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February 18, 2019 Telehealth in Physical Therapy

Dr. Orit Hickman PT DPT TPS

What is telehealth? Telehealth used to mean the sharing of patient information electronically. Today it incorporates diagnosis and treatment of patients with the use of technology to allow for long-distance interactions between patients and providers as well as education and dissemination of i...

February 9, 2019 Posture, Posture, Posture!

Dr. Orit Hickman PT DPT TPS

Why is having good posture so important? “Good” posture is the position in which we have the least amount of stress on our bones, ligaments and muscles. Did you know that our muscles have an “optimum” length in which they work the best? Try this experiment—keep you elbow ...

February 3, 2019 Neck Pain, Headaches and Dizziness

Dr. Orit Hickman PT DPT TPS

Poor posture So if you have been to my clinic in the past 9 years then you have seen me sitting in really awful posture, often with my head turned to the left in my treatment room. This is how I sit and educate patients and it turns out that sitting in poor posture for […]...

February 1, 2019 February Newsletter

Dr. Orit Hickman PT DPT TPS

And it is time for your February newsletter. Since I am going to Hawaii later this month I particularly enjoyed that article and the one on light therapy. Check it out and enjoy!...

January 27, 2019 Chronic Pain Study

Dr. Orit Hickman PT DPT TPS

At Pain Science Physical Therapy we not only treat patients with chronic pain but we do it using evidence- based treatments and techniques. As such we support research that is looking to understand and treat patients with chronic pain. Michelle Taylor is a psychology doctoral student from Antioch Un...

January 20, 2019 Knee Pain: It Is Not for the Faint of Heart!

Dr. Orit Hickman PT DPT TPS

About 2 weeks ago I developed leg pain. All up and down the entire left leg. It hurt when I sat for periods of time, when I layed down to sleep and with going up and down stairs. For the life of me I couldn’t figure it out. After some stretching and pushing and pulling on [&hellip...

January 20, 2019 Boat Projects and Body Pain...

Dr. Orit Hickman PT DPT TPS

They go hand in hand. Matt (my husband) and I typically have at least one major boat project that we do in prep for the upcoming sailing season. This season we are replacing one of our pump toilets with an electric motor toilet—and I CANNOT WAIT!!! On a boat, a pump toilet is one in [&...

Dr. Orit Hickman PT DPT TPS

Or any musculoskeletal pain...if we are going to be honest. Okay here comes the rant. How much do you pay for a TV today? How about a new computer? Or how about your fancy telephone? Flat screen TVs are as inexpensive at $300 and as much as several thousand. The new Iphone X comes in […]...

January 12, 2019 Art... in a Physical Therapy Clinic?

Dr. Orit Hickman PT DPT TPS

While it may sound strange, having art in a physical therapy clinic actually makes a lot of sense. Most of the people we treat have chronic pain. And many of those patients don't have a lot of outlets to de-stress or decrease anxiety. As someone who knows a little bit about anxiety art has been [&he...

January 7, 2019 Happy New Year!

Dr. Orit Hickman PT DPT TPS

Is it really January...already?? Wow did 2018 fly by or what? I hope you all took a moment to sit back and relax and enjoy the holiday season. For those of you that know me then you know we started off the year by going out for our New Year's Day sail...and what a beautiful […]...

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