Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Continuous passive motion after arthroscopic elbow contracture release may provide faster and better ...

Physical therapy and occupational therapy are two types of rehabilitative care. The goal of rehabilitative care is to improve or prevent the worsening of your condition or quality of life due to an ...

Physical therapy is a medical treatment that helps you improve your function, range of motion, and overall quality of life. Physical therapy can help accelerate healing from an injury, reduce pain, ...

Previous studies have suggested that providing patients in the intensive care unit with rehabilitation therapy may reduce length of stay, but a study published Tuesday in JAMA found the opposite.

SMOKEY POINT — Judy York has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy treatments. But she keeps a positive frame of mind, and one of the reasons is she is getting help from Tawny Bridge-Pope of Smokey ...

Undergoing joint replacement surgery can be an upsetting and stressful ordeal, but to come out of the hospital without the appropriate care can make an uncomfortable situation a potentially dangerous ...

When Sarah Conroy’s 7-year-old “morkie” (a Maltese Yorkie mix), Penny, refused to put weight on her left hind leg, the Williamsburg resident knew something was wrong. Turns out, the lively pup had ...

In a study appearing in the June 28 issue of JAMA, Peter E. Morris, M.D., of the University of Kentucky, Lexington, and colleagues compared outcomes for standardized rehabilitation therapy to usual ...

If you’ve recently had a phalloplasty, seeing a hand therapist can play an important role after your surgery. Hand therapy is essential treatment after surgery to maximize your recovery and functional ...

A new study shows the effectiveness of early physical therapy in a medical intensive care unit. The length of stay for a group of respiratory-failure patients who received mobility therapy within 48 ...