We’ve Got Your Back Mica Sleater – Belen Gym Attendant “Another Day in Paradigm!”. Mica Sleater is the gym attendant at our Belen location, and does a remarkable job keeping the clinic clean and organized so that you and your Therapists can focus on Healing. Here at Paradigm Physical Therapy and Wellness, “We’ve Got Your […]
Do you have knee pain? Your hip, knee, and ankle posture could affect this, making a “bad” problem worse. If your knees turn in or bow out, or if you stand with your knees hyperextended, you may already have degenerative changes—arthritis—occurring. If you already have arthritis, you can slow the progression of this by correcting […]
Do you know what to expect when you attend your initial visit to physical therapy? Well, here at Paradigm Physical Therapy & Wellness, you’ll get a one-hour evaluation. This includes listening to you about your pain and limitation. Then we provide a comprehensive evaluation of special tests and measurements to get to the source of […]
Did you know that when your doctor refers you for Physical Therapy, you have a choice of where to attend? So why travel the extra miles when Paradigm has State of the art facilities with excellent physical therapists near you. Paradigm Physical Therapy and Wellness has 3 convenient locations to serve you. Los Lunas, Belen […]
With October being Physical Therapy Month we thought it important to remind patients about how critical preoperative physical therapy can be. In 2018, I wrote an article regarding regional interdependence in the human musculoskeletal system. You can read that article here: Regional Interdependence, The Right Hip’s Connected to the Left Knee . The concept is […]
One of the most frequently asked questions that I receive from patients following joint replacement surgeries is “how much will I be able to move my limb after surgery”? One of the biggest factors in the amount of motion that a patient will acquire following joint replacement surgery is, how much motion did you have […]
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 […]