their body mass index. But when parents were asked about their children’s weight, only 15 percent said their child needed to lose weight, a news […]READ MORE