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Prehabilitation Before Joint Replacement, Recovery “Faster and Easier” PART 1
According to the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, every year in the United States, more than one million Americans undergo a total or partial joint replacement surgery. About 60% of all joint replacements, the most common being hip and knee replacements, are performed on women. Women have a higher incidence of joint […]
Fall Risk Screening and Prevention Clinic, Summary & Photos
Fall Risk Screening and Prevention Clinic on 2/24/2018 – Summary & Photos Learn what we do and see what you might expect at the next one. On Saturday, February 24, community members took part in a free fall risk screening and prevention clinic at Paradigm Los Lunas. Participants participated in balance testing, then reviewed the […]
Regional Interdependence, The Right Hip’s Connected to the Left Knee
Regional Interdependence The Right Hip’s Connected to the Left Knee The concept of regional interdependence (RI) is a term that has been coming to the forefront of Physical Therapy and rehabilitation over the past several years. RI is the concept that seemingly unrelated impairments in a remote anatomical region may contribute to or be associated […]
Fall Risk Screening and Prevention – Part 4: Attend Paradigm’s Fall-Risk Screening Clinic on 2/24/2018
Fall Risk Screening and Prevention Part 4: Attend Paradigm’s Fall-Risk Screening Clinic on 2/24/2018 Hopefully we have convinced you that falling is a serious problem, and that you want to prevent yourself and loved ones from having a fall if at all possible. We take falls very seriously here at Paradigm! We will be conducting […]
Fall Risk Screening and Prevention – Part 3: How do we stop falls from happening?
Fall Risk Screening and Prevention Part 3: How do we stop falls from happening? Once we have identified individuals who are at risk for future falls, we need to implement an intervention to stop falls from happening. All the current evidence indicates that the best defense against falls is a multidisciplinary team approach. This means […]