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Balance & Fall Prevention for Parkinson’s Disease

May 4, 2018

On 4-28-18, I had the pleasure of presenting this information at the HOPE conference for Parkinson’s Disease.

The presentation includes a variety of information about how to improve balance and mobility, as well as some specific information about Parkinson’s Disease.

If you have any more specific questions about balance, mobility and fall prevention, or questions about specific exercises for Parkinson’s, feel free to email me at Luke@GordonPhysicalTherapy.com

Enjoy!

Simple Ergonomic Tips to Reduce Back Pain, Neck Pain & Headaches

Apr 20, 2018

If you work in an office and end up sitting for 6 or more hours a day, you’re probably familiar with tension and pain in your neck and shoulders.

Often times this will lead to headaches, especially if you work in front of a computer.

Lower back pain is also very common for office workers, due to the amount of compressive pressure on the joints and discs.

During this presentation, I lay out a simple 3-step process to adjust your workstation to help you reduce these types of pain.

And I also share 4 other simple tips to help you keep things like back pain, neck pain and headaches at bay. Enjoy!

“Knee Pain Workshop” (full video 5-14-20)

Mar 23, 2018

Couldn’t make it to the LIVE “Knee Pain Workshop” on 5-14-20 at the clinic…?

Not to worry! We recorded the whole thing!

Check out the full video recording in the video below.

Good Pain vs Bad Pain (How do you know?)

Feb 14, 2018

It’s not very common in my opinion, and in general pain should be something you want to avoid.

After all, pain is your body’s way of saying “stop it, something is wrong here!”

You may even recall an earlier blog post of mine where I discussed how the “No pain, no gain” mentality was getting so many people into trouble…

So again, in general, pain is something you want to avoid in life. And if you’ve been struggling with pain for an extended period, you definitely want to figure out the root cause of your pain so that you can eliminate it.

But like I said, once in a while, pain is actually a good thing.

The tricky part is this: trying to figure out the difference between “good pain” and “bad pain”.

There are 3 key points that will help you differentiate good pain from bad pain, which I’m going to discuss in today’s video.

“Do I Need an MRI?”

Feb 9, 2018

This is one of the most common questions the therapists and I get at clinic on a weekly basis, second only to “What’s going on, and can you fix it?” And while the answer varies depending on the situation, I’m going to do my best to answer the MRI question for you today.

Here’s the simple answer: No, you don’t necessarily need an MRI.

Now let me explain: Let’s say you’ve been having shoulder pain for several months, and you suspect that you have a rotator cuff (RC) tear. It might make sense to get an MRI to see if you do in fact have a tear, especially if you think you might need surgery.

But before you opt for the MRI, stop and consider a few things…